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“What’s papercraft?” you ask?

Well, that’s when (in this case ;o)  you print a page of parts (preferably on some thicker paper) cut them out and fold them, and then glue them together to make your very own 3D paper model of your favourite game/anime/movie character/whatever you like!

There are a lot of websites where you can find free templates to download and build, including my own one of course which you’re visiting right now. ;o)

Currently, I have two-hundred-and-nineteen (219) free papercraft models in stock for you! :o)

Select one of the Download categories above or in the Site map to the right to find the model you wish to download (if it’s not in one of the obvious categories, try the miscellaneous section).

If you want to contact me, or send me a picture of your finished paper model for the hall of fame, you can send me an e-mail at ninjatoes@home.nl and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Have fun building!

  1. Zebulun Malzon | May 30, 2022 at 22:59

    Can i do one of your papercrafts without thicker paper we dont have any currently

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    • ninjatoes | May 31, 2022 at 18:42

      Yes! You can definitely do papercraft with regular printer paper too.
      I think it is a bit easier with thicker paper because it is a little stiffer and it holds the shape you want to give it better (like when you pre-shape / curve the paper a round a pen for example.
      And of course, the final papercraft model will be stronger if you use thicker paper.
      So although I do recommend picking up some thicker paper (they usually have different thicknesses at any office supply shop or where you buy your regular printer paper) just take your time and have fun! ;o)

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  2. Atilla Fattah | December 9, 2021 at 14:12

    Good Night,
    Do You Have A Diorama For My Diecast?
    I Need The Garage One
    Thx

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  3. Zeeskee | December 3, 2021 at 19:02

    Hi ninjatoes! I am the one that asked about the nintendo 64 fox papercraft last year. I had a question about the corbak paper crafts. He removed 95% of all of his paper crafts, and I was wondering if you had Sonic, or blaze the cat, or any other corbak papercraft. I found a version of Sonic, but it’s not the one that is shown online(papercraft paradise, or paperkraft.net) . I really wanted to make those characters, but they are gone. I tried to download an archived link, but the file was corrupted. :(

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    • ninjatoes | December 4, 2021 at 11:03

      I’m afraid I can’t possibly save every papercraft that I find online and I don’t know Corbak personally to ask him either… But did you try the Wayback Machine? If you find the URL for the specific blogposts of the papercrafts you want, you can try looking for an archived version of it and see if the downloads still work.

      NOTE: because Corbak put them on Mediafire though, it won’t work if you just click the download link from an archived blogpost of course, you have to copy+paste the Mediafire download links into the address bar of your browser to see if the live version still exists. But it seems to work for Sonic: https://web.archive.org/web/20140517221708/http://corbak-papercraft.blogspot.com/

      So maybe you can find the other ones as well? Otherwise, try looking for Corbak’s email or something like that to ask him directly, or if you can’t find it or he doesn’t respond, there will probably be other websites that took Corbak’s papercrafts to put on their own website if you look hard enough.

      I’m sorry that I can’t really help you better than this, I hope you can find the papercrafts you want!

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      • Zeeskee | December 5, 2021 at 03:58

        Thanks! I tried the web archive and I could only get a few. But I found some other corbak paper crafts on other websites. OOH! I had a question. Why do paper crafts on the internet keep getting removed? It seems to be a common theme. 🤔

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  4. JUN TINY | August 18, 2021 at 17:16

    good afternoon,
    Do you have the Sanrio papercraft? （。 ＾ ▽ ＾）
    I am missing some (cinnamoroll, badzt maru, kuromi, etc)
    please
    (I am using google translator)

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    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2021 at 19:44

      Hello! I think you mean the papercraft characters from the official Sanrio website from a few years ago, right: https://www.sanrio-ponponjump.com/programs/craft/?

      Unfortunately they were part of sort of a summer campaign, and when the campaign ended, the papercraft download links were gone too…

      I described in a blogpost how I managed to find download links for 11 of them (there where 22 in total, each week or so a new one replacing the earlier one) using the Wayback Machine:
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2018/10/free-official-supercute-sanrio-hello.html

      You can scroll down and still download some of them, but especially the ones you mention, I couldn’t find working download links for after the campaign ended unfortunately…

      I’m sorry I couldn’t help you, maybe you will find one or two that work and that you still don’t have so you can still get them. And don’t give up looking and asking around online from time to time, they were veru popular so there’s a good chance Sanrio fans saved the complete set and would be willing to share them! Or maybe you can even ask the Sanrio company through their website explaining your question?

      Good luck and have fun!

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    • ninjatoes | August 20, 2021 at 20:14

      UPDATE
      Check the post I mentioned with the list of Sanrio papercrafts I mentioned earlier, hopefully it’s a nice surprise:
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2018/10/free-official-supercute-sanrio-hello.html

      (I kept trying with the Wayback Machine, and tried changing the numbers links from the working Wayback ones (because the the download links were basically just renumbered each time during the campaign; it worked for almost all of them, except the first one, but I hope you’ll like all the other ones that you can still download now including the ones you were looking for! ;o)

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  5. Damian | June 19, 2021 at 18:06

    Hey Hey, i saw that you made on amazing Walrus class submarine in cad? I have a teacher that is retiring who went and worked on 3 sub classes and I would really like to 3D-print the model for him because of this. i was wondering if you could help me out with the STL file?

    Kind Regards,

    Damian

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    • ninjatoes | June 20, 2021 at 10:19

      Ah I actual did model it in 3D in SketchUp first, but only to unfold it into 2D parts with Pepakura Designer to make it into a papercraft, and I only kept the 2D papercraft parts to share on my website here… Pretty much all I have for you now are the papercraft files you can download here: https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/royal-netherlands-navy-walrus-class-submarine/ sorry… :o(

      But what I did at the time was order an official scale model drawing of the Walrus submarine class from the ministry of Defence: https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/modelbouwtekeningen/bestelformulier

      It’s €15 including shipping to an adress in The Netherlands, and you’ll get the drawing you see in the background of this photo:

      I scanned it (it’s a big drawing so I had to scan it in pieces and then “stitch” it back together in Photoshop, but for a fee you could also have it scanned at a print shop) and then I imported all the views and cross-sections in the same scale into SketchUp so I could basically “trace” all the shapes and parts from the drawing like you can see in the top-left panel of this image:

      Because I was making it into a papercraft my version wasn’t 100% accurate but it actually wasn’t too difficult making the 3D model using the scanned drawings as guides! :o) If you want to 3D print it, I think there are tools/plugins that will let you convert a SketchUp file into an .stl file…?

      I’m very sorry that I can’t help you better than this, but I hope maybe it’s an idea to try to do it the same way…?

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      • Damian Klaassen | June 26, 2021 at 09:56

        Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this to me. However I think I will make a papercraft version for myself just for fun. And maybe buy the official replica of the site you recommended for my teacher. Again thank you very much!!!

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        • ninjatoes | June 26, 2021 at 10:28

          I hope you’ll enjoy building the papercraft! Like all papercrafts, some parts can be quite tricky so take your time and have fun!

          And I hope I didn’t explain it in a confusing way, but the modelbouwtekeningen that you can buy from het Ministerie van Defensie are just that: referentie-tekeningen van de boten, *geen* modellen of replica’s van de boten helaas…!

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  6. Klua | May 16, 2021 at 22:33

    I was thinking aboit making a model but i couldn’t find it anywhere so i thought i would make it myself.
    Just one problem…
    I Don’t know how to make templates.
    I was hoping you you could give me some advice :p

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    • ninjatoes | May 17, 2021 at 19:08

      Well it can be as easy or as difficult as you want, actually! ;o)

      Sometimes I make the papercrafts / templates just by hand; I just try to break down a complex shape to simpler shapes in my head, and then try to imagine what that 3D part would look as a 2D papercraft part like when you unfold it, and then I draw that 2D shape on a piece of paper. Usually I have to fix it a bit (it’s a bit trial and error usually;o) but I make my Advance Wars papercrafts that way, and some other ones like the Batmobile, Going Merry boat, Star Wars TIE Fighter or more recently a Star Trek shuttlecraft. I can’t really make a dedicated tutorial or anything, but on my papercraft weblog you can see work in progress posts that show what I mean:
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Advance%20Wars
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20Trek

      Most people that get into papercraft nowadays though like to use a program called Pepakura Designer: https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/

      It can take a digital 3D model, and then the tool will unfold it into 2D parts to make a papercraft template. The unfolding is actually the easy part that way, the hardest / most time consuming part is making the 3D model. You can use existing ones, or make your own of course, and they can be as complex / detailed or as simple as you want too!

      3D modelling is a whole art in itself, but for papercraft you really don’t need very complex 3D models (it will only make the papercraft difficult to make too – although maybe you like challenging papercrafts? ;o)

      The real “trick” is to just take your time playing around and learning the possibilities by making your own templates, and of course building papercrafts too! That way you get to learn using the 3D tools (you can use almost any (free) 3D program you like, and they all have their own options and for most of them you can find a lot of tips and tricks online already) and things that work well and not so well for a papercraft model.

      If you look at some of the work in progress posts on my weblog again for the paeprcrafts that I made using Pepakura Designer, you can see some of the things I like to do; usually I like to break down combined shapes into simpler, separate ones, but that’s just me really. To be honest, it’s really just a personal choice how you should make a 3D model that you want to unfold in Pepakura Designer; like I said, you can make a very simpel 3D model for a very simple papercraft, or a very detailed one for a very challenging on.
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Work%20In%20Progress?updated-max=2020-12-25T10:44:00%2B01:00&max-results=20&start=13&by-date=false
      https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2012/06/papercraft-lego-black-knight-wip4.html

      Like I said, unfolding the 3D model in Pepakura Designer after making one is actually the easy step, and you can try out Pepakura Designer for free! (if you want to save your unfolded 3D model, you will have to buy a keycode; although you can print your work (as a PDf file as well ;o) to try it out!

      I’m sorry that I can’t really help you better than this, but I hope I gave you some ideas. The most important tip I can give though is to take your time and enjoy yourself! That way even if things feel difficult, you can persevere! Papercraft doesn’t need to be difficult, but often it takes a lot of time and people give up because of it… :o(

      Have fun! ;o)

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  7. Anonymous | April 25, 2021 at 09:06

    Hello sir my name anak esde

    can i use your papercraft for my youtube video please? thank you

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    • ninjatoes | April 25, 2021 at 13:50

      Yes you can use my papercrafts for that, as long as you explain to people that it is a free fanwork that they can download it for free as well if they like it. If you send me a link once the video is done, I would love to show it on my papercraft WIP weblog if you would like that? ;o)

      Have fun building and making the video!

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  8. Zee David | February 5, 2021 at 07:31

    Hi! Apparently there was a nintendo 64 Fox mccloud from 2008 floating around, and all the links are down. Do you happen to have it?

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  9. Jack | January 21, 2021 at 03:23

    Thank you so much for keeping this site alive all these years. Papercraft Museum is dead and it sucks cuz there were sooo many ideas I wanted to follow. I had quite a time making Kurt Zisa from Kingdom Hearts. XD

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    • ninjatoes | January 21, 2021 at 20:44

      Yes, unfortunately many fun papercraft websites are not really active anymore, but I do still enjoy making paper models, so it’s easy to keep doing it. ;o) If you search around, you can still find a lot of old ones though, and still many new ones too of course! Kurt Zisa was quite challenging with its six arms, so I’m happy you had the opportunity to make it! Thank you for your comment, and have fun papercrafting! :o)

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  10. Marine The Racoon | July 30, 2020 at 14:49

    ok so i have had this idea for a couple months now im creating a papercrafting hub wordpress site can i have your permission to use your projects and would you like to help create it? Its like the site on which you can find anything… soon, at least!

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    • ninjatoes | July 30, 2020 at 19:33

      I think that would be really nice! If it really would become a site where people can go to search through a lot of papercrafts from all kinds of different websites, I think people would definitely find it very convenient and fun! :o)

      I remember sites like that in the past, like http://www.papercraftmuseum.com/ but it will be a really *BIG* project…! And I’m afraid I really can’t offer to help you with it, sorry… :o(

      All I can say is: if you want to go for it, then yeah, absolutely! ;o) But *please* don’t stress out about it or anything: just keep it fun for yourself. So many people have wanted to make a nice papercraft website but it’s so easy to get disappointed because it’s *so much* work… I think if you try to make a huge “database” with all the papercrafts you can find all at once, you will become frustrated very fast… So if you want to do it, do it at a normal pace whenever you have the time and feel like it! ;o)

      Another important thing I do want to mention, is try not to upload all the papercrafts you find from active sites to the Papercrafting Hub itself: taking myself for example, I would absolutely be okay with you using the pictures from my website to show people what the papercraft looks like, but then provide a link to the post on my website here, instead of letting people download them directly from the Papercrafting Hub of course…

      A lot of papercrafters became very disappointed when they noticed people didn’t visit their website anymore because their papercrafts were just uploaded on other websites… I guess sometimes it’s a grey area because sometimes it’s not even clear who made a certain papercraft if you don’t know it/them, or their website is still up but they don’t post anymore… A lot of times websites with older papercrafts, the website doesn’t even exist anymore or the download links have expired and then people would actually would have liked somebody to have backed up the papercraft somewhere else… I guess try to think about this and be kind to people that create the papercrafts, most of them would rather have you link to their websites instead of offering their papercrafts for download on another website, especially if they’re still active.

      Oh and another thing is I noticed a spelling mistake: where it says “PEPKARA VIEWER” papercrafts I think you mean Pepakura Viewer. It’s named after the tool which you can download from this website: https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/index.html

      A lot of papercrafters use that tool to create papercrafts from digital 3D models (especially video game characters) and almost every papercrafter that likes to find papercrafts online will know what Pepakura is so I think it’s a good thing to have on the Papercrafting Hub. Maybe you can add a part telling new people that “Pepakura papercrafts come in a special file format (with a .pdo file extension) that are created in Pepakura Designer, and that can be opened with Pepakura Viewer (often when people get surprised when the program asks a password, it’s because they are mistakingly trying to open the papercraft file in the Designer version: the Viewer will open the .pdo file without asking for a password). The .pdo file kind of serves as instruction file itself: it offers a 3D view of the model, and you can see where each part is supposed to go on the model. Unfortunately, the Pepakura programs are only available for Windows computers so people that don’t have a Windows computer will have to ask a friend for example if they could print the parts for them, and will have to do without help building it except maybe some pictures of the finished model…

      I’m sorry I really can’t offer to help you with this *big* project, although I think it would be very impressive to have a new site where you could find all kinds of papercrafts in one place and it would be really nice for people looking for papercrafts of course. Keep it fun, I think that’s the most important thing about papercraft! :o)

      greetz ninjatoes

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  11. Marine The Racoon | July 27, 2020 at 20:38

    I officially just finished my second Zelda Ocarina Of Time papercraft!!!

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  12. papercraftinglife | July 23, 2020 at 15:34

    also if this is helpful if you do the sonic ones do the sonic rush adventure sprites i love those ones and there more boxy and easy to make but still no one has made them please do especially blaze, burning blaze, and marine

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    • ninjatoes | July 24, 2020 at 19:49

      Hello! I’m afraid I can’t promise to make any specific papercrafts, because making papercrafts is just a hobby of mine that I can only do in my spare time of course. ;o) In the other comment I mentioned some links that I could remember from the top of my head, but I think there are a lot more to find! Don’t give up looking, even if it’s frustrating that you can’t access many of them. I think there are a lot of simple ones like “Cubees” that are REALLY boxy, or sometimes a bit more 3D and nicer shaped (although the boxy ones often work as a simple shaped paper toy for artists to add really nice artwork onto and make them into some really cute looking Sonic characters! :o)

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  13. papercraftinglife | July 22, 2020 at 13:27

    Yeah i like sonic too and no one makes models that are actually accessible

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  14. glemadoraofmirkwood | July 20, 2020 at 21:33

    Hey could you make sonic ones as my computer can only handle pdfs so your site is the only one i can use so if you could make sonic ones (Specifically a Marine the Raccoon one) that would be awesome thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | July 24, 2020 at 19:43

      Hello! I think because a lot of Sonic papercrafts are created from the actual game models, a lot of them are shared in the *.PDO format of Pepakura Designer (which can unfold digital 3D models into 2D papercraft pieces). If you have a Windows computer, you can download the free Pepakura Viewer (the two tools are bundled together) to open .*PDO files from: https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/index.html

      Alternatively, maybe can sometimes ask a friend or family member to convert some *.PDO files by “printing” them as PDF files for you, or maybe you can ask if it’s okay to use the Pepakura tool on a computer at school/work to do so? Often though, papercrafts made with Pepakura are pretty tricky, and it’s difficult to understand how to assemble them if you can’t look at the 3D view in Pepakura Viewer…

      But I think there are quite a few Sonic papercrafts that are shared in PDF or even JPG or other image formats! You probably already knew, but Arbys released some simple Sonic papercrafts the past few weeks: https://arbys.com/papercraft

      And of course there are some pretty old but still really nice papercrafts from the official Sega Sonic channel:
      http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/enjoy/papercraft/index.html

      Sonic Gear is hosting some simple Sonic papercrafts on their own webspace:
      http://www.sonicgear.org/Crafts/PaperProjects.html

      And like I said, I think if you search around a bit you will find many more (as frustrating as it might be to sometimes find a really nice Sonic papercraft, only to find out you can’t open it if you don’t have the right tool… :o( DeviantArt is a large website where people share artwork that they make, and I remember seeing Sonic papercrafts there from time to time like https://www.deviantart.com/cheetor182/art/SONIC-PAPERCRAFT-DOWNLOAD-154845065 so it’s worth doing some searches there (and on Google too of course ;o)
      Somebody did make a Marine there: https://www.deviantart.com/coralcalypso/art/Marine-the-Raccoon-papercraft-brown-eyes-293922405 but it’s a very boxy one and I can’t remember if I ever saw a more realistic looking one…?

      I’m sorry to say that I can’t promise to make any specific papercrafts really… :o( Papercraft is only a hobby of mine and I already have so many ideas that I already can’t possibly make them all… But I do hope you will find some nice Sonic papercrafts to make, don’t give up looking and have fun!

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  15. LizardlyMatters | July 9, 2020 at 18:23

    holy doG i’m unspeakably shocked and relieved there’s still a pepakura blog still active in 2020, I thought all of them had gone defunct by 2016. You have my utmost appreciation, ser

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    • ninjatoes | July 11, 2020 at 08:04

      What can I say? I still love papercraft after all this time! And a lot of other people still do of course. ;o)

      I think in the time of PaperKraft.net, Nintendo Papercraft and PaperPokés, it was also a time of video game extraction becoming widely known, which was a papercraft gold mine combined with Pepakura Designer of course. But I think a lot of the enthustiastic papercrafters back then were quite young, with a lot more spare time on their hands back then, and they undoubtedly have different priorities now. ;o) But they already made so many more papercrafts than you could ever build of course, and there are still a lot of people besides me that make new ones! ;o) Have fun!

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  16. Tracy | March 15, 2020 at 09:33

    Love the Lego especially.. I can appreciate Life gets in the way, but do you have plans or already have the minifigures available in outline only. So it can be coloured in prior to making them please?

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    • ninjatoes | March 15, 2020 at 09:55

      Hi there! I’m happy to hear you like my LEGO papercrafts! The closest thing I have to an outline-only version, is the LEGO Ghost minifig: https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/lego-ghost/

      Most of its parts are white so it’s exactly what you mean I think, except his head: for that it will probably be easiest to take a different head like from one of the Forestmen and remove the color in an image program (Photoshop or Gimp can open PDF files, or you can convert the PDF file to BMP files with an online tool like https://www.zamzar.com/convert/pdf-to-bmp/ first to make it easier to work with). Make sure the head with the color removed has the same scale as the original head with the Ghost! I hope this helps, have fun!

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  17. Crystal | February 3, 2019 at 15:16

    Are there going to be more lego designs ? Buildable options for bricks 1×1 1×2 1×3 2×2 2×3 2×4 2×2 slope would be awesome to be able to build a house for the paper figs. Would love to see hotdog guy Mr gold bumblebee girl brick boy and girl and a option to stick together … In in love w. Thr paper lego and some of the groups I’m in people are going crazy over them as well.

    And Minecraft items..

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    • ninjatoes | February 3, 2019 at 16:41

      Hi there! I’m a big LEGO fan, so there will definitely be more LEGO papercrafts! ;o) Mostly minifigs probably, but maybe the odd brick here and there as well. I can’t promise you anytime soon though, since life keeps getting in the way of papercrafting big time…

      There are actually quite a lot of Minecraft papercrafts available actually, mostly simple characters (but sometimes also a bit more complex like a fully articulated Steve, some farm scenery or a whole house)

      But there are really lots more if you search around a bit. Sorry that I can’t promise you anything, but I hope you understand it’s only a hobby of mine to make papercrafts. ;o) Have fun!

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  18. CrystalT. | February 1, 2019 at 02:50

    request some more lego minifigures
    hotdog guy
    mr gold
    some of the cmf
    chima characters with removable head gear/facemasks

    minecraft creeper and steve maybe steve parrot to sit on his shoulder

    a 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×6 — 2×2 – 2×4 bricks
    a 2×2 sloped brick would be awesome to build a paper house to go along with a figure

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    • ninjatoes | February 1, 2019 at 10:19

      Thanks for your message, I’m happy to hear you like my LEGO papercraft! At the moment, I’m afraid I don’t really have the time to do a lot of papercraft at all, though… :o( But I really like them too, and I will definitely make some more of them in future, I just can’t promise you when exactly or which ones… (there are just so many I’d love to do! ;o)

      I did make a 1×2 brick and 1×2 plate before as part of my papercraft LEGO Ghost minifig:
      https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/lego-ghost/

      They’re white/uncoloured, so you can easily colour the templates or print them on coloured/patterned paper too. ;o)

      With a bit of work, you could cut and paste the template parts together into other basic bricks and plates, just be sure to test-adjust-test-adjust-etc. so that they will fit together properly! ;o)

      It would be super cool to make all the parts for a relative small and simple set like the 6592 Vacation Hideaway set and be able to build it out of papercraft! Even that has a lot of different parts already though, and it would be HUGE in the scale of my papercraft minifigs… ;o)

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    • ninjatoes | November 28, 2018 at 17:17

      First you can choose of which category you want to download a papercraft (like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, miscellaneous, etc.) by clicking the logos above or at the top of the page or in the list on the right side.

      In each category there are posts for each papercraft that I made, and in the posts will be the download links for the parts and instructions.

      Clicking the download links will either open a PDF file with the papercraft parts to save to your computer and print, or a ZIP-file with the papercraft parts inside as a jpg image file.

      I hope this explains things, have fun building!

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  20. Demareabobo | November 12, 2018 at 09:06

    U should make all the characters of bleach and naruto shippuden

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    • ninjatoes | November 12, 2018 at 10:11

      I’ve actually always wanted to papercraft some Naruto characters, but I never got around to it with all the other papercrafts I also wanted to do, sorry… :oX At the moment I even have less time I’m afraid, but if you search around online, you can find some pretty nice Bleach and Naruto papercrafts already! ;o)

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  21. Tito | November 13, 2017 at 04:08

    Hi! I just wanted to say thank you for all these wonderful papercraft models. I discovered Pepakura through your blog and now I love it. Thanks a lot for sharing!

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  22. Anonymous | July 17, 2017 at 19:50

    HI! I just wanted to say that I really like your page!!
    Greetings from: https://decubeeyalgomas.blogspot.com

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    • ninjatoes | July 18, 2017 at 10:19

      …and to have people discover your own papercraft weblog with neat Cubees of Grimm, Xena, Ice Age and even Gilligan’s Island, I hope! ;o) Have fun papercrafting!

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  23. B Christopher Tucker | July 6, 2017 at 04:47

    I have really liked your BSG collection.
    I was wondering if you have plans to make the Viper MK-VII, Stealth Viper (Blackbird/”Laura”), Stealth star (the first Stealth Viper). or the Raptor any time?
    I think that these would be a great addition to your collection.

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    • ninjatoes | July 6, 2017 at 16:29

      I would love to make some more BSG papercrafts, but I always have so many ideas, and especially at the moment I have so little time unfortunately, so I can’t promise if/when I might do so, sorry…! :o(

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  24. Dan | April 3, 2017 at 05:57

    Hey, just wanted to say keep up the good work. I made my first papercraft of your zelda twilight princess link model years ago when I was in middle school. Glad to see you’re still doing papercraft. Cheers.

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    • ninjatoes | April 7, 2017 at 16:36

      Yes, although I don’t have a lot of spare time anymore, I do still love papercraft, and I definitely want to make new ones when I can! ;o)

      It’s great to hear that you remembered my Twilight Link, I hope you enjoyed building it, have fun and all the best!

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  25. Miguel | February 20, 2017 at 05:35

    It’s fun
    😀😁😋😗

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  26. Charles | February 17, 2017 at 18:40

    Hi Ninjatoes, Dont know if you remember myself, but i redesigned one of your Lego models some time ago into Captain America and also Bane from Batman?
    I was wanting to ask if you had any plans to potentially try and design a Batman to go with your collection? As it would only require you to design a new helmet as the rest of the body could simply be re-drawn???
    With the film being out and friends knowing about the models i have made in the past (All my models have been gifted to multiple children within my family and friendship group!) I am being asked if it would be possible to make a Batman!!
    Redesign of the body would be easy, but i have no skills or abilities when it comes to designing new parts for the models.
    Your help and advice would be appreciated

    Kind regards

    Charles

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    • ninjatoes | February 18, 2017 at 08:43

      Sure I remember you! And I’m happy to hear your friends liked your redraws! I get asked a lot to make specific papercrafts, including a LEGO Batman. ;o) And you know I’m a big LEGO fan ánd a big Batman fan, so I’d love to make one, but papercraft is only a hobby of mine, and especially lately, I’ve been really swamped with other things, so I hardly have any time at the moment I’m afraid to make new papercrafts, because it really does take me a lot of time… So I’m afraid that I can’t promise you that I will be able to make a LEGO Batman anytime soon, sorry… :o(

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  27. Jose Martin Lozano Avila | September 18, 2016 at 17:36

    Hola te saludo y te agradesco por tus madelos de papel. Gracias a esos modelos Yo los transformo en diseños de aluminio (modelos hechos con latas de aluminio.) Como el alcon milenario.
    Gracias

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  28. Kevin Lantigua | June 29, 2016 at 01:58

    Hey Ninjatoes! Im currently building wolf link, and im having trouble with parts 49-64. Do you have any tips or perhaps a schematic to help? Thank you and keep making awesome models!

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    • ninjatoes | June 29, 2016 at 17:42

      I’m afraid I don’t have a good tip or good schematic to make it easier, sorry… :o( Only some general tips:

      Firstly, because the teeth are so small, I really recommend having the PDF file open on your computer screen so you can zoom in on the parts: the teeth are small, but each of them has several folding lines that you need to score and fold that you probably can’t see very well on the printed versions!

      Secondly, I think it helps if you “imagine” the shape the teeth need to be in your head: most of them will need to be a 3, 4, 5, etc. sided pyramid shape (a few teeth are different, but if you fold them properly and follow the arrows (and “trial-and-error” a few times, sorry…) you can get it right! ;o)

      Focus on one teeth at a time, and firstly, score and fold all the fold lines and make sure you don’t forget any of them!

      Then look at the arrows on the template, and follow the ones that point to the part itself first: usually it will tell you which glueing flap you need to glue to which edge to get the required pyramid shape.

      It’s difficult, because the parts are small and the shapes are difficult, but I hope you can do it! ;o)

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  29. chris lee | June 18, 2016 at 22:48

    This is sick bro!!!
    Do you have the interceptor version?
    I want to make a drone quad for this baby!!

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  30. Adair | May 18, 2016 at 05:37

    I love this site. I am glad you keep up with it. I found you a couple of years ago. Actually longer than that because I built the cylon raider 4 years ago. Due to the lack of time, I don’t get to build much, so it is nice to come back here and download more models.

    I have wondered, just how in the heck do you make these? I can’t even imagine how you would begin designing a model from scratch.

    Anyways, thank you for sharing your precious works.

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    • ninjatoes | May 18, 2016 at 18:33

      Thanks for being such a long time fan! I still enjoy papercraft very much too, but like you, I don’t have as much time to enjoy it as much as I used to. ;o)

      I think when it comes to creating my papercrafts, I can break down the papercrafts I make into 3 types:

      1) Sometimes I make them just by hand, directly on a piece of paper (and then I break them apart and scan in the pieces for my websites and to build the final version). My Advance Wars series, Batmobile, Going Merry boat from One Piece, and even the Tie-fighter from Star Wars are made this way. And I actually find this the most fun way! ;o)
      If you browse through old posts on my weblog for when I made the TIE-fighter of Advance Wars papercrafts, you can see some examples: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20Wars and http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Advance%20Wars

      2) But when I want to make a papercraft from a 3D video game, I try to start with the actual 3D model from the game, because it has the textures, and that way I’m sure it has the right shape and proportions so it looks close to what you see in the game. I like that especially for “old” video games, like my Tomb Raider and Zelda 64 series, because they are quite “blocky”. ;o) But also my Final Fantasy series and other papercrafts started with the actual video game models. For popular games, you can often find tools made by fans that let you extract the 3D data and textures, but to make it into a papercraft model, you usually still need to tweak them a lot in a (free) 3D program because otherwise game models won’t be very suited for papercraft… Once you’re happy with the changes (it’s important to try and unfold them “in your head” already, to imagine how you would build them) I unfold them with a great tool called “Pepakura Designer”: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/index.html
      You can see some examples of how I change the game model to a papercraft model in the work in progress section on my weblog too: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Final%20Fantasy

      3) The third type is almost like the second type, except that I start the 3D models from scratch. I usually use SketchUp to make the 3D models from scratch, because it’s easy to use and 3D models for papercraft don’t need to be very difficult. I made the Nintendo Zapper gun and my LEGO minifigs that way for example. You can see some work in progress including how I break down the complex shapes into simpler ones to make them easier to unfold in Pepakura Designer on my weblog again: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/LEGO

      Have fun papercrafting! ;o)

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  31. airaputree | February 8, 2016 at 13:11

    hallo, been looking for star trek papercraft pattern and found this awesome site. Thank you. This site really helps :)

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  32. David Oliveira | February 1, 2016 at 23:34

    Congratulations man,the papercrafts models are very good !
    Saudações do Brasil !

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  33. Damian | February 1, 2016 at 09:10

    Hi, a love your papercraft from Final Fantasy VII; Yuffie and Cloud!!!
    How do you do this amazing templates?!!!
    Now , I ‘m building , I’m excited because I had a lot of time looking templates for this great game. thank God and to you!!!! when I finished , I will show you my work Yuffie and Cloud.
    I want Sephiroth template and the other characters of the game, the protagonists: Barret , Sid , Red XIII, Aeries , Vincent , Cai Sith , Tifa and also a Chocobo . Too much to ask , I know, but … Remember in 2016 will the remake of FFVII PS1 to PS4 . Everyone will want these templates … My group of friends know your page… Regards.

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  34. mirian | February 1, 2016 at 04:26

    Todo esta buenisimo lo que no entiendo es porque esta de one piece y no de Fairy tail :cc

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  35. Rafael Bermúdez Suárez | January 29, 2016 at 23:37

    COOKIE RUN Papercraft!!!

    I share some beautiful and rare designs video game called “COOKIE RUN”.
    There are 6 different models.

    Thanks for your attention and publish it in its great page. Below I leave my download link, it is completely safe and hope you find it useful.

    Greetings and wish them well.

    Best regards.
    Rafael Bermúdez Suárez

    DOWNLOAD LINK: https://copy.com/gv3dYu60rnVmS9MY

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  36. Fres | January 24, 2016 at 19:39

    Todo esta poquísimo lo que no entiendo es porque no está la princesa zelda :'(

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  37. Gary | December 29, 2015 at 18:31

    The page is very good but should have a random button pops out to you randomly papercraft

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    • ninjatoes | December 30, 2015 at 17:28

      I like that idea! ;o) I can link to a “random post” with a link like this: https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/?random, but includes the entire sites, not just the papercraft downloads.

      WordPress.com isn’t as freely customizable as Blogger or WordPress.org and I don’t see a method on how to make a “random papercraft” link right now, but when I do, I’ll definitely include it on my site! ;o)

      Thanks for the tip!

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  38. WolfFire | December 23, 2015 at 03:52

    I subscribed! I really love your paper craft! I hope to build Wolf Link (I have tried this when I first started out a few years ago) and Midna! I made the Zelda model in your collection which I would like to email you sometime!

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    • ninjatoes | December 23, 2015 at 18:49

      I’m happy to hear you like my papercraft works! ;o) I made wolf Link quite a few years ago already, but he’s still one of my most challenging models I think, so take your time if you decide to go for it and don’t try to rush it, because it has many tiny and tricky parts…!

      I have a “hall of fame” section where I can post the pictures of my papercrafts that other people built; I always love to see other people’s works so feel free to send me a picture if you like that. ;o)

      Have fun!

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      • WolfFire | December 23, 2015 at 23:03

        Cool! I will do that very soon! I did The Majora’s Mask but because i made it over a year ago it has fallen apart, but that one was very easy so I would make another!

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  39. Eryk Regnier | November 11, 2015 at 11:34

    Cool that you’re still doing what you’re doing, I have comments on your fierce deity link page under 5 different names from 2009, I’m dude, spongebob says says says says says, sumo toes, ROBOT, and mr. l, man that was like 6 years ago, I was like 11 or 12.

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    • ninjatoes | November 12, 2015 at 19:06

      Welcome back! ;o) Yes, I still enjoy papercrafting, but I don’t have as much time as I used to have to make new ones… But I’ll keep making them as long as I enjoy it of course! ;o) It’s great to see you still remember building Fierce Deity Link too, have fun in your current endeavours!

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  40. LolDawn | October 12, 2015 at 02:08

    Wow, glad to see that you are alive! I appreciate your works. Keep papercrafting! :D

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  41. Anonymous | October 10, 2015 at 11:26

    do you have slam dunk anime papercrafts?

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  42. Paper craft | October 7, 2015 at 01:50

    Great work!! very like it (paper).. love it thanks for ur content

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  43. HaruTX | September 12, 2015 at 21:32

    Is it possible to request a paper craft? I have been looking all over for final fantasy warrior of light ex mode from Dissidia but I can’t seem to find out at all.

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    • ninjatoes | September 13, 2015 at 08:37

      Is it possible to request a paper craft? I have been looking all over for final fantasy warrior of light ex mode from Dissidia but I can’t seem to find out at all.

      I’m afraid not, sorry… Papercraft is only a hobby of mine, and I already have so many ideas, that I can’t promise to make a specific papercraft… :o(

      There are a lot of other papercrafters though, many of which who also like Final Fantasy. So don’t give up looking!

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  44. Dante | August 25, 2015 at 19:33

    Hello, Ninjatoes

    I was wandering if you could help me out. I’ve extracted a model from the FF:CC game but my pepakura designer doesn’t open it.
    http://www.mediafire.com/download/rei9mw441xxosxk/Soldier+M2.rar
    I tried to join the objects that are separated but that didn’t work either. I reduced the number of faces/triangles to half, extracted in other formats such as .dae but my pepakura closes as soon as I try to open my file. Don’t know if is just my software or what..
    If you could help me or know someone..please!
    Thanks

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    • Dante | August 25, 2015 at 20:30

      Also, you don’t happen to have the models you posted years ago, do you?
      http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com.br/2011/11/dl-papercraft-final-fantasy-crystal.html

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      • ninjatoes | August 27, 2015 at 09:00

        That one was made by a person called Ignatius, and I didn’t post the models, I only put up a link to their website; unfortunately, it looks like Ignatius has closed his papercraft weblog instead of leaving the models up, so you should try if you can find a way to contact him, or try if you can find somebody who uploaded them on their own website or something…

        Sorry I can’t help you better than this! :o(

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        • Dante | August 27, 2015 at 13:50

          Didn’t find his contact anywhere.. but found some of the models elsewhere. But I still wanted that boat though. And I was unsucessful ripping that game properly.

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    • ninjatoes | August 27, 2015 at 08:57

      I think if you put it in a folder *without* the mtl file it might work. Also, try converting the tga files to bmp or jpg. The more basic the better.

      Still, all is not well with the 3D model, really… :o( Ripping 3D models from video games is often not perfect, and it can take a lot of work to fix all the issues in a 3D program first before you should try to unfold it in Pepakura Designer. So it’s important not to skip that step, it’s the most important one! ;o)

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      • Dante | August 27, 2015 at 13:48

        Yeah… I’ll arrange the pose and try to simplify the mesh before unfolding.. just testing de file so I don’t waste time with something that doesn’t work. Unfortunately I’m not very skilled with that so the final pdo is a mess..but still foldable..somehow. Pepakura lvl expert for assembling.

        There are methods I could use but involves UV remapping. That I cannot do :(

        But thanks for the help! It worked!

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  45. JamesM_Wray | August 20, 2015 at 03:32

    Hello NinjaToes. I’m a paper craft fan and I was wondering if I could get you go ahead to sell some 3D models that I’ve made on my ETSY shop.

    I can’t offer money as I have none, and in my current situation it would be impossible for me to pay for royalties, but I could include links on my etsy page to whatever websites and social media you’re affiliated with.

    Would love to hear back from you.

