March 24, 2024

Mass Effect Heavy Pistol Papercraft

Mass Effect N7 Bastelbogen
This life size paper model is of the "N7 Eagle" heavy pistol from the Mass Effect 3 video game. The N7 has been described as "a compact, fully automatic pistol that delivers unprecedented accuracy and punch with a rapid firing rate". This papercraft was created by DeviantART member Artbetep. PDF and Pepakura PDO templates may be downloaded at his DeviantART page. The PDO file in was intended to be the instructions for the model.  Mass Effect 3 was released in 2012 and was the final installment of the original trilogy of Mass Effect video games.

Other Papercraft Scifi Guns:
V Laser Pistol
Battlestar Galactica Blaster
Doctor Who Sontaran Rifle
Retro Ray Gun
Star Trek Mini Phaser Rifle

March 19, 2024

Marvel Hulkbuster Bust Papercraft

MCU Hulkbuster Bastelbogen
In the MCU movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony Stark builds a massive suit of armor intended to be used to take down the Hulk, should the green one ever get out of control. The armor is nicknamed "Hulkbuster". This relatively easy to assemble papercraft bust of the Hulkbuster armor was created by Andre. The Pepakura PDO template for the model may be download here. When finished, the bust stands about 15.5" (40 cm) tall. Build photo by Sinsis.

Other Iron Man Papercraft:

Ironheart
Silver Centurion
Chibi Hulkbuster

March 12, 2024

Vintage Tram Car Paper Model

Tram Car Bastelbogen
The printable template for this tram car is over 100 years old! It was produced in 1910 by Imagerie d'Epinal, a very prolific producer of paper models back in the day. A high resolution scan of the template may be downloaded from Kartonmodellbau.org, a German papercraft website. According to Kartonmodellbau, the model in the photo took 29 hours to construct! Of course, the builder took the extra steps of creating a base for the tram and replacing the paper windows with clear plastic. It should take you much less time. :)

March 4, 2024

FFIX Zidane Sword Papercraft

FFIX Zidane Dagger Bastelbogen
Last fall, as a favor for a friend, I created a papercraft template for Zidane's sword from the Final Fantasy IX video game. To be accurate, Zidane has not one sword, but two identical swords that may be connected together at the hilt. Anyhow, the unlocked Pepakura PDO template for the sword may be downloaded from MediaFire. The 3D model that the template was created from did not lend itself well to translation into papercraft, so there are some fussy little pieces that will frustrate all but the most seasoned papercrafter. Also, I did not attempt to unfold the tassel on the hilt. The pieces for it were tossed to one side of the main template layout so that they would not print. If anyone successfully builds this, send me a photo to the email address on my profile and I will post it!

Previous Papercraft Swords:

KH2 Auron Sword
LoTR Legolas Fighting Knives
KH2 Dream Sword
Adventure Time Golden Sword of Battle
LoTR Bilbo's Sting

February 28, 2024

2014 Toyota Tundra Papercraft

Toyota Truck Bastelbogen
As you may have noticed, I enjoy posting "oldie, but goodie" paper models. This 2014 Toyota Tundra model was first posted on tundraheadquarters.com over 10 years ago! The papercraft pickup truck was designed for the website by Jesse at papercruiser.com. A PDF of the printable template may still be downloaded here. 2014 was a significant year for the Tundra as its design was updated that year.

February 17, 2024

Barbie Papercraft: Ryan Mansion

Barbie Ryan Mansion Bastelbogen
I am still working on getting all the Barbie papercraft houses posted! Only one house to go after this one. This series of houses was originally posted on the Barbie website in 2014. Each of the houses belongs to one of the characters on the animated web show: Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. This is Ryan's Mansion. The Barbie Wiki describes Ryan as:

Ryan is the twin brother of Raquelle. He is constantly trying to woo Ken with one of his songs, much to the anger of Ken. He has a crush on Barbie and is Midge's crush. He is conceited just like his sister.

The printable template for Ryan's Mansion may found in this archive.

Other Houses in the Series:

Barbie's Dreamhouse
House of Ken
Raquelle Mansion
House of Nikki

February 13, 2024

Dragon Ball Z Papercraft: Mosco

Dragon Ball Z Roboter Bastelbogen
I must admit my ignorance. I never knew there were any robots in the Dragon Ball Z franchise! Apparently, there are more than a few. This colorful paper model depicts the robot named "Mosco". As there is a pilot inside, calling Mosco a robot is something of a misnomer. The pilot is a small impish being known as "Mule". Mule pilots the mechanical suit from inside the belly where he can see out through a small window. PDF and Pepakura PDO templates for this papercraft may be downloaded at the JAV-Papercraft website.

Previous DBZ Papercraft:

Life Size SS Goku by Paper Juke
Wearable Saiyan Chest Armor
Life Size Vegeta
Porunga

February 6, 2024

Wolf Warrior Origami Ring

Wolf Ring оригами
I noticed recently there are a lot of people posting original origami videos on Pinterest. Here is one that caught my eye: a "wolf warrior" ring. Now, there was a 2015 movie called Wolf Warrior, but as far as I know, this ring has nothing to do with that. The ring somewhat resembles a Witcher 3D wolf head ring I saw once, but my guess is someone just thought it looked cool to have a ring with a wolf on it. I am inclined to agree. ;) An instructional video on how to fold the ring may be viewed at this Pinterest post.

Other Paper Wolves:

Chibiterasu
Digimon Garurumon
League of Legends Wolf
Zelda Wolf Link