Moai (or mo‘ai) are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), mostly between 1250 and 1500 CE. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on Ahu (platforms) which were mostly at the island's perimeter. Almost all have overly large heads three fifths the size of their body. The Moai are the 'living faces' (aringa ora) and representations of chiefly, deified ancestors. Sitting on their Ahus with their backs to the sea, these statues were still gazing across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most were then cast down during conflict between different clans on the island-wiki
Here's a milk pudding papercraft that is shaped like "You-Know-What."
Milk Pudding Papercraft
This realistic (Androctonus crassicauda)scorpion papercraft has just been released. Fattail or fat-tailed scorpion is the common name given to scorpions of the genus Androctonus, one of the most dangerous groups of scorpion species in the world.
Scorpion Paper Model
Two new cute relax bears have just been posted. The first is a merman or should I say merbear? The other is Korilakkuma Kintaro version.
Rilakkuma Papercrafts
Jonah Penne has just sent me a link to his television transformers papercraft. It's a follow-up to his washing machine robot that came out a few months back. These robots really transform. Check 'em out.
television papercraft
washing machine papercraft
Epona is Link's horse. Epona is named after a Celtic Goddess of horses, and has a unique song, which is often used as a way to tame and/or summon her. In Ocarina of Time, Epona was born and raised at the Lon Lon Ranch and was personally handled by Malon.
Epona Papercraft
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: Next Generation series series. The Enterprise-D is a Galaxy class ship and the fifth Federation starship to carry the name-wiki
ninjatoes' star trek papercrafts
Kung Fu Panda is an animated film about a panda who learns martial arts and then uses this new ability to fight his enemies. The film will be released on June 6, 2008. While waiting for that, build yourself these awesome papercrafts from hp. There's Master Crane, Master Mantis, Master Monkey, Master Po(panda), Master Tigress and Master Viper.
Capcom's mascot Megaman or Rockman in Japan is the latest papercraft of Christopher Beaumont's growing hako collection.
Cubeecraft
Here's a good-looking Ford Cobra car papercraft. It comes in a pdo(pepakura) file with fifteen pages of parts. This model has a height of 12.1 cm and width of 32.6 cm.
The Fuwa which means "good luck dolls" in Chinese are the official mascots for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
The cute Fuwa group consists of five members according to the traditional five elements: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. Each of the five names is designed to look like a plausible name for a small child, while also achieving a more complex task: when the first syllable of each name is put together, it sounds nearly identical to the phrase "北京欢迎你 Běijīng huānyíng nǐ" which means "Beijing welcomes you".
Two of the five mascots represent members of endangered species – Jingjing the giant panda and Yingying the Tibetan antelope. The other two, Huanhuan and Nini, represent the Olympic flame and the swallow respectively. Each of the five figures also embodies the color of one of the five Olympic rings-wiki
BeiBie which is currently available for download represents a fish. This model has five pages of parts. The other four papercrafts will be available on a monthly basis. I'll let you know when they're available.
Toshiba TEC is a Japanese company that manufactures document processing and telecommunications equipment, motors, cleaners, health equipment, and compressors. They have ten different building models including restaurant, shops and others that will let you create a mini town.
The Thoroughbred is a breed of horse first developed during the 17th and 18th centuries in England, by crossbreeding Arabians with native horses to produce superior racing horses.The Thoroughbred has been called the ultimate work of art ever produced by man, and has a height of around 160 to 170cm (to the shoulders), weighing between 450 and 500kg. Its well-developed chest and hindquarters make it a fast runner. It can run at speeds of up to 60 or 70km/h for minutes on end, even with a 50kg rider on its back.However, its thin legs are prone to injuries.In terms of temperament, it is a very delicate horse, sensitive to loud noises and bright lights.
Canon Papercraft
I have been eagerly anticipating Claudio Diaz's Bumblebee papercraft. Lots of people have been waiting to build this great looking model including me. Well, the wait is over. He just released the head parts. The arm parts are next.
Bumblebee Papercraft
Remember the political finger puppets I posted a while back? Well, here's a new set that your kids will surely love. Download a penguin, a cute dog, two cats and a duck.
Terra Cotta Finger Puppets
Did you watch the video? Nice, huh? That's the latest papertoy of Jun a.k.a. sonicscape.
Here's a new tank papercraft from fico86. It's the Mammoth tank from the old game Command and Conquer Renegade.
Niels' latest model is the Ariane 4(44LP) rocket. Ariane is a series of a European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French mythological character Ariadne.
The Ariane 4 is scaled at 1:96 with more than 200 parts and stands at 60cm high when built. The stages can be separated and includes internal parts. The payload section includes small models of the 3 satellites launched at the first flight. You can download Ariane 1-3 as well as his other space models.
Niels Paper Models
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijingm, People's Republic of China-wiki
888 is a lucky date and number for the Chinese and it is fast approaching. Epson Hongkong has posted some good looking olympic papercrafts representing the sports of weight lifting, archery, equestrian, sailing, kayaking, cycling, gymnastics and rowing.