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  46. Andrew Beranek | August 12, 2015 at 05:25

    Hi,
    is there any chance I could download your F-15 (red one) from Advance Wars? Or is it still available somewhere?
    Thank you for your time.

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  47. QueenOfMirkwood | August 4, 2015 at 17:48

    Do you know where I could find some characters from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings?

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  48. Andre du Plessis | July 17, 2015 at 12:23

    I would really like to get the plans of your Panhard Armoured Car.

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    • ninjatoes | July 17, 2015 at 16:40

      I haven’t made a papercraft Panhard armoured car myself, but I think you mean the one that I featured here: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2011/10/dl-very-detailed-papercraft-panhard.html

      That one was made by Ervins Ernstreits, who posted the download links for the free versions (there was also a commercial version he made for the GPM-0295 magazine) on this forum: http://www.kartonwork.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13747&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=81

      Unfortunately, as you can see, it was posted several years ago already, and the downloads on the filehost have expired since then… :o( Because it’s not my model, you’ll have to try to contact the creator “ervins” to see if they’re still available (if you search around a bit, you’ll find some pictures of the bottom of the front page of the templates with an e-mail adress:

      Or try to find “ervins panhard” on other sites of people that have uploaded the files to their own websites… I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this, I hope you’ll be able to get the templates!

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  49. Lad99 | June 24, 2015 at 16:48

    Can u make more zelda papercraft models THEY ARE AMAZING make sure its not to hard like a monkey u find in the first dungeon in zelda twighlight princess

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    • ninjatoes | June 24, 2015 at 18:00

      Hi there! I’m happy to hear you like my Zelda papercrafts! ;o) I will definitely make more of them in the future, but I can’t promise you when or which ones exactly, sorry…!

      There are lots more Zelda papercrafts on other websites too, though; have a look around and I’m sure you will find some neat ones that aren’t too difficult, have fun!

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  50. ZeldaTheSwordsman | June 21, 2015 at 09:35

    Perhaps you could turn your attention to Jurassic Park?

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  51. Poekoko | June 19, 2015 at 05:47

    Chancellor Cole is looking neater than ever! Or… naughtier than ever? Either way, great job on the paper model!

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  52. Louie Reyes | June 10, 2015 at 06:19

    nice i think ill try etsutan’s paperccraft .I’ve already build some here’s the link http://louie1105.deviantart.com/

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  53. Louie Reyes | June 9, 2015 at 16:33

    hi , do you create any IJN battleships ?

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  54. Anonymous | May 9, 2015 at 13:00

    Have you ever considered making sketch tutorials yourself? It would be a great help!

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    • ninjatoes | May 10, 2015 at 17:30

      I’m not sure what you mean exactly by Sketch tutorials? On some of my older papercraft models, I tried to make little schematics as extra help for the extra difficult parts, but normally, for my newer papercraft models I make step-by-step instructions using the pictures I take during the build.

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    • ninjatoes | April 26, 2015 at 17:51

      All the papercraft models I made myself are available from this website, but I haven’t made a Gohan yet, so I’m afraid I don’t have the files for it, sorry…

      If you can only download the Gohan model you found as Pepakura PDO file, you have to download and install the latest version of the free Pepakura Viewer (link) to open it.

      If you can’t use the free Pepakura Viewer on your current computer/device, maybe you can use a computer at school/work to “print” the Pepakura PDO file as a PDF file with a free PDF printer? Or try contacting the creator of the paper model to ask if they are willing to share the model as a PDF file?

      I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this…!

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  56. Adamo Salvatore Noriega | April 25, 2015 at 22:10

    You can hang the papercraft of gohan in parts of pdf please

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    • ninjatoes | April 26, 2015 at 17:51

      All the papercraft models I made myself are available from this website, but I haven’t made a Gohan yet, so I’m afraid I don’t have the files for it, sorry…

      If you can only download the Gohan model you found as Pepakura PDO file, you have to download and install the latest version of the free Pepakura Viewer (link) to open it.

      If you can’t use the free Pepakura Viewer on your current computer/device, maybe you can use a computer at school/work to “print” the Pepakura PDO file as a PDF file with a free PDF printer? Or try contacting the creator of the paper model to ask if they are willing to share the model as a PDF file?

      I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this…!

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  57. henrique | April 21, 2015 at 21:15

    why you make the papercraft printable models in zip files?

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    • ninjatoes | April 22, 2015 at 18:13

      Sometimes I find it easier to make ZIP-files instead of PDF-files. The ZIP-files aren’t the actual printable models though, those are *inside* the ZIP-files. Most computers already have a tool to open ZIP-files, but if yours doesn’t, you can find many free ones online, like 7-ZIP.

      Simply download the ZIP-file and then double-click it like you would do any file to open it, and then it will automatically create a folder with the actual printable model files. They will be in a simple JPG image files that pretty much every image viewer can open and print.

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  58. Poekoko | April 2, 2015 at 03:37

    Do you think Nintendo will make an Advance Wars for the 3ds? I hope so.

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    • ninjatoes | April 2, 2015 at 08:20

      I would love a new Advance Wars game too! Especially in the classic AW style, so if it were up to me, they could basically just make a new Nintendo DS game for the 3DS. ;o)

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  59. henrique | March 30, 2015 at 23:33

    i sugest to make a helicopter and bomber helicopter papercrafts

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    • ninjatoes | March 31, 2015 at 18:01

      You mean for my Advance Wars papercraft series? Yes, I will definitely make the helicopter (and all the other!) units for the armies too, but it’s really an ongoing project, so it may be a long time before I get around to it…!

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  60. henrique | March 26, 2015 at 01:05

    how i like u advance wars papercrafts

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    • ninjatoes | March 26, 2015 at 08:28

      Hi there! Thank you for your comment, I’m happy to hear you like my Advance Wars papercrafts. I’m still a big fan of the series, and I’ll keep making new ones from time to time. ;o)

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  61. Major Pain | February 23, 2015 at 04:55

    I just started 2 tie fighters, have you done Darth Vaders tie fighter? I want to do escorts for vader to hang in my man cave…

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    • ninjatoes | February 23, 2015 at 18:55

      Although I’m actually a big sci-fi fan, for some reason I haven’t made many Star Wars models yet… The TIE-fighter is the only “real” Star Wars model I made so far, and I can’t promise if/when I will make Vaders version, sorry… :o(

      There should be one at http://swmodel.ru/load/bumazhnyemodelitehnika/1132-darth-vaders-star-fighter-version-20.html but you need to be a member of the (Russian) forum to see the download links I think…? It’s also a very different style (computermade) but maybe you can find it or another one from another website?

      I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this…! :o(

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      • Major Pain | February 23, 2015 at 23:12

        Don’t forget, December 18th, that’s all the inspiration you’ll need to do more Star Wars stuff ;-)

        Thanks bro!

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  62. Anonymous | February 19, 2015 at 00:31

    is papercraft your life?

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    • ninjatoes | February 19, 2015 at 08:44

      No, papercraft is really only a hobby of mine that I do in my free time, besides work and all the other things that I’d like to do. ;o)
      (it’s why I can never promise people to do requests for specific paper models, because I simply don’t have the time with all the models I still want to make myself and all the other things I like to do…)

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  63. Anonymous | February 11, 2015 at 15:14

    You could make a lego hulk in papercraft
    please please

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  64. Anonymous | January 12, 2015 at 09:32

    Wow, it’s been five years since I first visited your website and made the twilight princess link papercraft. Just wanted to drop by, check out the website, and indulge in my middle school nostalgia. Have a nice day :D Oh, and thanks for posting those detailed instructions. those were the best.

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    • ninjatoes | January 12, 2015 at 19:19

      It’s nice to hear you have such fun memories of making your papercraft Link! ;o) As you grow up, life gets busier of course, but if you like to do some papercraft again sometime, you can find many simple but fun papercraft toys that you can easily do in one evening.

      Or you can still do a bigger project of course, and only work on it when you have the time; that’s the good thing about a hobby, there’s no time pressure and you can work on it or put it aside whenever you feel like it. ;o)

      Have fun!

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  65. Anonymous | January 11, 2015 at 16:43

    sorry its just that Camerupt is one of my favorite pokemon in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire so i was hoping you can make it soon plz.
    btw you have my support and keep up the good work. :)

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  66. Anonymous | January 11, 2015 at 16:33

    hey that sharpedo creation was great and can you make a more pokemons like a camerupt

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    • ninjatoes | January 12, 2015 at 19:29

      Hi there, I’m happy to hear you liked my papercraft Sharpedo! There are a lot of cool Pokémon, but I definitely don’t plan on “paperfying” them all like the http://www.pokemonpapercraft.net/ team wants (although they seem to have some problems with their website at the moment… :(

      Because papercraft is only a hobby of mine, I can’t promise which paper models I will make in the future, or when (even if I do end up making a papercraft Camerupt, you might have to wait a loooong time…! :o( so I don’t want to make a promise I can’t keep…

      But the Pokémon is very popular of course, and there are many websites and fans making their own papercraft Pokémon! I can’t remember if somebody already made a papercraft Camerupt, sorry, but keep an eye out and maybe somebody will make it soon! ;o)

      The http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/ weblog is a good website to keep checking back to, because they post many of the new papercraft models that are being made, especially Pokémon.

      A weblog that is often updated with new papercraft Pokémon just PaperPokés is this one: http://jav-papercraft.blogspot.com/

      I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this, but I hope if somebody hasn’t already made a papercraft Pokémon Camerupt, somebody will soon! ;o)

      Have fun!

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  67. Anonymous | December 22, 2014 at 01:00

    can you adjust the brightness of the fold lines on adult link ? The green part of the clothes, sword, hair and face would be what needs adjusted. I just cant see them! :(

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  68. Anonymous | December 21, 2014 at 01:34

    He hasn’t posted any parts for it p.s. Why did George Lucas kill him In the first 20 or 30 minutes of the movie in episode 6?

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    • ninjatoes | December 21, 2014 at 10:35

      The papercraft LEGO Boba Fett from Piromodel is available, it’s just one sheet of parts that you can save/download by clicking the thumbnail of the parts sheet on the page. As for the one from Jouzumania, I think he just made it for himself then…

      Oh, and Boba Fett didn’t die in Episode VI… ;o) I don’t know if he’ll be in any of the new movies, but his escape is in storylines of books that play after Episode VI: it’s not that easy to kill Boba Fett. ;o)

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  69. Anonymous | December 19, 2014 at 01:51

    If possible, can you make a Lego Boba Fett figure, just asking

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    • ninjatoes | December 19, 2014 at 18:30

      I do like LEGO and I do like Star Wars (and Boba Fett is an iconic character! ;o) so it is a paper model that I’d like to make.

      The only thing is, that I have *so many* ideas that I’d still like to make, that I can’t promise that I will ever get around to doing them all, or which ones I will make, and which ones I just won’t have time for… :o(

      I do know there are other people that already made a papercraft LEGO Boba Fett before, though! ;o) Jouzumania made one: http://jouzumania.deviantart.com/art/STAR-WARS-Boba-Fett-Lego-Minifigure-447917757 but I think he made it just for himself…? But maybe I’m wrong, so be sure to check out his newer posts on Deviantart to see if he made an update to release the parts?

      There is one that I know for sure is available though, from Piromodel: http://piromodel.fc2web.com/lego/lego_boba/lego_boba.html

      I’m sorry I can’t definitely promise you to make a papercraft LEGO Boba Fett, but the truth is that even I don’t know yet which paper models I will make in the future…! ;o)

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  70. BouSaitou1995 | November 17, 2014 at 13:48

    Heeey.. ^_^” I just wanted to ask if you have a DeviantArt account.
    Excuse my english >.<

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  71. Aryore | November 6, 2014 at 10:15

    Hi NT! How’s it going? I was just wondering how long does it usually take you to finish a papercraft? Like say, your Lulu model from Final Fantasy. Also, how are the insides of your projects so neat and, well white?? Mine are always caked in smudged glue :P

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    • ninjatoes | November 6, 2014 at 11:06

      It’s difficult to give an estimate how long it will take to build one of my paper models, because for me it’s much easier of course because I know exactly how the parts should be shaped and be glued together already. ;o)

      Also, I never really finish building a paper model in one sitting (unless it’s really small and simple of course) and I always have the television on in the background, so I often get distracted. ;o)

      So when I’m building a model like Lulu, I think it will take me about a week, working on it a couple of hours or so every evening, while watching some fun tv-shows. Put your work in a safe place when you feel you’re getting bored of cutting paper for the day, and then you can pick up next time when you feel like it again. That way it might take longer to finish, but it stays fun, and the result will be better. ;o)

      The “trick” with glue is: don’t use too much of it! ;o)

      If you put a lot of glue on the glueing tabs, the glue will get pushed out from under the parts when you press the two parts together, and it will mix with the printer ink on the parts and make a mess… :o(

      Only put a small amount of glue on the glueing tabs, and then spread it out with a piece of scrap piece paper you can cut from the template leftovers or something like that. That way the glueing tabs will be “tacky” to glue on the next part, but it won’t make a mess.

      The best way to keep your paper models clean, is to take your time of course, and if you get any glue or anything on your fingers (like when you’re doing a white part after lots of black parts…) be sure to wipe them off! ;o)

      I hope these tips help, have fun building!

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      • Aryore | November 6, 2014 at 13:45

        Oh that was fast, hi! Thanks, you’re really helpful :D Cool, it usually takes me twice as long… Hey I watch TV too! That is, if you count watching on a computer…?
        So, put just enough glue to work? Like a flat little smear? What if you need more time to try and squeeze the tab into position?

        ( Nice smileys :o) )

        Oh and uh this is kinda minor but I think there’s a flap missing from part 62 of wolf link

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        • ninjatoes | November 7, 2014 at 12:05

          Well like I said, don’t worry about speed: it’s better to take a little longer and get a better result than rushing it just to be done faster… :o(

          How much glue *exactly* you should use is really something you have to work out from experience. It’s best not to use too much glue, but like you say, you also need some time to move the parts in the exact right position. So just like with most things really, it’s a matter of finding the right balance.

          I think you’re right about the missing glueing tab on part 62 of wolf Link, I think I overlooked it when making the templates… Luckily like you say it’s a minor fault (instead of forgetting a whole piece for example, or forgetting to mirror them when needed… ;o) and with papercraft, it’s easy for people to add an extra glueing tab if the creator of the template forgot one of course. Well spotted though! ;o)

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  72. Kevin | October 18, 2014 at 20:39

    Hey! Im having trouble with the king of red lions part 76 is really tricky to put in the hull without it caving in on me. Do you have any tips? Iwould really appreciate that

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    • ninjatoes | October 19, 2014 at 09:04

      Wow, if you’re at part 76, you’re already very far! ;o) So I hope you will be able to get past this point and finish your papercraft “King of Red Lions” to your liking!

      Do you mean the hull caves in when you try to put on part 76, or that part 76 itself caves in?

      If the hull caves in, I don’t really have a good tip, sorry… :o( Only to be careful, and don’t use too much force! Glue together the front of part 76, then apply a good amount of glue to the glueing tabs, and then gently push it in place on the white area on the deck of the boat.

      If part 76 itself caves in, maybe you can cut out some “reinforcement” strips out of some cardboard? maybe one of them down the center is enough, and/or maybe you can add two more from the cornerpoints as well?

      One side of the strengthening ribs needs to be as high as the center front of part 76, and for the other side, you can measure the height of the white area. And for the length you can measure an imaginary line from the center front to the opposite edge of part 76. Take your time to make the strengthening ribs the correct shape, because the inside of the hull is a bit slanted/sloped of course!

      It’s difficult to explain in words, so I made a little schematic in my Picasa webalbums, and hopefully then you will understand better: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZA7CRtcioFgsxc5mTmzSu9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

      Make sure part 76 is strong enough, because it will carry the weight of the mast and the sails, and they’re quite heavy…!

      If you read about it, you will know that many people needed to strengthen the mast on the inside (putting cardboard or even chopsticks in it ;o) to prevent it from buckling under the weight of the sail. It’s best to make most parts from thicker paper, but maybe to keep the weight down, you can print the sail parts on normal, thinner paper? But even then, you might have to reinforce the mast, if you haven’t built those parts already.

      I hope these tips help so you’ll be able to finish your papercraft “King of Red Lions”, good luck and take your time and have fun!

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  73. Anonymous | September 29, 2014 at 14:10

    Can you post the PDO files instead of PDF? And the lineless version of the models… Thank you!

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    • ninjatoes | September 29, 2014 at 17:48

      Although many of the papercraft models I made are created with the help of Pepakura Designer, the PDO file is never the finished version; after unfolding, test building and correcting the model sometimes multiple times, I gather all the separate fixed and correct parts and make one Photoshop (raster image) file with of them, and that’s really the only version of the paper models on my webpage… (I make them into a PDF files so they’re easy to share online)

      “Lineless” versions only exist of some of my older models: they were made with Pepakura Designer v.1, which only let you use black fold lines (or no fold lines). But since Pepakura Designer v.2, it’s possible to choose any colour you want for the fold lines, so you can “blend in” the colours of the fold lines with the colours of the parts (sometimes even if they’re very visible in the PDF file, they will blend in much better in the printed version; if they’re still too visible, you can use a coloured pencil to colour over the lines).

      So for me, it’s much easier now to make just one version, with fold lines that blend in with the parts’ colours (otherwise I’d have to make all the same fixes twice in Photoshop on the lineless and lined version, and it saves half the webspace from my webhost ;o)

      I’m sorry to have to disappoint you on both questions… If you really want to build completely lineless models you can look on other papercraft websites though, I know some people still use that method, and then they’re usually PDO files too! ;o) (if you have PDO files that aren’t protected with a password, you can use the shareware version of Pepakura Designer (without having to buy a registration key) to get rid of the lines and print the models as lineless versions as well! ;o)

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  74. Anonymous | August 31, 2014 at 05:14

    I love your papercraft models!

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  75. Anonymous | August 19, 2014 at 22:53

    can you make a kirito?

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  76. Anonymous | June 2, 2014 at 04:11

    yeah I’ve been trying to find a mega man template

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  77. Anonymous | June 2, 2014 at 04:09

    do mega man

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  78. Aayce Zamarippa | May 28, 2014 at 22:12

    Hey ninjatoes do you know if there are any papercraft models from games on the Wii U? I’m curious in the polygon count and how complex and cool-looking a papercraft model of them would be.

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    • ninjatoes | May 29, 2014 at 08:53

      If you mean papercraft models that use the actual 3D models from Wii U games as basis, I’m not sure to be honest; I can’t name any from the top of my head right now, but there are so many papercraft models being made nowadays that I don’t know all of them of course, so you should definitely keep looking out for it! ;o)

      But really, the game system doesn’t always say much about the polycount or just the overall complexity of the models; sometimes game developers deliberately keep their game and models very simple, even though the system is capable of much more. The iOS game Tengami will be available on the Wii U too, and its models and papercraft model is very simple: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2014/04/tengami-papercraft-pop-up-gate-contest.html

      Some games on “old” systems also have a very high polycount already, maybe higher even than many Wii U games will have. ;o)

      And of course, not all papercraft models from video games are made using the actual 3D game models: often make an “interpretation” for a papercraft model of the video game characters which are usually very cool too, but the “polycount” of the video game models isn’t an issue then of course.

      And even if you have a very complex game model with a high polycount, then papercrafters will often tweak it because all those tiny little polygons won’t make for a very fun to build papercraft model… You can really make a papercraft model as simple or as complex as you want, regardless of what game (or movie or cartoon or whatever) it’s from! If you like very big and complex papercraft models, I think you can already find a lot of them, and then maybe in some time, there will start to be more papercraft models from Wii U games too! ;o)

      Have fun!

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  79. Charito | May 27, 2014 at 21:44

    Congratulations for your art!

    Please, would you tell me where is the model of this: http://dannynvrr.deviantart.com/art/Papercraft-Psi-The-Psychology-Symbol-286538808

    Thanks!!!

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    • ninjatoes | May 28, 2014 at 19:28

      I made that paper model very quickly (in SketchUp, you can make a 3D text of the symbol, save it as a 3D model, and then unfold it with Pepakura Designer) as one-time thing, so I never put it on my website, sorry… :o(

      The person whose DeviantArt page it is made it from the files I sent him back then; it was a long time ago, but maybe he still has them…?

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  80. Chris Graslie | May 10, 2014 at 17:26

    Hey there Ninjatoes! I am here to say that I have started a YouTube channel, where I will be doing videos on papercrafts! If you check out my channel, I have already done a video on your Adult Link! I also put a link to here for ya so that people could check out your work!

    I have to say, you have really inspired me. The past 2 years of my life would have been really lame if I didn’t have a passion for gaming papercrafts!

    So mainly, could you give me a shoutout for my channel? It would be so greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    GruffySquirrel64, your biggest fan!

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  81. John Anderson | March 24, 2014 at 23:17

    Do you know if there are any papercrafts based off of Miis? I’ve always wanted to make one, but have never found a template.

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  82. Mario Albers | March 24, 2014 at 08:42

    hey guy, could you make a lego batman? that would be so awesome

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    • ninjatoes | March 24, 2014 at 12:25

      You could really make any LEGO minifig out of paper of course, but papercraft is only a hobby of mine, and I have many other ideas as well of course, so I can’t promise you that I will ever get around to making a paper Batman minifig, sorry…! :o(

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  83. Kevinlantigua | March 19, 2014 at 23:00

    Hello again ninjatoes! I seem to be having a little trouble with your papercraft mario. I dont want to mess up on gluing the cap to the head. Can you please give me some tips on how to do it effectively? Your help would be greatly appreiciated. Thank you.

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    • ninjatoes | March 20, 2014 at 20:42

      The head has a big, white piece, that forms the top of the head and gives it its shape: the important thing is to make sure to shape the bottom of the cap to that same size and shape before trying to glue it on.

      In the instructions I glue the head to the body first before glueing on the cap, but maybe you can also glue the cap to head first; that way, you could try to reach reach the glueing tabs on the cap from the hole in the “neck”? (you can make the hole on the white piece on top of the head bigger, as long as you still have a rim wide around the edge of the head enough to glue the glueing tabs of the cap to).

      Apply glue to the glueing tabs on the bottom of the cap, and then carefully press it on top of the head. you probably won’t get all the glueing tabs right at once, so try to start at the front, make sure they are glued on properly (aligned with the edge of the head, maybe you can use the back end of a spoon to push between the cap and the head at the back so you can push down on the glueing tabs at the front of the cap).

      Then apply some glue to the glueing tabs next to the ones at the front, and then do the same for those; keep doing one or two glueing tabs at a time until you reach the last one; just take your time! ;o)

      I hope I you understand what I mean; it’s really difficult to explain how to assemble a paper model in just words, but I hope with the parts in front of you and the step-by-step pictures in the instructions you can figure it out!

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  84. Anonymous | March 15, 2014 at 04:38

    The majora’s mask link sucks can u make a young link and this time from ocarina of time

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  85. Luigi Poserio | February 22, 2014 at 09:45

    Can you make a papercraft of Ferrari F1 2012 like the size of you Mclaren F1 I really love and appreciate your work and I know It’s difficult to wok in but I am pleasing you to make a Ferrari F1 2012 like the size of your Mclaren F1 Thank You.

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    • ninjatoes | February 22, 2014 at 10:34

      I haven’t made a papercraft McLaren F1 myself, so I think you must have seen it in my Twitter/Facebook feed or on my “update/feature” weblog?

      There are many papercrafting Formula 1 fans, so I don’t know exactly which one you mean, but if you can find it back, you should find the link to the creator’s own website where you can download the model;

      usually there is some contact information or an option to leave a comment so you can ask if they can make a papercraft Ferrari F1 2012 too?

      I hope you can contact the creator of the papercraft McLaren F1 you found!

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  86. Carlos S. | February 18, 2014 at 18:10

    Hey I love your work of the CR-X! but I dont know if you will make the paper of the honda 88′ hatchback?

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  87. Karly - Pullingers | February 4, 2014 at 13:34

    These look fantastic and great fun to build! Can you order in different characters if you don’t have them in stock?

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  88. yash | January 25, 2014 at 08:51

    hi i love your models, can you make super sonic, ninja turtles ,thundercats and some marvel heroes i did love to have

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  89. Kevin Lantigua | January 18, 2014 at 23:18

    hey ninjatoes :). Would you mind helping me? I’m having trouble with Twilight Princess Link’s hair. The step by step picture instructions aren’t enough help with gluing parts 62 and 63 to 61. Could you give me some tips on it? I would greatly appreciate that

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2014 at 09:48

      Twilight Link’s hair is basically made from flat pieces that are shaped and layered to create the idea of hair, so it can be a bit confusing I think;

      First, make sure you’ve shaped and glued part 61 just like in step 62 of the instructions of course!

      Parts 62 and 63 are two of those pieces, that you need to glue underneath part 61 to get the layering effect: if you look at the top left side of part 61 (just left of the valley fold line), you’ll see there’s kind of a “chunk” out of it with a 90 degree angle with a glueing tab, that’s the corner where you should glue part 62 to with the small glueing tab sticking out of the right of it (the rest of part 62 doesn’t glue anywhere yet in this step!)

      For part 63, you have to look at the right side of part 61, where there’s a small triangular part sticking up next to a straight edge: simply glue the one glueing tab sticking out on the left of part 63 underneath that straight edge and that’s it for that part! (the rest of part 63 doesn’t glue anwhere yet in this step ;o)

      Shape the parts for the hair to get a nice layering effect and to make it look good against the face/head.

      It’s very difficult to explain papercraft in words, especially parts like these, so I’ve made a little schematic: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xBXQk3FmGyDaOTeZTLWf8dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0

      I hope with this explanation and the little schematic it you’ll be able to figure out how to glue these three parts together, but of course I’m afraid I can’t do this for all the parts… :o( But keep in mind how the parts for the hair are layered, and keep examining the parts and the instructions to figure out how the parts should be shaped and glued together (and now you know that layered parts sometimes only glue on in just one or two places! ;o)

      But since you already got this far on a pretty challenging model, I’m sure you can do it! ;o) Good luck and have fun!

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      • Anonymous | January 19, 2014 at 17:20

        Thanks ninjatoes and yeah it was pretty challenging especially with the hands but your tutorial on making small paper cylinders helped me on that. This also helped me slit as well! Keep making awesome papercraft models ;) K.L.

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  90. GruffySquirrel | January 12, 2014 at 06:35

    Hi there Ninjatoes!

    Recently, I was attempting to rip the textures of an Ice and regular Keese from Ocarina of Time with Lemmy’s Plugin and failed badly. -_-

    I started out using 1964, and followed many website’s instructions, but it still didn’t work in the slightest. So then I tried using Project64 and then that didn’t work! I tried for days, but I eventually figured out that the websites to download P64 and 1964 I was using had Malware and ultimately corrupted a bunch of files.

    Note my parents have used Avast! Antivirus for years and had no problem, so as you can guess, they were extremely mad when they figured out about it.

    So all I am asking is, can you please give me links to a safe virus-free version of 1964? (I prefer it over PJ64)

    And if you can, I need a bit more help!
    My PC is using Windows 7 64-bit by the way.

    Thanks, and continue your awesome Advance Wars models! ;)

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    • ninjatoes | January 12, 2014 at 10:06

      I’m glad you like my Advance Wars models! ;o) The great thing for me about those is that I can make them by hand directly with paper, instead of having to do a lot of computerwork first and I don’t need to worry about downloading viruses or malware with files I don’t know…!

      Because the truth is of course, I’m afraid I can’t guarantee you a 100% virus/malware free download location for any files, especially with fanmade files and programs like emulators; they were not made by big companies, and although many fans mean well and just want to share the joy they have with emulators playing their favourite old games again, sometimes they simply don’t know themselves if their file is infected with a virus or a malware… :o(

      Of course you already know that you should always scan any file you want to download with the newest and updated version of your anti-virus and anti-malware scanner, but even then they can’t catch every threat unfortunately, so you should always try to find a “trusted” download location; which like I said is a bit of a problem with fanmade programs like emulators of course… :o(

      There are some “bigger” emulation sites that people trust more than just downloading it from “somebody’s blog”, but it’s still a “download at your own risk!” situation, really…

      I often make a special “system restore point” before making big changes to my system (like downloading and/or installing a file that I only trust 99%) so that if anything goes wrong, I can restore my system to before installing/running the program I just downloaded (just uninstalling a program will often still leave traces of it on your computer, especially if it was malware!)

      Most Nintendo 64 emulators were made many years ago, so most of them will be 32-bits, and I don’t know if you’ll be able to find a true 64-bits version (it’s a bit ironic really ;o) but normally, 32-bits programs will run fine on Windows 7 64-bits thanks to the built-in compatibility.

      As for the troubles with extracting the textures themselves, sometimes they are there, but maybe you just don’t recognize them at first; especially “glowing” textures like “fire” and “ice” or interchangeable textures are often just black-and-white when you open them in their original, “raw” *.bmp form.

      I didn’t work on making the games of course, but when I made the Koume and Kotake witches for instance, their “icy” and “fiery” hair was just a black-and-white texture, and I guess the N64’s engine would overlay the ice and fiery glow in real-time during play, so I had to colour my own textures (while the normal textures like Koume’s and Kotake’s clothing were in normal colours).

      The same goes for Link’s tunic: when extracted, it was just black-and-white, and I guess the game makes it green (or red or blue for the Goron or Zora tunic versions) when needed.

      I hope you can understand that I don’t want to tell you “download it from website X and you’ll be fine” and then it turns out that website still infected your computer… :o(

      There are some tutorials on the the Nintendo Papercraft Forums (both the new one and the old one) but even though most people there are just simple Nintendo fans and papercrafters themselves just like you and me and really don’t intend to harm anybody, sometimes they just don’t know whether a website or download is infected with a virus or malware themselves when they mention it…

      I’m sorry about the demoralizing (and even a bit scary…) speech, and I’m sure you already know all this… I hope you can find a good, uninfected emulator you can use, maybe you can ask your parents to help you if they’re good with recognizing sites you can trust more than others, but like I said, I’m afraid I can’t give you a guaranteed safe option…! :o(

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  91. DJ | January 9, 2014 at 01:58

    Can you please make a Roxas (from kingdom hearts) model
    P.S.
    I made the Sora one you have here its awesome

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    • ninjatoes | January 9, 2014 at 08:29

      Thank you for the compliment about my papercraft Sora, I’m happy that you like it so much! ;o)

      I’m a Kingdom Hearts fan too, and I’d love to make more papercraft models from the games, but papercraft is only a hobby of mine, and I really can’t promise which models I will make in the future, sorry…! :o(

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  92. Fredy Navas | December 24, 2013 at 21:08

    Entretenido y el cual desarrolla nuestra paciencia en algo tan hermoso como la manualidad y la construcción de cosas que nos despiertan nuestra niñez.

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  93. ihavelagg | December 23, 2013 at 16:31

    nice site i am goign to make a zelda papercraft

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    • ninjatoes | December 24, 2013 at 08:34

      I hope you like it! Some paper Zelda models are quite challenging but take your time and have fun! ;o)

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      • ihavelagg | December 24, 2013 at 10:44

        Yes i know but i downloaded the one with the lines but thats no problem… Check out my blog also ihavelagg.wordpress.com

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        • ninjatoes | December 24, 2013 at 11:51

          Nice! Ik had nog niet door dat je ook gewoon Nederlands spreekt, haha! Het is een vrij nieuwe site zie ik? Veel plezier met je website! (en met de papieren bouwplaten natuurlijk! ;o)

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          • ihavelagg | December 24, 2013 at 11:59

            Ja het is een nieuwe site. En bedankt! Ik probeer dagelijks mijn site te voorzien van nieuws, wat niet altijd lukt maar ik probeer het wel.

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            • ninjatoes | December 24, 2013 at 14:10

              Elke dag met een nieuwtje komen is ook moeilijk en veel werk natuurlijk, dus als het niet lukt, dan geeft dat natuurlijk niet, zo lang je er maar lol in blijft hebben! ;o)

              Ik ben blij dat je m’n papercraft website zo leuk vindt, er zijn er natuurlijk nog veel meer, met bouwplaten van allerlei video games! ;o)

              Have fun!

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              • ihavelagg | February 9, 2014 at 18:41

                Kan je mij op je site linken ?

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                • ninjatoes | February 10, 2014 at 08:51

                  Hoewel veel van m’n eigen bouwplaten (en die van anderen! ;o) over video games gaan, is mijn website niet echt een tech/video game site, het is echt een papercraft site; als je een keer een mooie post hebt over papercraft (zelf gemaakt of gebouwd of ergens gevonden die ik nog niet kende) dan kan ik er wel een post over maken op mijn weblog: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/

                  Of als je één van de bouwplaten van mijn eigen website hier hebt gebouwd kan ik hem in de “hall of fame” zetten, dan zet ik er altijd ook een link bij als iemand een eigen website heeft natuurlijk!

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                  • ihavelagg | February 10, 2014 at 14:40

                    Oke, mijn plan is dan om informatie te zoeken rond unieke bouwplaten. Als ik wat heb gevonden scrhijf ik naar je

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                    • ninjatoes | February 10, 2014 at 15:06

                      Prima hoor, als het maar echt iets te maken heeft met bouwplaten en niet alleen over video games in het algemeen kan ik het wel via een post op mijn weblog linken!

                      (als het maar niet over scans of downloads van commerciële (niet-gratis) bouwplaten gaat natuurlijk hè; het is leuk om gratis dingen te downloaden, maar dan wel écht gratis bouwplaten van de originele website, zoals die van de League of Legends “Snowdown Showdown!” ;o)

                    • ihavelagg | February 10, 2014 at 15:07

                      Hahaha ja natuurlijk

          • ihavelagg | December 24, 2013 at 12:00

            Ik zal wel eens wat over je site schrijven

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  94. Gilles-Philippe Morin | December 21, 2013 at 17:14

    Nothing really important here, but just to inform you that in the five social buttons above the top menu, the Flickr button redirects to your Blogger blog.

    Keep up the great work!

    GP

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    • ninjatoes | December 22, 2013 at 09:40

      Yeah I know; I use WordPress.com because it is very easy for me, but it’s not as freely customizable as WordPress.org

      The blog theme I’m using only has buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube, not for Blogspot, but because I don’t have a Flickr account (my pictures are on Blogspot’s Picasa which got integrated into Google+ some time ago) I used that button to link to my Blogspot weblog. ;o)

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      • Gilles-Philippe Morin | December 22, 2013 at 13:52

        Ah, alright! I thought you had bought the customization feature… I had never seen those buttons so I thought you had made them…

        As another subject, I see you have ads on your Blogger blog but not on this WordPress blog. Have you ever considered WordAds?

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        • ninjatoes | December 22, 2013 at 16:06

          I like the Google Ads because they’re not really very annoying I think (as long as you don’t put them *everywhere* or right in between the text like some people do… :o(

          But WordPress.com doesn’t allow Google Ads, and for WordAds, I think you need to get a domain name somewhere first, and then you have to upgrade your account to be able to use that domain name with WordPress.com before you can use WordAds if I understand correctly; but papercraft is just a hobby of mine, so I’m trying to use only free options. ;o)

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          • Gilles-Philippe Morin | December 22, 2013 at 16:15

            Ah, you’re right! Although ninjatoes.nl would be a cool domain ;¬)

            And I perfectly understand for the “GoogleAds all the things!” mentality some webmasters have… The most annoying moment is when you want to download a file and you have to find out which one of the “Download” ads is the real one… meh.

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  95. kazuhiro | December 14, 2013 at 16:37

    oh my god thank you sooo much ^^

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  96. kazuhiro | December 14, 2013 at 12:03

    Can you make Sephiroth (final fantasy VII) ??

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    • kazuhiro | December 14, 2013 at 12:35

      Oh, please PDF File or ZIP if it’s possible, my Computer just can open this…

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    • ninjatoes | December 14, 2013 at 12:51

      I’m a big Final Fantasy fan, so I’d love to make a papercraft Sephiroth in the future, but I have so many ideas and only so much spare time (papercraft is just a hobby of mine! ;o), so I can’t promise you that I will get around to it (and I definitely can’t promise you when…)

      But there are many other papercrafting Final Fantasy fans, and Sephiroth is a very popular character of course, so there are already a few that you might like:

      Dissidia version from Ace Crafts: http://thelastinlineagain.blogspot.com/2013/02/dissidia-012-final-fantasy-sephiroth-kh.html

      And Ace Crafts also has a “chibi” version from Itadaki Street:
      http://thelastinlineagain.blogspot.com/2012/08/itadaki-street-sephiroth.html

      Another Dissidia version from Pepabysmal:
      http://pepabysmal.blogspot.com/2010/07/sephiroth-dissidia-final-fantasy.html

      Classic FF7 Overworld versions from Kaizo Papercraft: http://kaizopapercraft.blogspot.com/2008/12/sephipalooza.html

      Sane Person also made a classic FF7 Overworld Sephiroth:
      http://www.freewebs.com/saneperson/models.htm

      And you can probably find some more if you look around on different papercraft or Final Fantasy fansites! ;o)

      Of course I can’t control wht file format other papercrafters use, but normally you only need a small tool to open them: sometimes the files are in RAR format, but that is just like a ZIP file, you only need to find a tool that can open both RAR and ZIP files (like WinRAR itself, but that is a shareware/trial program with advertisements if you keep using it after certain time without buying a registration key; 7-Zip for instance is free and can open many different, often used ZIP-like files, and you can find many other free tools like that if you look around a bit).

