Paper Craft, My new hobby!

I thought I would just share a new hobby I fell upon a few days ago, the art of paper craft.
I have had a great time thus far with paper craft. It is very appealing to be able to take a sheet of paper and be able to turn it into just about anything you can think of. A great thing about it is how cheap it is too, just the cost of paper, ink and a dab of glue. (Aside from scissors/knife and that such stuff)
I don't really know what to say about it though, so I'll let pictures of some of my stuff speak for it self.

Shadow the Hedgehog:


Meowth Air Balloon:



Toro AKA Sony Cat


Red Knight from Castle Crashers




And I did NOT make this one (yet) but if Loony looked in here I'm sure he would love it. And a link to the site to download the pattern is below it.


http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/animal-global/lion/index.html


For those who want to try it out here are the sites I have bookmarked for paper crafting:
http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/
http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/
http://cubeecraft.com/# (Very easy, great for beginners)
http://marshallalexander.net/
http://wowpapercraft.blogspot.com/
http://members.home.nl/saarloos/index.htm
http://paperpokes.blogspot.com/
http://www.wa.commufa.jp/~ton/pc9/index.html
http://fxconsole.blogspot.com/
http://papercraft.wikidot.com/
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~sf-papercraft/Gallery/Gallery.html (Starwars ahoy! Very detailed hard stuff.)

 

Woah! Those are awesome

Man the things you could do with Origami these days.

 

Awesome. I especially like the Shadow the Hedgehog one. ;D

 

That one was a PAIN!
I couldn't get the head right for a while. Can't see it in the picture but in the back it's all spikey and what not.

But thank you! ^__^

 

Wow! those look REALLY good. I'm well impressed.

 

i use to do that when i was a kid, i still remember that i build a G1 optimus prime out of paper for art class, and i get a a+ on that ^.^

too bad that optimus prime didnt survive the flood

but then i'm not intrested in that kind of stuff anymore....

 

Haha that is really cool stuff. Keep it up. Only thing I have made is that tiny little DS you can make from printing out that template. But yeah, thanks for the links.

 

@loony: There are several schools of thought on Origami that envolves using scissors &/or glue but yes traditionally it just involved paper folding.

 

It's so freaking awesome!

 

Thanks for all the kind words!
A while back I was into origami, I like this a bit better though because you can build HUGE structures and just about anything.

For my next large project I want to try and build Omni/Fiercy Diety Link.

Parts: http://members.home.nl/saarloos/zelda/zeldadownloads/onilinkparts.pdf
Instructions: http://members.home.nl/saarloos/zelda/zeldadownloads/onilinkinstr.pdf

 

What about that one site that had all the blockheaded ones? Penny Arcade talked about them once....

 

is there any sites that gives you the parts of a certain character? if there is can you post it here for other ppol to enjoy ^_^

 

WOW!!!! Very clever. My lad would love them. Well done you xx

 

What exactly are you looking for?
For nintendo characters you can look at http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/

For other video games you can look at http://members.home.nl/saarloos/index.htm

But if there's something specific you're looking for all you have to do is google "[character name] paper craft" and you will usually find it.

 

umm.. another question... what kind of paper do you use? is it just normal white paper?

 

wow dude those are impressive ill remember these sites for my design projects.

 

umm... more questions.... where can i find the steps for the charmeleon paper craft?

 

I bought 24lb paper, but it is still very light. You can use standard printer paper though. (Usually 20lb) For large stuff people recommend getting card or cover stock. I've seen 67lb or about 140gms.

Can you link me to which one you're referring to?
A lot of the time you can't find instructions though. Mostly just look at the pictures and dry fold them to see what looks right.

Probably www.cubeecraft.com and for the Penny Arcade ones I found them here http://www.rainslick.com/papercraft
This website also has some easier cube like ones http://marshallalexander.net/

 

That shadow looks awesome, great work.