Tarutaru

You've got the Moogle, the Cactuar, Bahamut, and now here's another Final Fantasy papercraft model that you can add to your collection, the Tarutaru is from Square Enix's MMORPG - Final Fantasy XI:Online which was set on the fictional world of Vana'diel. The Tarutaru are a race of skilled mages who live alongside the Mithra in Windurst, having a racial prejudice towards magical studies, they have a higher reserve of magical power (MP) and excels at Black/White/Red Magic and the art of summoning. The only downside to their abilities as with other traditional spellcrafters is their lack of durability (HP) and strength which makes them extremely vulnerable to physical attacks.

Tarutaru Pics - [Flickr.com]

Tarutaru - Download
Bahamut - Download
Cactuar - Download
Moogle - Download

Paper Transformed

If your anywhere near Escondido, California - here's a unique paper exhibit at the Mingei International Museum (North County) that's comprised of two similar paper art forms. "Origami - The Art of Paper Folding" on the first floor - has dinosaurs, animals, and other origami objects which was made by a group of 25 artists and the second one is called "Crowning Glory", located on the second floor, it's filled with 250 elaborate hats made out of brown paper bags from Hawaiian artist, Moses. The museum is also giving free demonstrations on Saturdays to learn simple origami and the exhibit will run through July 21, 2007.

Paper Transformed [mingei.org]
chess photo [nctimes.com]

Cat Box

This is a cute and simple papercraft project made by Henk Stolker. Best printed on stiff paper or thin cardboard. The pdf file is available in colour or black and white which makes it great for kids craft to be used in schools or at home. It takes only a few minutes to assemble this cat box. It's about 4.5" in height.



Henk Stolker's website >> http://www.stolker.nl/n/js/download/bouwplaat.html
Coloured PDF file (215 kb) >> http://www.stolker.nl/download/poezendoos-kleur.pdf
Black and White PDF file (88 kb)>> http://www.stolker.nl/download/poezendoos-zww.pdf

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I'd just like to say hi to everyone and thanks to Ron for allowing me to contribute in PaperKraft.Net . I hope that everyone would like the paper models that I post up :)

Disney's Stitch - Experiment 626

From the animated feature movie Lilo and Stitch, we present the Stitch (Experiment 626) papercraft model - he's blue, mischievous, nearly indestructible, bulletproof, fireproof, night vision and infrared capable, can move objects 3,000 times his size, and extremely cute. Handle with care when adding to your papercraft collection, he has a tendency to destroy everything he touches. You have been warned!



Stitch - Download
Stitch Photos - Flickr

Pornogami

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding has long been a family oriented past time, from the young ones all the way to the young once. But recently, a new style has branched out geared primarily for the adult practitioners of origami. Marc Kirschenbaum, 37 yr. old native New Yorker and Master Origamist has started doing Pornogami, yes that's right, Pornographic Origami. Although sexual material in the 3D paper model world has been around for a while, it's not that very common in origami because origami purists would like to keep it G-rated. Marc has done pornogami for Playboy (vagina) and Maxim (copulating bunnies) out of dollar bills, and is a board member of OrigamiUSA.

Fold Me Now [Village Voice]
Pornogami Gallery [Village Voice]
Marc Kirschenbaum [Web Site]

iPhone - Available Now?

It looks like Apple's new money-maker, the iPhone has now landed on eBay. But wait, ain't it suppose to come out on June '07? A resourceful eBay seller (pnmx4) has gotten his/her hands on a brand spanking new Apple iPhone, what's the catch? it's made out of paper. Of course everybody new that already, except for 1996_Camaroz28, who currently holds the highest bid at $150. If you want to see how pnmx4 made this papercraft iPhone, check out Sneakmove for the patterns.

Attention Suckers: Fake iPhone For Sale! [Wired News: Cult of Mac]
iPhone Papercraft model [Sneakmove.com]

Update 03.01.07

We've got an improved search function for the Categories section, it's now more accurate. I've started fixing the broken links, so check back from time-to-time to see what's been uploaded already. Also, for those who want to request files please use a proper email address and not Blogger's anonymous commenting, your more than likely to get an answer if your not anonymous.

