All Entries Tagged With: "papercraft"

A Life-Size Papercraft Honda NSX Race Car

Where’s the ideal place for a papercraft enthusiast to work?  Screw the art supply store and get yourself over to a printer manufacturer.  Why?  Because you can use office resources to build giant papercraft projects like this: a full-sized cardboard Honda NSX Race Car.
Devised by papercraft wizards under Epson’s employ, the piece doesn’t only replicate the original in size, but brings impressive detail too.  Sure, you can’t drive it like a real Acura/Honda NSX Super GT, but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t trick passing strangers into thinking you have one parked in your garage.

Construction for the cardboard Honda NSX Race Car works  much like any regular papercraft project, with individual sheets printed, cut up and attached together.  The only difference is that they used giant printers and oversized cardboards for the thing, instead of the desktop machines you use for your own creations.

Epson posted PDF instructions for a smaller, [...]

Origami Napkins Bring Papercraft To The Dinner Table

Dinner parties can tend to be stuffy, rather awkward affairs. Loosen it up by treating your guests to a side order of Origami Napkins, erstwhile regular table napkins printed with folding instructions, so you can turn them into paper art.
Sure, it’s childish to play with your napkins. When you’re boring everyone with your colorless conversation materials, however, it just might be the thing that keeps your guests glued to their seats. That and good alcohol. Give me some tasty spirits and I’ll listen to any pointless diatribe for hours on end. I might even chuckle once or twice.

Cheaper than good wine, stocking on Origami Napkins does sound like a more cost-effective proposition. While it won’t be as universal a solution as just pouring intoxicating stuff down a glass, it just might be fun enough to get a few folks to stay. And don’t even [...]

Assemble Your Own Miniature Dinosaur Museum With Tinysaurs

Building a real dinosaur museum will require serious skills and money, neither of which you probably have in spades.  These Tinysaurs, on the other hand, can let you fill an entire desktop with recreation dinosaur skeletons at only a fraction of the effort and the cost.  Of course, your co-workers aren’t likely to pay a dollar to see 10 paper dinosaur bones inside your office cubicle, but it’s an awesome feeling, nonetheless.
Created by artist Kelly Farrell who sells them through a NY-based outfit called Everything Tiny, the mini-dino remains are built out of sturdy paper material that you can assemble yourself.  Different types of dinosaurs are available, including Mammoths, Stegosauruses and the ever-popular T-Rex, along with other animals.

The Tinysaurs come in three types of kits – Basic, DeLuxe and Under Glass.  Basic kit comes with  just bone parts (made from perforated, laser-cut oak tag board) and an instruction booklet.  The [...]

Paper Speakers Dress Up As Miniature Sound Systems, Plugs To USB

A small speaker always makes sense for a papercraft project, since the hardware on those things aren’t too complicated too assemble.  These cut-em-and-fold-em Paper Speaker kits do it solidly, letting you rock your tunes on lightweight boxes made out to look like miniature sound systems.
Available from Japanese retailer Princeton Direct, the mini-speakers ship as separate parts, so you’ll have to put them together yourself.  We advise you to trust your instincts during assembly, since the manual is likely in Japanese.
There are three designs to choose from, each one directly hailing from a different era of home sound systems: an old cabinet system (with a fake vinyl player for good measure), a red boom box right out of an 80s breakdance movie and a bookshelf stereo.  Each one folds to a size of under six inches, so it should find a place at any table or shelf rather easily.
Package includes a [...]

Build Your Own Paper Robots Helps You Assemble Your Very Own Mecha Army

Remember the New York City papercraft models we featured not too long ago? As fun as building those paper skyscrapers might be, they’re not nearly as enjoyable as having an army of paper robots wreaking havoc in their streets. Build Your Own Paper Robots, a hardback volume with an accompanying CD, will show you how to flood it with robot invaders.
Authored by Julius Perdana and Josh Buczynski (who, as far as we know, are made of flesh and blood), the set contains 14 amazing ready-to-print robot models that you can color, print and put together. Using your PC, a printer, card stock and some glue, simply follow the step-by-step assembly instructions and set up your own army of papercraft machines, ready to terrorize your favorite display shelves. Even better, it comes with scalable, line-art versions of the characters, along with different colors and patterns, so you [...]

Stunning Papercraft: Castle On the Ocean

Some papercraft projects are triumphs in design, allowing you to fashion gorgeous-looking creations with just a few folds of paper.  Others, like Wataru Itou’s massive and meticulously-detailed “Umi no Ue no Oshiro” (Castle On the Ocean), are just pure labors of love.
How else can you describe paper art that’s as intricate?  Built by hand, the artist slaved over the miniature castle for over four years before deeming it ready for the world to see.  Can you imagine cutting and folding paper for that length of time?  Imagine the paper cuts – ouch!

Apart from the actual castle, the installation has also been fitted with a bevy of lights, all coordinated to lend an even more dramatic element to the the piece.  A moving electronic train has also been added that travels along the paper ramp that courses throughout the castle.  Sadly, the creation features no man-made lake surrounding it that’s filled with [...]

Ninja Gaiden Diorama: The Classic Game On Papercraft

If building a papercraft New York City isn’t the kind of low-tech thrill you’re looking for, maybe this videogame-based diorama will spur you into action. Based on a scene from the classic Ninja Gaiden series on the NES, it’s one of the coolest 3D (okay, 2.5D) visual feasts I’ve seen in a while.
While we’re not sure where it’s from (a certain MisterManolo is credited on the actual PDF sheet), there’s no denying how interesting of a project it will be to put together, whether you geek out on classic ROMs all day or couldn’t care less. It’s undeniably a nice tabletop display, apart from declaring your undying love for 2D games and (in case you actually like it) papercraft.
Simply download the Ninja Gaiden Diorama PDF (link below), print it out (in color, of course) and follow the rest of the illustrated instructions. Like most papercraft designs, you [...]