Matt Hawkins from the always excellent Paper Forest has released an awesome-looking book that has 26 papercraft models to cut out and build – and even better, it includes a DVD with all the templates in a printable format, so you don’t have to take scissors to your book. This would also be useful if you want to build an army of identical papertoys.
It’s not just sheets of models though, the first section is all about the process of designing paper models, and the rest is taken up by interviews with the designers and the models.
Thanks to Leilani for dropping me a line about this origami-based video she’s made! There’s a stop-motion animation of the bird being folded if you want to follow along.
Jun fron FX console dropped me a line about his site, as with all the others I’ve featured recently, the models are incredible.
I thought the gadget series was really great, the models include the Nintendo DS Lite pictured above, an Apple iPhone, Sony Vaio laptop, and for console lovers the range goes from Sony’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (with HD-DVD drive!) to the classic Atari 2600.
Make sure you check out the tutorials too, they’re handy if you want to get started making your own papercraft models.
Karl dropped me a line about his origami blog, Origami Nut. He’s got some great stuff on there, including some nice videos demonstrating the assembly of different models. I really liked the Sphere 94 model (pictured above), designed by Heinz Strobl. It’s a great bit of modular origami and watching it go together is great.
It looks like everyone’s turning console games into papercraft now… First was Sonic, then Mario, now we have this incredible model of Master Chief from Halo.
The final model comes out to be 13″ (33 cm) tall, has roughly 2100 faces (+ ~800 for the gun), and is made up of 42 pieces (+ 10 for the gun).
Here’s some simple Halloween origami that beginners can easily make. Not only are there diagrams to make a Jack O’ Lantern, a Bat, a Ghost, a Witch, Dracula, and a Church, there are animations showing you how to put them together.
Here’s some incredible papercraft work – A chinese guy was so inspired by the new Transformers movie that he designed and built his own model of Bumblebee based on the movie robot!
This is amazingly detailed, and overwhelmingly complex – not only has he made what looks like hundreds of parts, but the model is articulated and poseable too!