      Because many people use Pepakura Designer to make their paper models nowadays, they often keep the model in the Pepakura PDO file format; you can get the free Pepakura Viewer to open those, but it only works on Windows computers…

      Sometimes there are also PDF files for people that don’t have a Windows computer, but not always; but maybe if you can’t open the files, you can ask a friend to try it on their computer, or maybe you can try at school/work (ask first if it’s okay to download files like this okay! ;o)

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you better than this right now, but I hope you will be able to build a nice papercraft Sephiroth that you’ll like!

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  97. San Pilgrim | October 25, 2013 at 03:31

    Hey NinjaToes, I love your job and I wanted to ask you a favor;
    I’m starting to make some cosplays and I wanted to make a Solid Snake one, but I needed this mask: http://letourbillonenchant.deviantart.com/art/Metal-Gear-Solid-Snake-Mask-LTE-T-Papercraft-344043570 Sadly the guy that created this content have the computer crashed and lost all of his files. If you have this papercraft file and could reupload it, I would be very thankful. Thanks for the attention and keep the awesome job!

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    • ninjatoes | October 25, 2013 at 08:35

      Hi there! I’m very happy you like my papercraft works! ;o)

      I do remember seeing the Solid Snake mask, but unfortunately, I never downloaded it myself…

      It does look like you could download it at some point, but unfortunately, you can see an archived version of the page, but the download itself wasn’t archived it seems: https://web.archive.org/web/20130322221435/http://letourbillonenchant.deviantart.com/art/Metal-Gear-Solid-Snake-Mask-LTE-T-Papercraft-344043570 ….:o(

      So I’m afraid I can’t help you with getting that file, although other people might have downloaded and still have it of course, so maybe you could still find it on other websites…?

      You could also try looking for other, small scale Solid Snake paper models and scale up just the head, like this one that’s on Nintendo Papercraft: http://nintendo-papercraft.com/snake/

      It has an unlocked Pepakura “PDO” file, so if you’re on a Windows computer, you can download the Pepakura Designer tool: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/designer.html and then open the “PDO” file and then you can very easily change the scale in the 2D Menu -> Change Scale (if the parts get too big for a regular sheet of paper, don’t worry about it, because you can glue them back together after printing of course ;o)

      You do need the Pepakura Designer though (with the free version, you can’t save your work, but you can scale and print the model without problems) because the Pepakura Viewer doesn’t have that option!

      Of course you can do the same with PDF of JPG files if you can find a papercraft Solid Snake that you like better that doesn’t have a PDO file, it’s just a matter of changing the scale while printing (or opening the file in an image editing program and scale the parts you need up before printing.

      I’m sorry I can’t help you better than this, I hope you can find the mask you want on a different site or that you can find another one you like…!

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  98. Christopher | September 2, 2013 at 06:00

    Hi, Ninjatoes! Well, I know how to extract files from n64 games now. (Majora’s Mask and Ocarina of Time).

    But I can’t seem to find a good way to put the file into Pepakura without using 3DS Max. (Wayyy too much $$$) Have any ideas?

    Thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | September 3, 2013 at 18:36

      I’m guessing you are talking about “changing” (converting) VRML *.wrl files to another, more common 3D file format (like Wavefront *.obj)?

      To be honest, I don’t really like telling people what kind of software they should use, because there are so many different ones, and I don’t want people to get mad because they don’t like the one I suggest because it’s difficult or annoying to use for them, or worse, if things go wrong and it messes up their files or even their computer…! :o(

      But I do know many people from the Nintendo Papercraft forums like to use Blender: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ because it is free and you can find lots of help on how to use it if you need to! ;o)

      And I think since a few versions ago, importing VRML got officially supported in Blender (before that, you had to download and install a separate plugin to be able to import VRML files). So if you want to try out Blender, get the latest version from the official Blender.org website and then look under the “File -> Import -> X3D Extensible (.x3d/.wrl)” menu buttons.

      There are alternatives of course, but I can’t really find many free alternatives for converting VRML files right now, sorry (usually smart whizkids often make small tools like that ;o)

      On the old Nintendo Papercraft forums, Navi is talking about AccuTrans3D which supports many different file formats, including VRML *.wrl: http://www.zapotlanejo.info/Nintendopapercraftforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=665 (it’s a shareware software, so it’s not *completely* free!)

      But there are many more options that you can find if you look around online of course, and only you should decide which ones you want to use…! ;o)

      On The Nintendo Papercraft forums (old and new) you can find lots of information from people that have hit the same bumps as you while trying to make their own papercraft models, so you can often find the answer already if you search around there.

      And the same goes for specific software you are using: many people use the same software of course, and often you can find lots of help on support forums reading through the old posts of people that have had the same issues as yourself already. ;o)

      I hope this helps, have fun!

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  99. mrboo | August 19, 2013 at 02:27

    Where do you buy your Tesa glue ive looked everywhere :’o(

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    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2013 at 08:26

      The glue I always use is the regular TESA All-purpose glue in a bottle, because here in the Netherlands, it is actually one of the most common brands of glue.

      Here in the Netherlands, you can buy it at almost any store, like office supply stores, department stores, craft stores, often even toy shops in their crafts department, etc…

      On their website, you can see their TESA glue and other products are available in many different countries: link but I really wouldn’t know in which stores exactly or anything, sorry… :o(

      But in other countries, other brands of glue might be much more common and readily available: I know in the USA for example, people often choose “Elmer’s” glue or “Aleene’s Tacky Glue”, which I think if I’m correct are white PVA glues. In Germany and other countries, many people seem to like “Uhu” as a brand, and there are many others of course!

      Many people even like to use simple carpenter’s wood glue, which seems to work very well!

      So the best tip I can give you I think, is not to worry if you can’t find the exact same brand that I use, but look for a different brand that you can easily find where you live. You can try asking around a bit to see what kind of glue other people where you live like to use, and buy a bottle to see if you like it too (and because it’s just paper of course, many glues will do the job just fine! ;o)

      I hope you can find a good glue to use (and I’m sure you will!), have fun!

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  100. Jacques | August 12, 2013 at 21:47

    hey ninjatoes can u make a tektite from Ocarina of time

    thanks

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    • ninjatoes | August 13, 2013 at 09:19

      I’m a big Zelda fan, so I will definitely make more Legend of Zelda papercraft models in the future, but I can’t promise anybody to make specific models, sorry…! (I never know which models I’ll end up making myself until I actually start making them ;o)

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  101. PaperSpiral Papercraft | August 10, 2013 at 08:06

    What is up guys? We would like to make an anouncement!

    PaperSpiral Papercraft is a website for fans of Wizard101 and Pirate101 to have access to the templates and PDO files for their favorite spells/characters/whatever they like!

    So far we have Variants of the Shark and Bat spells, and also 3 different colors of ghosts!

    And trust us, we love Ninjatoes and everything that he does so this is not really intended for him to lose popularity. So yeah!

    Here is the link to our page. Happy Crafting!

    http://paperspiralpapercraft.blogspot.com/?m=0

    -Lightcard (Designer) and Gruffynutters1656 (Test Builder)

    Or contact us at

    PaperSpiralMail@gmail.com

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  102. Zeldafan#64 | August 9, 2013 at 23:03

    Hey Ninjatoes! You have a large knowledge of other papercrafter’s creations, so I need your help. My dad wants me to make him a Mazinger Z. However I search everywhere and no matter which one I find I need to print it in colored cardstock or I need Pepakura Viewer for the instructions or sometimes even both. I ask him if instead he wants a Saint Seya papercraft helmet or something of the sort and he insists on Mazinger! I show him a different Mazinger (Like Great Mazinger or Mazinkaiser) and he insists on the Mazinger from PaperInvaders. I showed him a few chibi Mazinger papercrafts and because they are easy they also mean less of a headache on me. Anyway thank you for taking the time to read this!

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    • ninjatoes | August 10, 2013 at 09:05

      I’m not sure what it is you wanted to ask me, really…? ;o)

      If you want to build a paper model that has to be printed on coloured paper, the answer is easy of course: try to find some coloured paper in the appropriate colours! ;o)

      Alternatively, having a quick look at Paperinvader’s model, you can also open the PDF file in a program like Photoshop or Gimp, and because it looks like the parts are only outlines (not solid white parts), you could make a new “layer” in the file on which you create appropriately coloured blocks underneath the lines from the parts. That way you basically create coloured parts to print (make sure you don’t accidentally scale the parts or pages or anything.

      I’m not really at home in the Mazinger Z series so I don’t know all the different versions and robots, but sometimes I do come across paper models like a chibi-SD version here:

      pictures: http://shirokumatawagoto.web.fc2.com/mazinger_z.html
      parts: http://shirokumatawagoto.web.fc2.com/t_mazinger_z.html

      Or very simple paper toys like this “hako” version: http://cutandglue.dlcsistemas.com/

      Or even simpler from http://tjaizue.blogspot.com/2012/08/mazinger-z.html or http://minipapercraft.blogspot.com/2012/04/mazinger-z.html

      There are also commercial kits of course, they can usually be found on Japanese sites of course. You could also try searching with Japanese search terms: マジンガーZ ペーパークラフト (that’s “Mazinger Z papercraft” in Japanese).

      If you use Google’s image search, you can copy+paste the text, and see in the pictures if it is what you’re looking for. You won’t always find a download link, and it can be difficult to navigate the websites you find, but sometimes you can find some really neat models that way!

      I’m afraid I can’t really help you better than this I think, but maybe you can use one of the Mazinger Z models you already found and give them some colour yourself, or maybe you’ll come across a good, new one yet!

      Have fun!

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      • Zeldafan#64 | August 10, 2013 at 17:22

        Much thanks! I didn’t know that Gimp could be used for that, I use it to design papercrafts on Pixel Papercraft but didn’t know I could recolor PDF files. I will try that. I found a good place to print in card-stock and it’s about $1 a page in colored card-stock. So that’s great if I need it. Either way you helped me!

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  103. Bou Saitou | July 29, 2013 at 13:33

    Thank you ^.^

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  104. Bou Saitou | July 27, 2013 at 17:01

    Can you make a Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru papercraft?

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  105. mucka | July 26, 2013 at 19:22

    poderia ter algum do minecraft eu agradeceria muito ;)

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    • ninjatoes | July 27, 2013 at 08:42

      I haven’t made any papercraft MineCraft models myself, but I do know some other MineCraft papercraft websites, like:

      Pixel Paper Craft: http://pixelpapercraft.com/
      Minecraft Papercraft Mania: http://mcpapercraft.webs.com/apps/photos/
      FPSX Games: http://www.fps-x-games.com/search/label/Papercraft

      But those are only a few, and if you search around on the internet a bit (just use the search terms “minecraft papercraft”) you can find a lot more! ;o)

      Many of those sites have pre-made MineCraft papercraft toys, that you only have to print, cut out, fold and glue together, but there are also some tools that let you make your own MineCraft papercraft toy.

      I made a post about it on my papercraft weblog some time ago, one of them was made by an official company for the iPad or iPhone, but others work directly from your internet browser window:
      http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2013/02/customize-print-build-your-own.html

      If you look around a bit more on my weblog there, you can find more posts about MineCraft papercraft but like I said, there are lots of people making MineCraft papercraft toys, so they’re easily found online on other websites too so I hope you can find (or make ;o) some you like!

      Have fun!

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  106. Zeldafan#64 | July 18, 2013 at 19:03

    Hey Ninjatoes! I have quick papercraft question, where do you buy your ink and card stock? I know some places that carry card stock of your recommended type, unfortunately I do not own any ink. I have a printer just lying around sadly no ink or toner. I’m stuck getting charged 50¢ a page at a library when you think of it isn’t too much but my parents say ink and toner is very expensive (which it is) but I’m limited to the library’s hours and you can’t print in card stock at a library, just normal printer paper (slightly strong but not strong enough).

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    • ninjatoes | July 19, 2013 at 08:38

      I always buy my ink and cardstock from the same office supply store in the city where I live where I also get my regular paper and other office supplies; stores that carry regular printer paper, usually have different kinds of paper of course, or they can order it for you when you ask.

      Ink/toner can be expensive, so I really don’t print out lots of paper models every day either of course, that would become unaffordable…! ;o)

      For paper, the basic rule is usually very simple: the thicker/heavier the paper, the more expensive it normally is. I always use 200 gsm (grams per square meter) paper, which is about 2.5x as thick as regular printer paper (which is usually about 75-80 gsm). But if you only use 120-160 gsm paper (1.5x-2x as thick) like other people do, it’s less expensive of course, so you can make a choice in that.

      Most printers can handle thicker paper (depending on the printer type, usually you just have to put it in the regular paper tray, but sometimes you have to feed thicker paper manually through a special, separate access tray) and not all printers can handle *really* thick paper of course…

      Printers at public places like libraries are normally loaded with just cheap, regular printer paper of course, but if you bring your own paper that’s not *too* thick, the people that work there are usually more than willing to let you use your thicker paper if the printer can handle it. If you know the type of printer they have, maybe you can find out beforehand what thicknesses it can handle, but otherwise you might waste just one sheet of paper, though. Do ask beforehand if you can try it out though, because otherwise they might get cross if your thicker paper blocks up the printer! (even though it normally won’t break the printer of course)

      If you don’t have a good, offline shop near where you live (many big department stores also sell office supplies nowadays for pretty good prices) you can also buy paper/cardstock and printer ink/toner online in webshops nowadays of course, and sometimes you can actually get very deals!

      But although with webshops, it’s nice and easy to compare prices from as many shops as you can so you can see where you can get the best deal, but you have to make sure you can trust the webshop of course. So whenever I buy something online, even if their price is a little higher, I still choose a “big”, well-known webshop that I know I can trust has a quality product from a well-known brand instead of another webshop that is cheaper but that I don’t know and can’t find nothing about…

      I’m afraid since I’m fortunate enough that I can buy my paper and ink very easily where I live, I don’t really have a webshop or anything that I can recommend… But like I said, if you have the opportunity, try looking in different shops near where you live, where you get your regular office supplies, department stores or other stores where you know or think they might sell ink and paper.

      And if you do want to buy them online, compare the prices (don’t forget to include shipping costs, it can be very different in different webshops!) and make sure you can trust the webshop. Maybe your parents can help you, I’m sure they bought things online too and maybe they know a good webshop already that carries ink and paper too!

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you any better, but I hope you can find a good bargain! ;o)

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  107. Solid_Rain | July 17, 2013 at 21:38

    Thank you! I appreciate it!!!

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  108. Solid_Rain | July 16, 2013 at 18:03

    Please make a Solid Snake papercaft!!! If so try to make the Solid Snake from Metal Gear Soild 1 or 4!!?!? Thanks ninjatoes ;-D it would be great!

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  109. Anonymous | July 14, 2013 at 17:59

    Hi! I’m a giant Kingdom Hearts fan and I was wondering if you could do a Riku or Roxas model because I want to give my friends a gift. Thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | July 15, 2013 at 07:27

      Papercraft is justy a hobby of mine, and there are really so many papercraft models I would like to do in the future! ;o)

      I’m a big Kingdom Hearts fan myself, and I definitely want to make more Kingdom Hearts paper models in the future, but I’m afraid I can’t promise you when exactly, or which ones, sorry… :o(

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  110. Anonymous | July 12, 2013 at 09:54

    Dear Ninjatoes,
    I made your Mario Papercraft model for the bithday of my little sither.
    Im going to make a donkeykong cake with all mario figures next to the cake.
    So i like to put a Yoshi down their.
    And your papercrafts are so nice and with good instructions.:)

    TNX, ….I hope:)

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  111. A random Papercrafter | July 7, 2013 at 20:42

    Dear Ninjatoes, I know you can’t promise what model you will make, but I have a idea:
    Normal Lara Croft from tomb raider 1. I can’t find it anywhere…….

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    • ninjatoes | July 8, 2013 at 14:03

      Well because I’m a big Tomb Raider fan myself, and especially from the classic ones, I definitely want to make a TR1 Lara some day too! ;o)

      But yeah, I really can’t promise when, because I have so many other ideas as well. But there are other people that made papercraft Laras in the past, from Tomb Raider 1. I don’t know them all of course, but here are some that I can remember from the top of my head:

      Sascha is also a big Tomb Raider fan and made lots of paper models from different games, including several from Tomb Raider 1: http://saschacraft.blogspot.com/search/label/Tomb%20Raider%201

      And Orcberto had a papercraft website including several Tomb Raider models on Geocities, and when Geocities stopped their webpage service, his website was one of the many that got archived and saved: http://www.geocities.ws/orcberto/ ;o)

      Maybe you will like the models from those sites, have fun!

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  112. Anonymous | July 4, 2013 at 20:03

    you should make minecraft anti plant virus mod check it out at ssundee’s mod showcase youtube pleas make it because the kinght bug is my favorite bug in the mod

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    • ninjatoes | July 5, 2013 at 16:24

      Papercraft is just a hobby of mine, so I really can’t promise which models I will do in the future…!

      You can find a lot of people making papercraft MineCraft models on lots of websites already, but I’m afraid can’t remember if anybody made some from the mod you mention from the top of my head, sorry… :o(

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  113. Anonymous | June 26, 2013 at 00:16

    You should make a jack the skeleton paper craft

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    • ninjatoes | June 26, 2013 at 16:37

      I do like Tim Burton’s work, so you never know if I’ll make my own papercraft Jack Skellington, but I really can’t promise you which papercraft models I’ll make in the future I’m afraid…!

      But you don’t really have to wait and see though, because other people did already make a papercraft Jack Skellington, like Chamoo232:
      http://www.freewebs.com/chamoo_papercrafts/

      She had to put all her papercraft models in one big package so it’s a big download, but the other models are pretty neat too (a lot from other series, but from A Nightmare Before Christmas there’s also the Mayor from Halloween Town and Zero ghost dog! ;o)

      There are also simpler paper toys of Jack, like this Cubee one:
      http://www.cubeecraft.com/cubee/jack-skellington

      And of course you can probably find some more than I could remember from the top of my head, so I hope you can find one you like! ;o)

      Have fun!

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  114. Christopher | June 16, 2013 at 04:27

    Can you try to make a Twilight Princess and/or Ocarina of Time Tektite?

    I can’t find any anywhere! So i’m assuming no one has made one yet. *sigh*

    And maybe a normal OoT Keese too. (There’s only a Fire Keese.)

    And i’m not trying to be one of those little request hogs since i’m a papercraft designer for Pixel Papercraft, but I don’t have the files to make one even.

    But keep up the work! I love all of your models!

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    • ninjatoes | June 16, 2013 at 08:31

      Yeah, there are a lot of people making papercraft Zelda models, but there also *so many* characters and enemies in the Zelda series, that there are still lots and lots of characters and enemies that aren’t “paperfied” yet…

      I don’t remember seeing a papercraft Tektite or regular OoT Keese yet either to be honest, and since you already looked, I guess you’re right and nobody made it yet… :o(

      And I totally understand people asking me to make their favourite model of course, but although I’m a big fan of the Zelda series too, I really don’t know which models I’ll make in the future, so I don’t want to make promises I can’t keep…

      But like I said, there are a lot of papercrafters that are a big fan of the Zelda series too, so maybe the Tektite and regular Keese will be made sometime! ;o) (but I can’t promise you that I will definitely make them anytime soon, sorry!)

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    • Zeldafan#64 | June 20, 2013 at 01:21

      I do have suggestion for you, if you make papercrafts for pixel papercrafts like do, I would suggest editing a spider model on a Minecraft texture pack website or texture pack application, you can edit the spider and make it look like a Tektite. So do not feel discouraged if nobody has made a Tektite, you can be the first!

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      • Christopher | June 22, 2013 at 17:15

        All i’m having trouble with doing is finding a way to rip the files for Ocarina of Time. (It’s much simpler with Minecraft) Most ROMs don’t have .zip or .rar files, so if anybody could give me a link (hehe) to a OoT or MM ROM or 3d model ripping application that is compatible with pepakura or paint,
        it would be greatly appreciated.

        I plan to be the first one to create a OoT/MM Tektite and Keese! (And most possibly more after that.)

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        • Zeldafan#64 | June 22, 2013 at 17:46

          Cool, I am the first one to make all the tunics that Link uses in Ocarina of time into a papercraft on Pixel Papercraft. I also made the Link fom Four Swords and Dark Link, however I do not know of any ripping programs, I would recommend GIMP if you want to make the Tektite or Keese into a papercraft on Pixel Papercraft, so if you are going to do that, get the spider and bat file from your minecraft.jar then use a skin editing website or program to edit the spider and bat. After that email the files to yourself for safekeeping then watch the GIMP tutorial on Pixel Papercraft, the GIMP tutorial will show how you can turn the bat and spider into a papercraft. Unfortunately I can’t help you if you want the original OoT or TP Tektite or Keese textures, however to save you the skin editing you can search for an OoT mod or TP for your Mnecraft game or simply just a Legend of Zelda mod most of the LoZ mods would have an edited version of the bat or spider to have a Keese and Tektite.

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        • ninjatoes | June 23, 2013 at 08:55

          ROM images are actually intended as a back-up for your own video games in case they break down: with modern video games that are on CD-ROMs or DVDs, it’s easy to make a back-up yourself of course, but for older games that came on cartridges, you need a special back-up devices like “Doctor V64” or “Mr. Backup Z64”, that let you plug in the cartridge so you can copy the data.

          So although many people have put other people’s ROM images online nowadays, I’m afraid I can’t give you any links to download them, sorry… :o(

          The program that many people use to extract the 3D models from Nintendo 64 video games is a fan-made emulator called “Nemu64”: it has a special graphics plugin that lets the emulator save the complete 3D scene that’s on the game screen in VRML 3D file format, that you can open and convert with some 3D programs to a more common 3D file format.

          After that, you can edit/rebuild the 3D model you want in a 3D program like Blender, SketchUp, Metasequoia (or any other really ;o) that can save it in a 3D file format you can unfold it in Pepakura Designer.

          So although the 3D graphics from the Nintendo 64 are considered “old” and “easy” nowadays of course, it still onvolves a lot of steps to make them into a good 3D model, and you do need some special programs other than just Pepakura and Paint (if you have the time, you can learn everything you need just by playing around a bit with the programs though: you don’t have to become a 3D animation wizzkid just to make a 3D model for papercraft! ;o)

          There are a lot of other people talking about extracting 3D models and papercraft on emulation forums, papercraft forums and on video game fan forums, so you can find a lot of information online nowadays! ;o)

          It takes a lot of time to read through all the forums and all the posts, and sometimes it can be frustrating if it doesn’t sem to work on your computer how they describe it, but once you understand the different steps and and get the right tools working, it’s not difficult anymore! ;o)

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          • Anonymous | June 23, 2013 at 14:35

            Ok! Thanks! But are you able to extract files from an SD card if you saved your Ocarina of Time data on Wii from Virtual Console? (Which I do)

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            • ninjatoes | June 24, 2013 at 08:50

              The models I use are from the Nintendo 64 version, I don’t know about extracting the game data and/or 3D models from a Virtual Console SD card to be honest, sorry…

              But like I said, there are always many papercrafters and other game fans trying to extract game data from their favourite video game, so it’s worth a shot looking at fan and papercraft forums. The Nintendo Papercraft site for instance has a forum section too: link where people often ask questions like that, but I don’t know if they have any experience with it either…?

              I hope you can find an answer to your question (maybe on Nintendo Papercraft or maybe on another forum of course!), good luck and have fun!

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            • Zeldafan#64 | June 24, 2013 at 17:07

              Actually you can’t extract that from the SD card, the Virtual Console data is just the game data, not any of the texture files. Although I think it may have the texture files because I may be contradicting myself but, who knows… You can try because I haven’t tried myself.

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  115. Anonymous | June 13, 2013 at 06:07

    Someone can help me with assassin cross armor?

    like this picture please!

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    • ninjatoes | June 13, 2013 at 07:53

      I don’t remember if anybody might have made a papercraft Assassin Cross armor already from the top of my head, and I’m afraid I can’t promise you I will make it myself, but if somebody does remember seeing it already, I hope they can give you a link…!

      I’m sorry I can’t help you myself, I hope you can find what you’re looking for!

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  116. p0procks | June 4, 2013 at 19:12

    Ninjatoes, I love all of your papercrafts and I am working on Young Link right now. There are some parts on him that are hard and that makes sense because this is my first model that is not minecraft! There is one model I have been looking for, and it is Mario from Super Mario 64. But when ever I find one, I can’t make the model because it needs a downloader and I am using my moms computer.

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    • Zeldafan#64 | June 4, 2013 at 19:23

      You remind me od myself a lot, I’m 11 and I have a big pile of Minecraft papercrafts on my table and Ninjatoes’ Adult Link is my first model. Good luck on Young Link!

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      • p0procks | June 5, 2013 at 00:15

        Thanks! His body, part of his right arm, head (Cap and hair not connected but assembled), and the tip of the sword are done.

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    • Zeldafan#64 | June 4, 2013 at 19:25

      I also use my mother’s computer, my mother’s computer is an iMac, if yours is too, I do recommend going to the App Store and downloading The Unarchiver, you can view most files with this application so I do recommend using it.

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    • ninjatoes | June 5, 2013 at 09:19

      Hi there, I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying papercraft so much! ;o)

      Most papercraft models have some easy, but also more tricky parts, so take your time figuring out how to fold them, and if you think you got it but aren’t sure, you can try it without glue first, so you can always still change it (check the fold lines and fold it another way) if you need to.

      If you haven’t found it already, there’s a very nice video tutorial on the Yamaha website that explains the basic papercraft techniques, I’m sure you already know most or all of them already, but here’s the link anyway: http://global.yamaha-motor.com/yamahastyle/entertainment/papercraft/howto/0002.html

      I’m afraid I don’t know much about MAC computers because I have a Windows computer myself, but just like Zeldafan#64 there are many other MAC users that also enjoy papercraft so with a bit of searching I’m sure you can also find MAC specific papercraft help online if you need to! ;o)

      It can be troublesome if you can’t use download hosts, because many papercrafters use them because they don’t have (enough) webspace on their own website…

      If your mom is willing, maybe she can have a look at the file you want to download and verify that the filehost that they use is not a malicious/bad site (still, *always* have a good, up to date anti-virus software on your computer and always have it check any file you download with it!!) and she can download it for you?

      Some filehosts like 4Shared require you to make a free account first which is annoying, but with others, it’s just like downloading from a regular site.

      Nowadays thoguh, a lot of papercrafters also release their paper models directly in the Pepakura PDO file format (Pepakura Designer is a tool to create papercraft models) and they can only be opened with the Pepakura Viewer that you can download and use for free, but that program will only work on Windows computers I’m afraid, not on MACs… :o(

      Sometimes if you can find an e-mail adress on the webpage or if you can leave a comment, you can try contacting the creator explaining your situation and sometimes they can convert the Pepakura PDO file to a PDF file for you and send it to you directly, so you can still get and print the files (like for this paper model that I’m sure you already found: http://paperlegendpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2012/11/super-mario-64-mario.html)

      Or maybe you can ask a friend that has a Windows computer to download and convert the files for you if needed; with a “virtual PDF printer” like CutePDF or PrimoPDF (there are many different free ones) you can “print” PDO files to PDF files with the free Pepakura Viewer! ;o)

      (or maybe you can ask a teacher at school if you could use a school computer to download the files and ask them if they can install Pepakura Viewer and a “virtual PDF printer” to convert the files if the files are in PDO format?)

      (a lot of papercraft models in PDO file format don’t have separate instructions though, so if you can’t use the PDO file, you have to look at the finished pictures that you can find, and try to figure it out by looking at the fold lines yourself…!)

      Of course the easiest way if you can just download a PDF file yourself! ;o) There are many different papercraft Mario models of course (he’s very popular! ;o) but I’m afraid I don’t know all the ones that have PDF files instead of PDO files, or which sites use file hosts and which ones not of course…

      I do know on Nintendo Papercraft, some files are hosted on their own webspace so you should be able to download them like the Mario 64 head: http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/2009/05/super-mario-64-head.html but depending who made the model, they also link to the creator’s website instead…

      I did make a papercraft Mario myself some time ago, and DrakerDG also made one that you can download in PDF format, and there’s another old one that I remember, and although they are not specifically from Mario 64, you can download them directly and they have the same classic look so maybe you will like them anyway:
      https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/paper-mario-3d/
      http://paperbotz.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/super-mario-model/
      http://nintendopapercraft.blogspot.com/2006/12/mario-papercrafts.html

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you better than this, but I hope you will be able to find a real papercraft Mario 64 that you can download and build without problems, or that you can ask a friend to download/print it for you…!

      Have fun!

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  117. davit | May 13, 2013 at 15:39

    thank’ brother…..
    i like this model…………..

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  118. davit | May 9, 2013 at 09:20

    how to download this part…..please….?

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    • ninjatoes | May 9, 2013 at 16:16

      To download one of my models, you can click one of the buttons above, or in the “Papercraft categories” list on the right side of my papercraft webpage (depending on whether you want to make a papercraft Advance Wars unit, a Zelda character, a Star Trek spaceship, or whatever ;o)

      After you’ve chosen one of the different categories, you’ll see a list of models with pictures and the download links for the parts and instructions that you can download.

      Most of my models are in PDF format, so you will need a PDF reader to open them (many computers often already have the free Adobe PDF Reader installed, but you can choose a different one if you like of course.

      Some models come as a ZIP file, to open those you will need an “unzipping” tool; again most computers already have one, but if you don’t already, you can download a free one like 7-Zip, or another one that you like better.

      Hopefully this explains things a bit so you can download the paper model you want, have fun building! ;o)

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  119. Anonymous | May 2, 2013 at 08:30

    luv ya work :)

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  120. Anonymous | May 2, 2013 at 08:29

    Hey i am looking for stormtrooper paper craft …pl help…

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  121. Anonymous | April 18, 2013 at 06:32

    i wonder why don’t you post mario’s enemies like goombas, koopas, and bowser?
    anyway, i really like your work and look forward for your new models

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    • ninjatoes | April 18, 2013 at 08:28

      That’s really just a matter of lack of time; papercraft is just a hobby of mine, and I have so many ideas for paper models, and so little time to do them… ;o)

      I did already make Mario: link and I’d love to make some more Mario characters and enemies in the future, but I can’t promise you when or which ones exactly, sorry…!

      Nowadays, there are lots of people that like to make paper models of their favourite video games though, and you can already find a lot of Mario ones, including enemies! ;o) A good place to start is Nintendo Papercraft: link but if you look around a bit on other papercraft and video game website, you can find *lots* more papercraft models from the Mario series to keep you busy!

      Have fun!

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  122. Zeldafan#64 | April 1, 2013 at 17:40

    Thank you! Now to end the interview, I need your permission to upload some of your papercrafts to my website. Can I have permission to upload the following papercrafts: Feirce Deity Link, Young Link, and Majora’s Mask?

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  123. Zeldafan#64 | April 1, 2013 at 02:44

    Hello! I love your models especially the fact that you make them PDF’s. It makes it so easier to print and download especially because I use an iMac. I am going to try to print out your OOT Adult Link and your Young Link along with Young Zelda and Ganondorf (not to mention Oni Link).

    So thank you for everything. For entertaining me for hours making the papaercrafts. I need to ask you some questions for my blog though. Feel free to answer them I really want an interview with “One of the best papercrafters ever” on my blog.
    1. How long have you had this website?
    2. What do you feel would be the hardest papercraft to build or even design?
    3. What is your favorite videogame?
    4. What would you say is your favorite papercraft out of all the website?
    5. What got you interested or inspired you to make the blog or start designing papaercrafts?
    6. Would you consider yourself a papercraft addict?
    That’s it thank you! Also, I need help finding papercraft websites (especially Zelda ones) that use PDF’s and only PDF’s. Because using them is so much easier for time’s sake. Once again thank you for ringing entertainment to me and others alike.

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    • ninjatoes | April 1, 2013 at 09:21

      Thank you for all the compliments! ;o) I always have a lot of fun making my papercraft models, and it’s nice to hear other people enjoy them too of course.

      A lot of people that make papercraft models from video games like the Zelda series use Pepakura Designer as a tool to make them, but often they will also include a PDF version for people that can’t use Pepakura Viewer. Although you can’t always tell beforehand whether it includes a PDF file when you download a ZIP-file or another file package, but even if you can only find a PDO file, sometimes the designer is kind enough to convert it to a PDF file if you leave them a message about it, or maybe you can ask a friend that has a Windows computer to convert the file for you by using a “PDF printer”.

      I’ll try to answer your questions, but I have a habit of getting too excited and talking a lot when it comes to papercraft, so feel free to shorten the answers if they’re too long. ;o)

      1: I’ve been papercrafting ever since I was old enough to handle scissors I guess, but the first paper model I made for other people to download and build too was the Samurai Pizza Cats pizza parlour HQ, which was on August 24, 2002: link

      My parents got me a flatbed scanner for school, so I scanned all the parts I drew by hand, and made my very first website on Lycos (you can still see an archived version of it here: link)

      2: Making a paper model really is the same every time, whether it is a very simple model or a very detailed model, only with a very detailed or complex model, the parts are often smaller and there are a lot more of them of course. But the process is basically the same each time, only more complex models with lots of small parts take more time to create and are normally more difficult to build because really small parts are harder to handle. I think the most challenging model I ever myself so far is Melee Link, because it has *a lot* of *very* small parts…!

      3: I have a lot of favourite video games actually, of course I really like the Zelda series, and Final Fantasy; but if you really want me to choose, I think today I would say I like Tomb Raider 2 the best! (but maybe tomorrow I would give you a different, it’s a really difficult choice! ;o)

      4: Another difficult question, because there are so many paper models out there nowadays! My own personal favourite is still my own young Link from Majora’s Mask, because when I made it, there weren’t a lot of papercraft Zelda models like it yet (can you believe that now?? ;o) and a lot of people told me how much they liked how it looked like he jumped straight from the video game screen into the real world! ;o)

      5: I think the thing that really inspired me was just a piece of paper and the desire to make things from my favourite TV-shows and video games! But once we got connected to the internet, I found lots of papercraft sites with spaceships from movies and series like Star Wars and Star Trek, so I think that (and the scanner I just got ;o) was what put the idea into my head that I could make a website for my own paper models too! ;o)

      6: I think you could call me a papercraft addict, yes: I don’t have as much spare time as I used too of course, but I still absolutely love papercraft, and try to do it as often as I can! ;o)

      I hope you can find more papercraft Zelda models in PDF format! There are a lot of them but like I said, often people pack them together in a ZIP-file so you have to download it first before you can see if there’s a PDF version included, but I’m sure you can find lots more Zelda models in PDF format! ;o)

      Have fun building and with your blog!

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      • Zeldafan#64 | April 1, 2013 at 16:58

        Thank you very much! The answers are not very long considering how long other papercrafters answered. Due to the length of some of them I couldn’t even upload it due to the amount of characters. I don’t know too much about the techy things about downloading files and that on a computer. If you need help on downloading a game or knowing if its safe to play I’m your man, but because I’m 11 I still have much to learn. Thank you for everything.

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  124. Felix | March 22, 2013 at 22:40

    Hi, very nice models, working on young link currently.
    would love a (any) goron model, but thats not needed currently. i just started and have plenty of models printed and to be crafted for now =)
    what i would LOVE if your pdfs would have Color overflowing on the gluing tabs.
    that would increase the quality, at least for beginers like myself.

    but all in all, your works are great.

    i started my first builds using pepakura and i feared that your models would be much harder cause of the lack of 3d display of individual parts. but it works realy good.
    the alternating gluingtab layout is REALY great. witth them you can always see where to glue tabs even on dificult parts.

    sorry for the near wall of text XD

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    • ninjatoes | March 23, 2013 at 10:36

      Hi there, I’m happy to hear you like my paper models so much! ;o)

      Making paper models, deciding how to unfold them, where the glueing tabs are and so on are are really personal preferences I think: everybody does it the way they like best and I don’t think there’s one, best way of course. ;o)

      I never really use the “colour overflow” option because it can make it too difficult to see where the part stops and the glueing tab begins, especially on paper models without fold lines or when the fold lines are blended in with the part colours which I like to do a lot…

      Sometimes I like to “edge-colour” my models (if you don’t know what that is, I made a small video about it here: link).

      Although it’s not particularly meant for the glueing tabs, you can colour those too with a marker or a pencil while you’re doing the edges of course, but it’s only for added insurance of course, because the glueing tabs themselves get covered up anyway when you glue the parts together (while the edges of the paper always stay visible on normal paper models).

      I like the alternating glueing tabs method a lot too, so that’s why I use it so much! ;o) Because they kinda “hook together”, it’s like you say very easy to see how to connect the parts.

