Japanese Battleship Papercraft - Kotetsu

Papercraft Etsutan is a site dedicated to aircraft and battleship papercrafts. They currently are selling four battleship papercrafts inspired from Japan's historical past. There's the Nagato, Mikasa, Yamato, and a space battleship papercraft. The free paper model however is the Kotetsu, Japan's first modern ironclad.

Kotetsu Battleship Papercraft [via Pepakura]
Japanese Battleship Papercraft [DLsite]
Papercraft Etsutan [Site]

Paper Girl

Minami Design Office has created this life sized anime-type, lolicon-inspired girl papercraft and has aptly named it "Paper Girl". They're selling it for around $74 locally, you have to contact the site to place an order. The papercraft is eerily proportionate, down to the bits. The free stuff on their site includes an electric guitar papercraft and a mouse pad papercraft, all emblazoned with Paper Girl's likeness.



I don't know what to think of this, I'll just let you guys make your own conclusions. But before you head to the link, please note that some photos on their web site are NSFW.

Papercraft Girl [Minami Design Office]

Electric Guitar Papercraft [via Pepakura]

Mouse Pad Papercraft [via Pepakura]

Realistic Beetle Papercraft

3DPaper is a Korean papercraft (commercial) site that designs and sells proprietary and licensed paper models. They have provided two very realistic insect papercrafts available for free downlaod on their web site.



In case some of you are interested to know where these insect papercraft got their names, the one on the left is a stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus), it's a species of beetle belonging to the Lucanidae family, it has a very large and distinctive pincer that closely resembles stag (male dear) antlers. The other one is a Japanese Rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) which belongs to the Scarabaeidae Family. Just by looking at its giant horn you can clearly see how it got its name.

Beetle Papercraft [3DPaper]

BC Butler Designer Papercraft

Have a look at this new find, it's got a fresh look on designer papercrafts. This is from the Brainjar Paperdesk web site and they've just released their first papercraft model. It's called the BC Butler and it's one of a few papercraft models I know that has another purpose besides looking good on display. The BC Butler also serves as a business card holder, hence the BC in the front. The pattern is well thought out and the design is very nice, there are two available - one with the original colors and the other is left blank for those who want to do their own coloring. Download it free at the link below and don't forget to greet the designer. Office people, this one's for you.

BC Butler Papercraft [The Brainjar Paperdesk]

Dump Truck, Wright Flyer, and Shuri Castle - Canon Papercraft

Brand new update from the Canon 3D Papercraft. They have added four new items on their very popular web site. On their Buildings of the World section you can find the Japanese Shuri Castle papercraft, a dump truck and the Wright Flyer papercraft on the Toys section, and finally, a set of origami Japanese dolls.

Canon Papercraft Main Site [Canon Japan]

Dump Truck and Wright Flyer Papercraft [Toy Section]
Shuri Castle Papercraft [Buildings of the World Section]
Origami Japanese Dolls [Origami Section]

NaniBird Meets Speakerdog - Designer Papercrafts

Tweet, tweet, tweet, Arf, Arf, Arf... did you hear that? the first one sounded like a bird and the other a dog, well, what do we have here - it's a NaniBird papercraft hanging out with a Speakerdog. Check out this brand new designer papercraft from illustrator Josh McKible in collaboration with Ben the Illustrator. Ben is the designer of the famous Speakerdog designer papercraft. There are two pre-designed patterns available for free download, the "Treehouse Pals" and "The Dears". Tweet! Arf!


NaniBird Designer Papercraft [NaniBird/mckibillo]
Speakerdog Designer Papercraft [Ben the Illustrator]


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Lamborghini Papercraft - Gallardo

When you see a Lamborghini, you see power, performance, elegance and a very unique style. It's top of the line both in and out. It makes heads turn and (fill in the blank) drop whenever it drives by. An avid fan of the car, Japanese designer 74式 has this mustardy yellow colored Lamborghini papercraft (Gallardo) waiting on his garage for you to download. But before we head on to the pattern, would you believe that the Italian State Police (equivalent to the Highway Patrol here in the US) uses Lamborghinis as their patrol vehicles? I didn't believed it until I saw that BBC NEWS article below.



