Papercraft Retro Gadgets
Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmerman (great name!) of Zim and Zou, created this collection of actual size retro technology, meticulously cut from colorful paper. A little making-of video here.
Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmerman (great name!) of Zim and Zou, created this collection of actual size retro technology, meticulously cut from colorful paper. A little making-of video here.
Great photography and lighting play a part in bringing out the beauty of Calvin Nicholls’ paper sculptures, but most of the beauty comes from what he can do with just paper and a scalpel.
A series of paper-cut silhouettes made by artist Olly Moss featuring favorite pop-culture icons, from comic books to movies to video games and more. Warning: the link above is a serious time sink.
Taras Lesko was commissioned by Audi to create a scale model of the Audi A7. It took him 285 sheets of paper and 245 hours to finish the incredibly detailed model, which has a total of 750 parts.
Papercraft can often be pretty simplistic, but Brian Chan’s intricate creations were all made by folding alone; not a single cut was made on any of them. We want the WALL-E one for our office.
Artist Anastassia Elias creates intricate paper-cut artworks inside the most unconventional of frames – toilet paper rolls. Each one has incredible depth. Hopefully, she washed her hands beforehand.
Eric Power – the man who made Fatalities adorable – used his papercrafting skills to make a music video, summing up the original trilogy for Jeremy Messersmith‘s soothing song Tatooine.
Au Yeung Ping Chi’s papercraft items are burned at grave sites to be “delivered” to the dead. For those who died young, Au Yeung makes effigies of gadgets and designer shwag.
Done a promotional stunt for Epson, this full-scale replica of an Acura NSX race car was made entirely from paper (and maybe a little glue). We’d be more impressed if they could make it drive.
Check out every Fatality from the original Mortal Kombat, demonstrated for us using paper cut-outs, courtesy of animator Eric Power. Gotta love those paper death spikes. They look really menacing.
You’ve gotta hand it to the guy who designed these incredible papercraft models of The Road Warrior’s V-8 Interceptor. Choose a template with dirt or without. Mel Gibson action figure not included.
Here’s a terrific version of Howl’s Moving Castle, meticulously crafted out of paper by the patient Ben Millet, who downloaded the pdf from a book and dedicated 72 hours to complete it.
People Too’s intricate paper model of a tiny airplane cabin will blow your mind. Check out the weensy french fries and airline mystery meat on the food trays. There’s even “coffee” in the mugs.
Perfect for games of Paper Mario, Zim and Zou’s Papercraft Gameboy puts our own origami attempts to shame; it not only includes a Tetris cartridge but a 3D game of Tetris.
Shunichi Makin’s been busy ever since his mini-HAL 9000; he’s created not one but three super-deformed versions of Iron Man in papercraft, each with 3-4 printable PDF files.
If building an army of 59-foot tall, life-sized robots is out of your price range, Paper Robots is a suitable alternative: it includes 14 robot templates that can be built using rubber bands.
Folded over the course of four years, Wataru Itou’s A Castle On The Ocean is a papercraft spectacle; it’s on display at Uminohotaru, a service area which is itself situated on the ocean.
You won’t need to be an origami master to fold this papercraft Ninja Gaiden, which is why it’s full of win: simply download the rar’d PDF here to build yourself an 8-bit diorama.
Because a thousand Zergling cranes can’t be bad: Leon Gaban has put together a StarCraft PaperCraft Kit with dozens of origami instructions; also check out the Flickr gallery here.
Ashley Buerkett’s Mario World Board Game is more paper than Paper Mario, with a pieces that you’ll need to build yourself; at least you won’t have to worry about power outages.
Confed vets, relive battles past with these awesome papercraft Wing Commander models; we’ve got Dralthis and Rapiers, so all this party needs is the Tiger’s Claw. Warning: popups.
Using an X-ACTO-style knife, a bone folder and several subway tickets, Hubery de Lartigue shows how to fold your own X-Wing; want more? He does the Millenium Falcon here.
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