      But even so, most paper models do have some difficult parts: most people that built my papercraft young Link say that glueing the hat to the head and hair is quite tricky, so be sure to fold and shape all the parts properly and take your time! (but you should always do that really ;o)

      Zelda is very popular amongst papercrafters, so if you browse the Zelda sections on http://nintendopapercraft.blogspot.com/ or just search around on the many other papercraft websites nowadays you can already find several different Gorons (and tons of other models too of course!) I would definitely like to make one myself too some time, but I’m afraid I can’t promise you when that’ll be…! :o(

      I provided some extra help for young Link, I don’t do that on all my models, but maybe if you get stuck it can help you. But I hope you won’t need it of course, have fun building! ;o)

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      • Felix | March 23, 2013 at 12:04

        thanks for the tips =)
        somehow i oversaw the goron on nintendopapercraft.
        about the difficulty, i havnt got any big problems with link sofar. the hat was no problem at all.
        the only infuriating part was the bottom of the torso where it connects to the belt. it took forever to fit it good without pushing it too far into the model =)

        im nearly finished, just the legs and equipment to go.
        ill try coloring the parts with a pen on my next model, so thanks for that too.

        keep up the good work and have a nice day =)

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        • ninjatoes | March 23, 2013 at 14:47

          Ah yes, I changed the way I did the belts on the newer Nintendo 64 Zelda models I made, because I thought it was quite tricky on the models of princess Zelda and young Link too, but I’m glad you managed to get it done! ;o)

          I hope you can finish your papercraft Link without problems now; if you want you can send me a picture when it’s done and I’ll put it in the “hall of fame” for you! (but only if you want to of course, and take your time so you can make your paper Link the best way you can! ;o)

          Have fun building the rest of Link!

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  125. Miss | March 7, 2013 at 10:32

    I think your work is HELLA KOOL! I would love to see some models of BEN 10 characters. My son & I would BOTH go CRAZY!

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  126. Christopher | February 23, 2013 at 00:18

    Can you please make a shootzone robot papercraft from ThrillVille? Not the kind from robot invasion, but the kind from Hauntings without the pumpkins. :) thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | February 23, 2013 at 11:17

      Hi there! I really have so many ideas for future paper models, that I already don’t think I’ll ever be able to do them all… ;o)

      I have to say that I never played ThrillVille myself though, and unfortunately, that means that the chance that I’ll end up choosing a paper model from that game is not very big, sorry… :o(

      Most papercrafters are big video game fans too though, so I’m sure there are some Thrillville players amongst them too! ;o) There are many papercraft websites out there nowadays, and maybe somebody will make some models from the game some time (or maybe people already have? ;o)

      Don’t give up looking (I’m afraid I can’t remember seeing any yet, but that doesn’t mean it really definitely doesn’t exist of course!) and if you can’t find any now, keep checking back on big papercraft sites from time to time like Paperkraft.net to see if maybe someone made one!

      Sorry I can’t really help you better than this, I hope you can find what you’re looking for; good luck and have fun!

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  127. Anonymous | February 22, 2013 at 20:20

    Damn, a papercraft of Ron Stoppable besides Kim Possible would look just great. ;)
    Hope U find the inspiration to make one some day…

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    • ninjatoes | February 23, 2013 at 11:10

      A papercraft Ron has been on my to do-list ever since I made Kim of course! ;o) I just have so many ideas for paper models, that I just don’t know when I’ll ever get around to it… There are so many models that I’ve been waiting to do for years already, so I can’t promise when I will finally make Ron or other Kim Possible characters, sorry…! :o(

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  128. nevin ambrous | February 18, 2013 at 12:08

    can you make ichigo from bleach please

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    • ninjatoes | February 19, 2013 at 08:38

      Hi there!

      Thank you for your message, but papercraft is just a hobby of mine, and I’m afraid I can’t promise you which models I will do in the future exactly, sorry…

      There are other papercrafters that already made different papercraft Ichigos though, like Rexxkentrix: http://rexxkentrix.blogspot.com/ who has lots of papercraft models from Bleach, including Ichigo, and of course if you search around a bit on other papercraft sites, you can probably find some other ones as well! ;o)

      Besides “more realistic” paper models, you can also often find cute, much simpler paper toys, like this one from a person called Cyberdrone: http://cyberdrone.deviantart.com/art/Cubee-Ichigo-Bleach-159624125 or this one, from Kapilefty: http://kapilefty.blogspot.com/2011/08/bleach-ichigo-genetically-altered.html

      And just like with the “more realistic” models, you can probably find more paper toys if you look around too! ;o)

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you better than this, but I hope you can find a nice papercraft Ichigo from one of the other papercraft sites that you like to build, have fun!

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  129. Anonymous | February 18, 2013 at 00:22

    hi there i want to know what kind of glue you use i use stick glue but is really hard to use with little pieces

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    • ninjatoes | February 18, 2013 at 09:18

      I always use “TESA All-purpose glue” (link, but you can also find a picture in most of the instructions) they come in different size bottles but I alwaysuse the 90 grams one because I find it easy to work with.

      But really, most simple kids craft glues will do for glueing paper together of course: a lot of people use white PVA glue: in America for example many people use Elmer’s glue, or Aleene’s Tacky glue, and in countries like Germany, Uhu is a very popular brand. And a lot of people use carpenter’s / wood glue which also seems to work well.

      I think you’re right about the glue stick, because of the shape it’s not very easy to work with especially on small parts… Most liquid glues come in bottles that have a small opening which works better for that.

      The trick is not to use too much glue, or else you’ll have to hold it too long until it dries: only use a small amount of glue and spread it out and then put on the other part. That way, you should still be able to move it a little bit if needed, but you don’t have to hold it too long. ;o)

      I hope these tips help, have fun papercrafting!

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  130. Slashersteve aka Steve marsh | February 4, 2013 at 12:29

    hi ninja im looking for a licker from resident evil to do do you know where i can find one

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    • ninjatoes | February 4, 2013 at 14:24

      Hi there!

      Although there are quite a few paper models from the Resident Evil series already, I can’t remember seeing a papercraft “Licker” yet, sorry…

      But I could be wrong of course; if it does already exist it’s probably just difficult to find, maybe on a Resident Evil fan forum or on one of those Chinese or Korean papercraft forums?

      You might go looking for something that doesn’t exist though, but you can always keep an eye out of course in case it pops up some time, or maybe somebody will make it in the future! ;o)

      Sorry I can’t help you! :o(

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  131. Slashersteve aka Steve marsh | January 31, 2013 at 09:14

    hi ninja im looking for the highwind design from final fantasy 7 do you know where i could find one ???? i know kaizo did have one but im unablke to get it and have tried contacting him but to no avail

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    • ninjatoes | January 31, 2013 at 09:26

      It’s too bad Kaizo won’t respond to your e-mail, because he made *a lot* of neat papercraft models, from Final Fantasy and some others as well… :o(

      I don’t know if he ever made a papercraft Final Fantasy VII Highwind airship though; I know he built one, but I think that’s the one from http://www.sd-sascha.com/site/gb-paper.html (scroll down a bit past the Macross/Robotech models, he actually made 3 different versions)

      Those links should still work, so have fun building!

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    • Slashersteve aka Steve marsh | January 31, 2013 at 16:14

      thanks ninja they are just what i am looking for

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  132. Epicface | January 31, 2013 at 05:41

    Hey Ninjatoes! It’s me again, asking you if you know any websites for Star Wars papercraft I am specifically looking for an AT-AT.

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  133. Scott | December 20, 2012 at 21:30

    I sent an email to LEGO® requesting that they adopt minifigure papercrafting as a marketing strategy (Yamaha has done the same thing, try googling it), and I got the following response. In it they ask for LEGO fans and papercrafters to contact them and let them know there is support for this approach. PLEASE DO!!!

    They even have a shoutout for Ninjatoes!!!

    —

    Dear Scott,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    I’m sorry, but even though I think your Papercraft Templates would make a brilliant LEGO® activity, we can’t accept your suggestion. I know this might be disappointing to hear, but we have a team of experts in Denmark whose job it is to dream up new LEGO sets, themes and toys. They tell me it takes years to plan everything. They need to test all the new ideas, talk to the factory about how to make them, work out what sort of box is needed and then deliver the new sets to all the shops in 130 countries! This means that there’s a good chance they could already be working on something similar to your idea.

    I’m a fellow papercrafter and a 38 year old fan who was fortunate enought to get a job working for LEGO. I am well aware of some of the awesome papercraft minifigures Ninjatoes and others have created. I know Pepakura well too!

    Please have your friends and colleauges who are LEGO papercraft fans write or email us! This is the next big thing, but we need more marketing data from our fans.

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  134. Anonymous | December 12, 2012 at 03:00

    Seriously, you guys are awesome!!

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  135. Anonymous | December 8, 2012 at 12:11

    do you know anyone who has made a technoblin from zelda skyward sword

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    • ninjatoes | December 8, 2012 at 12:42

      There aren’t a lot of papercraft Skyward Sword models yet I’m afraid, and I don’t know if anybody made a Technoblin yet, sorry… (but it could be that I just missed it of course, so don’t give up looking! ;o)

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  136. robertym | November 20, 2012 at 13:55

    Hello!!! Anyone have the model Iron Man Mark 1 from jp-papercraft? The site is down…

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    • ninjatoes | November 21, 2012 at 10:22

      I think you’re talking about the paper model on http://jp-papercraft.blogspot.com/2011/09/iron-man-mark-1.html but unfortunately, Jp-papercraft seems to have indeed deleted his entire papercraft weblog… :o(

      With the Google search engine, you can still find some cached versions of the Jp-papercraft weblog like the Jason Voorhees mask that was posted the same month as the Iron Man Mark I suit: link, but I haven’t been able to find a cached version of the Iron Man Mark I suit itself…

      Unfortunately, I don’t think it would do much good anyway, because Jp-papercraft also seems to have deleted all his download files on 4Shared, so it seems he really doesn’t want people downloading his models anymore… :o(

      I think there’s a DeviantArt account from the same person: http://jp-papercraft.deviantart.com/gallery/

      But as you can see, it seems to be the same story: there’s no info (anymore?) so it looks like this person doesn’t want to have anything to do with the paper models he made under the name Jp-papercraft anymore…? :o(

      Because paper models from Iron Man are quite popular and nowadays, there are many sites that upload other people’s models to their own websites or filehosts, maybe you can still find a copy if you look really hard, but I’m afraid I can’t send you the model myself, sorry…

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        • ninjatoes | November 21, 2012 at 13:46

          When I checked it myself this morning, I actually got the same result as you (“This weblog has been removed”) but it looks like Jp-papercraft is back up now! ;o)

          It seems for the newer models like the Resident Evil zombie mask, the downloads are still working, but the download for the Mark I Iron Man suit still doesn’t seem to be available on 4Shared anymore I guess unfortunately… :o(

          I don’t see an e-mail adress anywhere, but maybe you can leave a comment now on Jp-papercraft’s weblog about it, or leave a message on the shoutbox (Chou is the name of the person behind JP-papercraft, and he seems to reply regularly there).

          I hope you’ll be able to contact him to ask about the Iron Man Mark I suit!

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  137. Rinue | October 16, 2012 at 03:01

    Could you make a Legend Of Zelda OoT Adult Zelda papercraft? The only one I can find has been removed, and I’d really like to make one :(

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    • ninjatoes | October 16, 2012 at 08:29

      Right now, I’m actually working on an adult Link from Ocarina of Time! ;o) I really like the Legend of Zelda, and I hope to do many more papercraft models from the series, but I’m afraid I can’t promise you if/when I’ll make an adult Zelda too, because I have so many other ideas as well…

      If you find a papercraft model and the original link to it is dead, don’t give up on it, especially if it’s from a popular series like the Legend of Zelda: try to contact the creator about it, and if they don’t respond anymore, often you can still find it uploaded on somebody else’s site.

      I hope you’ll be able to contact the creator so they can still send you the files, or that you’ll be able to find it elsewhere! ;o)

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  138. Anonymous | October 8, 2012 at 19:01

    Hello Sir or Madam,

    I realy love your papercraft models and would like to make my own. Do you have any plans for making a tutorial on the design process of making papercrafts.

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    • ninjatoes | October 9, 2012 at 09:04

      For me, making a good, step by step tutorial on how to make a papercraft model (and not having it turn into a simple 3D tutorial of which there are already tons to be found that already explain things much better than I would ever can ;o) would be very difficult and take a lot of time that I simply don’t have unfortunately…

      There are really many ways to make a papercraft model, either using a computer tool or just by hand: https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/comment-page-127/#comment-21360

      But I think the most important tip I can give you, is to take your time to learn: build lots of paper models made by other people, and you will gain lots of experience thinking logically, about how flat, 2D paper parts can turn into 3D paper shapes and then vice versa of course, and what kinds of unfolds do work well, and which ones you think don’t, and that’s really all you need to know if you want to make your own paper models! ;o)

      Other than that, it’s really just a matter of trying out your ideas, see if they work, and change them if they don’t. ;o)

      If you want to use a computer tool, just have fun playing around with it first to learn what all the buttons do yourself, instead of mindlessly following a tutorial telling you exactly which buttons to push to get the same result as they did…

      On my papercraft weblog, I often post my “Works in progress”, showing the steps and decisions I take (why I like to break down a complex shape in separate, simpler shapes, how I try to make sure the 3D model’s shapes will be easy to unfold, how I try to unfold the shapes in an easy to build way, etc…) when I’m making a new papercraft model, either by hand or using the computer: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/search/label/Work%20In%20Progress

      It will give you an idea on how I make my paper models, but the best way to learn for everybody I really believe, is to just have fun building other people’s models, learning from them, and then simply start doing.

      Learn from your own “mistakes”, and never be afraid to go back a step to change things if they don’t work. Everything takes time to learn, but it’s just a hobby, so take that time and have fun!

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  139. Anonoymous | October 5, 2012 at 19:49

    I love your models but can you make more warcraft models

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    • ninjatoes | October 6, 2012 at 08:41

      I always have lots of different ideas for future papercraft models, but I definitely plan on making more WarCraft models, yes! (but I can’t promise you when exactly… ;o)

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  140. Oversound | October 3, 2012 at 02:51

    WOW. I love your work. Very cute and creative. Thanks for sharing. I will prepare the Final Fantasy. Congratulations and continue to be.

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    • ninjatoes | October 3, 2012 at 07:30

      Thank you for the compliments! I always enjoy making my paper models, so I’m happy to hear you like them too. ;o)

      I hope you’ll enjoy building the Final Fantasy model, take your time and have fun!

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  141. Epicface | September 5, 2012 at 02:05

    I just finished the papercrafts you sent me Ninjatoes I didn’t finish them right now barely because they were too advanced I just barely got to them. Also could you please please I beg of you tell me how to make papercraft templates because I want to make my own templates without downloading because It’s too difficult and it won’t download because I use an iMac. And because the browser is different it won’t download so please tell me.

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    • ninjatoes | September 5, 2012 at 10:06

      Making paper models isn’t necessarily very difficult, it just takes lots of time. ;o)

      Like most papercrafters nowadays I think, I often use a program called Pepakura Designer: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/ to unfold a digital 3D model into 2D papercraft parts, but unfortunately, I don’t think it will run on an iMac…

      There are other computer programs that you can use, like SketchUp with a unfold plugin that you can download: http://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/unfold-tool/unfoldtool.zip or this one: http://www.pumpkinpirate.info/flattery/

      Blender has a unfold plugin too if I’m correct: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?101194-Creating-paper-models

      Other people even used MS Excel to calculate the 2D, unfolded pattern of 3D shapes: http://sketchup-p-p.blogspot.com/

      And here’s an old tutorial of somebody who simply uses MS Word: http://web.archive.org/web/20101125205515/http://jleslie48.com/tutorial/tutorial0603mswordpsp60/cs.html

      So as you see, there are many different ways, and some are easier, some are more difficult. And I think if you look around online, you can find many more tips and tutorials on how to make your own papercraft models! ;o)

      But even if you do use a computer program that does a lot of the work for you, it’s important to keep thinking about it yourself!

      Try to imagine yourself what the 3D shape that you want to make will look like when it is folded flat *before* the computer program does it for you.

      That way, you can even make paper models by hand by simply drawing the 2D shapes with a ruler and a pencil! For a lot of people, that’s often even easier than using a computer. ;o)

      For simple shapes (cubes, beams, cylinders, cones…) it really isn’t that difficult, but of course with very complex shapes, maybe you won’t be able to imagine how to unfold it in your head right away.

      But if you simply try it out (draw and test build it the way you think it should be) you can keep adjusting it until you get it right! ;o)

      It takes a lot of time, but the more you do it, the better you get at it of course (but that’s also the case if you use a computer program ;o)

      Good luck and most importantly, take your time to learn and have fun!

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  142. Anonymous | September 4, 2012 at 20:27

    it was the summer holidays over at my school and i just found out that the knight model has just been released. wow. it looks pretty awesome. btw any starfox assault arwing papercrafts yet?

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    • ninjatoes | September 5, 2012 at 10:10

      Thanks, I’m glad you like the papercraft LEGO knight! I’m very proud of him too, he turned out great! ;o)

      I don’t recall anybody releasing a new papercraft StarFox Arwing yet I’m afraid, just the old ones…

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  143. Anonymus | August 31, 2012 at 20:40

    your paper crafts are so cool!
    all my fav Zelda characters are here! Even the clock town puppy! I’m having a lot of fun making your models! It be also cool if you made Byrne from The legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. Best site for paper crafting is this one!

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  144. Epicface | August 31, 2012 at 01:40

    Can you make MineCraft papercraft if you can’t I can figure it out myself no biggy

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  145. vegito123 | August 25, 2012 at 05:35

    can you make dragon ball character? but please make the finger more simple

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  146. Epicface | August 25, 2012 at 00:25

    Sorry if this sounds inconvenient and hard for you to do. But I just cant seem to be able to print out the pagesfor your papercrafts. Could you probably send me an E-mail so could you send me the images of your: easiest Zelda crafts, Mario crafts? I would like to do it myself but I just can’t seem to do it sorr for the inconvenience.

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    • ninjatoes | August 25, 2012 at 11:44

      One or two times won’t be a bother of course, but I’m afraid I can’t do it each time of for everyone of course, so first, I hope you can check or try some things to see if we can solve your problem that way:

      The files on my webpage are all under direct links, so if you click them, they should automatically start downloading if they’re ZIP-files, asking you where you want to save them, or open directly in a browser window if they’re PDF files (like Mario).

      I tried the Mario download links, and they seem to be working fine. Before you try again, maybe you have to clear your temporary internet files and the internet cache on your computer (sometimes it gets corrupted if you don’t clean it regularly, and then instead of a fresh, renewed webpage, your computers keeps loading the old, corrupted one).

      If left-clicking the download links doesn’t seem to work, try *right*-clicking the link, and choosing “Save as…” directly from the menu that pop-ups. (be sure to remember the destination where you save the file! ;o)

      If you were able to download the files okay, but you’re having trouble opening them, make sure you have the right programs to do so (like I said, my papercraft models are either in ZIP-file format, or in PDF-file format).

      For ZIP-files, you need an unpacking tool: most computers nowadays already have one installed that can de-compress the most popular compressed file formats like ZIP or RAR, but if yours doesn’t, you can find many free ones online like http://www.7-zip.org/

      If you already have an unpacking tool installed on your computer, then when you double-click a ZIP-file, it will ask you a place to unpack the files inside (choose a destination you can remember, like your computer’s desktop).

      The unpacking tool will then create a a new folder, with the de-compress files inside (for my paper models, they will be simple *.jpg image files, which any image viewer should be able to open).

      For PDF files, you need to have a PDF reader installed on your computer. Again, most computers nowadays already have one installed, like http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

      If it is installed properly (don’t forget to update it regularly!), when you click a PDF link on a website, the PDF file will automatically open in your browser window.

      Then you can save it to your computer by clicking the “File”-menu and choosing “Save as..”

      Make sure the unpacking tool and PDF reader of your choice are installed and updated properly, and then everything should work fine really! ;o)

      I hope these tips work, but please let me know if it still doesn’t!

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      • Epicface | August 25, 2012 at 16:28

        It just can’t work.

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        • ninjatoes | August 25, 2012 at 18:56

          I’m sorry to hear the problem wasn’t solved by these basic tips… :o( I’ll see if I can send you Paper Mario and Majora’s Mask, so I hope the problem isn’t with the programs you need to open them (otherwise it won’t make a difference of course… :o(

          Because all the files and download links seem to be okay, I’m afraid I can’t really help you from this end, but maybe you can try to see if other websites and other ZIP and PDF files give you the same problems, or you can try at a friend’s house or at school/work to see if it works on their computer? Maybe somebody you know that knows a lot about computers can help and solve your download problem?

          If it’s just my webpage, then you can find many more papercraft models on other sites as well, so you won’t have to worry about not being able to build any paper models at all, but of course I hope you can get the problem solved anyway! ;o)

          Good luck and have fun papercrafting!

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  147. liesson julius | August 23, 2012 at 06:22

    why can’t i click on x-men?

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  148. Rafael | August 22, 2012 at 00:43

    can you make a sora model from kingdom hearts 1?
    thx

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  149. mrboo3201 | August 20, 2012 at 22:03

    can you make adventure time with finn and Jake paper-crafts because all the other models on the web are too blocky or rar.

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    • ninjatoes | August 21, 2012 at 08:18

      I’m afraid I can’t promise you that I’ll make Adventure Time models, sorry…

      Most of the Adventure Time models I know are very blocky too; PaperPokés made an Adventure Time model earlier this year as an April Fool’s joke that is a little bit less blocky: http://www.pokemonpapercraft.net/2012/04/adventure-time-papercraft-finn-and-jake.html

      And there’s another one that’s a little less blocky than most Adventure Time models here: http://x3darts.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html

      Maybe you already knew about those, but I guess they’re the least blocky Adventure Time models I can think of, off the top of my head…

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      • mrboo3201 | August 21, 2012 at 17:10

        i tried to but there rar. and i cant download those

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        • ninjatoes | August 22, 2012 at 08:44

          A *.rar file is in essence the same as a *.zip file, they’re both compressed archives, they just use different ways of compressing the files inside.

          Most computers will already have a file compressing/decompressing tool installed that can handle many different compressed file formats, but if yours doesn’t, you can choose many different ones (like 7-Zip: http://www.7-zip.org/) that you can download and install for free.

          The native tool for *.rar files is WinRAR, which can handle several different compression formats: http://www.rarlab.com/otherfmt.htm but like WinZIP (the native tool for *.zip files: http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/62/) it is a commercial program, so unless you buy a registration code, you will get a pop-up advertisement every time you keep using for free after a number of days.

          If you already have a file archiving tool on your computer, it’s worth checking out which file formats it supports: the *.rar format is quite popular, so most modern file archiving tools will support it, but maybe you need to set to set the file association so it recognizes them (check the help files of your file archiving tool or the FAQ on their website on how to do so).

          greetz ninjatoes

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  150. Anonymous | August 20, 2012 at 14:40

    Is there any chance you will make more world of warcraft models

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    • ninjatoes | August 21, 2012 at 08:07

      The WarCraft model I made so far is from WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, which was kinda like the prequel of World of WarCraft. ;o) World of WarCraft has lots of neat stuff that would make very nice paper models I think, but with all the other ideas I already have, I really can’t promise you if or when I will finally make a World of WarCraft model…

      I’m sure you already know about the Unofficial World of WarCraft Papercrafts blog? http://wowpapercraft.blogspot.com/

      It has lots of papercraft World of WarCrafts models already, and there are lots more you can find on other papercraft sites as well; I’m sure you’ll be able to find some very nice models already! ;o)

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  151. LiessonJulius | August 15, 2012 at 12:20

    hey i have a request.. can you make naruto? or Kakashi?

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  152. nellaarabrab | August 3, 2012 at 21:13

    You. Are. Amazing!!! I will be making as many of these as I can. My plan: to fill my husband’s desk at work! (*evil laugh).

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  153. Anonymous | August 1, 2012 at 09:30

    My eleven year old son loves making your models he has made twilight princess link,zora link,wolf link and he is making king of red lions now

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    • ninjatoes | August 1, 2012 at 09:52

      I’m happy to hear your son likes my paper models! Papercraft is a fun hobby, but it can be very timeconsuming… ;o)

      The King of Red Lions is a very big model with some parts that are quite difficult, but if he built wolf Link already, I’m sure he can do it (that one is even more challenging with quite a lot of small parts, I think).

      The sail on King is so big, that it causes the mast to bend unless you use extra strong paper for the mast, or if you don’t reinforce the mast on the inside, so remind him to be careful when he comes to that part! ;o)

      (if the mast bends anyway despite reinforcing it, you can also try tying a string from the top of the mast to the base of the figurehead)

      Tell him to have fun building! ;o)

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  154. Anonymous | July 31, 2012 at 20:52

    i love your models and i have made majoras mask and oni link but can you make portal and portal 2 papercraft

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  155. Anonymous | July 15, 2012 at 14:56

    can you make princess zelda from twilight princess? please! or sheik! pleeeeeaseeee or both!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  156. Anonymous | July 10, 2012 at 20:21

    if you can,can you make a papercraft of kairi from kingdom hearts?

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    • ninjatoes | July 11, 2012 at 09:10

      A papercraft Kairi is definitely on my “to do”-list as part of my Kingdom Hearts series, but unfortunately, I can’t promise you when I’ll finally get around to making here yet, sorry…

      There are some simple Cubee/hako papercraft toys of her out there, and I thought there was a more “realistic”, detailed version already too, but I think that was just an announcement of sombody planning to make it, and I don’t think it got finished… :o(

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      • Anonymous | July 15, 2012 at 11:14

        I am working on donald duck from the first kingdom hearts game, which kairi were you doing?

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          • ninjatoes | July 15, 2012 at 11:44

            Ah, you have your own papercraft weblog! Once you finish your papercraft Donald Duck, I’ll add your weblog to the links section on my papercraft weblog. ;o)

            Until then, have fun working on Donald! Take your time! ;o)

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        • ninjatoes | July 15, 2012 at 11:39

          I don’t know which Kairi I’ll make yet, really; I made Sora from Kingdom Hearts II because I liked that version better, but for Kairi, I think all her versions are quite cute. ;o)

          But I’m not working on her right now, though…! I have lots of ideas for paper models, so it might be a long time before I get around to making a paper Kairi…

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  157. Anonymous | July 8, 2012 at 11:14

    when is the papercraft Lego black night coming. it looks soooo awesome. hes my Favorite minifig

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    • ninjatoes | July 8, 2012 at 11:34

      I’m working on the sword and shield right now in SketchUp, they’re the last two pieces I need to make. I will test build them first, but I don’t expect many problems really. ;o)

      Then I will have to make the final templates with all the correct and fixed parts, and then I will build it myself first so I can make the instructions (and then I will have to make the instructions ;o)

      But because I can only work on it off and on, I think it will still take a week or two, three perhaps. You can stay up to date on the progress on my papercraft weblog: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/

      And of course once it’s finished, I’ll post it here on my papercraft webpage too so you can download the parts and instructions to build it. ;o)

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  158. Anonymous | July 7, 2012 at 19:15

    What kind of all purpose printer friendly paper would you suggest?

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    • ninjatoes | July 8, 2012 at 08:47

      I always use 200 gsm (200 grams per square meter) paper, which is about 2.5 times as thick as regular printer paper (that’s usually about 75-80 gsm).

      Most papercrafters use anything between 120-200 gsm. I don’t think the specific brand is important though; try to find a nice brand that does the job and that’s not too expensive. ;o)

      Some people like to use glossy paper or even photopaper, which is always a bit thicker of its own already. It gives the finished model a glossy/shiny finish, but not everybody likes working with it because of the glossy layer.

      So it’s really a personal preference, and the best tip I can give you is to try out which paper you like yourself; maybe if you explain yourself, you can ask the shopkeeper if you can try out a few pages first before buying a whole pack of paper?

      I hope you can find a type of paper that you like, have fun building!

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  159. Anonymous | July 6, 2012 at 13:01

    have you seen any dead space 2 or 1 papercraft anywhere?

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  160. Anonymous | June 28, 2012 at 20:05

    ninjatoes have you ever sold your papercraft? because im planning to sell mine. if yes how much money did you get for it

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    • ninjatoes | June 29, 2012 at 08:45

      No, I never sold any of my models, because papercraft is first of all only a hobby of mine that I like to do for fun, and secondly, all the models I made so far are based on characters or other things from video games or TV series, so they’re not really mine to sell. ;o)

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  161. anas badran | June 27, 2012 at 09:11

    please can u make a papercraft of L from death note…hes my favourite character…btw your works are amazingg simply the best

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    • ninjatoes | June 27, 2012 at 09:33

      I’m afraid I already have so many ideas, that I really can’t promise you whether I’ll make a papercraft Death Note L in the future, sorry…

      There are a lot of Death Note fans, and sometimes people talk about making a paper model of it, but for some reasons there still aren’t many Death Note paper models out there yet… :o(

      There are some simplified paper Cubees (including L) here: http://animepapertoys.blogspot.nl/search/label/DEATH%20NOTE

      Another simple L toy here: http://fav.me/d2vpp0f (looks like this: http://fav.me/d4i6n2e when finished)

      There’s a chibi, “nendoroid”-style Light Yagami floating around too, it shouldn’t be too hard to find with Google or another search engine.

      And of course there are probably others as well, but I don’t know if anybody made a more detailed Lawliet already…?

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you better than this, but I hope you will find a nice papercraft L that you’ll like!

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  162. Anonymous | June 19, 2012 at 21:22

    okay so i am building the lego captain knoest right at this moment. i build the thing that keeps the head and the brown thing that he wears (part 16). i do a test to see if it fits knoest’s head but it doesnt plz help. oh yeah this is the same guy that asks for the starfox assault arwing.

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    • ninjatoes | June 20, 2012 at 08:45

      Do you mean the holes on parts 35 and 40 (the brown thing that he wears on his shoulders) is not big enough to fit over the the cylinder that you have to make from 16?

      All the separate parts (arms, legs, head etc.) are made to fit quite tightly together, so they won’t fall apart all the time.

      But because it is only paper of course, you need to use thicker, stronger paper than usual, or else it won’t be strong enough if you take the pieces apart and put them back together all the time.

      I always use 200 gsm (grams per square meter) which is about 2.5 times as thick as regular printer, and with that, the parts are strong enough and the holes are just the right size so the parts fit together very tightly.

      There are two you can solve the problem: you can make the neck (part 16) smaller, or the holes on parts 35 and 50 bigger.

      If you want to make the holes bigger, be careful you don’t cut off *too* much at once and make them *too* big…!

      It’s best to trim them only a little bit at a time, try to see if it fits, and if it doesn’t, you can always cut off a little more, try again, and so on until it fits correctly.

      To make a cylinder thinner, you can glue the end a little bit over the white of the glueing tab (you will have to trim the top a little bit as well until it fits of course).

      To make the walls of a cylinder a little bit wider, colour the edge of the glueing tab in the appropriate colour and then glue on the other end so that it doesn’t completely cover the glueing tab.

      It’s hard to explain in words, but with the parts in front of you I hope you can understand what I mean, it’s really not very difficult.

      Keep working as precise as you can, because there are a lot of parts that need to fit very tightly together on my papercraft LEGO minifigs, but don’t be afraid to adjust the pieces a little bit if you need to to make it work better.

      Good luck and have fun!

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  163. Anonymous | May 29, 2012 at 19:39

    is pepakura designer and view free if so how can you download it to your usb stick?

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    • ninjatoes | May 30, 2012 at 07:39

      Pepakura Viewer is 100% free, so you can use it without restrictions to open and print Pepakura *.pdo files that other people made. You can download the latest version from this page: link (the older versions are at the bottom, but those won’t be able to open *.pdo files that were made with the newer versions of Pepakura Designer!)

      Pepakura Designer, that you can use to make your own papercraft models, is not free, but you can try it out first before you decide to buy it. You can download it from this page: link (again, the older versions are at the bottom, but those won’t be able to open *.pdo files that were made with the newer versions!)

      In the trial/shareware version, all the unfold functions will work, and you can also print your paper model to build it, but without buying a registration key first, you won’t be able to save the *.pdo file you made and you can’t export the unfolded template to save it.

      I remember the old versions (V.1) of Pepakura Designer and Viewer didn’t have an installer so you should be able to run from a USB stick on a Microsoft Windows (neither Pepakura Designer or Viewer will work on a Mac computer) but I haven’t tried it myself to be honest to see if it will work, and like I said before, Pepakura Viewer and Designer V.1 won’t be able to open files that were made using Pepakura Designer V.2 or 3…!

      The newer versions all come with installers if I’m correct, so I think they only work if you install them directly on your computer; but if you want to be sure, you can always ask the people from Tamasoft if there’s also a portable version using the inquiry form on the Pepakura website: link

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      • Anonymous | May 30, 2012 at 17:50

        how can you download pepakura designer to a usb stick?

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        • ninjatoes | May 31, 2012 at 09:02

          The same way you download it to your computer’s hard disk really; but instead of choosing your hard disk (C:/…) you choose your USB stick as a location (check the drive letter under “My Computer”, it’s different on each computer).

          But I think it is not possible to run the latest versions of Pepakura Designer directly from a USB stick: I think they need to be installed on your computer first for them to work.

          You can try the oldest version (Ver.1.1d at the bottom of this page: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/designerhtml )

          Because it doesn’t have an installer, maybe it will work if you download the file to your USB stick, unzip it, and then run the *.exe file, but I’m not sure (if you really want to know, just ask the people from Tamasoft using the inquiry contact form from their site: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/user/support_form.php

          Don’t forget that Pepakura Designer Ver.1.1.d won’t be able to open Pepakura *.pdo files made with version 2 or 3, and that you need to buy a registration key before you can save or export your work (you can unfold and print with the unregistered version, though)

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  164. Anonymous | May 14, 2012 at 07:16

    Ninjatoes can you please make a model of Pain from Naruto Shippuuden? Please I really want to make pain, please make a model sir.

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    • ninjatoes | May 14, 2012 at 07:43

      I’m afraid I already have so many ideas, and only so little time, that I can’t promise to do specific models, sorry… But there are a lot more papercrafters out there nowadays, and I’m sure a lot of them like Naruto too, so maybe somebody will make it some day! ;o)

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  165. Anonymous | May 13, 2012 at 17:17

    hi ninjatoes just sayin why isnt the nintendo zapper instructions a pdf? ive downloaded it and it is in photos plz help

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    • ninjatoes | May 14, 2012 at 07:36

      Because I host all the files to build my papercraft models on my own, personal webspace, I have to be careful not to use up *too much* webspace… Especially for some of my early models, I put the images in ZIP files, because it takes up less webspace.

      But to be honest, all the instructions for all my paper models are in the form of photos, even the PDF ones! ;o)
      If you want to put the photos for the Nintendo Zapper in one file too because you find it more convenient, you can simplu copy+paste them into a Word-file for example, and/or make a PDF yourself with a free PDF printer for example.

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  166. Anonymous | May 10, 2012 at 18:54

    (same guy) ninjatoes have you found any starfox arwing assault papercrafts yet?
    p.s i know about the nintendo papercraft website ones

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    • ninjatoes | May 11, 2012 at 08:05

      No, sorry; I still haven’t found any new Arwing papercraft models… :o(

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      • Anonymous | May 11, 2012 at 22:45

        too bad… can you plz plz plz design some starfox assault arwing papercraft templates plz (if you can)

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        • ninjatoes | May 12, 2012 at 09:48

          I’m afraid I still can’t promise you to do so; there are simply so many paper models that I still want to do, and I really don’t know if I will come around to making a new Arwing some time, sorry…

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  167. Anonymous | May 8, 2012 at 21:16

    ninjatoes is the hero of twilight paper-craft hard to make?

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    • ninjatoes | May 9, 2012 at 09:14

      Most parts aren’t; be sure to take your time and pre-shape (score and fold or bend/curve) the parts before your glue them together. Follow the instructions if you run into trouble, and if you’re not sure about a certain part, try fitting it together without glue first to see if it fits the way you thought.

      I think the most difficult parts are the hands; assemble the fingers one by one by pre-shaping them around a tooohpick first (just recently, somebody asked me about the hands and fingers, you can read about it in the comments on the Twilight Link post: link)

      Yamaha has a very good papercraft tutorial with some general tips and tricks that’s worth checking out: link

      But the most important tip I can give you, is still to take your time, and don’t try to build all of it in one day; although it’s not necessarily a very difficult model, it simply takes time to cut out, shape and glue together all the parts, so when you feel you’ve done enough for the day, store the parts in safe place and continue another time.

      And of course: Have fun! ;o)

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  168. ~Zorua | May 8, 2012 at 02:09

    wow…. i tried to do this and the colors are in negative -.- wtf?

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    • ninjatoes | May 8, 2012 at 11:03

      Do you mean you tried to print one of my papercraft models and the colours came out wrong?

      I’m afraid I have no idea what might be causing that… :o( Some of my models are in JPG image format, which pretty much all image viewers should be able to open and print without problems.

      Other models are in PDF format, for which you need a PDF viewer. It’s always a good idea to make sure you have the latest version/update of your PDF viewer, although I don’t know if that would cause any problems really.

      Check your printer settings too (and make sure you have plenty of ink! ;o), and see if other PDF and/or JPG files cause problems too.

      If the colours already look wrong when you open the file before printing it, maybe somebody went wrong downloading it. Delete the temporary internet files and clear the internet cache, close all your browser windows, and then try downloading the files again.

      I hope you can figure out the problem and fix the problem!

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  169. paulo | May 4, 2012 at 08:34

    hi i cant not download pepakura and i suck on pint and ass loges its just a tutorial den im happy

    (i love your models:D

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    • ninjatoes | May 4, 2012 at 13:58

      I’m afraid I didn’t understand all of that… (?) but I did get that you can’t use Pepakura Designer?

      Although nowadays, many people use Pepakura Designer (including myself for a lot of my models) to create paper models, it is not the only way of course!