Lamborghini Papercraft - Gallardo [74shiki Factory]
Download Link Currently Unavailable

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Robot Papercraft - Lens Head TypeB

New update on Shunichi Makino's SF Papercraft Gallery. This Lens Head robot papercraft is not really a new paper model, the designer has changed the texture from the original Lens Head's brushed metal grey color to a camouflaged pattern. You can also download some Star Wars papercraft on their site, which includes some of the most famous sci-fi vehicles and aircrafts used in the movie.



Robot Papercraft - Lens Head TypeB Camouflage [SF Papercraft Gallery]
Star Trek and Star Wars Papercrafts [click on Gallery]


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Lady Archer Anime Papercraft

Just received this one through e-mail, sent in by one of our loyal readers. It's a Japanese site with some nifty anime-type papercrafts. I'm still trying to get some information about the designer, but for the meantime - you can download the Lady Archer anime papercraft from the Mabinogi Guild web site at the link below. Check out the pictures to see what to click in order to get to the goods.



Lady Archer Anime Papercraft [Mabinogi Guild]
Mabinogi Guild [Site]

The Simpsons Papercraft - Spider Pig

Oink! oink! oink!. We've just previously featured their site on our Designer Papercraft - Series II, but Jerom's blog has already cranked up a new paper model. This time it's a Simpsons papercraft featuring Homer's Spider Pig. For those that haven't seen the movie, check out this funny clip.



And for those wanting to sing along, here are the lyrics:

Spider Pig, Spider Pig
Does whatever a Spider Pig does
Can he swing
From a web
No he can't
He's a pig
Look Ooouuuttt!
He is a Spider Pig!

The Simpsons Papercraft - Spider Pig [Jerom's Blog]


Designer Papercraft Series II [Related Post]

Chibi Anime Papercraft - Sarina Kashiwara

Papercraft designer Atom has done it again, here's another cute creation from his Glue2 Chronicle site. This chibi-type anime papercraft is from the same series that we previously posted (Kira Kira) and is named Sarina Kashiwara. The first one that we featured was the Kirari Siino papercraft back in January, along with some of Atom's other great works. This Sarina Kashiwara papercraft has two versions, one has her carrying an electric guitar while the other has her arms stretch out on the sides.



Chibi Anime Papercraft - Sarina Kashiwara [Glue2 Chronicle]


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Daytona 500 - NASCAR Papercraft

NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) is the very popular sport of stock car racing and one of America's fastest growing spectator sport. For 10 months of the year, every weekend, hundred's of thousands of racing fans nationwide gather to watch drivers maneuver their vividly colored, high-powered cars around oval shaped tracks - some watch it for the exciting checkered flag finish and others for the spectacular high-speed crashes.



It's been called "The Great American Race" and "The Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing", today (February 17, 2008) marks the 50th edition of NASCAR's most important and prestigious race, the Daytona 500. To coincide with this special event, here are some NASCAR papercraft courtesy of the NASCAR Paper Models site.

NASCAR Papercraft [NASCAR Paper Models]

Cute Anime Girl Papercraft - Spring

If you've had enough of that cold, dreary weather, don't worry, old man winter is blowing out and spring is coming in. For the most part of the Northern Hemisphere (any country above the equator), spring comes on the months of March, April, and May - with some Asian countries starting on February.

As we await for the snow to melt, the rivers to swell from runoff or spring rain, and flowering plants to bloom - here's a cute anime girl papercraft from Korean site Botpa with that particular theme in mind. This papercraft model also comes with a green umbrella that resembles a frog head and very colorful painted background, complete with flowers and the lively colors of spring. Download the anime girl papercraft for free at the Botpa web site, it's in Korean so you might want to check out the pic below on what to click.



Anime Girl Papercraft - Spring [Botpa]


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Designer Papercraft - Series II

To continue our Designer Papercraft Series, here are the new artists showcasing their paper toys. Dragon pic not related.

If you missed the first series of Designer Papercrafts that we featured, you can find it here. Today we have Anubis' Tomb, Damien's Urban Fresh, Jin's Studio 22, and Jerom's Papertoys. If you've got some designing skills and would want to try skinning/coloring some papercrafts then head on to Urban Fresh or Shelf Buddies. On the other hand, if you just want to build some new papercrafts or probably purchase some, check out Jerom's Blog and Cool Pet Rangeland.