Re-uploaded paper model files:

1. Cactuar
   
2. Moogle
3. Catbus
4. Jiji
5. NoFace
6. Shadow the Hedgehog
7. Sonic the Hedgehog
8. Kitaro's House
9. Wicked Wench
   

Final Fantasy Papercraft - Bahamut

Now that I'm back, I want to make it up to my subscribers for all the silent months that went by without a single post. Here's a paper model of Bahamut, my favorite Final Fantasy summon of all. I don't have an assembly instruction for this one, but it's pretty simple to figure out, I've posted a lot of high quality pictures on Flickr so that you can visualize how to put him together. Good luck and enjoy!

Final Fantasy Papercraft - Bahamut [via Mediafire]
Bahamut Photos [via Flickr]

2012 Update: Currently playing / hooked on Rage of Bahamut - a free trading card game published by Cygames and available for Android and iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad)

If you feel like checking out the game, use / enter my referral code: rtg84304 after the tutorial - this gives both of us a 100,000 rupees and a free rare card.

Back From The Grave

I'm looking for people who would like to join Paperkraft.net as a contributor/blogger. If you have crazy skills in paper crafting (paper models, origami, etc.) send me an email describing why you want to join and some sample photos of your work. You don't have to design your very own paper craft, you can create whatever model you can find on the net and then take pictures of it like you would if you where going to post it on a blog (so I could see your photography skills). Obviously you will also need to have your own digital camera or whatever it is you use to take pictures (having a video camera would be nice but not necessary). There will be no financial gain in this endeavor(coz' there isn't any), only a chance to show the world how great you are with paper crafts.

Final Fantasy Papercraft - Cactuar

Oi paperkraft netizens, here's another Final Fantasy paper model, this green cactus-looking character is the Cactuar (also known as Cactuer, Qactuar, Cactrot, and Sabotender). It's main features are two black dot-eyes, an oblong shape mouth, three red quills on the top of their head, and their trademark pose, stiff arms and legs. On the Final Fantasy video games (FF VIII) they are best known for their 1,000 Needles (Defensive attack), which deals exactly 1,000 hit points of damage to an oponent, regardless of defenses. There was also a Jumbo Cactuar that had the 10,000 Needles attack, which was kinda like an instant-death attack since prior to FF X the maximum number of hit points for a character in FF is limited to 9999. If you noticed that my Cactuar is of a different color (blueish top, green legs) and not solid green, don't panic, it's because mine is of a different breed, it's a color-shifting Cactuar (also known as Printerus Hasno Inkus). This paper model stands about 6" tall and 4" wide and comes with a stand (not shown).

Final Fantasy Papercraft - Cactuar [via mediafire]

Moogle Papercraft

One of the most loveable characters to come out of the Final Fantasy series is the Moogle (Moguri, Japanese), they are small, good-natured creatures that are usually white or tan in color and has a protruding antenna from its head with a small red, orange, or yellow ball at the end called a "pompom". They have either red or purple wings with ears shaped like a cat or rabbit. You'll know it's a moogle when you hear or see the word "kupo" which is their trademark sound. Next to Chocobos, the Moogles are often considered mascots for the Final Fantasy series. They first appeared on Final Fantasy III for the Famicom (Eurasia) and as Final Fantasy VI for the SNES is North America. Square Enix is going to bring an enhanced remake of Final Fantasy III, updated with 3D visuals to the Nintendo DS by November 2006. Of course Japan will have it first by 08.06 then Europe by 09.06, then finally NA. This moogle paper model was hosted by Takuya, but their site is down so I hope they won't mind if I host it in rapidshare. Enjoy!

Moogle Papercraft [via mediafire]

Update - 08.01.06

I've been receiving a lot of email with regards to Ryo's paper models changing address all the time, I haven't had the time to ask him why, so I've decided to put them up in a bundle (zipped) for easy downloading, I only included those paper models that I've already done and posted on this site, if you want to see or download Ryo's other works then head on to his site.

Ryo Tokisato - Web Site

Catbus (Nekobasu)

Here's the Catbus paper model from the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" (Tonari no Totoro), which was created by the famous anime film maker, Hayao Miyazaki. This paper model is pretty basic, cut-score-fold-glue. There are two types of format for you to choose from, one is in JPG and the other is PDF. The finished paper model is quite small, about 8cm L x 2cm W x 4cm H. Now you have a new Ghibli paper model to go along with Totoro.

Catbus PDF - Download