      There are other computer programs that you can use, like SketchUp with a unfold plugin that you can download: link and Blender has a unfold plugin too if I’m correct: link

      Other people even used MS Excel to calculate the 2D, unfolded pattern of 3D shapes: link

      And here’s a tutorial of somebody who simply uses MS Word: link

      So as you see, there are many different ways, and some are easier, some are more difficult. And I think if you look around online, you can find many more tips and tutorials on how to make your own papercraft models! ;o)

      But even if you do use a computer program that does a lot of the work for you, it’s important to keep thinking about it yourself!

      Try to imagine yourself what the 3D shape that you want to make will look like when it is folded flat *before* the computer program does it for you.

      That way, you can even make paper models by hand by simply drawing the 2D shapes with a ruler and a pencil! ;o)

      For simple shapes (cubes, beams, cylinders, cones…) it really isn’t that difficult, but of course with very complex shapes, maybe you won’t be able to imagine how to unfold it in your head right away.

      But if you simply try it out (draw and test build it the way you think it should be) you can keep adjusting it until you get it right! ;o)

      It takes a lot of time, but the more you do it, the better you get at it of course (that’s also the case if you use a computer program ;o)

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  170. paulo | May 3, 2012 at 08:14

    hi and on youtube plz show how to make papercraft thx

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    • ninjatoes | May 3, 2012 at 09:47

      There really is so much you could say about making papercraft models, and it would take me so long to try and make and make a good tutorial…

      On my weblog, I have a work in progress section (link) with updates on my both my hand drawn models and the ones I make using Pepakura Designer, which can give you an idea on how I do it (but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the only or the best way of course! ;o)

      But papercraft really isn’t as difficult as most people seem to think, and just by playing around and making a few simple models, you’ll quickly understand the logic behind it. ;o)

      On forums like the Nintendo Papercraft forum you can find lots of tips and help too (link) because a lot of people like to make paper models nowadays! ;o)

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  171. paulo | May 3, 2012 at 08:11

    hi ninjatoes plz do a new Categories wild animals.
    and do a fox plz and wolfes thx
    and thx

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    • ninjatoes | May 3, 2012 at 09:52

      I do like wild animals, although I haven’t really made any paper ones myself yet (except one or two from video games).

      I can’t promise you which models I will do in the future I’m afraid, but there are many papercrafters out there, and many of them like wild animals too! ;o)

      And some big companies also have a papercraft bonus section on their websites, and animals are very popular: Yamaha for example has a great animal series (link) and so do Konica Minolta (link) Canon (link) and Epson (link).

      The only papercraft wolf I made myself so far is from the Zelda game Twilight Princess: link but there are also more realistic ones from Canon for example: link or from this site: link

      As for a fox, there are many cute paper toy foxes out there already, like the one on this page: link or this one: link

      And Kirin Beverage just added a simple and less cartoony fox to their animal series just a few days ago! link ;o)

      Of course, these are just the ones that I remembered from the top of my hat, so be sure to search around a bit, and I’m sure you can find lots more!

      Have fun!

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  172. Anonymous | April 27, 2012 at 18:29

    ninjatoes how many pages does the Nintendo zapper have (just checking because i have quite a short amount of card left) thx

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    • Anonymous | April 27, 2012 at 21:38

      same guy who posted this: wait i downloaded it thx gonna build it now

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      • ninjatoes | April 28, 2012 at 10:11

        Although the NES Zapper is life-sized, you only need 4 sheets of paper to build it (altough if you’re building the lineless version, I do recommend downloading the version with lines as well (although in that case you don’t need to print it of course) so you can check where you need to fold.

        The grey and orange version are the same except for the colours, so you can choose which one you like better (each ZIP file has the 4 sheets for one Zapper gun). Have fun building!

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  173. Anonymous | April 22, 2012 at 20:53

    ninjatoes have you seen the real steel paper models? if you have can you post them on your website and also make other models related to real steel aswell (if you can) thx same guy

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    • ninjatoes | April 23, 2012 at 08:40

      Yes, I know about the papercraft Real Steel Noisy Boy boxing robot from an official site, this is the link: link

      There are both a simple and a more detailed version, both in full colour and in black and white. I posted it on my Twitter account (link) but my papercraft webpage here is really just for my own models. My papercraft weblog (link) is where I post all the daily features (and works in progress and other news).

      I can’t promise you whether I’ll make some Real Steel robots myself, though; I already have so many ideas, that I don’t think the chance is very big, sorry… I seem to remember Paper Replika mentioning on their Facebook page that they were thinking about making one (Atom, I think) but I can’t find the post anymore so I don’t know what happened to it, or if I just imagined it…?? :o(

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  174. Anonymous | March 20, 2012 at 01:22

    wow this great figure greetings

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  175. Anonymous | March 5, 2012 at 12:56

    I hope you can help me out
    Whenever i edit a model and load up it in metasequoia, the textures get messed up & i know nothing on how to fix textures. If you want i can send you the sample file.

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    • ninjatoes | March 6, 2012 at 11:53

      For Metasequoia (or any other 3D program) to know how to place the textures on the models, the 3D file will need to have a UV-map (it’s built into the 3D file, and it’s basically a “map” which tells the coordinates how and where the texture file should be placed on the 3D model).

      Often this UV map is not there, or it got messed up (sometimes this happens if you extract 3D models from games for example, because the extraction process isn’t perfect). Unfortunately, you would have to fix the UV map by hand if that is the case…

      The freeware version of Metasequoia doesn’t have a UV Editor, but the shareware version does: link

      Here you can find a Metasequoia texturing tutorial, but you can search around for others too of course: link

      You’ll also have to make sure that the textures are in format that Metasequoia can use (*.bmp or *.jpg for instance, they are very common) and that the right paths are set.

      If your 3D model indeed has textures, press Ctrl+M to bring up the material panel, and you should see the textures listed. Double click them, and next to “Texture” at the bottom of the new panel, click the “Ref” button, and then browse to where you saved the texture files.

      I can’t be sure the problem is one of these two of course, but they’re the most common problems; the second one is easily solved, but the first one is not such an easy fix I’m afraid and requires some experience (and a lot of patience ;o)

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      • Anonymous | March 6, 2012 at 16:38

        nevermind
        found that Metasequoia somehow inverted the textures
        just used photoshop and created the mirror image of the texture which fixed the problem

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        • ninjatoes | March 7, 2012 at 10:00

          Yes, sometimes that happens; when you open a *.obj file in Metasequoia for example (maybe on other filetypes too, but I haven’t tried yet) you have the option the “Invert V of mapping”, that usually fixes it.

          You can also “Flip Right and Left” (if the entire model is mirrored) or “Invert Faces” (if the model is inside out) and of course you can also fix these issues manually yourself after you’ve already opened the file.

          I’m glad to hear it was an easy fix, have fun making your papercraft model!

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  176. paper craft | March 1, 2012 at 12:10

    hey thank you so much for your information i like your all one-hundred-and-seventeen models.

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    • ninjatoes | March 1, 2012 at 12:31

      Thank you, I’m very happy to hear that of course! I enjoyed making them and I still have a lot of ideas, so I hope to make many more in the future! ;o)

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  177. Anonymous | February 21, 2012 at 19:53

    (same guy) i made your link on a horse and it turned out great… you know all the times i asked if there was a starfox assault papercraft arwing, if you can,can YOU make some templates for a starfox assault arwing papercraft, i don’t care about how long it takes.i dont even care if it takes 10 months or 10 years.

    i know your designing a load of papercrafts right now….

    p.s i told my friends about your website now he’s making your papercrafts now :D
    p.p.s do you play minecraft?

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    • ninjatoes | February 22, 2012 at 11:12

      Hi there!

      I’m glad you like your papercraft Epona and Link! I remember you asking me about a “new version” Arwing before, but I’m afraid I still can’t promise you whether I’ll make one…

      But if you’re willing to wait 10 years, there is a chance that I will, because I’m a big Nintendo fan. ;o)

      But I hope someone will make one earlier than that so you can build it…! ;o) Starfox is still quite popular, and with a lot of Nintendo fans making papercraft models nowadays, there’s a good chance someone will make it, although I don’t know when of course.

      I hope your friend will like my paper models too! ;o)

      I don’t play Minecraft, but I’m sure you already know that there are also a lot of paper models of it? Over on this forum for example: link but there are lots more Minecraft papercraft sites.

      And because the shapes are quite simple, I think there will be many more! ;o)

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    • ninjatoes | February 22, 2012 at 11:13

      Hi there!

      I’m happy to hear you like your papercraft Epona and Link! I remember you asking me about a “new version” Arwing before, but I’m afraid I still can’t promise you whether I’ll make one…

      But if you’re willing to wait 10 years, there is a chance that I will, because I’m a big Nintendo fan. ;o)

      But I hope someone will make one earlier than that so you can build it…! ;o) Starfox is still quite popular, and with a lot of Nintendo fans making papercraft models nowadays, there’s a good chance someone will make it, although I don’t know when of course.

      I hope your friend will like my paper models too! ;o)

      I don’t play Minecraft, but I’m sure you already know that there are also a lot of paper models of it? Over on this forum for example: link but there are lots more Minecraft papercraft sites.

      And because the shapes are quite simple, I think there will be many more! ;o)

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  178. SasukeNiwa09 | February 20, 2012 at 15:27

    Hey dude…Your awesome… I’ve just finished making your Cloud Strife paper craft. . . Its a bit different from the one you’ve created but I’m satisfied with the way it look.. .

    Do you think you can make Dante of “Devil May Cry 4” papercraft?

    I’ll be happy if you think that you can. . .

    No need to rush, I know that your busy making designs right now. . .

    I just want to thank you for sharing this crafts. .

    Now, my friends want to try making one too. . .

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    • ninjatoes | February 20, 2012 at 17:45

      I’m happy to hear you like your papercraft Cloud!

      Even though people use the same templates and parts, the paper models will always look a little bit different because you have to cut out and build them by hand, and everybody tries to build them the way they want to of course (that’s why it’s so great that paper is so easy to work with for everybody! ;o)

      You’re right I’m afraid, I can’t promise you if/when I will make a papercraft Dante (I did play the first Devil May Cry game though, and I liked it ;o)

      There was a company called 3Dpaper that made a Devil May Cry 2 Dante some years ago, but it was a commercial, pre-printed kit, and I don’t know if it would be easy to find now anymore…

      (this one is out of stock for example: link)

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      • SasukeNiwa09 | February 21, 2012 at 17:00

        yeah. . . everybody will have a different version of the craft because of doing it by hand. .

        By the way dude, can you tell me the software your using in making your designs? I’m just thinking of making one to, and maybe, I can help you produce some templates. .

        But, if the software is your secret, its fine with me. . hehehehe. . .

        I’m now looking for another craft to start with. .

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  179. Anonymous | February 13, 2012 at 13:24

    You should make an Ashe papercraft from FFXII! She was my fav. (:

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    • ninjatoes | February 13, 2012 at 13:40

      Although Final Fantasy X is my favourite, I really like all the Final Fantasy games, so there’s definately a big chance that I’ll make some characters from the other games as well in the future!

      I can’t promise you which ones or when exactly though, because with all the other ideas I have as well, even I don’t know yet! ;o)

      Other people also enjoy making papercraft models from the Final Fantasy Series of course, and there are some FFXII models but no Ashe yet I’m afraid: link :o(

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  180. Anonymous | February 13, 2012 at 04:53

    Could you please make an Odolwa Papercraft? Please.

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    • ninjatoes | February 13, 2012 at 10:14

      Majora’s Mask is one of my favourite Zelda games, but although I might make a papercraft Odolwa in the future, I’m afraid I can’t promise you if or when exactly right now…

      A person called Sora234 actually did make a papercraft Odolwa before, but when I went to check it, the link seemed to be dead: Masked Jungle Warrior Odolwa… :o(

      But maybe you can contact the Paperzelda (link) members (where it was posted) to ask if they could send you the files? They are very nice people so I’m sure they won’t mind.

      Let me know if you got it!

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  181. Luca | February 10, 2012 at 17:55

    Hi! Your models are really, really great!!! The most beautiful in the entire web!!! My compliments!!! So, I wanna make you a question! Is it possible make a request about a specific papercraft? I am a big fan of the anime “The Secret of Blue Water”, and I have on my computer some blueprint of the Nautilus, but I don’t know how modeling with 3D programs. If I send you, you could realize papercraft?

    Thanks for te attentions!

    cheers from Italy
    Luca

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    • ninjatoes | February 11, 2012 at 10:40

      Thank you, I’m glad you like my paper models!

      It takes a lot of time to makeone, though, and because papercraft is only a hobby, I don’t really have a lot of time… :o(

      And I’m afraid I already have so many ideas myself, that I can’t do specific requests for other people as well, sorry…

      Sometimes I make my paper models by hand from blueprints, and sometimes I first make a 3D model that I can then unfold with Pepakura Designer (link)

      There are lots of free 3D programs available nowadays, and if you are willing to take the time learning to use them, you could try making a 3D model to unfold yourself, even though it will be a lot of work…!

      I know two people have started a papercraft Nadia Nautilus that way (link and link) but unfortunately I don’t think they finished it…

      But the images could help you if you want to try it yourself.

      The way by hand is to first use the blueprints to make “ribs” (internal hull structures, kinda like the first pictures in this link: link) in the shape of the hull of the Nautilus, and then bend sheets of paper over them, marking where to cut them with a pencil, and then cut them to size.

      That way, you can step by step cover the hull with paper, until you covered it all. Then you can either colour the cut out shapes you made with pencil/markers/paint etc. or scan them so you can “paint” them with a computer program.

      It’s also a lot of work of course, but for a lot of people it’s easier because they don’t have to learn to use a 3D program.

      I’m sorry I can’t really help you any further with your request, I hope that maybe you can try making it yourself, or that maybe somebody else will make a Nadia Nautilus soon (or maybe I am wrong and one already exists, and you manage to find it! ;o)

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  182. Anonymous | February 7, 2012 at 19:30

    (same guy) any starfox papercrafts yet

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  183. owly | February 6, 2012 at 10:02

    Thank you for all the papercraft models, especially for those from The Legend of Zelda. My little brother was really happy when I made him one

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    • ninjatoes | February 6, 2012 at 10:13

      I’m glad your little brother liked your gift! ;o)

      I enjoy making these paper models, and I’m a big Zelda fan myself as well, so I will definitely make some more of them in the future!

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  184. Ray "Tha Man" Martin | January 22, 2012 at 00:18

    Dear Ninjatoes

    the modelmaster3210 account will be deleted andi will make a new account with a facebook account.
    im going to tell you my new name when i creat my new account.

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  185. Anonymous | January 11, 2012 at 00:18

    I like your work. It has a very distinct feel to them. The first one I’m gonna try is Majora’s Mask!

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    • ninjatoes | January 11, 2012 at 11:21

      Thank you, I’m glad you like my work! ;o)

      Majora’s Mask is not a very difficult model, so if you take your time and take care folding everything, I’m sure you can do it!

      Have fun building!

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  186. Randall L Pilch Jr | January 9, 2012 at 08:16

    You do great work, I love your stuff, I wish you or someone would do the ships and characters/main cast of Skies of Arcadia

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    • ninjatoes | January 9, 2012 at 11:17

      Thank you, I’m glad you like my work! ;o)

      I must admit that I never played Skies of Arcadia, but like most Japanese games, it has a very nice visual style. ;o)

      I can’t promise you which paper models I will make in the future (I don’t know myself yet, because I have more ideas than I have time…) so I can’t promise you anything, but I do know some Skies of Arcadia models that some other made already:

      A nice Albatross airship for example can be found on this site: link

      The download link is in line “4: …こちら.” (LZH files are just like ZIP files, most file archivers like WinRar can open them) and the instructions are on this page: link

      Skies of Arcadia Island (link) has a Grendel, Looper and chibi Pow, and I’m sure there are some more Skies of Arcadia models to be found!

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    • Randall L Pilch Jr | January 11, 2012 at 07:25

      Wow you have never played Skies of Arcadia? Skies of Arcadia Legends when they ported it to the GC. Skies of Arcadia Legends is one of my favorite RPG’s of all time, loved it! If you have a Wii give it a chance, you won’t regret it : ) if you can get a copy that is, it’s very well loved, and not that easy to get ahold of.

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  187. Anonymous | January 5, 2012 at 01:40

    Do you have an upcoming Zelda papercrafts? Yours are always good.

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    • ninjatoes | January 5, 2012 at 10:09

      Right now, I’m working on some new Advance Wars units which will be finished soon if all goes well.

      I will definitely make more Zelda models in the future, but not right after these AW units I think, because there are so many other models I want to make as well.

      You can stay up to date with my “works in progress” on my papercraft weblog (link) and of course, when I make a new Zelda model, it will become available on my download site here again as usual. ;o)

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  188. j-cart | January 3, 2012 at 18:00

    Thank you so very much for all the effort you have put into your models, and for making them freely available!! My kids and I are very grateful, especially as it’s school holidays here now :-)

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  189. Anonymous | January 1, 2012 at 02:04

    A good site! you are master!
    and hope everyone respect the creative, no matter what country you come from^^

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  190. LUCAS | December 30, 2011 at 03:40

    did you design all those???? If yes……YOU’re FREAKING AWESOME!!! :D

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  191. Anonymous | December 27, 2011 at 19:33

    same guy who wants papercraft starfox assult: have you found anything yet?

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  192. Anonymous | December 27, 2011 at 16:48

    the same guy: found anything yet

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  194. Anonymous | December 15, 2011 at 00:14

    Just wanted to let you know I have really enjoyed your models over the past year and to keep up the great work!

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  195. Anonymous | December 12, 2011 at 14:37

    cool new site!!

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    • ninjatoes | December 12, 2011 at 15:02

      Thanks! The site is really just the same though, I just switched the “theme”. Before, I always had a much lighter theme, so I decided to try a darker one this time. ;o)

      Reply
  196. Anonymous | December 9, 2011 at 13:54

    When will you release the new Lara papercraft?

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    • ninjatoes | December 10, 2011 at 14:04

      I finished the test build, and now I’m making the final templates. It’s not a very difficult model so building her won’t take too long, and then, after I’ve made the instructions, she will be released.

      I think it will take me a week or two, so she’ll be done around Christmas time. ;o)

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  197. Erika | December 1, 2011 at 11:34

    You recently posted a comment about your “Going Merry” papercraft in our webstore.

    Thank you for your message. We are so sorry. We already deleted the item from our catalog. Luckily it was never sold.

    Personally I like papercrafts and will keep following this website.

    Thank you,
    Erika

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    • ninjatoes | December 1, 2011 at 14:10

      If you would make it available for free (of course you can’t sell One Piece things for money without permission from the people who created One Piece) and make sure people know it’s a repaint from my free “Going Merry” model, it would be okay with me. ;o)

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  198. Joe | November 29, 2011 at 01:28

    Hi ninjatoes!
    Firstoff, your models are great!
    Secondly, I was wondering if( only if you have the time and/or want to) you could make a true form midna papercraft template?
    Thank you!
    -Joe

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    • Joe | November 29, 2011 at 01:45

      Scratch that– how do you make templates? I would love to know, as I would like to try making some of my ideas become real!

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      • ninjatoes | November 29, 2011 at 13:40

        First of all, thank you for the compliments! ;o)

        Second: I’m a big Zelda fan, so it’s quite possible that I’ll make a true form Midna in future, probably in the same scale and style of my Zora armour and Twilight Links.

        Unfortunately, I can’t really promise you when I will get around to it, because I have so many other ideas too…

        Most people nowadays that make papercraft models from video games, use a tool called Pepakura Designer to unfold a digital 3D model into 2D, papercraft parts you can print and build.

        Although for many games it is possible to extract the actual 3D models from the game (the Nintendo Papercraft forums have a lot more information on this than I can tell you here in this small comment box ;o), if you try to unfold that into a paper model, it would have lots and lots of difficult and small parts, unless you make it very big… :o(

        So I always “rebuild” the original 3D model to make it (I hope ;o) much more fun to build, using 3D program. I usually use Metasequoia, but you can really use any 3D program you’re familiar with for this step, and a lot of people use programs like SketchUp or Blender for example, which both have a lot of tutorials and helpful user forums.

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  199. Terry | November 16, 2011 at 20:36

    Hi,
    I am in the process of trying to scratch build your Delta Flyer Paper Model out of Scrap Plastic window blinds. In the plans, on page 7, it asks for part 76 to be glued to part 53…but nowhere can I find part 76. Is this a miss print or am I missing a page. I have a total of 10 pages right now.
    Thanks for you help…and great job!

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    • ninjatoes | November 17, 2011 at 09:20

      10 pages is correct, the “glue part 76 here” is a misprint like you already suspected: it should say “glue part 67 here”, like on part 52.

      Parts 67 and 72 are glued on to create a bit of a layered effect, as you can see in the fifth picture here: link

      Wow, I’ve never heard anybody making one of my papercraft models out of plastic window blinds; I’d love to see the results when you’re done! ;o)

      Good luck and have fun building!

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  200. Anonymous | November 9, 2011 at 11:28

    thx for you models

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  201. Dalton Whiteside | November 7, 2011 at 10:32

    Hello

    I have looked through much of your papercraft creations, they are astonishing! WOW! You have an amazing talent with paper. I would like to suggest you build Luigis Mansion, Hyrule Castle (both the castle and the gatehouse), and the Mario 64 version of Peaches Castle. These models should be a lot easier to build than characters because you won’t have all of those curves and sharp folds. The nintendo papercraft website has a Hyrule Castle but it is just the keep and it is not accurate to the Oot game. The drawbridge was always one of my most favorite parts of the game! I would love to see these buildings in paper form!

    Thank you

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    • ninjatoes | November 7, 2011 at 11:14

      Thank you for the compliments, I’m happy to hear you like my papercraft models!

      It would be nice to create the Nintendo castles out of paper, but because I have so many other ideas as well, I can’t promise anything…! ;o)

      Nintendo Papercraft has a simple Hyrule Castle as you already said, but also Peach’s Castle from Paper Mario.

      There are many other papercrafters out there, a lot of which really like video games, so keep an eye out! ;o)

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  202. Esther | October 15, 2011 at 01:51

    Hii. Ok so I have made the wolf link model and I’m up to the last bit where I just need to glue the back to the front. I’ve done the head and everything. Anyways I’m having alot of trouble gluing him together and it’s just not working. I’ve already destroyed one tab by gluing it and then it ripped off accidentally. Sooo.. I need some advice on what to do. I’ve spent nearly a month working on this and I don’t want to give up now. Oh yeah, I tried what you said in the instructions but that’s not working for me… Please help :(

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    • ninjatoes | October 15, 2011 at 09:59

      Did you follow the same method I used? So now you have one piece with the head, the front legs and the front portion of his body and one piece with the hind legs and the tail?

      It can be very difficult to glue the hind legs to the front of the body, because you can’t reach inside anymore! :o(

      You can replace any glueing tabs that accidentally teared off by simply cutting a piece of scrap paper to the right size and glue it to the inside of the model where the glueing tab would be.

      The trick with parts like this, is to try and let the tension in the paper do the work for you: if you fold the glueing tabs outwards a bit (instead of inwards what you would expect you have to do) and then put the parts together, they will press themselves against the inside of the opposite part.

      The more tension there is in the paper (like with thicker paper), the better this will work, because the glueing tabs will press harder against the inside of the parts.

      It is still very difficult, though! What I did on this step (after applying glue to the glueing tabs, bending them outwards and putting the parts together), was to *gently* press the body of wolf Link between my fingers. If you *gently* press on the top and bottom of the body, you will see that the sides will be pushed outwards, causing the glueing tabs there to be pressed against the parts even better. Once the sides are glued together properly, you can *gently* squeeze the body from the sides, to cause the glueing tabs on the top and bottom to be pressed against the insides of the parts.

      Keep working around all sides of the body until all the glueing tabs are glued to the inside of the body properly. This method takes a lot of time and gentle handling, though! If the glue dries out before you get the glueing tabs to stick properly, take a scrap piece of paper, put an extra amount of glue on the tip of it, and carefully push it between the glueing tabs and the parts. That way you can carefully apply extra glue.

      Alternatively, you can try *gently* taking off the tail again, so you have a small hole on the backside. Then, taking a thin, metal rod (like a nitting needle or really anthing that fits through the small hole) you can use it to push against the glueing tabs from the inside, while applying counter pressure with your hand from the outside. *Don’t* push as hard as you can of course, or you might slip and accidentally push your tool through wold Link’s belly…! :o(

      The best thing is to apply glue to all glueing tabs and put the parts together the best you can, and then only work on one glueing tab at a time until it’s glued on properly, and then do the next one until you did them all. Then you can glue the tail back on, using an extra amount of glue.

      If the small hole isn’t big enough, you can also try making a bigger hole by cutting out one of the “squares” on the parts, but that’s a very scary option of course…! If you do want to try it, make the cut as clean as you can, and put some scrap pieces of paper on the backside of the edges, sticking out underneath the hole kinda like glueing tabs so you have something to glue back on the piece you cut out.

      Another method might be to try and create a stiff “reinforcement rib” inside wolf Link’s belly. Trace the outline of the open end(s) of the parts, and cut that shape out of a stiff, sturdy piece of cardboard. Keep trimming it until it fits perfectly (try if it fits *without * glue first!) and then glue it inside the open end of wolf Link and wait until the glue has dried.

      This will help keep the body it shape, so you don’t have to worry about that anymore. Glue it a centimeter or so inside the body, and trim the glueing tabs to just under a centimeter long, so they won’t hit the reinforcement you made.

      Maybe you would only have to do it on one side, but you can also try doing it on both sides; the openings should be exactly the same shape of course (since they should fit together) only mirrored! If you’re really careful, you can try glueing the reinforcement ribs right on the edges of the opening, and then glue the hind legs and front body together using those two flat surfaces, without glueing tabs. But *don’t* cut off all the glueing tabs before you are sure you want to use this method and know you can get it to work.

      I’m afraid I’m not sure which method will work best for you of course… Maybe you can come up with a completely different and better method! I hope you can get it to work somehow, though; the best tip I can give you, is to still really take your time even if you already worked on it and tried to get it to work for so long, and carefully work around the edge where the two parts meet one by one until you got every glueing tab to stick to the inside of the part properly.

      Good luck, and I hope you can finish the last step of wolf Link soon so you can give him a proud place in your room!

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      • Esther | October 16, 2011 at 02:39

        Thanks. I don’t know which method to use but the problem is that I use normal printing paper not the thicker type cause I can’t be stuffed to go buy some. I probably should though. I’ll do what you said with the missing tab and right now I’m thinking the best way to do it would be taking out the tail but how would I put the tail back on? Cause if I take it off there really wouldn’t be any way to put it back on. Or I might use the reinforcement technique.
        I’ve only been doing papercraft for nearly 2 years and I must say wolf link is one of the hardest yet.

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        • ninjatoes | October 16, 2011 at 09:32

          If you’re really careful, you can gently “pry” the tail off of wolf Link’s backside by putting a blunt knife or other tool between the tail and the body, and gently wriggling it until the glue lets go.

          You have to be really careful of course, especially if you’re using thin paper, and depending how well you glued it on! If you try to do too much at once, you might damage more than you want to!

          With the right colours, you can fix small damage if the ink accidentally cracks off, and you can print a new tail if you damage it too much, but I’m sure you want to avoid that, so be very patient and careful…!

          There is a white part on wolf Link’s backside where you glued on the tail, if you want to make a hole there to stick a thin metal rod or nitting needle through as a tool, make the hole a little bit smaller than the white part.

          You will have to work almost blind with this technique, because you won’t be able to see the tool you use inside wolf Link’s body of course!

          Feel with your fingers on the outside where the tool is, and work with the tool to press against the inside of the glueing tabs, while providing counter pressure from the outside.

          Don’t press too hard, and take your time on each glueing tab until you did them all. If the glue dries out before you did them all, put some glue on the edge of a scrap piece of paper, and push it between the glueing tabs and the parts to put on some new glue.

          Then, when you glued on all the glueing tabs the best you can, you can glue the tail back on, and it will cover up the hole so you won’t see it anymore.

          Wolf Link definately is one of the most challenging models I made, but you sound really determined so I hope you can finish yours! ;o)

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          • Esther | October 17, 2011 at 10:59

            Thanks. I hope it works, I’m sure it will though. Thanks for all the advice. I’m going to work on it this weekend. Also I’m wondering which model I should do next, I’ve made link and I’m looking for something challenging but maybe not as challenging as wolf link. ;) thanks! ^_^

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            • ninjatoes | October 17, 2011 at 13:35

              I’m just happy you were able to understand my ramblings, I always find it very difficult to explain papercraft things in words, and I’m afraid I can’t always take pictures for people that are having trouble…

              If you’re careful enough and take all the time you need, I’m sure you’ll be able to finish the last step on wolf Link! Wolf Link, Super Smash Bros. Melee Link, and the head of the King of Red Lions are probably the three most challenging models I made so far, most of the others are much easier.

              There also a lot of other papercraft models on other sites of course;lots of Zelda models, but also a lot of others. On sites like Paperkraft.net, Papercraft Museum and Nintendo Papercraft you can find a large collection of papercraft models to choose from, but there are many more to be found online of course, so I’m sure you’ll be able to find something to your liking!

              And with the experience you already have, I’m sure you will be able to tell whether it’s a very difficult model or not by looking at the templates!

              Good luck on wolf Link and on your future projects, have fun building!

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              • Esther | October 19, 2011 at 08:25

                Yaay! I did it. :D it looks alright but there are a few gaps but you cant really notice. I just need to glue the tail back on and then I’m done! Thanks for all the help. :)

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                • ninjatoes | October 19, 2011 at 10:18

                  I’m so happy you were able to finish your wolf Link! And I think you can be really proud of it: it’s one of the hardest models I made so far, and if you wouldn’t have told me about the trouble you’ve had, I don’t think I would’ve noticed! ;o)

                  I received the pictures you sent me, and I’ve added them to the hall of fame: link

                  I hope you like it, have fun building!

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  203. Anonymous | October 11, 2011 at 21:31

    Dude you are awesome! thx for sharing the models :)

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  204. Anonymous | September 28, 2011 at 18:20

    can anyone tell me any links to a starfox assult arwing thx!!!!!

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    • ninjatoes | September 29, 2011 at 09:16

      I’m afraid one might not exist yet, so there’s no link to give you, unfortunately… Have a look at this thread: link

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      • Anonymous | October 5, 2011 at 19:11

        (this is the same person who needed a link to a starfox assult arwing) for the future, tell me a link to a starfox assult arwing thx

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        • ninjatoes | October 6, 2011 at 08:23

          Although I can’t possible keep everyone up to date personally I’m afraid, if I make a Starfox Assault Arwing myself, I will upload it on my papercraft webpage here of course, and I will make an announcement about it on my “papercraft works-in-progress”- weblog here: link

          You can always check which paper models I’ve released so far on my “Master model list” (link) If you press the Ctrl+F keys on your keyboard, you should get a search box where you can type in Starfox for example, so you can see if I made any Starfox models already.

          If somebody else makes one, I might share the news on my Twitter account (or click here for thumbnails of the paper models I shared on Twitter) but only if other sites haven’t already shared the news.

          Sites like Paperkraft.net and, for Starfox models, Nintendo Papercraft will undoubtedly also tell the news if a new Starfox Assault Arwing has been released by somebody. They’re two great sites to keep track of new paper models being released, but there are many more of course.

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        • ninjatoes | October 8, 2011 at 11:51

          A more detailed Super Smash Bros. Brawl Star Fox Arwing has been released today on the Nintendo Papercraft website (link), but still no Star Fox Assault Arwing version as far as I know I’m afraid…

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  205. Anonymous | September 25, 2011 at 17:18

    The instructions link for the Green Earth Megatank lead to the yellow comet megatank instructions.

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    • Anonymous | September 25, 2011 at 17:23

      And so do the Orage Star megatank instructions

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    • ninjatoes | September 26, 2011 at 08:26

      You’re right, but it’s done on purpose. ;o)

      The new units in Advance Wars Dual Strike all look the same for all 5 armies, except the colours. So because all the parts are the same, you can use the same instructions for all 5 armies, just like with the Stealth Fighters and even the Neotanks from Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, for instance.

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  206. Anonymous | September 12, 2011 at 19:19

    Can you make some templates for a starfox assault arwing? that would be awesome!

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    • ninjatoes | September 13, 2011 at 09:03

      With all the ideas I have, I’m afraid I can’t promise anything, but a “modern” Arwing is definitely a nice idea, so who knows? ;o)

      There already are some classic Arwings on Nintendo Papercraft (link) but I can’t remember from the top of my head if anybody already made a Starfox Assault one (but if somebody did, you should be able to find it pretty easily ;o)

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    • Llamadragon | September 17, 2011 at 22:55

      Ignatius of Nintendo Papercraft designed a normal Arwing. It’s a Brawl trophy rip and so quite detailed. I’m almost done testbuilding it so it can be posted- I should have it done in a week or two (it’s a really simple model, only 6 pages, but I don’t have much free time so building has taken some time). It’s not an Assault Arwing, but it still looks pretty awesome, and is far cooler looking and detailed than the previously-posted Arwings I’ve seen so far.

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  207. Cereal Bawks | September 10, 2011 at 03:34

    Hey, I noticed you tweeted my Darknut!

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    • ninjatoes | September 10, 2011 at 08:52

      From the looks of it, you did a great job building it! I saw the Darknut on Nintendo Papercraft and I thought lots of Zelda fans would love to see it or even try it themselves too! ;o)

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  208. Ray "Thaman" Martin | September 8, 2011 at 22:20

    OOOOHHH an iron man model aww there are no instructions

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    • ninjatoes | September 9, 2011 at 08:45

      You mean the Mark 1 from JP Papercraft? Yeah, there are no separate instructions, but the Pepakura *.pdo files are meant to offer some building help. You can open them with Pepakura Viewer; it doesn’t show you how to fold and assemble each separate part, but it does show you where each part goes and what it should look like in 3D, so with a little experience and intuition, it helps you to figure out how to assemble it. ;o)

      If you like Iron Man, Uhu02 made a papercraft Iron Man too, *with* some instructions: link

      MarianoDG made an “Ultimate Iron Man”, without instructions but with Pepakura *.pdo file: link

      And Rgatt actually made several ones : link but *without* instructions (or *.pdo files) so they’re a bit more difficult, and you can also find all kinds of chibi / super deformed SD version on other sites as well that are much easier of course.

      Have fun building!

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  209. Anonymous | September 6, 2011 at 06:49

    ninjatoes, I have a problem when folding on cardstock. Every time I fold a valley, It leaves an ugly crease that shows the white paper underneath.

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    • ninjatoes | September 6, 2011 at 10:53

      When you score the paper to make a fold, you can kind of “scratch” the paper, actually cut the upper layer, or only “dent” the paper.

      The first two methods damage the ink and the paper, so that can be a reason that the white of paper shows through again; if that’s the reason, then maybe you can try using a blunt / dull object to score (just dent) the fold lines before folding, instead of a sharper one that might damage the paper / ink.

      Sometimes no matter what technique you use though, you will still see white lines (especially on the cut edges of course). You can use a technique called “edge-colouring” to get rid of them.

      I made a small YouTube tutorial explaining it (link) but it’s very simple: you simply take a magig marker or crayon and colour the white edges the appropriate colour before glueing the parts together. It’s a simple solution, and it helps on fold lines too of course. ;o)

      I hope this helps, have fun building!

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  210. Ray "thaman" Martin | September 4, 2011 at 03:40

    um im thinking of making a youtube acount on how to make to models and reviews on them to show people the site is it cool with you

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  211. ray "thaman" martin | August 27, 2011 at 23:39

    gears of war rocks can you do a model for it

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    • ninjatoes | August 28, 2011 at 10:35

      Making a papercraft model from Gears of War would be pretty much the same as making any other papercraft model really, but with all the other ideas I have as well, I can’t promise you if/when I will make one, sorry…!

      Alclione (link and link) and FX Console link made some Gears of Wars models before, though, and I’m sure there are others! ;o)

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  212. Choaslegion | August 25, 2011 at 04:32

    Hello Ninjatoes, what im wondering now that i continously read these requests is this…. what model are you currently doing? or are you planning in doing once the time comes around? At the moment im doing a lot of other stuff just becuase i want to do that memorable papercraft you know? like you melee link, but the double sized one i made, that one model that gratifies me to actually do it……

    can’t wait for the answer :D!

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    • ninjatoes | August 25, 2011 at 09:24

      Right now I’m working on a papercraft Linebeck, from the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Sometimes I like to work on a model in secret, but for most papercraft projects I’m working on, you can check for any updates on my papercraft weblog (link) or on Twitter (link).

      Which model I’ll do after that, si very difficult to predict really, because I have so many different ideas… It could be anything from one of my main categories (Advance Wars, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts etc…) or something completely different for the miscellaneous category.

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      • Choaslegion | August 25, 2011 at 17:56

        wow sounds interesting, as for me, the advance wars you have look awesome, especially the more detailed tanks and such look great, im just not into it :/….. but it does sound very interest for that linebeck your doing or any newwer models you might do, like kingdom hearts….. i want to do cloud….. i just don’t hink im ready.. but can’t wait :D thank you again. For all of your great models.

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  213. Ray Thaman Martin | August 23, 2011 at 23:17

    hey are you going to do a star fox?

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    • ninjatoes | August 24, 2011 at 08:35

      Possibly, but I can’t promise you what or when I’m afraid, because I don’t even know myself yet. ;o)

      There are already several Star Fox papercraft models over at Nintendo Papercrafts to keep you busy, though: link

      Have fun building!

