027003 young Link (19-07-2006)
from: The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask game
Download:
parts with fold lines (1,34 MB PDF file)
parts without fold lines (1,15 MB PDF file)
instructions (1,08 MB PDF file)
some extra help (Webshots album)
Pictures:
Webshots album
I tried, but he can’t stand on his own… Due to my papercrafting abilities. Nice job on yours, though.
If you’re careful, you can try bending his leg a bittle so he won’t fall over anymore. But don’t overdo it of course, or you’ll wrinkle the legs…!
Another simple solution is to glue him to a nice stand; it’s not very difficult to make your own, but you can also find some pre-made ones online.
hey Ninjatoes!
how did you make this? or did you find it? im talking about the template
All the paper models that you can download from my papercraft webpage here were made by myself; some I simply drew by hand with pencil and a piece of paper, then colouring them and scanning the parts, but for others like young Link, I used a program called Pepakura Designer (link) to unfold a digital 3D model into 2D papercraft parts.
Pepakura Designer is really easy to use, and it is shareware so you can try it out before you decide to buy a registration key to save your work if you want to. You do need a 3D program too to either create a 3D model from scratch or to edit an already existing one, but there are many free 3D programs like SketchUp, Blender, Metasequoia, …
Ninjatoes! I love your models, but why don’t you include a pdo? It would make everything so much easier. Right now it’s a total pain trying to figure out where all the tabs glue on.
Normally, there simply isn’t a Pepakura *.pdo file that will let you build the model like you can with the PDF-file. ;o)
The PDF-file is the only file that has all the fixed parts together (after the test build, I usually don’t unfold the entire model again, but just the fixed parts and then I copy+paste them together in Photoshop).
Some things are just easier to fix in Photoshop after unfolding the parts (especially textures) and as a bonus, I can fool around with the lay out pf the sheets and add part numbers, arrows, etc. in Photoshop much easier than in Pepakura. ;o)
If you’re having trouble with certain parts, first make sure you’re valley-folding where you need to valley-fold, and mountain-folding where you need to mountain-fold; pre-shaping properly is very important, because it gives you a good clue on how to assemble a part.
Try assembling the part without glue first; then if it doesn’t fit, you can often easily see what you did wrong and how you need to correct it.
And of course: don’t try to rush anything and have fun building! ;o) If you feel like you’re getting frustrated because it’s proving more difficult or because it’s taking very long, it’s better to take a break and picking it up later when you feel like it again, than forcing yourself to go on.
There is some extra help for Link in my Webshots album (link) that may help you too.
Good luck and have fun building! ;o)
cool models you sale im a 1 fan of link
Thanks, I’m glad you like them! But they’re not for sale, though, you can download all the parts and instructions for free to build your own. ;o)