Ok, so playing with matches got Sparky into trouble in his two previous incarnations, but this third edition of Sparky shows him in a different light. Being a matchstick, he's been around some cigarette smokers, and it looks like he's picked up the habit for himself-Dr. Shazam
The shadow stormtroopers, sometimes called Blackhole stormtroopers because of their use under Agent Blackhole, were specialized Imperial Stormtroopers.
Shadow Stormtrooper Papercraft
The Keiō Line (京王線, Keiō sen) is a railway line of the Keio Electric Railway, however definition of the operator itself varies.
In the most formal and official sense, it is the 38 km long mainline of the operator that runs from Shinjuku, Tokyo, to the suburban city of Hachioji-wiki
Keio Train Papercraft
Trader Sam of Disney Experience has a new free model for us. The Skyway Bucket is a gondola lift attraction at Disneyland.
Here's a very simple tool shed papercraft from Tamiya. A bus is also available for download.
Tamiya Papercraft
Meet Grumm, a moody piece of paper…The designer of this urban papertoy got inspired by Spiky Baby by Shin Tanaka and Brickboy. The black one was designed by Brian Castleforte of Nicebunny.
God and Evil- two simple papertoys designed by revoltage all the way from Indonesia.
These are so cute! The white bear and the bird have been posted. A relax bear box papercraft is also available for those who want it plain and simple.
Mazinger Z is a gigantic Super Robot, constructed with a fictitious metal called Chogokin Z (literally Super-Alloy Z), which is forged from a new element mined from a reservoir found only in the sediment of Japan's Mt.Fuji. The mecha was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a secret weapon against the forces of evil, represented in the series by the Mechanical Beasts (mecha used for evil purposes) of Dr. Hell-wiki
The Mazinger Z papercraft has seven pages of un-colored parts and stands at 17 cm high when built.
Pteranodons were flying reptiles (pterosaurs) that were about 6 feet (1.8 m) long, had a 25-33 foot (7.8-10 m) wingspread, and weighed about 35 pounds; its standing height was about 6 feet (1.8 m). This wing-span is longer than any known bird. Pteranodons had hollow bones, were lightly built, had almost no tail, and small bodies; they may have had fur. They had large brains and good eyesight. Some pteranodons had long, light-weight, bony crests on their heads that may have acted as a rudder or stabilizer when flying, or may have been a sexual characteristic. They had no teeth-enchanted learning
Here's a site featuring Wing Commander paper models. You'll find paper replicas of ships from this science fiction simulation video game.
Wing Commander Papercraft
The Phenom 100 is a Very Light Jet (VLJ) developed by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. It has a capacity for 4 passengers in its normal configuration, but it can carry up to 6 passengers if the lavatory is removed. It has a maximum flying range of 1,320 nautical miles-wiki
Embraer-Jet Papercraft
The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind-control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. Aside from the obvious fact that the person has a Brain Slug attached to them, the Brain Slugs further betray their hosts' possessed state by speaking through their hosts in the third person ("Hermes enjoyed it" being just one example) and in a monotone voice-wiki
Here's a Zora mask papercraft from one of the best Zelda games, Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Got a candidate in mind? Turn Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Mccain into finger puppets and put 'em on your fingertips.
Here are two fish papercrafts. I'm not sure what's the name of the first one but the second is called nekogigi (Pseudobagrus ichikawai), a species of fish in the Bagridae family which is endemic to Japan.
kajika fish
nekogigi fish
Here's a really awesome papercraft of Terrestrial Voyager. The design came from a book of an artist named Rodney Matthews.
jleslie papercrafts
The Akira-class was a Federation Heavy Cruiser that came into service with Starfleet during the latter half of the 24th century. One of Starfleet's more combat oriented vessels the Akira saw extensive service in the 2370s against the Borg and the Dominion-wiki
Sparky is a Matchstick in jeopardy. Who knows how or why he got his hands on a lit match, but there you have it. Standing around 8 inches tall, Sparky will make a great addition to any Papertoy enthusiast's collection-Dr. Shazam
There are currently two papertoys available, the Original Sparky and the Punchline Sparky. More designs will come up so keepp checking this blog.
It's been a long time since my last visit at Konica Minolta's site and they have added some animal papercrafts. There's the Geomyda(turtle), Mandrillus(Mandrill) and the realistic (Aquila chrysaetos) Golden Eagle.
Konica Minolta Paper Models
SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) (Ancient Greek: Σελήνη, moon), better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya (かぐや, Kaguya), is the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and NASDA (both organizations that are now part of the Japan Aero Space Exploration Agency, or JAXA), the spacecraft was launched September 14,2007-wiki
There are two models, the first is a colored but simplified version while the second is un-colored and a little bit complicated. The downloads are at the bottom.
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