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  214. Julie Cabler | August 20, 2011 at 02:55

    A glow in the dark papercraft LEGO Ghost?! Dude, you just surpassed your own awesomeness to an alarming degree! What comes after totally impressed? I don’t know, but I am beyond impressed.

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    • ninjatoes | August 20, 2011 at 09:32

      Haha thank you for your enthusiasm! ;o) I’m glad you like the LEGO ghost! It’s from the world of castle and knights theme, it’s a ghost, it glows in the dark, it’s LEGO… How could I resist? ;o)

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  215. tha master | August 19, 2011 at 23:32

    hey um.. i did all the moldels that i wanted to do do you have any favorites in any catagory?

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    • ninjatoes | August 20, 2011 at 09:28

      I have so many favourites in all the categories…! ;o)

      I had a lot of fun making my Advance Wars Megatanks; they’re pretty new so maybe you haven’t made them already?

      I like the two witches Koume and Kotake from Zelda too, maybe because they look so funny. ;o)

      The Viper Mk2 spacecraft from Battlestar Galactica turned out very well I think, so maybe you’ll like that one if you like science-fiction?

      There are a lot of things you might not expect in the miscellaneous category, Kim Possible is a very funny cartoon and I really like how her paper model turned out, but there are a lot more things!

      Have a look around, the most important thing I think is to choose something you really like. And if you can’t find anything on my own papercraft webpage, there are tons of other papercraft sites as well of course: paper model links ;o)

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  216. Esther | August 19, 2011 at 13:41

    ok so im doing your wolf link model and im sort of stuck on the teeth. ive been following instructions and stuff but with the top teeth there seems to be a gap in between some of the teeth that would possibly fit another tooth. and i dont know what to do otherwise my Link will have a gap in his teeth….:/
    Also i am killing to know where u r from? im not a stalker or nothing im just wondering….u dont have to answer if u dont want…
    also i really like your lego models!! they’re really cool
    :)

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    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2011 at 15:41

      Wolf link’s teeth are very small, so make sure you score all the fold lines properly: that will make it much easier to fold and assemble them. Check on the version with lines to see i fyou didn’t forget any fold lines. The parts are quite dark, so if you’re having trouble seeing them, try adjusting the brightness/contrast of your monitor.

      Most teeth are kind of pyramid shaped, so even though they’re very small, they’re not so difficult to build (simply glue the two open ends of the “pyramids” together following the arrows on the templates). Then you can glue them to the jaws one by one.

      Parts 49-51 and 61-64 are meant to be attached before you glue them to the jaws. Still, the basic shape of the seperate teeth is are still “pyramids”.

      Cut out and assemble the teeth one by one, so start with part 49, scoring the fold lines and glueing it into a “pyramid” following the two arrows that point to the part itself.

      Then assemble part 50 into a “pyramid” following the arrow that points to the part itself, and then follow the other arrow that points from part 49 to part 50 to glue those two parts together.

      Do the same for parts 51 and 51, and the other teeth of course.

      I hope this explains things a bit for you; the “trick” I think is to really take it one tooth at a time, so you don’t get confused, and keep remembering that the basic shape of the teeth are “pyramids”, which you can fold easily if you score all the fold lines thoroughly.

      There are white areas on the jaws, i fyou stick to those, the teeth should all fit nicely against eachother and make it all the way around without gaps between them.

      As for your other question: I’m from the Netherlands. ;o) I had a lot of fun making my LEGO models, so I’m glad you like them too!

      Good luck on wolf Link, have fun building!

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  217. Gipi | August 18, 2011 at 18:50

    Hi Ninjatoes! Gipi here. I want to link to your website on my blog, but I can’t find a bigger version of this button:

    Have you got one you could share me? If you can’t, I’ll use your avatar as the logo.

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  218. tha master | August 15, 2011 at 17:33

    hi guys are you going to try to make a skeik from zelda?

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    • ninjatoes | August 16, 2011 at 08:25

      I’d love to make Sheik! Either the OoT version with the original N64 look like young Link and the others, or one a bit more “rounded” and detailed.

      I can’t promise you when I’ll get around to it, though, but you can already build Sheik if you want to now: Icthus7 made a N64 Sheik before, you can find it here: link To get it, he wants you to leave your e-mail, though.

      And a much more detailed version (from Super Smash Bros. Brawl) can be found on Nintendo Papercraft: link

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  219. Joe | August 13, 2011 at 04:29

    Hi,
    I was wondering if it might be possible for you to create a papercraft sub-zero?

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    • ninjatoes | August 13, 2011 at 08:52

      Hi there! I’m afraid I can’t promise you if/when I’ll make a papercraft Mortal Kombat Sub Zero character right now, because I already have so many other ideas as well, sorry…

      I remembered these chibi Scorpion and Sub Zero paper toys (link) but video games and Mortal Kombat are pretty popular, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised somebody if somebody would make something a bit more detailed! ;o)

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  220. Nate | August 12, 2011 at 16:10

    I am fairly new to papercraft and I really love the Advance War series, have you ever thought of bundling all the vehicles of each army as a group that would make the download a lot easier. other wise great stuff I love them

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    • ninjatoes | August 12, 2011 at 17:01

      Thank you, I’m happy to hear you like my papercraft models!

      I might release a big Advance Wars pack or packs for the different armies when they’re pretty much done, but many people also seem to prefer downloading just one or a few units they like instead of all the units from one army, and then maybe just another one when they feel like making a new one. ;o)

      So that would mean having to use up my personal webspace for the single models, *and* extra webspace for the same models only in different download packs… And I really want to avoid using external filehosts with wait times, ads or other annoying limitations…

      My Advance Wars models aren’t going anywhere, though, so if you find it annoying to download them all one by one, there’s no need to do it all in one day! ;o)

      (and of course, when you’ve got all the present ones, after that it will only be one or at most five at a time ;o)

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  221. goody. | August 12, 2011 at 15:32

    I say, nice models you got in here.
    Good luck with crafting choppers.
    By the way, awesome.

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    • ninjatoes | August 12, 2011 at 16:49

      Thank you, I’m glad you like my papercraft models!

      Do you mean the Advance Wars (heli)copters? Together with the airplanes, I think they’re the most difficult to create out of paper, but in the end, I want to make all the Advance Wars units out of paper, so I will definitely make them too! ;o)

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  222. HetaliaFan | August 10, 2011 at 19:26

    I LOVE YOUR MODELS! :D Definitely my favorite website to find papercrafts. Your models are never over-complicated or too tall. They’re not too hard and not too easy. And you always put a lot of effort into your tutorials/instructions to help other people! I really look forward to seeing your future models!

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    • ninjatoes | August 11, 2011 at 08:42

      Thank you for the kind words, I’m happy to hear you like my work! I have lots of ideas for new papercraft models, so there are definitely many more to come! ;o)

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  223. I don't know | August 6, 2011 at 09:53

    So, when’s your next Kingdom Hearts model on the way? And what can we expect? ;)

    Big fan of your work!

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    • ninjatoes | August 6, 2011 at 12:11

      Although there are lots more Kingdom Hearts models on my to do-list, I can’t promise you when I’ll finally get around to them, because I have so many other ideas as well!

      I’d love to make some of the Heartless, so maybe I’ll do one of those next time I’ll make a KH model.

      And of course there are still plenty of other KH heroes that would make great paper models too, so really anything is possible! ;o)

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  224. Anonymous | August 4, 2011 at 21:32

    Hey,
    I have been a great follower of yours for a long time, i love your work!
    i can’t decide which of your models to build next, and need advice. Which would you recommend?
    I have limited paper and ink supplies, so keep that in mind, thanks.

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    • ninjatoes | August 5, 2011 at 09:09

      Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you like my paper models! ;o)

      I don’t know what kind of things you like, though, and I would always choose something you’d enjoy building of course.

      Some of my models require a lot of pages, and others only a few; my biggest models are the Zelda King of Red Lions boat (16 sheets) and my Star Trek Rubicon runabout (15 sheets).

      Most of my Advance Wars models only require 2 sheets, and my other models anywhere between 1-15 sheets. Many of my models are in PDF format so you can open them in your browser and quickly see how many sheets of paper and how much ink they would require.

      Oogie Boogie from Kingdom Hearts is pretty much a black-and-white model, but my other models look best when printed in colour of course. ;o)

      Have a look around, though, and I’m sure you’ll be able to find a model to your liking; have fun building!

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      • Anonymous | August 5, 2011 at 12:33

        thanks for replying!
        which of your models do you think was most fun to build?

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        • ninjatoes | August 5, 2011 at 16:16

          Haha well I really liked building all of them of course! ;o) My new LEGO models were a lot of fun, but they require more sheets than most of my models, because I also had to make the “insides”.

          Mario was a lot of fun too, my Advance Wars units, the classic Tomb Raider models, Kim Possible, my Zelda models, the Battlestar Galactia Viper and Raider etc… Like I said, all of them really! ;o)

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  225. Anonymous | July 21, 2011 at 20:26

    hey can you start halo papercrafts?

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    • ninjatoes | July 22, 2011 at 08:36

      I never really played Halo myself, but the series is so iconic that I might make some models from it, although I can’t promise anything…!

      Halo is very popular though, and Billybob884 already made several Halo papercraft models, including the Master Chief himself.

      The PlayMore site once had an official Master Chief paper model which can be found here now and Bungie.net has a cute hako Mister Chief toy.

      Jim Bowen made a Warthog vehicle, Planet Starfreak has a Halo Dropship, in the 405th forums you can find lots of life-sized scaled pieces for cosplay and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! ;o)

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  226. Gipi | July 21, 2011 at 01:46

    I love your Lego “Mini”Figures! Are you planning to do Lego StarWars models, like Darth Vader? That’d be very cool!

    Also, thanks for adding Gipi’s Papercraft Blog to your (many) following blogs and to the Papercraft Links!

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    • ninjatoes | July 21, 2011 at 08:24

      Haha no problem of course! It’s a papercraft blog so it belongs in the papercraft links! ;o)

      I love Star Wars so yes, it would definately be a nice idea to make some papercraft Star Wars minifigs too! Piromodel already made some (stormtroopers, clone troopers and even Boba Fett, but no Darth Vader – yet? ;o) so you might want to check it out if you haven’t done so already.

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      • Gipi | July 21, 2011 at 14:31

        Yes, I did check this website (The pieces are small on their templates tho.) , and that’s why I suggested Darth Vader… ; )

        It proves that still a lot of Paper Minifigures can be done…

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        • ninjatoes | July 21, 2011 at 16:26

          Yeah, I thought you probably already found Piromodel’s site, but just in case… ;o)

          And I definately agree, there are *lots* more LEGO minifigs that would be a lot of fun to do in papercraft form!

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  227. Bono | July 18, 2011 at 20:07

    Did you see the Skyward Sword Link papercraft? It’s almost exactly the same as your Twilight Link!

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  228. Anonymous | July 17, 2011 at 21:50

    For my first model I made Fierce Deity Link. He turned out great and I really enjoyed making him. I can assure you that I will be making many more of your models.

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    • ninjatoes | July 18, 2011 at 08:47

      Fierce Deity Link is one of my favourites too, I really like the way he turned out! ;o)

      I’m happy to hear you liked making it, I hope you’ll enjoy any others you decide to make as well!

      Have fun building!

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  229. Oli Gig | July 15, 2011 at 12:37

    Hey Ninjatoes,
    just waned to say, love the new website design.

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    • ninjatoes | July 15, 2011 at 14:15

      Thank you; I liked the old, basic theme too, but this new one has some extra features that the old one didn’t have, which makes it a bit easier to navigate if you come here from somewhere else, so I changed it a little while ago. ;o)

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  230. Hannah Hannant | July 5, 2011 at 22:41

    Hey Ninjatoes, I just started making papercraft models recently and I’ve already made all of your final fantasy characters. I’ve been searching everywhere for a Lightning Ferron template and cant seem to find an active link. I would love it if you could try to make one and/or more ff characters. Thank you so much for all of your models they are amazing <3 ^_^

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    • ninjatoes | July 6, 2011 at 08:43

      I hope you enjoyed building them! ;o)

      I am definately planning on making many more Final Fantasy models, but I can’t promise you when or which ones, sorry (there are just so many great FF characters…! ;o)

      There’s a site called Final Fantasy papercraft, though, that has several versions of Lightning from Dissidia Final Fantasy that you might like and that is definately worth checking out if you like Final Fantasy papercraft models: link

      Have fun building!

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  231. Anonymous | July 3, 2011 at 14:20

    i liked the old theme better

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    • ninjatoes | July 3, 2011 at 15:03

      WordPress.com weblogs aren’t so freely customizable with widgets, layouts, menus etc. as Blogger weblogs for instance.

      The old theme didn’t allow a lot of the things that this theme does, like the menu at the top, a smaller title bar (not wasting so much space at the top) and in this theme, the main menu and side bar stay visible when you go to a certain post which wasn’t the case in the old theme…

      This way, it’s much easier to find your way around and discover the other paper models when you land here after clicking a link to a certain post from somewhere else.

      On the old theme, that wasn’t very clear, and sometimes people left without realizing there were many more models to be found… :o(

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  232. Anonymous | June 25, 2011 at 15:17

    I am looking at getting into paper craft. I have made some simple one-page models, but I think I am ready to move on to something a little more impressive. What model on your site do you suggest I start with?

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    • ninjatoes | June 25, 2011 at 16:43

      To be honest, I think the most important thing is picking something you like! ;o)

      You can browse all my models with the categories above, if you like Zelda, maybe you’ll like some of my N64 Zelda models like Fierce Deity Link or Koume and Kotake?

      I kinda like the classic Tomb Raider models, the T-Rex trophy head is simple but fun, in the “misc”-categorie you can find Mario that’s not too difficult I think, and some other nice models.

      Many of my newer character models have small fingers that aren’t too difficult if you pre-shape them with a toothpick, but the parts are quite small.

      Some of my models are very easy, and a few are very challenging, Like Super Smash Bros. Melee Link, or wolf Link, but a lot of people that didn’t think they could do it enjoyed building it, even if it took them a very long time! ;o)

      Like I said, take a look around, and I think you can see quickly enough by looking at the parts if it’s a difficult model or not. Have fun building!

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      • Anonymous | June 26, 2011 at 01:25

        Thanks, I have picked Mario to start, everyone likes Mario!
        So far so good, but I have noticed the glue I am using is not really frying fast. Sometimes I have to hold tabs together for 3- minutes till it dries enough. I have using pvc craft glue. Is this suitable for paper craft, and the tab holding is just a part of the hobby, or should I be using something else. What type of glue do you use? I live in Australia and may not be able to get the same brand, but if I know what type to look for it will be much easier to find something suitable. Thanks!

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        • ninjatoes | June 26, 2011 at 09:16

          The trick with glue is not to use too much of it: only apply a small amount of glue, and then spread it out over the glueing tab so that it’s “tacky”, but there’s not a big, wet puddle of glue. ;o)

          Then, when you put the parts together and apply some pressure between your fingers, the parts are stuck almost immediately.

          I always use TESA All-Purpose Glue (you can also see a picture of the bottle in the instructions), but a lot of people also like to use white PVA glue, like Elmer’s brand in the US, or even carpenter’s woodglue.

          Pre-shaping is also very important, especially i fyou use thicker paper: for instance, when you want to make a cylinder by glueing the two ends of a piece of paper together, the paper wants “unroll” to be flat again because of the tension in the paper (click here for a video of what I mean).

          With pre-shaping and scoring and folding, you can take much of that tension out of the paper, so that when you glue the parts together, they won’t want to pull apart anymore.

          Yamaha has a nice papercraft techniques video tutorial on their website, which also explains these things: link

          I hope these tips help, have fun building!

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  233. Anonymous | June 21, 2011 at 12:53

    Hi,

    I am new to paper craft, the first one I am trying is your mario model.
    I have cut everythng out of the first page, but i dont really understand the instructions. How do I fold the lines? Some are dotted and some are not, what is the difference when folding and cutting?

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    • ninjatoes | June 21, 2011 at 13:41

      “Cut-lines” are usually solid lines, like the outlines of the parts.

      A lot of parts of Mario don’t have to be folded: you only have to “curve” or “bend” them. That’s called “pre-shaping” (this video shows you what I mean by curving/bending the parts).

      Parts that only have to be curved or bent (like most parts of my paper Mario) will have no fold lines of course!

      But if you have to make a sharp, crisp fold, then there will be a “fold-line” (like on parts 2 and 3).

      There are two different kinds: mountain folds, that mean you have to fold the printed side of the paper down, and valley folds, that mean you have to fold the printed side of the paper up.

      On the last page of the parts of my Mario model, you can see a little schematic I made to illustrate this. If you look closely, you can see different patterns of fold lines.

      On my models, valley folds have a ._._._. pattern, and mountain folds have a ——- pattern.

      To make it easier to make a sharp, crisp fold, you can “score” the fold lines. “Scoring” means taking a tool with a blunt tip (like a dead ballpoint pen that doesn’t write anymore, a special embossing tool, or even just your knife if you don’t use too much pressure) and tracing the fold line with it.

      That will make a dent or even a scratch along the fold line, and when you try to fold it, the paper will automatically fold along that line.

      Sometimes it’s very diffult to see the fold lines on the printed parts, so if you’re not sure, look in the PDF file on your computer where you can see it much clearer.

      To make it easier to glue the parts together, you should take the time to fold and pre-shape the parts to give them the right shape before trying to glue them together.

      Make sure which lines you have to fold which way, and how you have to shape the part to make it look like the pictures in the instructions.

      If you’re not sure if you got it right, you can try it out without glue first to see if it fits together. If it doesn’t, check again if you don’t missed any fold lines or if you have to fold it the other way, or have to curve/bend it differently to make it fit

      When you’re sure it will fit, apply some glue (never to much! ;o) and glue the parts together.

      The Yamaha company has a very nice video tutorial explaining several basic papercraft techniques (you can find it here) but once you start building and get more experience, it’s not difficult to understand I think. You will probably come up with your own ideas and tools to fold and build paper models!

      Have fun building!

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  234. Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 12:08

    HAY HOW ABOUT THAT BART WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A WHILE BACK AND THANKS FOR WATCHING MY HOMER VID ON UTUBE

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    • ninjatoes | June 17, 2011 at 12:45

      Bart is definately on my to do-list, and other Simpsons characters too!

      Papercraft is just a hobby of mine, though, so I can’t work on it all the time of course. And because I have so many other ideas that I’d like to make as well, I always have to choose which one I’ll do next, and that means other ideas will have to wait again… :o(

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  235. Esther | June 15, 2011 at 09:16

    What are you working on now?? …or is it a secret…..

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    • ninjatoes | June 15, 2011 at 09:53

      No, it’s not a secret. ;o)

      Right now, I’m working on a new LEGO minifig, an M:Tron Space astronaut, and as a side project I’m working on a new Advance Wars unit, the Megatank from Advance Wars Dual Strike.

      Which model(s) I’ll do after those two, I don’t know yet, but you can follow any updates and progress on my papercraft WIP weblog: link

      (and of course, once they’re done, I’ll put the parts and instructions on my papercraft webpage right here ;o)

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  236. Aaron Mears | June 5, 2011 at 21:22

    You should make a sheath for the Ordon Sword from Zora Armor Link!!!

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    • ninjatoes | June 6, 2011 at 07:55

      Yes, I didn’t make one at first, I know… ;o)

      I might do so in the future either as a separate piece or maybe as part of a new model (so you can mix and match it again with ZaL and Twilight Link) but I can’t promise you when, sorry…

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  237. leonie | June 2, 2011 at 17:25

    heey je papercrafts zijn echt geweldig! kun je misschien ook (ooit) een papercraft van linebeck maken? :$ ik ben echt verslaafd aan hem en aan je papercrafts

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    • ninjatoes | June 2, 2011 at 17:50

      Ik ben zelf ook een grote Legend of Zelda fan, dus ik ben zeker van plan om nog veel meer LoZ modellen te maken in de toekomst ja! ;o)

      De grafische stijl van de Phantom Hourglass en Spirit Tracks spellen voor de Nintendo DS spreken me erg aan, dus ik denk zeker dat ik ook van die spellen nog wel een aantal paper models ga maken, en dan behoort Linebeck zeker tot de mogelijkheden!

      Ik kan je helaas niet beloven wanneer precies, want dat weet ik gewoon zelf nog niet eens nu, met alle andere modellen die ik ook graag wil maken… ;o)

      Een andere papercrafter genaamd Icthus7 heeft al eens de boot gemaakt (de S.S. Linebeck) misschien heb je die zelf al gevonden: link

      De daarbij inbegrepen Link en Linebeck figuurtjes zijn jammer genoeg simpele 2D cutouts, maar misschien vind je de boot toch leuk voor nu? ;o)

      Op DeviantArt heeft iemand genaamd leamell een zogenaamde “chibi” versie gemaakt van Linebeck, maar dat is dus niet precies zoals hij er in het spel uitziet: link

      Er zijn al wel een aantal “echte” Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Train modellen gemaakt, en ik ben ervan overtuigd dat met zoveel papercraftende Zelda fans, iemand uiteindelijk Linebeck wel zal maken, al zou het jammer genoeg nog wel een tijdje kunnen duren…

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  238. Wesley | June 1, 2011 at 16:04

    Hey,
    Je bent echt geweldig met je papercrafts. Misschien kan ik er eentje als testbuild voor je doen??

    Stuur me maar een e-mail als het kan :P

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    • ninjatoes | June 2, 2011 at 12:48

      Dankjewel voor het compliment! ;o)

      En ook voor je aanbod, maar eerlijk gezegd test ik al mijn modellen liever zelf uit, zodat ik zelf precies ervaar wat er nog te moeilijk is of wat er nog niet goed past. Dat is ook vaak een persoonlijke keuze van mijzelf, dus werkt het niet zo goed om dat iemand anders te laten doen…

      Maar hopelijk komen op die manier dan alleen verbeterde versies op m’n website terecht, die je dan natuurlijk wel kunt bouwen als je wilt! ;o)

      Veel plezier!

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  239. Wesley | June 1, 2011 at 16:02

    You’re from holland right?

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  240. shadowkirby | May 24, 2011 at 19:11

    Do you take commisions for models?

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  241. ziel | May 18, 2011 at 14:03

    hello, i really like your model
    could u please tell me wat kind of paper should i use for printing?

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    • ninjatoes | May 18, 2011 at 14:46

      I always use 200 gsm paper to build paper models.

      200 gsm means “200 grams per square meter”, and it is about 2.5 times thicker than regular printer paper (which is about 75-80 gsm).

      Some countries use different notations of paper weights, like lbs (pounds). It is difficult to say “200 gsm is the same as 110 lbs” because it also depends on the type of paper, so if you’re not sure, don’t hesitate to ask the shop people. ;o)

      And of course, you don’t *have to* use 200 gsm paper! The thicker the paper you use, the stronger the final paper model will be, but often people also 120-160 gsm instead of 200 gsm.

      It is really just a personal choice, and after building a few models, you can probably already say if you like the paper you’re using, or that you want to try a thicker or thinner kind next time.

      I hope you can find some paper you like, have fun building!

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  242. KidIc | May 12, 2011 at 10:50

    Ninjatoe will you also make Final Fantasy papercrafts not from Final Fantasy X? Becuase I like the ones you made but I don’t like http://www.finalfantasypapercraft.com/ especially from Dissidia I like the characters but they have really tiny and illogical parts and they ruined the papercrafts for me :(((((

    PLEASE MAKE SOME DISSIDIA PAPERCRAFTS!!

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    • ninjatoes | May 12, 2011 at 12:21

      Although Final Fantasy X is one of my favourite Final Fantasy games, there are definately lots of models from other Final Fantasy games on my to do-list as well! ;o) But because I have so many other ideas as well, I can’t promise you when I’ll get to them, though…

      The models from Final Fantasy Papercraft are not from one person, they are collected links from several papercraft sites from all over the internet.

      I think there are several different people working on the Dissidia project, and every papercrafter has their own ideas about how to make their paper models of course. So maybe if you don’t like the models from one person, maybe you will like the ones from one of the others?

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    • Orchis | May 16, 2011 at 12:02

      Well, I like that site, though :D
      I know some parts seem illogical, and in your case, KidIc, ruined your craft… ^^”
      but, I think it should be consider as a basic to increase your crafting skills ;)

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      • UCV | May 27, 2011 at 08:54

        I think it’s just lazy and or unskilled designers thinking Pepakura is a magic tool and all you have to do is click unfold and move around the parts a bit. It’s not the builder’s skill that has to improve but the designer’s skill.

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  243. Dane | May 2, 2011 at 08:38

    When will you make a new Zelda papercraft? I like all your papercrafts but I really like Zelda!

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    • ninjatoes | May 2, 2011 at 10:29

      I don’t really plan far ahead when it comes to making new paper models, but right now I’m working on Lulu, a character from Final Fantasy X, and I’m already thinking about a new Advance Wars and a new LEGO minifig model after that.

      Don’t worry though, because I have ideas for many more Zelda models, so there are still a lot more to come! (I just can’t promise you when exactly… ;o)

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  244. mischa | April 28, 2011 at 12:42

    Man I love your stuff! You make better stuff by hand than most people do with Pepakura! I can’t wait to see more papercrafts!

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    • ninjatoes | April 28, 2011 at 17:15

      Thank you for the compliment, I’m glad you like my models!

      I enjoy making paper models by hand from time to time, but I also think Pepakura Designer is a great tool; especially with characters from older videogames, it’s a lot of fun to be able to make them almost exactly like you remember them from the TV-/computerscreen! ;o)

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  245. Anonymous | April 27, 2011 at 05:05

    I just stumbled upon papercraft this evening and you can do some truly amazing things with some paper, glue, and a knife. Keep up with your amazing hobby, I am astounded at your gift.

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    • ninjatoes | April 27, 2011 at 14:56

      Yes, if you really want to, you can pretty much create anything out of papercraft! ;o)

      I like to make mementos of my favourite videogames, television shows and such, but you can find all kinds of paper models online, from very small and simple, to very big and complex; there are paper models for everyone! ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  246. Julie Cabler | April 26, 2011 at 16:19

    I’ve been meaning to tell you for quite some time how fantastic your new models have been over the past few years! I cannot express how delighted I am over the LEGO Pirate, and all the great Zelda models you have done. My, how your site has grown since I first checked it out! You just keep getting better and better as time goes on. It’s always a joy when one of your new models debuts. Keep up the great work, and keep surprising us!

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    • ninjatoes | April 26, 2011 at 17:30

      Thank you for the compliments, I’m glad to hear you still enjoy my paper models!

      I really like how captain Redbeard turned out too, and hopefully I will find the time to make more papercraft LEGO minifigs!

      And of course, Zelda models are always on my to do-list, that series has so many wonderful characters to paperfy! ;o)

      From the models I already made, it’s not too difficult to guess what kind I like to make I think, but I’ll try to surprise you from time to time! ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  247. austin amend | April 25, 2011 at 00:53

    can u try to make some characters from the anime series BLEACH
    thanks a bunch

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  248. melissa | April 24, 2011 at 08:54

    hae would you be able to make more charcters from kingdom hearts? say like roxas and axel? plus your very skilled

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    • ninjatoes | April 24, 2011 at 11:38

      There are so many great character designs in the Kingdom Hearts games, so I can’t promise you which, and because papercraft is just a hobby of mine so I can’t promise you when, but I’m definately planning on making (hopefully many ;o) more papercraft Kingdom Hearts models in the future!

      Thank you for the compliment!

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  249. mac | April 21, 2011 at 05:23

    totally want to make the fierce deity one but it takes me to this page when i press download?

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    • ninjatoes | April 21, 2011 at 09:19

      Fierce Deity Link is in the Zelda section of my papercraft webpage, you can go there by clicking the Zelda button on top of the page or the link on the right (or here ;o)

      Acroll down until you see Fierce Deity Link, and underneath the pictures you will find the download links for the parts and the instructions.

      They’re PDF files, which should open automatically in a new window if you have a PDF reader installed (which most computers already do!)

      If it doesn’t work, make sure your PDF reader is up to date, and try clearing your internet cache and temporary internet files, then close and restart your browser and try again and/or try right-clicking the links and saving the PDF files to your computer first, and then opening them.

      Let me know if it works! ;o)

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  250. Psyk323 | April 2, 2011 at 15:44

    Hey there! I have been a viewer of your site for a long time and I have a question to make… Will you make “every single” unit from advance wars? I’m hasking this because I might be making a “film” using some of your models… Give me a awnser soon mate ;)

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    • ninjatoes | April 3, 2011 at 11:57

      It might be a long time before I get them all done, but yes, my plan is to make all the units from Advance Wars 1, Black Hole Rising, and Dual Strike (so not from Days of Ruin, because the graphic style is very different in that game).

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      • Psyk323 | April 3, 2011 at 12:09

        Thanks for the info than! I can’t wait for them to be finished, I just finished the orange star MD tank and it does look really good! Its just as I expected to be honest, its really good! I hope you acutally end the saga making “every unit”. Also, I know that days of ruin ended up being a total diferent game from the advance wars saga, but to be honest I loved it even more than the other ones…

        Keep the good job mate!

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        • ninjatoes | April 3, 2011 at 13:21

          The MD Tanks were the first ones I made, I’m glad you enjoyed building it!

          I usually end up making Advance Wars units as side projects, so slowly but surely, I will make the rest of the units too. ;o)

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          • Psyk323 | April 3, 2011 at 13:27

            To be honest with you, the best works you have around here atleast for me is the advance wars ones, because its a little “hard” to make a 2D caracter or what ever into a 3D model that you can build with paper… I know that some of them… Also, are you REALY not planing of doing the days of ruin ? I’m just hasking because you are really talanted for this kind of thing, and it would be cool just to see a little extra after this ones you are doing.

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  251. mike | April 2, 2011 at 01:12

    nice!! period

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  252. Jozen | March 30, 2011 at 17:51

    what 3D program do you use to create your models?

    and also do you use Pepakura designer?

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    • ninjatoes | March 31, 2011 at 10:53

      Two 3D programs I often use are Metasequoia and Sketchup.

      For unfolding I use Pepakura Designer.

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      • Jozen | March 31, 2011 at 17:35

        When i created a simple circle it said too many faces and it will be har to build.
        how do i delete some faces?
        i have Google SketchUp8 Pro

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        • ninjatoes | April 1, 2011 at 11:24

          In 3D programs, circles are made up of straight lines that form the circumference.

          The more straight lines / sides, the curvier the circle will be, and the more (sur)faces it will have, because it will be broken down into triangular polygons again.

          When you select the “Circle”-tool in Sketchup, you will see a number in the bottom right corner of the screen that tells you how many sides the circle will have.

          By default it’s 24 I think, but you can change it by simply typing in a number after selecting the “Circle”-tool.

          So by choosing a smaller number, you can create a new circle with the same radius but fewer sides and (sur)faces.

          But more importantly: don’t let Pepakura Designer tell you what to do! ;o)

          Most of the times, you can simply ignore this warning and Pepakura Designer will work fine anyway.

          A circle with lots of sides will have very small glueing tabs if you want it to be the top or bottom of a cylinder for instance (depending on the radius) so it’s more important to see if that’s what you want.

          If you’re fine with it, keep it the way it is, and if you think the glueing tabs are too small, try changing the number of sides on the circle / cylinder.

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          • Jozen | April 2, 2011 at 10:01

            Wow! thanks!!! does this also work for Cones?

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            • ninjatoes | April 2, 2011 at 14:40

              Kinda: you can make a cone in Sketchup using the “Follow me”-tool and a circle as a guide, so again, you can simply set the number of sides of the circle to make a more detailed or lesser detailed cone.

              I made a simple tutorial about creating a sphere in Sketchup using the “Follow me”-tool earlier, making a cone works the same way but instead of making a semicircle to “pull” around the circumference of the circle in step 2, you should make a triangle: link

              You can also import a pre-made cone from the default components that Sketchup has, the standard cone will have 16 sides: link

              The Sketchup site has lots of tutorials about these kinds of things that you might find very useful: link

              Good luck and have fun!

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  253. まき | March 27, 2011 at 07:20

    I comment in English for the first time.

    I was moved by your papercraft.

    You are skillful!!

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  254. Ebony | March 17, 2011 at 07:03

    hey, your paper models r amazing! i know its a big ask, but maybe sometime you could make a batman papercraft? my best friend is obsessed and i want to give her a good present for her birthday. if by any chance you can, that would be the best!
    ta

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    • ninjatoes | March 17, 2011 at 09:54

      Thanks, I’m glad you like my paper work! ;o)

      Batman is definately on my to do-list, but with all my other ideas as well, I can’t promise you when I will make it…

      I know MarianoDG already made a papercraft Batman before (link)

      Kezn Also made a detailed Batman model (link; it’s untextured, unfortunately)

      And of course, there are Batman Cubees, Hamheadz, other papertoys and more; mostly pretty simple, but I hope you can find something you like, have fun building!

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  255. MasteR | March 12, 2011 at 00:41

    Epic win you first LEGO model, that’s epic, keep it up man. :D

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  256. sakket | March 9, 2011 at 04:36

    dood, do you know of any active papercraft communities/discussion board-type groups besides nice paper toys and /PO/ ? those ones are nice but PO can get a little hostile, and whenever I search I always end up just finding old lady scrapbooking communities.

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  257. Christopher | March 4, 2011 at 20:24

    Hello Ninjatoe,

    Are there any new BSG models in the works?
    I would really like to see the Raptor, Viper MK-VII, and Heavy Rader.

    Kind regards,

    Christopher

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    • ninjatoes | March 5, 2011 at 11:01

      I am already planning on making several other Battlestar Galactica models (ships and maybe even a few characters), but I’m not working on any of them right now, though…

      Right now, I’m finishing up my LEGO Pirate minifig (link), after that I really need to finish the Advance Wars Orange Star Fighter plane that I already built (link), and after that I’m already planning on making a new Final Fantasy model (which is pretty much the furthest I’ve ever planned ahead my papercraft projects, because I have so many ideas I’d like to do some time… ;o)

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  258. 17cheese14 | March 1, 2011 at 03:34

    This might not be your forte, but its worth a shot. For a project I need to make a papercraft of the white house, but after finishing it’s too small. Do you know how I could blow up the pieces and end up with a bigger final product?

    Thanks in advance.

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    • ninjatoes | March 1, 2011 at 10:09

      An easy solution would be to go to a copy/printshop and have them print/plot the model on larger sheets, scaled to fit the page (make sure it won’t get distorted, though or the parts won’t fit properly anymore: same scale in X and Y direction! ;o)

      Scaling it before printing it kinda depends on the templates you got: templates for paper models are usually just image files, so you can open them in an image editor and scale them, like you would any other image.

      If it’s a PDF file, you can open it as an image in Photoshop or Gimp and scale it.

      If it’s a Pepakura *.pdo file, and it’s not locked by the creator, you can open it in Pepakura Designer and change the scale under the 2D Menu and then print it.

      If it’s locked by the creator, you could “print” it to a PDF file first, and then open that in Photoshop or Gimp to enlarge it.

      But most paper models will be raster images, which means the bigger you scale them, the more pixelated the results will be…

      If it’s a vector file, you’re in luck, because you can scale it as big as you can without loss of quality! ;o)

      If the walls are just white (without any real textures) you could trace the parts with vector lines in Photoshop, or Gimp or Inkscape for instance, but any textures are usually still simple raster images (even in Pepakura Designer) which are a lot harder to re-create in vectors…

      You could also enlarge it first, and then trace the pixelated lines and such in an image editor, to get crisper lines again. You can also try to re-create the textures for a better effectm if they got very pixelated as well.

      So depending on the type of template you have, there are a lot of different options, some fast and easy, and others more time-consuming and difficult, depending on the quality you want.

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  259. MundoGamesCenter | February 20, 2011 at 21:18

    could not make a model of young link super smash bros. melee? Is that this character looks fine and detailed.
    I hope your answer, thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | February 21, 2011 at 10:31

      As you know I’m a big Zelda fan, so it’s a fun idea to make a SSB:M young Link!

      Right now I’m working on a paper LEGO minifig pirate, and I still need to make the instructions for my Advance Wars Orange Star Fighter; after that, I’ve already decided to make a new Final Fantasy model, and after that, I will still have tons of projects to choose from that I’ve been wanting to do for years already…! ;o)

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  260. Choaslegion | February 16, 2011 at 22:43

    Hello!,

    Not exactly the original version of adult link version from SSBM but hope you like :D I’ve deffinently improved since my first model of young link :D

    http://tinypic.com/r/mhu5tv/7
    http://tinypic.com/r/eprxwp/7
    http://tinypic.com/r/1rym8h/7
    http://tinypic.com/r/2wgzqzs/7
    http://tinypic.com/r/2ugz04i/7

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    • ninjatoes | February 17, 2011 at 11:24

      Of course I like, you did a great job building both of them I think!

      Did you use the version that Haywan Chiu from the PaperCraft Museum scaled up?

      Because it looks a lot bigger than my own build! ;o)

      Thank you for the pictures, I hope you had fun building it!

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    • Choaslegion | February 18, 2011 at 05:32

      Yes i did, found that model on accident while trying to find adulkt link from the N64 version.

      Thing is his left boot is about a half inch bigger than his right o.O…weird huh?