Le Blog de Jerom	Urban Fresh

Jin's Studio 22	Anubis' Tomb

Radirgy Video Game Papercraft

Here's the Radirgy video game papercraft from developer MileStone Inc. Radirgy was a popular Japanese arcade video game shooter that was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube. It was a vertical scrolling shooter that featured anime inspired graphics. It debuted on the consoles back in 2006 and was planned to be released in the US a year later, unfortunately, lack of interest killed that plan.

The Radirgy video game papercrafts has three paper models, one for each of the consoles that it came out on. Each paper model represents the lead characters on the game.



First we've got the DreamCast papercraft model, Tadayo. Then Ruki as the GameCube papercraft. And finally, Shizuru as the PlayStation 2 papercraft model. To download the models, click on the boxed question mark below the game's cover art.

Radirgy Video Game Papercraft [MileStone]
DreamCast Papercraft -Tadayo
GameCube Papercraft - Ruki
PlayStation 2 Papercraft - Shizuru

Cute Papercraft Toys - Tee Bear

Just a week after we posted their new stuff, they come out we a new designer papercraft toy. It's name is Tee Bear and is going to be availalbe for free download until the middle of March. I forgot to point out on my previous post that the new papercrafts on the Kamimodel site has a time limit, except for the "o2" papercraft model, everything else is going to expire. The expiration dates are indicated on the bottom of each models description.

Rommy Sloth Papercraft Toy - Tee Bear [Kamimodel]


Rommy Sloth Papercraft Toys [Related Post]

Paper Automata Pianist

Here's the newest model from commercial site Ceracera. Our paper automata posts come few and far between, but today we've got a new one featuring the "Pianist". This paper automata isn't free and it'll set you back 3 quids. The site also offers fifteen other unique moving papercrafts for the serious collectors. Check it out.

Paper Automata Pianist [Ceracera]

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Doctor Who Papercraft

Here are some great Doctor Who papercrafts from a fan web site. Doctor Who is Britain's and Guiness World Records' longest-running science fiction TV show, it is also a significant part of British pop culture. It has garnered numerous awards and nominations throughout its running. The fan site hosting the Doctor Who papercrafts belong to Sean Huxter, a 3D creature animator. It has three paper models including a K9 papercraft (robotic dog), an airship, and a Lady Cassandra papercraft (think of her as a wrinkle free version of The Evil Dead book cover).



Doctor Who Papercraft [Huxter]
Official Doctor Who Site [BBC]

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Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Link Papercraft - Complete

Remember Chokipeta's Four Swords Link? well there's more... Ok, not really Chokipeta, but a creative individual has edited Chokipeta's original pattern and created three more Link papercraft (red, purple, blue) just like in the Hyrulean Adventure video game, now we can truly call it Four Swords. As you can see on the picture, Red Link holds what looks like a Fire Rod, Purple Link is holding a bunch of Rupees, and Blue link is holding a bomb. The original Chokipeta pattern is intact so there's no question on how good it is, there are a few additions to it which comes in the form of new textures and parts and they seem to blend very well, it's a nice complement to the original. You can spot the new parts easily by looking at the outlines, they're the ones with the darker tones.



Notice the seven and fish symbol? it's the same one on the Princess Crown papercraft posted a few weeks ago. I didn't know it back then but apparently the symbol is from the editing designer - he/she goes by the alias ichtus7 and can be found on the Spanish-based site Elotrolado. For my non-Spanish speaking readers a direct download link is available below via Mediafire. Thanks to our reader Manuel for sending in the photos, patterns, and pointing us to the right direction.

Legend of Zelda Papercraft - Four Swords Link Complete [Elotrolado]
Legend of Zelda Papercraft - Four Swords Link Complete [via Mediafire]


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Chromehounds Papercraft - Chokipeta

These Chokipeta Chromehounds papercraft might be old but it still kicks ass. It came out a few months after I started this blog back in 2006, I knew about it then but for some reason I forgot do a post on it. It was based on a video game of the same name and for the Xbox 360 console and was first released in Japan on June 2006. These Chromehounds papercrafts include three mechs: Morskoj, Sal Kar, and Tarakia. Each mech represents a fictional nation that make up the Neroimus region (where the game takes place). This is classic ChokipetaKOBO work, clean lines, well planned out pattern, and great instructions. Free download is still available at the official Chromehounds Japan web site.

Chromehounds Papercraft [Sega JP]


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