November 26, 2013

80's Pontiac Firebird Papercraft

Pontiac Firebirds were produced from 1967 till 2002. This papercraft Firebird shows the car's design for the 1982 to 1984 model years. The model is available in numerous color schemes, including... a Knight Rider KITT version! Templates for the car may be downloaded here. This papercraft was designed by ProjectKITT who also designed a Bumblebee Camaro paper model.

November 22, 2013

German Christmas Carousel Paper Model

For Christmas 2013, Kallboys has released a papercraft merry-go-round that actually spins! In the early twentieth century such carrousels were a tradition in outdoor Christmas markets in Germany. The PDF template for the merry-go-round may be downloaded here. For a paper model of an entire German Christmas market (complete with carrousel) see my previous post here on Kallboys' 2011 Christmas papercraft.

November 21, 2013

Poseable Papercraft Squid

This paper squid is one of three delightful poseable papercraft creations by Schuyler Smith at Brave Face Paper Company. In addition to the squid, templates for a crab and a pair of dragons are also available for download. Each of the papercraft animals is rigged with strings on the inside so they may be moved like a puppet.

November 18, 2013

Papercraft Tinkerbell Jewelry Box

This papercraft Tinkerbell jewelry box features scenes of Neverland around the sides. Construction of the box is simple enough that even small children can build one with a little help from an adult. A free download of the box's printable template is available from spoonful.com.

November 14, 2013

Bat Fan Cthulhu Papercraft

Paper engineer Phillip Fickling has created a humorous papercraft of Cthulhu wearing a Batman tee shirt. Cthulhu's pose and the writing on the model's base look suspiciously like a 1934 hand sketch of the ancient one by H. P. Lovecraft himself. The template for this paper toy may be downloaded here.

November 10, 2013

Origami Soma Cube Puzzle

A Soma cube is a 3D puzzle invented in 1933 by Danish scientist Piet Hein. Many of the pieces of the puzzle are the same shape as pieces in the Tetris video game. This origami Soma cube was created using Sonobe modules. Instructions to create your own origami Soma cube may be found here. Build photo by Shaya.

November 7, 2013

5th Anniversary!

Due to dealing with a flooded basement, I missed mentioning that November 5th was the fifth anniversary of Tektonten Papercraft! Thanks for everyone’s continued support! This has not been my most productive year for papercraft, but I hope to get back in the swing of things in the next twelve months. One thing I want to do is to add more papercraft skulls to my video game skull series. Pictured are some of my “work in progress” skulls. From upper left going clockwise are skulls from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Alien versus Predator, Halo 1, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Links to previously released skulls in the series are listed below.

Half-Life 1 Skull
League of Legends Skull
Kingdom Hearts 2 Oogie Manor Skull

UPDATE: The first two skulls are complete! They may be downloaded here and here.

November 3, 2013

Columbus Ship Paper Model: Santa Maria

Here is a simple paper model of the Santa Maria, the largest of the three ships Columbus used in his first voyage to the New World. The full name of the Santa Maria is La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción. The template for the ship may be downloaded here. The build photo is by Ellen McHenry.