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      • ninjatoes | February 18, 2011 at 10:45

        I actually do want to make a new, seperate model N64 adult Link some time too (I already made one riding Epona, but I want to make a free-standing one too ;o) but it might be a while before I get around to it.

        If you haven’t already found it , Icthus7 made an Ocarina of Time adult Link earlier (link) but unfortunately, the download links seem to be dead…

        Maybe you can ask him about it, on Nintendo Papercraft you can only find the green version (link).

        I think the difference in shoe-size of SSB:M Link is because his right foot is flat, while with his left foot he is standing on his toes.

        It looks pretty natural in the small version, but if you scale it up, the differences get bigger too of course, so maybe it’s more noticable in the big version (I never built the scaled up version myself though, so I can’t really say…)

        Btw, I added your pictures to the hall of fame: link

        I hope you like it, have fun building!

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        • Choaslegion | February 18, 2011 at 20:18

          Oh ok…i just figured it was a little unnatural to have so much of a dfference….but to answer your question…. you can’t tell the foot is bigger…it’s just when i first compared that just by looking it just seemed so much more off you know?

          Thing is, i’m not very good on making my papercraft models stand on themselves :( Not much luck with that…. a friend of mine suggested to put some type of sand so it has weight inorder to stay put…. but haven’t went with that idea so far…so my adult link does have to lean a little back so he won’t fall…but that just means i need to practice more :D…

          Also i didn’t know about the adult link off of N64…. kinda sucks how only green is available.,..but then again nothing better than an original green link.! As for the pone you made riding epona, i also have made that model and around here where i live….people like the most since they themselves use horses to get around or help them with work XD…. But i’m always keeping an eye out on another wonderful model you come out with and see what new challenges you come up with. I myself have no time in order to actually make my own models but thanks again on all of your commenting and placing my model in the hallf of fame!

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  261. Jim | February 11, 2011 at 18:32

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    I saw a video on papercraft. I’m very interested in making Super Mushroom. Kindly noted, may you direct me where I can find it.

    Thank you very much,

    Jimmy

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  262. Jehphg | February 11, 2011 at 06:21

    Hi! I saw your oogie boogie, and i fell in love, i’d really wanted a sally from nightmare before the christmas but the only one i’ve found so far isthis sad piece of work: http://a.family.go.com/images/cms/disney/nightmare-before-christmas-sally-papercraft-printable-1009.pdf
    I’d really love for a sally on the same level as your other models. Thank you anyway

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    • ninjatoes | February 11, 2011 at 11:20

      Thanks, I’m glad you like my Oogie Boogie paper model! ;o)

      I’m both a big Tim Burton and Kingdom Hearts fan, so it’s safe to assume that I’ll make more Kingdom Hearts / Nightmare Before Christmas in the future, but I can’t promise you when / which ones right now…

      I do know of a Sally model that’s more detailed than the one you found; I’m afraid I don’t know who made it :o( but here are the files: link

      Chamoo232 also made several papercraft Nightmare before Christmas models (the Mayor, Jack Skellington and Zero the ghost dog) that you might like: Chamoo232’s papercraft archive

      Have fun building!

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  263. nathan | February 9, 2011 at 04:46

    hi ninjatoes do you think that after captain knoest and the orange star fighter do you think you can start on the yellow comet b copter please and sankies

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    • ninjatoes | February 9, 2011 at 09:19

      My Advance Wars series is an ongoing project, and eventually, I want to make all the units from Advance Wars, Black Hole Rising and Dual Strike!

      So the Yellow Comet B-Copter is definately on my to do-list, but I have so many other ideas as well, that I can’t promise you when I’ll finally get around to it yet…

      I’m already thinking about a new Final Fantasy model, so that will be the next model after Kapitein Knoest and the OS Fighter, though…

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  264. grant | February 4, 2011 at 21:36

    Do you know how to make papercrafts with a solid core? Should I fill them with an expanding foam, of maybe some sort of resin? Do you know of any better way?

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    • ninjatoes | February 5, 2011 at 12:39

      Well, personally I never fill my paper models with foam or resin, but I’ve heard of people using expanding foam used to insulate homes.

      I think you’ll have to be very careful and definately not use too much of it, though, because in my experience, it will expand *a lot* and will easily tear paper…

      Some foams might not expand as much as others, but in any case, I would suggest trying it out on a simple test model… ;o)

      I don’t know if resin will work; I think you’ll have to be careful with the moisture soaking into the paper ruining the textures/colours (same with expanding foam although to a lesser extent perhaps).

      If you’re really set on filling your models with a solid core, I would always try it out on a test model first, but especially if you use thicker paper, most paper models are already more than strong enough themselves, so maybe their own strength will surprise you? ;o)

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      • Anonymous | February 6, 2011 at 16:14

        If you were to use any type of material to fill it, I would use expanding foam. I wouldn’t fill it up that much though, because it tears the paper.

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  265. idouls@yahoo.com | January 30, 2011 at 22:38

    can you send ma a link with yuna papercraft. thanks

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    • ninjatoes | January 31, 2011 at 13:39

      Well, I made a FFX-2 Gunner version of Yuna myself a few years ago, and you can download the parts and instructions here: link

      She’s about 28 cm big, but if you want to build a bigger one, Ace also made a Final Fantasy X summoner version that’s 60 cm big not so long ago: link

      And if that’s not big enough for you, Jouzu also made a 1 meter tall version (also in her FFX-2 Gunner dressphere outfit, but he hasn’t released it yet: link

      Have fun building!

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  266. carlos jose | January 28, 2011 at 01:42

    the papercraft is cool

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  267. Jozen | January 26, 2011 at 07:52

    is there other sites with 3D papercrafts i can download?

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  268. Grant | January 26, 2011 at 06:49

    Hey I built your Viper and it was pretty cool! I liked the idea of giving it an internal framework to shape the nose and hold it all together. I was wondering, do you take requests for papercraft designs? If you do could you make a Metroid or maybe a Samus Aran? I am a huge Metroid fan and can only find a single, low quality metroid papercraft. Samus has a few good ones, though.

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    • ninjatoes | January 26, 2011 at 09:28

      Yeah, the BSG Viper Mk.II really needed that internal support to get the right shape… And it also made the final model nice and strong! ;o)

      Although I really don’t have the time to take direct requests I’m afraid, there’s definately a good chance I’ll make some models from the Metroid series too in the future, but which ones or when exactly, I can’t promise…

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  269. ValooTail | January 23, 2011 at 19:26

    This site is amazing! Top quality papercrafts all for FREE! Keep up the good work!

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    • ninjatoes | January 24, 2011 at 10:32

      Thank you, I will! ;o)

      There are tons of great paper models to find online made by all kinds of papercraft fans for free, so there are more than plenty models for everybody I think!

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  270. Lorenzo | January 20, 2011 at 20:58

    Ciao to everybody

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  271. Choaslegion | January 20, 2011 at 00:10

    I got a question for you. if you don’t mind answering.

    I’ve been wondering, how do you glue a sphere? I basically start having rouble hen it’s the last 3 glue tags necessary to close the sphere. And was wondering what’s the best way to glue it without rippin the model?

    Can’t wait for the answer :D

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    • ninjatoes | January 20, 2011 at 10:23

      I don’t know how the sphere you are talking about was “unfolded”, but it can make a lot of difference… Personally, I think it is easiest to unfold a sphere in horizontal (or vertical ;o) “rings”.

      Regular, thinner paper might sound easier to work with, but you can actually use the strength of thicker paper to do a lot of the work for you, so I also always like to use pretty thick paper myself.

      Pre-shaping is very important, especially with curved shapes. That way, you can get the “tension” out of the paper (which would make it want to “unroll” when you bend it into a round, sphere-like shape). You can pre-shape the strips by “rolling” them against a pen or the palm of your hand (see this video if you don’t know what pre-shaping is)

      For each “ring”, all you have to do, is glue the two ends together. Usually I try to leave several “rings” connected at one point, but if the part is becoming too big or too complex, you can also leave them disconnected, or make to semi-spheres or something like that.

      Before you have to “close” the sphere, you can still produce some “counterpressure” to the backside/inside of the parts when you’re glueing the “rings” on top of eachother to create the shape of the sphere, either with your fingers or a tool like the handle of a spoon or a toothpick if it’s a small sphere.

      Sometimes “alternating” glueing tabs (one glueing tab on one side, then the next on the other side, and the next on the first side again…) make it easier to align the two “rings”, but the “trick” here is to just take your time and not to rush it. ;o)

      Don’t use too much glue, but only just enough so the glueing tabs are just “tacky”, so you don’t have to hold the parts very long before you can let go: especially with curved shapes like spheres, it’s important that the tension is out of the paper and the glue has dried properly before you continue, or the parts will want to come apart again…

      When you get to the last “ring” it will actually probably be a very flat cone. It will be like a “lid” for a sphere-shaped box. If all the glueing tabs are on the open end of the sphere, all you have to do is bend the glueing tabs almost flat (according to the angle of the sides of the “lid”, apply some glue to them and then gently press the lid on top of the glueing tabs.

      You’ll probably find that the lid will be pushed up by the natural tension, so you’ll have to hold it down until the glue has dried. Sometimes, with alternating glueing tabs, because you have to push some glueing tabs underneath the last ring of the sphere, that’s not a problem (the glueing tabs can’t be pushed through the paper ;o) so it’s best not to score and fold them, but just “bend” them gently, so you can actually use that tension to your advantage to let it push itself together. ;o)

      The most important thing, though, is just to take your time and not to try and rush it. Pre-shaping and not using too much glue will help so you don’t have to hold every part forever, but especially with curved shapes, when there can be a lot of natural tension in the paper, it’s important that every part is glued together properly before you move on to the next part, else the bottom of the sphere will be coming apart again when you reach the top! ;o)

      Although it’s difficult to explain papercrafting techniques in just words, I hope you can find some useful tips in all of this…! ;o)

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      • Choaslegion | January 22, 2011 at 01:34

        My guess is tht i still need lots of practic but thank you very much it helped. I should be sending some pics of your papercrafts + some others since i basically have them all together soon.

        But your advice did help i just find it sort of difficult to either close the sphere up…. or putting the last piece to close the papercraft model. but i’ll keep that in mind :)…

        For example some i have had trouble with was the mario 64 head…i didn’ even finish that one do to a problem i created? which is basicaly a sphere once you finsh it…. and the current model im making which would be wiggler from supoer mario bros series :)…

        but thanks again!

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        • ninjatoes | January 22, 2011 at 15:21

          The difficulty with the last part is of course that you can’t reach inside anymore to provide “counter pressure”, and that just can’t be helped with a closed sphere unfortunately…

          Practice definately helps of course, and taking your time is also very important, but I am sure you will do a great job!

          Have fun! ;o)

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  272. Tristanb | January 18, 2011 at 18:19

    BEST PAPERCRAFT EVAR!

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  273. Ethan | January 8, 2011 at 19:38

    Was just wandering around and found this wonderful place! dude you’re ttly awesome=)
    now my printer is gonna suffer, those projects of yours are magnificent so go on! We all will be enjoying your work)

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  274. dracoX | January 7, 2011 at 02:56

    hey Ninjatoes. do you know where I could find a toon link that is accurately scaled to your king of red lions? I am currently working on King and I really dont have a toon link yet to go with it.

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    • ninjatoes | January 7, 2011 at 11:56

      Josh Darrah once edited an existing Wind Waker model from Chokipeta-KOBO to fit my King of Red Lions model.

      You can ask him to send you the files if you want, his e-mail is in the PDF file for the King of Red Lions stand that he also made: link

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  275. Genesist | January 5, 2011 at 00:11

    Hello Ninjatoes. I am experienced in papercraft, having recently finishing building a full scale suit of halo armor amongst many other paper projects. I am looking to get into building my own papercraft, but have little experience with design, although my few attempts so far have gone well they are not on the same design scale as yours. I was wondering how you go about making your designs. Do you create a 3-d model and then use pepakura, and edit it from there? -An extremely impressed fan.

    P.S., I have made a necklace by doing a small scale version of your majora’s mask, sprayed internally and externally with polyurethane and then injected via needle with fiberglass resin.

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    • ninjatoes | January 5, 2011 at 10:54

      Ouch, that sounds extremely painful, no wonder Majora’s Mask is so cranky all the time…!

      Some of my models were made by hand by drawing the parts on a piece of paper and colouring them with magic markers or water colours and then scanning them, but for the models I make using the computer, I use Pepakura Designer, yes.

      Because Pepakura Designer can only unfold what you give it, it’s important to make sure you prepare the 3D model so you can unfold it the way you want it and not the other way around. ;o)

      I always test build my models, because there will always be things you missed staring at your 2D computer screen, and the only way to tell if your paper model will come together the way you imagined it, is to try it out and actually build it. ;o)

      After the test build, I usually have lots of things to change on the 3D model, before I can unfold the final version with Pepakura Designer again, and then as an extra step, I take the parts into Photoshop.

      That way, I can fix anything that’s just easier to fix in Photoshop than in the 3D model or in Pepakura Designer, and I can fool around with the layout a bit (that’s just for fun ;o)

      I post my “works in progress” on my papercraft weblog (link) where you can find more on why I do things the way I do. ;o)

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      • Genesist | January 5, 2011 at 12:41

        Seems like a whole new world to get into. The last papercraft I designed was hylian crest necklace, I spray painted the result of that and injected with resin, I wanted to try something different this time and print the color. For the crest I made a 2-d image, then made all of the tiny connector flaps to make it 3-d on graph paper. Would have been easy, but I was not just doing a triforce, and the whole thing was only 2 inches high and about 1 1/2 inches tall as to not be gaudy. Unluckily resin can soak into paper, not warping, but discoloring thus the polyurethane. So far so good. Made a test model and moving on to the real one soon. What would you recommend for getting to understand how pepakura unfolding works. I’m familiar with the basic use of the program, scaling etc., but admittedly my understanding of unfolding isl imited to I hit unfold and it doesn’t seem to work on most models ;) (which is a rather sad understanding).

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        • ninjatoes | January 5, 2011 at 18:36

          That’s basically how I make my hand drawn models too, just by drawing out the parts and then work out how big and which shape the connecting parts need to be, and then drawing that one out too. ;o)

          The auto-unfold feature in Pepakura Designer keeps all the parts together as much as possible, which works for very simple models, but on anything else, the parts will be much more complex than need be I think.

          After unfolding in Pepakura Designer, you can right-click on the unfolded parts to get some extra options, so you can switch the glueing tab placement, join or disjoin parts and so on.

          With those tools, you can tweak the unfold so you can make it more logical and more fun to build. But of course there’s no “right way” or “wrong way” to make a paper model, though, and most choices are just personal preference.

          The best way to learn is simply by doing: by building lots of paper models, and making your own, you will quickly get a feeling for things that do work, and things that you think could have been done differently. ;o)

          Have fun!

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  276. Oli Gig | January 4, 2011 at 14:05

    Hey, ninjatoes, what is the size of young link? I’m making some weapons for him.

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    • ninjatoes | January 4, 2011 at 18:03

      From the bottom of his feet to the highest point of his hat, he stands about 18 cm tall, and the scabbard on his back is about 9 cm (including the sword’s hilt sticking out of it).

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  277. Anonymous | December 31, 2010 at 13:10

    no problem ninjatoes

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  278. Usman | December 31, 2010 at 04:44

    This is awesome. I just made a Advance Wars Tank. Its awesome!! One Question. Do you spend your own time making the templates?

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  279. Anonymous | December 30, 2010 at 17:55

    and ive just built yor homer simpson model if you could will you make bart

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    • ninjatoes | December 31, 2010 at 10:53

      I hope you had fun building him! ;o)

      Bart is definately on my to do-list, but with all the other ideas I have as well, I can’t promise you when I will finally get around to it, sorry…

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  280. Anonymous | December 30, 2010 at 17:46

    thanks ninjatoes

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  281. Anonymous | December 30, 2010 at 15:00

    o yea could you tell me about the new models your working on

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    • ninjatoes | December 30, 2010 at 17:36

      I started work on a big, paper version of a LEGO Pirates minifigure just recently, “Kapitein Knoest” (captain Roger / Redbeard in English speaking countries) so I’m still in the 3D stage on that one.

      I keep my “Works In Progress” seperately on my papercraft weblog (link) so that’s where you can keep up to date on Knoest and future models. ;o)

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  282. Anonymous | December 30, 2010 at 14:57

    thanks for that to love your papercraft keep up the good work

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  283. Anonymous | December 30, 2010 at 11:03

    thats ok and thanks for the altair you rock

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  284. Anonymous | December 29, 2010 at 13:03

    yo ninjatoes i would to see a jim carry ace ventura papercraft pleas
    or maybe a ezio from assassins creed

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    • ninjatoes | December 29, 2010 at 17:38

      Haha well, those are quite two extremes… ;o)

      I really can’t promise you if/when I will make them, though, since I already have so many ideas for other paper models…

      I know somebody else was working on a papercraft Altair model some time ago (link) and he was thinking about making an Ezio model too, but I don’t know about any Ace Ventura’s models, sorry…

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  285. MasteR | December 27, 2010 at 21:30

    And the Epic Papercraft Win of the Year goes to…

    ¡Ninjatoes, featuring his 100th model, Mario!

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  286. Mundo Games Center | December 26, 2010 at 02:24

    Merry Christmas and a happy New Year Ninjatoes!!!! :D

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  287. arbingordon | December 25, 2010 at 12:13

    Merry Christmas ninjatoes!
    ;o)

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  288. Frombose | December 24, 2010 at 02:07

    Awesome Mario model, cant wait for the release!
    I saw your collection :O. Can you pick a favorite?
    Can I make a suggetion for the next model? How about elika from Prince of Persia? I’m sure you have your own idea’s already..

    Keep up the good work!

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    • ninjatoes | December 24, 2010 at 10:10

      I have so many favourites, that I wouldn’t know where to start really…!

      I’m a big videogame fan, so I like making paper models from videogames, but there are so many that I still want to make, that sometimes it can take years before I get around to actually making it… ;o)

      But as for Mario, you don’t have to wait anymore: link

      Have fun building! ;o)

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  289. Michael | December 23, 2010 at 04:45

    wondering if you can use cardstock or “hardened paper for templates for these models?

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    • ninjatoes | December 23, 2010 at 09:11

      I always use “cardstock” which is basically just thicker paper. It is easy to work with, and the final model will be nice and strong when built.

      “Hardened paper” is much more difficult to bend and roll, so especially “smooth” models will be much more difficult to make I think…

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  290. Fluffypuff | December 19, 2010 at 21:16

    What type of glue do you use? Does it dry quickly? Where did you buy it?
    I just want to know cause i want to make it easier to build paper crafts.
    Plz reply Thx ^-^
    ~Fluffypuff :3

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    • ninjatoes | December 20, 2010 at 16:39

      I use “Tesa hobbylijm”, the kind with the red cap. In English it’s called “Tesa All-purpose glue” and in German it’s “Tesa Alleskleber”. You can see a picture of the bottle in many of the instructions.

      In the Netherlands, it’s sold pretty much everywhere in department stores, toy stores, office supply stores, specialized craft stores… But I don’t know whether or not they sell it where you live of course…

      The trick to getting a good bond without having to hold it for half an hour, is don’t use too much glue!

      Use only a small amount, and spread it out, so that it’s just “tacky”. Then when you put the two parts together, you can still move it around a bit if you need to, and when you firmly press the parts together, they’re stuck well enough so you can let go without having to fear that the parts will come apart again. ;o)

      I guess it takes a little bit of practice, but after a few tries, you’ll get a feeling for how much glue you should use. ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  291. NewbieBoy | December 15, 2010 at 06:02

    any suggestion what paper to use??

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    • ninjatoes | December 15, 2010 at 10:13

      Personally, I like to use 200 gsm paper, which is about 2.5 times as thick as regular paper.

      I had a webpoll on my website not long ago asking people that same question, and here’s what they said: link

      As a rule, “the thicker the paper, the stronger the final model“.

      But as you can see in the results of the poll, it’s really just a personal choice, and once you’ve tried it out once, you’ll quickly get a feeling whether or not you like using the paper you used, or that you would rather try a thicker or a thinner kind. ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  292. MasteR | December 13, 2010 at 01:58

    Keep it up with the Mario model, it’s looking pretty nice! :D

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  293. dominique | December 6, 2010 at 21:37

    hi this site is so cool and cold lol.. ty

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  294. manga Ninja | December 4, 2010 at 00:12

    Your crafts are awesome !!!

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  295. MasteR | December 1, 2010 at 02:37

    There is snow on your website. :D

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  296. dan | November 16, 2010 at 07:54

    i made one of your papercrafts and it was a success! i keep it in a jar (i always manage to get it wet then it turns into a blot of greenish purple on the colors :c ) also for preserving reasons hardcore crafter!! :D have you ever gotten your crafts wet?

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    • ninjatoes | November 16, 2010 at 13:12

      Yeah sometimes… ;o) When I leave the window open just a little bit, sometimes the wind blows small raindrops remarkably far into the room… ;o)

      Some people use a glazing/varnish spray to protect their models from small drops of water, but I guess a jar does the trick too! ;o)

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  297. MasteR | November 3, 2010 at 03:19

    ¡Nice Mario model for your 100th anniversary! :D

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  298. phillup nava | October 31, 2010 at 23:25

    where can i get the supply tool to create the link from the majoras mask version??

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    • ninjatoes | November 1, 2010 at 08:36

      Do you mean the parts and instructions to download? Because it’s a Legend of Zelda model, they’re in the Legend of Zelda section of course: link

      You’ll need a PDF reader to open and print PDF files of course. ;o)

      As for the tools like glue, a craft’s knife and a cutting mat, most department stores sell them, the paper/cardstock you can usually find there too, and if not, try the store where you buy your regular printer paper.

      Even if they don’t have thicker paper in stock, they can usually order it.

      Have fun building!

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  299. MasteR | October 31, 2010 at 03:52

    What is going to be your 100th papercraft? :D

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    • ninjatoes | October 31, 2010 at 09:41

      Well, I’ve been thinking about that for a while already, and although it will be just another paper model like all the other ones of course, I think it will be very suited one. ;o)

      I won’t spoil the surprise yet, but I will make an announcement on my weblog when I start on it, so stay tuned!

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  300. toph13 | October 26, 2010 at 15:10

    hey.. did you see my link papercraft in facebook.? i tagged you.. i hope you’d put it in the hall of fame section thingy.. thanks!

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  301. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | October 15, 2010 at 01:12

    hello :)
    I have the SketchUp, it is very easy to use, but my question is how to export the model format 3ds, obj, etc.?
    and textures as improvements?

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    • ninjatoes | October 15, 2010 at 12:54

      Well, it depends on which version of SketchUp you are using: the free version for home/personal use does not allow exporting of *.3ds, *.obj, … models…

      There is a workaround for this, though: you can download a SketchUp Pro trial version which you can use for about 8 hours (fortunately not 8 hours after downloading it, but 8 hours of actually using it ;o)

      So this means, that you could create a SketchUp model in your free version, and then only open it in the trial version to quickly export it as an *.obj or *.3ds file.

      That way, you can use export a lot of models in that 8 hours!

      You can find this information on the SketchUp site here: SketchUp / SketchUp Pro comparison

      You will see that the free version does allow you to export your models in Google Earth *.kmz format (which Pepakura Designer can also open: Compatibility with 3D CG Software

      As you can see, it only supports Google Earth *4* *.kmz files though, and although SketchUp is very easy to use, this also makes importing complex SketchUp models directly in Pepakura Designer often a bit… troublesome… ;o)

      As for textures: if you open a textured model in SketchUp, you can open the material window (Window -> Materials or just click on the “Paint Bucket” tool) and from the dropdown menu, you can choose “In model”, so you can see all the texture images that are being used in the current model.

      Then you can right-click on them, and choose “Export texture image” (don’t forget that solid colours are *not* textures, so you can’t export those!)

      If you export the model as a *.kmz file, I think all the texture info is contained in that file. If you export it as a *.3ds or *.obj file, the textures are exported seperately as the original images.

      Even though SketchUp really is a vey easy 3D program to get started, you still need to invest a lot of time to really get the hang of it…!

      SketchUp has a very wide user base, though, and there are lots of tutorials to help you: http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos.html

      So be sure to invest a lot of time just playing around with the program, finding out what all the buttons do, and to search around in various forums around the web, where you can find lots more help than I can give you in a short reply here…!

      Good luck and have fun!

      Reply
  302. bob | October 8, 2010 at 22:59

    hello i was wondering if you could make a paper model from dante’s inferno the video game perferably dante

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | October 9, 2010 at 08:20

      And I still have yet to do a Dante from Devil May Cry…! ;o)

      I haven’t played Dante’s Inferno myself, actually, so I can’t promise you anything, but you never know I guess? ;o)

      Reply
  303. EldeTabernas | October 8, 2010 at 19:48

    Hi ( again) I’m interested in 1 thing , what paper it’s good for make this models? ( I use normal paper but you see King of red lions , this paper don’t stand because it’s “loose” I see someone use paper of 160g. , please I need a advice…

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | October 9, 2010 at 08:14

      Although some people do use regular printer paper (usually about 75-80 gsm) I always use 200 gsm paper myself.

      It’s about 2.5 times as thick as regular paper so the final model will be nice and strong. 160 gsm is lighter than 200 gsm of course, but still about 2 times as thick as regular paper.

      The thicker the paper, the more expensive it is of course, so you should try one kind out some time and see if you like it. ;o)

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  304. Anonymous | October 5, 2010 at 09:03

    will you be making a princess zelda from twilight princess? cause that would be nice :)

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | October 5, 2010 at 11:52

      A Twilight Zelda to go with ZaL and Twilight Link is definately on my to do-list, but with all the other ideas for paper models that I have as well, I can’t promise you when I’ll finally get around to it…!

      Reply
  305. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | October 4, 2010 at 22:24

    What will be your next model?

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  306. andrew | October 3, 2010 at 23:43

    you should make some halo paper crafts

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    • ninjatoes | October 4, 2010 at 14:39

      Although I never really played HALO, it’s such an iconic series that I might just make some paper models for it. ;o)

      I can’t promise you when though, I’m afraid, but Billybob884 has made several HALO models in the past (link)

      And of course you can find even more HALO models if you have look around online, like this dropship from Planetstarfreak.de for instance.

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  307. EldeTabernas | October 2, 2010 at 19:53

    Hi !(again) I have Ubuntu and I can’t up my papercraft models , can I send a messaje at your e-mail with the photo? Thanks!

    Reply
  308. EldeTabernas | September 26, 2010 at 19:21

    hi! I’m from youtube ( i don’t know you remember me) well , my question is , how I can send my papercraft models to your web side?

    Thanks ! ^^

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  309. Anonymous | September 26, 2010 at 18:46

    hey ninjatoes i have a question
    whats that black triangle on the mailbox (sort of a arrow)???
    just wanna know cause ive never played mayoras mask
    :D

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    • ninjatoes | September 26, 2010 at 19:02

      It was supposed to be the shadow of the Postman.

      With the limited possibilities of the time, shadows in Majora’s Mask were simple translucent black, triangular shapes, but to be honest, it just looked very ugly in solid black paper…

      So in the final version, I left it out (although it’s still in the instructions. It looks better without it, and now you can also put the Postman anywhere you want instead of just on top of his shadow. ;o)

      Reply
  310. nathan | September 26, 2010 at 04:58

    hey ninjatoes do u think your going to mak a tp zelda and an oot adult zelda cause tha would be cool

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 26, 2010 at 10:19

      A Twilight Princess Zelda in the same scale as ZaL and Twilight Link is a model that I’d really like to make some day, and an adult Zelda64 is also definately on my to do list, but it might be some time before I will get around to it… ;o)

      If you don’t want to wait that long, though, Icthus7 has recently released some of his old models, including princess Zelda: link (he also has a Christmas version: link ;o)

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  311. mike | September 26, 2010 at 01:44

    i wish all papercrafts were in a pdf format and had instructions as good as yours

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 26, 2010 at 10:24

      Haha thanks for the compliments! Everybody has their own ideas about papercraft instructions of course, I always make lots more than most people need I think, so I can understand that not everybody wants to spend their time on something most people won’t even use… ;o)

      Reply
  312. William | September 26, 2010 at 01:29

    Hey ninjatoes are you planning on making any more one piece papercraft ?

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    • ninjatoes | September 26, 2010 at 10:32

      Yes, new ships and the crew have been on my ever growing “to do”-list for a long time!

      But I can’t promise you when I will finally get around to making more Once Piece models… If you don’t want to wait that long, maybe you’ll like some models made by other people: Papercraft Museum has a collection of links to several models, and if you look around, you can find even more like the blockheads on this site! ;o)

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  313. William | September 26, 2010 at 01:28

    hey ninjatoes i was wounder ring if you can make like the straw hat crew from one piece cuz one piece is ftw ^.^

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  314. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | September 22, 2010 at 22:48

    What would you recommend blender videos in Spanish?
    is that I’m Mexican, and do not know much about the English

    Reply
  315. mike | September 22, 2010 at 04:38

    hey what timezone or country do you (ninjatoes) live in because it’s pretty off from where i live, just wanted to know and awesome papercrafts. hope you keep making papercrafts great instructions by the way :-)

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 22, 2010 at 09:57

      I’m from the Netherlands, I’m glad you like my models!

      I still have lots of ideas for new models, so I will definately be making more paper models in the future! ;o)

      Reply
  316. elliot COLE | September 21, 2010 at 02:06

    so will you design cheshire cat soon?
    im dying here
    waiting
    please?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 21, 2010 at 15:17

      The Cheshire cat from American McGee’s Alice is definately on my to do-list, but with all the other ideas that I’d like to do too, I’m afraid I can’t promise you I will make it any time soon, sorry…

      Reply
  318. MasteR | September 20, 2010 at 23:45

    No new post in more than a week D:

    Reply
    • bennyphantom | September 21, 2010 at 10:26

      Designing a GOOD papercraft takes a lot longer than a week not everybody just unfolds the 3D he rips from a game…….. Check Ninjatoe’s blog he is working on the Zelda Postman for a month already.

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 21, 2010 at 15:22

      This webpage is really just the download section for my paper models, so it only gets updated when I release a new model (or when somebody sends me a new picture for the hall of fame ;o)

      Papercraft is just a hobby of mine, so I really can’t work on it 24/7 I’m afraid, but for more frequent updates on upcoming models and “works in progress” you can visit my weblog here.

      Reply
  319. zach (age13) | September 7, 2010 at 22:23

    hey i reallized that you forgot the shieth and the meadel shield for the Z.A.L. but im shure that you were just switching things up i put the shieth and shield from hero of twili. looks cool i’ll have to send pic when my bro. gives me my camera back lol, i only have the two twilight princess ones done i want the wolf link but the instructions are weird on him so..

    Reply
    • nick | September 7, 2010 at 23:28

      the sword and sheath are there. they are at the bottom the pdf.
      As for the wolflink instructions, use this http://www.7-zip.org/

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | September 8, 2010 at 15:30

      I always love to see pictures of people’s builds, I’m glad you like your paper Links! ;o)

      Yeah, I haven’t made all the weapons you can find in Twilight Princess yet, but if I make more of them in the future, they’ll be in the same scale too.

      Wolf Link is one of the most challenging models I made, so I can understand you would want to see the instructions first. ;o)

      ZIP-files need to be extracted first (you can use the program that Nick mentioned, or another one that you might already have installed of course) and then you can open the instructions in any image viewing program.

      Reply
  320. dburkhar95 | September 4, 2010 at 22:55

    Wasup man. I’ve commenting on YouTube (same name) on ur fierce diety link vid. Well I got the legs and boots done and standing ( I was worried about it not standing right). I’m doin good but I got awhile to go. Thanks for helping (: Cant wait til fierce diety links done. Oh yeah and why is he sometimes called ONI link, never seen that before officially?

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    • ninjatoes | September 5, 2010 at 11:19

      I’m glad to hear you’re making progress!

      Fierce Deity Link can stand fine on its own without his sword, but some people told me that when they put the sword in his hands, he does fall over, because the sword is so big and heavy and they couldn’t get him to balance right.

      To fix it, some people have put to some weight in his boots to prevent this, while others simply glued him to a nice stand.

      “Oni Link” comes from the japanese version of Majora’s Mask, somebody asked me the same thing not so long ago actually: link ;o)

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    • Kupo | September 5, 2010 at 23:12

      Haha, thats the exact same progress I have on mine! Well, good lck with the rest!

      Reply
  321. asfasdg | September 1, 2010 at 19:15

    Wolf Link rox But is hard!

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  322. asianmann | August 29, 2010 at 02:27

    hello ninja toes you do a great job at papercraft i can see that you really put your time and effort into the things you do which is awesome compared to most people
    i salute you :D

    Reply
  323. Anonymous | August 28, 2010 at 05:29

    i know this will sound stupid but why are the parts for the fierce deity link abreviated onilink? i know link is for well… link but what is oni?
    love your work :D

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 28, 2010 at 09:05

      It is believed that when Link puts on the Fierce Deity Mask, his body is possessed by a powerful spirit, maybe even a demon, and the japanese word for “demon” is “oni”.

      There’s even a word joke in the japanese version of the game, where the child that gives you the mask tells you he wants to play tag with you, and in the japanese version of “playing tag” the one who is “it” and has to try and tag the others is called the “oni”.

      I think many people use “Oni Link” instead of “Fierce Deity Link” because it sounds cooler, and it’s shorter. ;o)

      Reply
  324. MasteR | August 27, 2010 at 20:52

    You know what would be an *** kicka? :D

    Lucario!!! :D

    I’ve seen some, but a Lucario-Ninjatoes-Original-Style would be like !,,!, :D

    Reply
  325. zaldy | August 26, 2010 at 21:21

    notify me new post via email

    Reply
  326. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 26, 2010 at 00:46

    with that 3D program work your for your designs?

    Reply
  327. William | August 25, 2010 at 02:21

    I was wounder since you are planning to make more pokemon can you make like charizard papercraft cuz charizard was like my fav pokemon and that there are like no carizard papercraft out there that look half decent

    Reply
    • William | August 25, 2010 at 02:22

      im saying planning cuz i read that you are making some in the furture =P

      Reply
      • ninjatoes | August 25, 2010 at 10:11

        Yeah, although I definately don’t plan on making all 490+ Pokémon, I would like to make some more of them in the future.

        And although I don’t know which ones yet, a dragonlike Pokémon like Charizard would be fun too make, so it’s certainly a nice idea! (although I can’t promise you anything! ;o)

        Reply
  328. Zac | August 23, 2010 at 18:00

    Are you planning on making a kingdom hearts roxas papercraft? cause im a huge roxas fan and would love to have one : D

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    • ninjatoes | August 24, 2010 at 08:51

      Yes, I’m planning on making many more paper models from Kingdom Hearts, and Roxas will definately be one of them. ;o)

      Reply
      • Sabekio | August 30, 2010 at 07:41

        hey! good job being the first to do a sora papercraft!
        im working on a template for an hd roxas bust and ive been going around askin for help with pepakura. some parts that are supposed to be flat (roxas’s zipper emblem) break apart where they arent supposed to. any pointers?

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        • ninjatoes | August 30, 2010 at 11:36

          Although I wanted to make one ever since Kingdom Hearts came out, I wasn’t actually the first to make a papercraft Sora! (other projects kept pushing it back until I finally decided Sora had waited long enough… ;o)

          As for your troubles with Roxas, I’m not sure if I really understand what you mean…

          But especially on detailed game models like the ones from Kingdom Hearts, sometimes “tricks” are used in the game to create the “illusion” that something looks a certain way for example, but when you look at the 3D model, you can see a lot of “imperfections”.

          Pepakura Designer can’t fix these things, you will have to fix them in a 3D modelling program before that.

          If the part is broken up into parts that you don’t want, you can create a new part that looks like the old part but that is flat and isn’t broken up.

          Changing the parts/shapes of the 3D model often also means you will need to change the textures because otherwise they won’t fit anymore. Because textures are relly just simple graphic images, you can edit them in a program like Photoshop or Gimp.

          Good luck and have fun!

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          • Sabekio | August 30, 2010 at 19:35

            what youre not the first?! ive never seen it anywhere else though
            and as for the broken parts, i was trying to find a way around it but i guess there isnt really. thanks ninjatoes!!

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  329. nathan | August 20, 2010 at 21:03

    ninjatoes whats the next model youre gonna release

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  330. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 20, 2010 at 02:25

    can you tell me how to improve the texture of my 3D model and with which program?

    can you tell me how to make more limbs with blender, stick to my model’s legs to the body?

    here’s my website so that you look:
    http://mundopapercraft.es.tl/Proyectos.htm

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    • ninjatoes | August 20, 2010 at 12:12

      I’m afraid I simply don’t have the time right now to make a decent tutorial on the steps to make a paper model, sorry…

      As far as Blender goes, there are lots of tutorials that you can find to teach yourself the basics of 3D modelling.

      And since you’re making Fierce Deity Link, maybe you can take a look at the one I made earlier, and try to reverse the process to see what kind of things I felt needed changing or fixing.

      That way, with practice, you can develop your own ideas on how to make a nice paper model. I also have a weblog with “works in progress” where you can see the steps I take to create a paper model msyelf. I made a number of posts about Fierce Deity Link when I was working on him, but he’s called Oni Link there: link ;o)

      Keep on practicing and I’m sure you will make a nice Fierce Deity Link! ;o)

      Reply
  331. bob | August 19, 2010 at 19:52

    hello i was wondering if you could try to make assassin’s creed papercrafts cause i love making these for friends and family and myself and i would appreciate that a lot

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 20, 2010 at 12:20

      I’m glad to hear you like my work! ;o)

      I must admit that I never played Assassin’s Creed though, so right now, it’s not on my to do-list, sorry…

      smilie5768 on Deviantart was working on a papercraft Altair model some time ago, I don’t know whether or not he released the templates, though…

      And there is a lifesize “Assassin’s Creed Hidden Blade papercraft” model that you might be able to find with Google, and who knows what other things you might find? ;o)

      I hope you can find something nice, have fun building!

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  332. Guest | August 19, 2010 at 14:42

    Do you plan in make Lion Sora from KH2? (In Lion King lands, you know)

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    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2010 at 16:50

      I do want to make many more Kingdom Hearts models in the future, and I do like lions, so anything’s possible… ;o)

      I can’t promise you when I will get around to more KH models yet, though…!

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  333. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 19, 2010 at 07:48

    made a model of zelda, I edited with blender, I have it saved and if you can open with Pepakura designer, but you can not save the changes I’ve made, like putting the pieces and their sizes in the leaves, which I do?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2010 at 17:01

      I’m not sure if I understand you correctly: do you mean you have a 3D model that you opened and unfolded in Pepakura Designer, but that you can not save your work in Pepakura Designer?

      Then it sounds like you are using the shareware version of Pepakura Designer.

      Although Pepakura Viewer is free of charge, if you want to be able to save your own papercraft moedls with Pepakura Designer, you will have to buy a registration key to unlock the save function: link

      You *can* print your work, though, so you can try out your paper model if you want to! ;o)

      Reply
  334. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 18, 2010 at 21:11

    as sent my photos of Papercrafts to your website?

    Reply
  335. nathan | August 18, 2010 at 18:26

    ninjatoes is 110 lb cardstock good for papercraft?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 19, 2010 at 16:55

      It’s often confusing to convert gsm (grams per square meter, g/m^2) paperweights to lbs, but people told me 110 lbs is about the same as 200 gsm, and that’s what I’m using myself too, so yeah: it’s good for papercrafting. ;o)

      200 gsm is about 2.5 times as thick as regular paper, and it can be pre-shaped very nicely to help you assemble the model, and in the end it will be very sturdy.

      If you feel it is too thick for your liking, though, you can always switch to 160 or 120 gsm of course (although I’m not sure what the lbs equivalent is for those, though… ;o)

      Reply
  336. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 15, 2010 at 06:32

    hey you could do one papercraft of adult link the n64?
    and what program you use to edit your videos?

    Reply
  337. nathan | August 14, 2010 at 20:16

    are all your advance wars models to scale with each other ?

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    • ninjatoes | August 15, 2010 at 09:35

      Well, in a way. ;o)

      I took the game sprites and their relative sizes as starting point, but Advance Wars is a game in chibi / super deformed style.

      So this means that although in “reality” the Green Earth Cruiser for instance would be *much* bigger than the Green Earth Recon, I made them to scale with eachother based on the sprites in the game, not on how big they would “really” be.

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  338. William | August 12, 2010 at 23:27

    I want to make these images for a papercrafts to be 2 times the size but I’m not so sure how to make them the exact size to build it do you got any tips on how to do it ?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 13, 2010 at 11:25

      If you’re talking about a template in PDf or Jpeg format, you can open them in Photoshop or Gimp and simply scale them to 200%.

      You will probably have to rearrange (cut+paste) the parts on the sheets, and if some parts become to big to fit on a single page, you will have to cut them up and make your own glueing tab to glue it back whole again after printing.

      Good luck and have fun!

      Reply
  339. nathan | August 11, 2010 at 20:49

    dude your instructions for the bm aair are wrong you repeat step 2 twice and skipp step 3 . just thought id let you know

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 12, 2010 at 09:56

      Haha yeah, even with simple models, there are always so many pictures and steps involved in the instructions and I often try to be (too) quick about it, so that’s like asking for a mistake to happen… ;o)

      I’m afraid I don’t have the picture anymore to fix it, but in step 3, you first have to glue the two ends of part 2 together to form a ring.

      Then glue part 2 underneath part 3 around the hole you have to cut out. That’s the white box you see glued in in step 4.

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  340. MontyPython | August 11, 2010 at 16:59

    Hey do ya think u could make a samus and other metroid figures? That be awesome. Love ur Work

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  341. Kay | August 11, 2010 at 13:39

    Hi, I recently began making papercrafts and its been going great, but I realized that your folds are really sharp. I guess simply folding lines with your hands don’t work; how do you get your fold lines so neat?

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    • ninjatoes | August 11, 2010 at 13:48

      “Pre-shaping” is the key to make papercrafting much easier: for curved shapes, you can “pre-shape” the parts by “rolling” them around a pen or toothpick.

      For models with sharp edges/folds, you will want to “score” the fold lines before folding them: this means “scratching”/”denting” the paper along the fold lines with a tool like a ballpoint that doesn’t write anymore, the tip of a mechanical pencil, or a specialized scoring tool.

      You can also lightly cut (with only a little bit of pressure!) the paper along the fold lines, but some people don’t like the white lines that this method creates.

      Yamaha has a nice papercraft tutorial (link) which also covers the subject of scoring and “pre-shaping”, so be sure to check it out!

      Have fun building!

      Reply
  342. Uzay2000 | August 11, 2010 at 09:25

    How ’bout a papercraft of a Black Hawk Tatang? (you get 10+ internet if you know where I got that from)

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    • ninjatoes | August 11, 2010 at 12:38

      I have to admit that I didn’t know what a Tatang was at first, but a quick Google search told me it was a special military knife?

      But to be honest, I don’t really like making knives or other 1:1 scale props (the NES Zapper being an exception ;o) so I don’t think I will make one in the future, sorry…

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  343. M5438 | August 10, 2010 at 20:48

    You are a God! Keep up the good work.

    Can’t wait to start the Cylon Raider!

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  344. Guest 2 | August 10, 2010 at 08:57

    hmm…
    nice paper models.
    it isn’t hard to make tham?
    like a all copters about, from the advence wars.

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 10, 2010 at 10:38

      Well, some are quite challenging, and some are very easy to make.

      Looking at the templates and instructions often gives you a good idea of how challenging a model is, although most people end up being surprised how much patience they actually have to build a paper model, even a difficult one. ;o)

      For my Advance Wars series, I want to make all the units from AW, AW2 and AWDS, so that includes all the Copters, but it might take a while before they’re done…

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  345. Aaron Mears | August 5, 2010 at 22:34

    I could not find a Samus from Metroid that looked good and was easy enough to make. Is there any chance you could be making a Samus papercraft anytime soon?

    Also, i finished my Midna papercraft and sent you the pics!

    Thank you!

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  346. Guest | August 5, 2010 at 00:28

    Do you think make Thousand Sunny, like you did Going Merry before?.
    Also, will you do sometime One Piece characters like Luffy? I dont like the ones there are of all Mugiwaras currently.

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    • ninjatoes | August 5, 2010 at 10:27

      I really like One Piece, so there’s always a chance of making more models, both from the ships and from the crew.

      The “Going Merry” was fun to make by hand, but if I do one of the characters, I will probably make it using the computer… ;o)

      Reply
  347. Spartan101 | August 3, 2010 at 22:20

    what r u working on currently.

    Reply
  348. nick | August 3, 2010 at 02:01

    is there a reason you needed 7 comments for 1 question?
    Here’s the answer, though http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080824051943AAoIeNK

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  349. MundoPapercraft.es.tl | August 3, 2010 at 00:27

    now if this is serious
    as we move to a pdo to pdf format?
    and which programs you use? ^_^

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 3, 2010 at 09:46

      To create a PDF file from a Pepakura file, you have to download and install a “PDF printer” first (PDFForge and CutePDF for example, but you can find many others so you can choose the one you like).

      After you have installed the PDF printer, you can open the file you want to convert to PDF in Pepakura Viewer or Designer, and click “Print” in the File-Menu. Instead of sending the files to your regular printer, select your new “virtual” PDF printer.

      Then when you confirm to print, instead of printing the files on paper, it will pop up a box asking you for a location and filename to save the PDF file it will create.

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  350. legoego | July 31, 2010 at 22:36

    hi i was wondering how much ink do you spend on making one of your papercrafts and how many cartridges have you used up making all your paper models up until now? because i was thinking of making one and wondered if it was too much ink to make. on a side note, have you ever tried a lifesize version of your own startrek ships? also have you ever considered making a lifesize link from papercraft museum? just wanted to know thanks.

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    • ninjatoes | August 1, 2010 at 15:35

      To be honest, I really wouldn’t know how much ink I spend on my models.

      You should be able to get a lot of paper models out of your ink though, depending on how much pages they are and how much “white space” there is on the templates of course.

      Star Trek ships are sometimes hundreds of meters tall, and even a small shuttlecraft would take up too much paper and ink to build one to life size I’m afraid. Not to mention the problem of where to put it! ;o)

      That’s really the reason why I don’t usually make or build life size models myself (unless they’re small like the NES Zapper): I want them to be small figurines that I can put on my desk! ;o)

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      • nick | August 1, 2010 at 17:11

        Dont worry about ink unless you’re doing a big model. When I printed the King of red lions, which is 16 pages, It used only about 5 percent of my red ink on my printer.

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  351. legendofzelda^.^ | July 31, 2010 at 04:08

    can u make a dark link for your zelda category? you’re probabaly extremely busy but i love your papercrafts and i like how you give detailed instructions thumbs up d^o^)b

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  352. crafterofpaper | July 31, 2010 at 03:53

    your awesome made my first papercraft twilight link :)

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  353. Rhaven Blaack | July 28, 2010 at 05:57

    I have just seen your BSG Raiger, and downloaded it. It looks good.
    I really like your models and how you design them.
    I was wondering if you were going to design the Raptor at any time?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | July 28, 2010 at 14:09

      Thanks, I’m glad you like it! I plan on making more Battlestar Galactica models in the future.

      Probably not the entire fleet, but a Raptor is definately on my to do-list, although I can’t give you promise you when I’ll make it, sorry! ;o)

      Reply
  354. Spartan 101 | July 24, 2010 at 15:19

    how do u get like no white lines when u make ur papercrafts

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    • ninjatoes | July 25, 2010 at 08:35

      Usually, there are two kinds of “white lines”: first, the kind that you get to see if you don’t properly glue the parts over the glueing tabs. To get rid of those, you simply have to make sure that you do glue the parts together properly. ;o)

      The second kind is because of the thickness of the paper when you’ve cut it, it is the “inside” of the paper. Many of my builds actually do have these white lines, because I don’t really mind them.

      But sometimes I “edge-colour” them: after cutting out the part, you simply take a pencil or a marker in an appropriate colour and colour the edges of the paper: link

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  355. nathan | July 24, 2010 at 08:38

    hey ninjatoes whats your current papercraft model that your working on?

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  357. Spartan 101 | July 24, 2010 at 03:45

    Hey Ninjatoes u should check out my cousins zelda papercrafts… u cant biuld them cuz the links r broken but they r still cool

    His name is linkdude101

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    • ninjatoes | July 24, 2010 at 08:23

      I think I know his name from the Nintendo Papercraft forums! Too bad that the links are dead of course, I’m sure lots of people would love to build some more Zelda papercraft models…

      Reply
  358. Dabunnies | July 22, 2010 at 15:02

    can u make a toon link papercraft? and how do u design your papercrafrts?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | July 23, 2010 at 10:34

      You mean Link from the Wind Waker? I plan on making lots more paper Zelda models, and there’s a big chance WW Link (and many more WW characters) will be among them (if you can’t wait that long, there’s a big “toon Link” that you may like on Papercraft Museum ;o)

      Some of paper models are made by hand using paper and a pencil, but my computer made models were made by unfolding a digital 3D model into a 2D template using a tool called Pepakura Designer.

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  359. nathan | July 22, 2010 at 06:48

    hi ninjatoes
    you know what would be awesome ? to add another category to your site from another game like okami or mario or something…well anyway i love your paper models there awesome

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    • ninjatoes | July 22, 2010 at 07:55

      Haha yeah, after all these years, I still haven’t made a paper Mario… ;o)

      It’s not always clear (sometimes not even to myself… ;o) why some models go into the “misc” category instead of getting a category of their own in anticipation of more models, but Mario definately deserves to get a seperate category.

      I don’t know if I will ever make an Okami model, but if I do, it will probably end up under the misc category… ;o)

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  360. Spartan101 | July 21, 2010 at 00:43

    can u make a magic armor link plz plz plz

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    • ninjatoes | July 21, 2010 at 07:53

      A “Magic armor Link” in the same scale as my Zora armor Link and Twilight Link is definately on my to do-list, but I don’t know when I will make it yet, sorry…

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  361. nathan | July 20, 2010 at 23:18

    please please please for the love of papercraft can you make all three of links transformations in mm

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  362. James H. | July 18, 2010 at 22:13

    We have tried to print the parts but have had no sucsses are we doing something wrong?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | July 19, 2010 at 08:57

      It’s very hard for me to say what you might be doing wrong of course… ;o)

      If you’re having trouble opening the files, it might be that you need a PDF reader (to open PDF files) or a file archiver (to extract the files inside ZIP-files).

      Another option might be to try emptying your internet cache and deleting your temporary internet files, closing your browser and then trying to download the files again, to make sure that your browser isn’t just loading a (possibly corrupted) offline version of my website.

      If you can download and open the files but are having trouble printing them, it might be something wrong with your printer, and that really might be anything I’m afraid, so you should try to contact the manufacturer and look online for solutions.

      I hope you can get it to work!

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  363. Llamadragon | July 18, 2010 at 17:10

    Have you scratchbuilt any of your models (other than the ones you drew by hand), or do you rip all of them?

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    • ninjatoes | July 19, 2010 at 09:08

      That depends on what you mean by “scratchbuilding”… ;o)

      To me, scratchbuilding means that instead of downloading a ready-to-print papercraft template, you create the parts for your model as you go along, by cutting and shaping a piece of paper again and again until it fits.

      So that means that even the final templates for my hand made models aren’t scratchbuilds, simply because they are downloadable templates. But the technique to create those templates, is pretty much scratchbuilding, yeah.

      And of course using that same definition, any computer made model is never a scratchbuild papercraft model, because the parts are created to fit together properly before you ever get to the building part. ;o)

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  364. Ananymous | July 16, 2010 at 19:23

    BTW, i’m not being sarcastic. I think you’re brilliant.

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    • ninjatoes | July 17, 2010 at 14:11

      Haha thank you for the compliment! ;o)

      I do like the Harry Potter stories, so it’s quite possible that I might make some papercraft models out of them, but I don’t have anything planned in the near future, sorry…

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  365. Ananymous | July 16, 2010 at 19:17

    You know, ninjatoes, i know you have a ton of ideas that you’re getting around to, but is a harry potter model one of those ideas in your brilliant mind?

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  366. Spartan | July 16, 2010 at 15:37

    could u plz plz make magic armor link

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    • ninjatoes | July 16, 2010 at 16:30

      You mean the one from Twilight Princess? I would like to make one some time in the same scale as my other Twilight Princess Links, but with all the other ideas I have, I can’t promise you when I will finally get around to it, sorry.

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  367. Oli gig | July 14, 2010 at 15:28

    hey Ninjatoes

    *idea*

    can you do goron link from MM pleez? I know you said you would do an AW model after the raider, but afterwards would you make goron link?

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    • ninjatoes | July 14, 2010 at 18:12

      Link’s transformations from Majora’s Mask are definately on my to do list! I don’t know yet if I’ll do a new Zelda model soon, or if it will be Goron Link, but he is on my to do list! ;o)

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  369. nick | July 6, 2010 at 14:52

    Does your paper become weaker over time? because most of my models are. I’m wondering if you have the same problem too or if its just the humidity in my house making it weak.

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    • ninjatoes | July 7, 2010 at 11:46

      A very humid environment can be a problem for paper, so it could be the reason. My own paper models haven’t really deteriorated over time.

      I think the best place to keep paper models is somewhere dry and not in direct sunlight all the time (it will make the colours fade away…)

      I use pretty thick paper (200 gsm, 2.5 times as thick as regular paper, maybe that helps a bit too) and of course the quality of the paper, although I should think that any normal kind of paper should last quite a few years under normal conditions! ;o)

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      • nick | July 7, 2010 at 16:02

        yeah its the humidity. I live by st. louis which is really humid and by a lake, so I get it to the max. hopefully it gets stronger in the winter.

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  370. 17cheese14 | July 3, 2010 at 23:44

    You should make a model of the World Cup trophy because The Netherlands are in the SemiFinals and have a good chance of winning. Are you gonna throw any party or do anything special if the Netherlands win?

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    • ninjatoes | July 4, 2010 at 10:19

      I hope the players can stay focused and will show the world how good they really are! ;o)

      A paper World Cup would be nice to have on your desk, but I’m not sure if I’ll make one some time (I’d much rather have Oranje bring home the real one of course ;o) but there’s a nice one at Paper Replika for all football fans!

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  371. Marie | July 2, 2010 at 03:56

    First off, I’ve made many of your models, and I have to say your my favorite papercrafter out there!!! Second off, I know you are probably inundated with model ideas, but I have to throw an idea out there…. Who knows, maybe it will inspire you! ;p

    At the beginning of Zelda: Wind Waker, Link’s sister is kidnapped by the awesomest bird-phoenix-thing to show up in a game in a long time. You have a penchant for really awesome Zelda models (I loved KoRL, hard as he was), and this would be an interesting different direction.

    Give it some thought, if you would??

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  372. Kupo | June 30, 2010 at 00:08

    Aw man, theres so many models I wanna build! And summer break starts tomorrow…My hall of fame page may look quite huge in September. :D

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  373. luisdavidspider | June 26, 2010 at 10:04

    thanks, i made a link zora armor papercraft over 1 year , ago thanks

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  374. papercrafterman | June 24, 2010 at 13:44

    Dude you are awsome !!!! probably one of the best papercrafters of all time. Your stuff is awsome , Advance wars and zelda models are great

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  375. Kupo | June 22, 2010 at 03:56

    Sorry to bother you, but what do you use for scoring? My ball point pen gives me a wrinkly fold, and my knife gives me a white line where I scored.

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    • r33 | June 22, 2010 at 04:12

      just fold the paper

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      • Kupo | June 22, 2010 at 13:32

        If I just fold the paper, the fold will look wrinkly, but if I score it with a proper tool, I’ll get a nice, crisp fold.

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        • ninjatoes | June 22, 2010 at 14:31

          I just use my knife, applying only a little bit of pressure, but it *will* wtill leave a mark after you fold the parts.

          So if you don’t want that, you have to use a blunt tool, that won’t damage the ink and/or paper.

          An empty ballpoint is a good tool, but if you feel the point is too big for you, there are special embossing tools that have a very small ball on the tip that are made just for that kind of stuff.

          In the Yamaha papercraft tutorial they use a mechanical pencil without the actual pencil lead.

          You can use pretty much anything that has a nice, small tip of course, but you have to be careful that you don’t scratch the paper if you want to do your best to hide all lines as much as possible.

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    • MasteR | June 23, 2010 at 19:15

      I use a metallic ruler like 1 inch length

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  376. Kupo | June 22, 2010 at 02:33

    Phew, just finished Sora!

    http://kuposartblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/sora.html

    Kudos for a great model!

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  377. luis | June 21, 2010 at 21:06

    hey, why dont you make the beaver guys from majoras mask in the great bay into a papercraft? it would be really cool!

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    • Truffles | June 22, 2010 at 02:03

      Because he’s only got a rather long list already as it is… For all we know it could be on that list, but there’s so many ideas he has that he wants to make at some point and as of such doesn’t take requests.

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    • ninjatoes | June 22, 2010 at 14:38

      What Truffles said is pretty much correct: I’d love to do many more papercraft models in the future, including lots of Zelda ones, but I can only work on one model at a time, so have to make a choice concerning which one I will do next, and then all the other ideas will have to wait again…

      So I can’t promise when exactly I will make a certain model like the Majora’s Mask Beavers, you will just have to wait and see, sorry. ;o)

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  378. Kupo | June 19, 2010 at 04:23

    I’ve just built the keyblade, and I can’t get the hand to fit snug around the handle. Did you glue the keyblade to the hand?

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    • ninjatoes | June 20, 2010 at 09:35

      I made the fingers out of 1 part, instead of 3, so they can’t really bend like real fingers. If you can’t “clamp” the black handle of the keyblade between the thumb and the other fingers, I think the best solution is to simply glue it into place like you said.

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  379. Uzay2000 | June 18, 2010 at 16:52

    Do you have Hyves?

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  380. Redfox | June 17, 2010 at 16:02

    Yo are amazing, those models are incredible… But LoZ is missing one key character… Could you do Sheik? Please???

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    • ninjatoes | June 17, 2010 at 17:09

      Sheik is definately on my to do-list, quite possible both the Ocarina of Time version and one of the more detailed Super Smash Bros: Melee/Brawl versions, but it’s impossible for me to say when I will finally get around to it yet…

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    • Truffles | June 18, 2010 at 01:47

      There’s a Sheik model here if you want to build it: http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2009/03/zelda-papercraft-sheik.html

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    • Sheik!! | June 18, 2010 at 08:30

      Don’t bother that one is not available anymore: The shipment of this model finished long time ago. I’m sorry about it I won’t send more mails.
      I sent more than 150 mails. Please don’t continue asking for this model.
      Thank you for your attention.
      And the papercrafts from Ichtus always look good in his pictures but the developments usually aren’t so I agree that Ninjatoes should make a Sheik papercraft!!

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      • ninjatoes | June 18, 2010 at 17:06

        Well, Icthus has chosen to make it only available to the people that gave him their e-mail at a certain point, but to be honest, chances are that you’ll be able to find it on other sites…

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  381. steppuP fo retsaM | June 16, 2010 at 12:04

    Ninjatoes guy, you have officially impressed me. I have been waiting for a Sora model for about 1 and a half years now, and finally, I check into the Kingdom Hearts section for any sort of new update. And there, sitting in all its awesome awesomeness, is a picture of a Sora model, with the download links just below. All I can say is thank you very much for putting your time and effort into creating such a fantastic looking papercraft for all to build! I cant wait to build it!

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    • ninjatoes | June 16, 2010 at 12:27

      Thanks for the compliment! ;o)

      Sora had been on my to do-list for ages, just like most models, so sorry to keep you waiting! ;o) I hope you’ll have fun building him!

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  382. Kupo | June 8, 2010 at 04:12

    It’s always nice to hear the bits of knowledge you have, and I wanted to know, how did you decide to have the hood drape over the shoulder+upper body, rather than having them connected?

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    • ninjatoes | June 8, 2010 at 15:42

      There were just so many parts joining together in such a small area (neck, shoulders, arms, hood) that the connections of the paper parts would have been very awkward…

      But because the hood covers up most (if not all) of it, it just wasn’t necessary to make something that will create a lot of trouble and that doesn’t really need to be there. ;o)

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  383. MasteR | June 7, 2010 at 22:10

    It would we awesome if you make Keyblade models >:3

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  384. Kupo | June 7, 2010 at 03:00

    I messed up on the mountain and valley folds on the hood and it threw the neck angle off, so I’m gonna reprint it.

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    • Kupo | June 7, 2010 at 03:20

      Just printed it, had some fun “deconstructing” Sora’s body version.1…

      Reply
      • ninjatoes | June 7, 2010 at 11:51

        It’s really easy to mix up mountain folds and valley folds, and if doesn’t look obviously wrong when you test-fit the parts without glue first, you often don’t realize the mistake until after you’ve glued the parts together already… ;o)

        But like you say, if you’re careful in prying apart the faulty parts, the beauty of downloadable papercraft models is that you can always print a new part and try again!

        Have fun (re)building!

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  385. Emmanuel | June 5, 2010 at 18:59

    I recommend that tutorials about what you said?

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    • ninjatoes | June 6, 2010 at 08:21

      I think the part that most people have trouble with is the 3D editing part (unfolding the model in Pepakura Designer is pretty straight forward and self-explaining).

      Most 3D software has a dedicated website with forums, where you can find a lot of useful information (and the help-files that come with most software are usually very underrated, so I recommend checking those as well! ;o)

      Other than that, it is really just a matter of experimentation and getting more experience, the best way to learn any new software I think! ;o)

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  386. Anonymous | June 5, 2010 at 02:58

    hi, i was wondering how do you make a pdf (i think thats how its called) print in an a4 sheet of paper cause i have a lot of cardstock in that size but when i want to print your models some parts dont print because the sheet is to short
    what do i do?

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    • Kupo | June 5, 2010 at 04:24

      When you’re printing the sheets, go to printer options, and there should be one that specifies the paper size. Set it to A4 and have fun building!

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | June 5, 2010 at 09:02

      Like Kupo already said, if your printer normally uses US Letter size paper, first make sure it is set to use A4 paper instead of course. Many PDF readers will detect it automatically from the PDF file itself, but’s it’s always good to make sure of that if you’re having problems of course. ;o)

      Secondly, most PDF readers will have an option to set the page scaling: in Adobe Reader, you have several options, if you select “None”, the reader will print the file at 100% regardless of the printer and paper margins.

      So to make sure everything fits on the paper, you need to select a different option, like “Fit to Printable Area”. For me, the files usually print at 97%, but it might be different for you depending on your printer and paper margins.

      I hope this helps, good luck and have fun building!

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  387. Kupo | June 5, 2010 at 00:54

    Is Sora’s neck connected to the head like ZaL’s head, or like Alice’s head? I really don’t wanna mess up this one, so I want to do everything like it was meant to.

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  388. Kupo | June 4, 2010 at 00:30

    You reached 100 comments! Wooh!

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  389. Linkseo | June 3, 2010 at 18:30

    Since no toys have ever been made. I would LOVE to see a starfox ARWING papercraft. Great work btw! Imcurrently working on young Link. Just finished the Head and cap PHEW!

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  390. alf viveros | June 3, 2010 at 15:56

    i cannot download the viper mark II, why?

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    • nick | June 3, 2010 at 19:04

      do you have adobe acrobat? you need it to open pdf’s

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | June 3, 2010 at 20:23

      Hm, I’m not sure; the download links seem to be working fine for me…

      Like nick said, the files are in Portable Document Format (PDF), so you need to have a PDF reader installed in order to be able to open them. If you have, they should open in your browser window, but you can also right-click and save them to your computer and then open them offline.

      Also, try emptying your internet cache and deleting your temporary internet files, then closing and restarting your browser so your browser isn’t trying to open an earlier, bad temporary version.

      I hope this helps, let me know if you can get get it to work! ;o)

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  391. Kupo | June 3, 2010 at 02:32

    If I asked you what your favourite part of the whole designing/building stage was, what would you say?

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  392. Emmanuel | June 3, 2010 at 00:59

    how to use the exported Metasequoia as my role models that show?

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    • ninjatoes | June 3, 2010 at 08:55

      You mean how to make the 3D model ready for unfolding in Pepakura Designer? Well, that’s really just a matter of practice and experience.

      You will have to practice to learn how to use the 3D software, and by building lots and lots of paper models and making your own ones, your experience will help you come up with your own ideas on how to make them in such a way, that you think they will be fun to build! ;o)

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  393. Emmanuel | June 2, 2010 at 05:45

    What programs are used to make my own papercraft project and then upload to the Internet so that after my papercraft to download for free?
    And how I program it to set it up?

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    • ninjatoes | June 2, 2010 at 07:53

      I made some of my models by hand, scanning the images to my computer. The computer made models were done with Pepakura Designer, a computer software program that can unfold a 3D model (I use a program called Metasequoia for most of my 3D modelling, but you can really use any 3D software that you like) into 2D templates.

      There are a lot of websites and forums about 3D modelling and even papercraft nowadays that can explain things a lot better and more elaborate than I can here, and on the Pepakura Designer website there’s a brief explanation of the process with some links to more tutorials.

      The easiest way to share your models online is by making a weblog on Blogger for example, and then uploading your work to a file host (like Megaupload, 4Shared, or one of the many others).

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  394. Brian Urlacher | June 1, 2010 at 14:15

    Props on the Sora! I LOVE YOUU!

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  395. shuklaayush | June 1, 2010 at 07:55

    thnx for making SORA !!!! :D
    <3 you ninjatoes

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  396. r33 | June 1, 2010 at 05:38

    its about time sum oun mad hey looks good

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  397. Emmanuel | June 1, 2010 at 01:56

    as they papercrafts projects and programs that are made?

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    • ninjatoes | June 1, 2010 at 13:37

      The parts and instructions to make the paper models are in the categories that you can find on top of this page, or in the column to the right.

      Reply
  398. MasteR | May 31, 2010 at 19:03

    SORA!!! >:3

    Thank you dude!!! :D

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  399. Chris | May 27, 2010 at 06:27

    Hello Im just wondering if your planing on making the wolfen from Star Fox Assult or any of the star ships from it?

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    • ninjatoes | May 27, 2010 at 14:11

      They’re not really on my to do-list to be honest, so never say never, but chances are slim, sorry…

      But I do know that some folks at Nintendo Papercraft already made several Star Fox ships, including the Wolfen: link

      Of course you might find some others too on the internet, but I hope you like them, have fun building!

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  400. nick | May 25, 2010 at 03:50

    Super Mario Galxy 2 came out!!!!! 5 websites gave it a perfect 10!!!!! you need to get it.

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  401. Anonymous | May 24, 2010 at 03:40

    hi nijatoes, ive got a problem with your pizza cats parlor, the thing is that i already finished it but, the banner thingy that says (welcome pizza cats) i dont know how to put it.
    ¿do i take the pieces 14a and b ( the rectangles) and make them into a cilinder then glue the little flaps with the number to the little X on the stairs?
    hope you understood me :D

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    • ninjatoes | May 24, 2010 at 17:16

      You are right to assume that parts 14a and 14b need to be made into small cylinders, but the part with the part number on it, are actually two small glueing tabs (you have to cut them down the middle).

      And the small, white, rectangular boxes on the front ramp of part 1, need to be cut out, so you can push parts 14a and 14b through.

      But I think if you are careful enough and use a sharp blade, you can still cut them out even if you already assembled it. ;o)

      I made some pictures of how to assemble it all and how to attach the banner, to make it much easier to understand I think: picture 1 | picture 2 | picture 3 | picture 4

      I hope this helps you to finish your Samurai Pizza Cat pizza parlour headquarters, have fun building!

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  402. Kupo | May 21, 2010 at 02:42

    Wooh, my camera finally cooperated with me so the pictures are up!

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    • Kupo | May 21, 2010 at 02:48

      And for the future, you need my permission to put my pictures in the Hall of Fame.;)

      Reply
      • ninjatoes | May 21, 2010 at 13:00

        You’ve been busy I see, your new paper models look great! ;o)

        And of course I won’t steal any of your pictures from your weblog! ;o) I’ll only add pictures that you send to me yourself by e-mail.

        Have fun building!

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        • Kupo | May 21, 2010 at 13:38

          Woh, that was a typo! I mean you DON’T need my permission! Whoops!

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        • Kupo | May 21, 2010 at 13:39

          So yah, you don’t need to ask, as soon as I post a picture you can add it!;)

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          • ninjatoes | May 22, 2010 at 11:00

            Haha okay then, since it’s okay with you, I used two of your pictures to update your hall of fame listing: link

            And I included a link to your weblog so people can see the rest of them. I can’t possibly keep up with all the papercraft blogs that I follow, though, so if you want me to add any new pictures from your blog, be sure to give me a heads up! ;o)

            I hope you like the update, have fun building!

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  403. Kupo | May 20, 2010 at 04:08

    For edge colouring purposes, what brand of markers do you use? And do you know if there available in Canada?

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    • nick | May 20, 2010 at 13:51

      I’m not ninjatoes, but I use an 8 pack of crayola markers. It’s worked for the whole life size linkand my other models.

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    • ninjatoes | May 21, 2010 at 12:23

      For markers, I usually use “Bruynzeel” markers (Bruynzeel-Sakura company nowadays) but whether or not they’re availabe in Canada, I don’t know I’m afraid…

      But you can really use any kind of marker you like. Although for lighter colours, I usually use pencils or crayons, because markers’ colours tend to become darker than you anticpated, especially when edge-colouring (the paper really “sucks” in the ink…)

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  404. Jeremy | May 17, 2010 at 19:54

    Are you ever going to make a Wind Waker Link, I was just wondering cause I plan on doing the King of Red Lions and want a Link to go with it.

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    • paperjoz | May 18, 2010 at 06:51

      Hey Jeremy,
      if you do make the king of red lions, then I have a modified Wind Waker link that i’ve done my best to scale to fit and stand in the back of ninjatoes’ king of red lions model. I created a water sea base for the king model, that you can find in the king of red lions page on ninjatoes’ site. in that sea base model, i give info on my wind waker model that i can email you.

      paperjoz

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    • ninjatoes | May 18, 2010 at 15:52

      I’m definately planning on making a Wind Waker version of Link some day, but I really have no idea yet when, I’m afraid…

      Paperjoz made an adaptation of Chokipeta’s Wind Waker Link to fit my King of Red Lions though, and like he says, you can ask him to send it to you using his e-mail on his Great Sea stand (you can get that one from here) that he made for King.

      Have fun building!

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      • nick | May 19, 2010 at 21:55

        you should make things (over time) to add on to it! you could make a simple cannon 1 month, then an anchor the next month, and so on. It could work.

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  405. 17cheese14 | May 16, 2010 at 23:01

    Sora’s gonna be your 94th model (unless you’re working on something else behind the scenes). So because of that, I was wondering. What’s you 100th papercraft gonna be or what do you hope it will be?

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    • Kupo | May 17, 2010 at 03:44

      I think it’d be awesome if your 100th model was the Ninjatoes foot, who agrees?

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | May 17, 2010 at 09:40

      This time I’m not making any “secret” models, so Sora will be #94, yes. ;o)

      I don’t know what my hundreth will be, though, but to be honest, I’m not really thinking of making it a special one; it will just be the next in line. ;o)

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      • nick | May 17, 2010 at 23:02

        100th model + tetras ship = extreme awesomeness. come on, 100 is a special number, and it would be nice if you did somethingultra cool.

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        • ninjatoes | May 18, 2010 at 16:00

          Although Tetra’s ship is definately on my to do-list for some day, I can’t promise it will be #100, sorry…

          I like making every model, so for me, they’re all ultra cool. ;o) It depends more on the mood I’m in at the moment, than the fact that it will be #100 I think, but who knows? ;o)

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  406. Kupo | May 10, 2010 at 23:47

    Just finished Alice, here’s a pic!

    I’ll put some more photos of Alice and my Blue Moon stealth on my blog later, so kepp your eyes peeled.:D

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  407. Llamadragon | May 6, 2010 at 22:14

    Is English your first language? You’re really good at it, but I looked up the Netherlands, and English isn’t even in the top five languages. So far I don’t think I’ve seen you make a single grammar mistake.

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    • nick | May 7, 2010 at 02:46

      I was thinking that to!

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | May 7, 2010 at 15:11

      Haha, thank you guys for the compliments, but to be honest, I’m sure I’ve made lots of grammar and spelling mistakes in all of my ramblings over the years…

      Although English is not one of the official languages of the Netherlands, it is taught to every dutch kid in school until they can at least buy a loaf of bread at the baker’s and ask directions to the train station when they’re abroad… ;o)

      But personally, I’ve found that the best way to learn English, is to just watch lots and lots of Hollywood movies and play lots and lots of videogames. ;o)

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  408. MasteR | May 6, 2010 at 22:12

    Can’t wait man

    /,,/,

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  409. MasteR | April 23, 2010 at 17:41

    Hey Ninja, your next Sora model will be Sora on his battle position, (KH1 or KH2 costume), or in his “cool” position with his Keyblade on the back(KH1 or KH2)

    Tell me man!

    I can’t wait for that one >:3

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    • ninjatoes | April 24, 2010 at 09:24

      Sora will have his “standard” costume of Kingdom Hearts 2, and his pose will be more like Twilight Link and ZaL, than Auron and Ganondorf, with the Kingdom Key Keyblade in his hand of course. ;o)

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      • ana | April 24, 2010 at 12:55

        I was sort of hoping he’d be in his classic “keyblade on shoulder” pose…

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        • ninjatoes | April 25, 2010 at 09:20

          Like desertfox says, I’m afraid I don’t have the time to make different poses for everybody of course, so there will always be people that would rather have the model in a different pose than the one I make it in…

          But I hope it won’t stop you from building Sora when he’s done!

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    • desertfox | April 24, 2010 at 13:30

      He can only make one pose and maybe its not the one you want but thats only what you want I like it like this: http://www.justmanga.com/jmcover/KINGHEART2SORAF.jpg and my friend too we follow Ninjatoes crafts because they are very good we build 10 of them most Zelda and sometimes its not exactly how we want it but thats small thing for a good craft! Whatever pose it is I think it will be good!

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  410. Kupo | April 20, 2010 at 13:37

    A few questions for you.

    1.Do you only use Metasequioa for editing, or Blender too?

    2.Are you using the freeware version of Metasequioa?

    3.When you have to delete and remodel joints, how do you UV map the joint in Metasequioa?

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    • ninjatoes | April 20, 2010 at 18:38

      Most of the time I use Metasequoia to edit the 3D models for Pepakura Designer, and when I have to make something simple and quick from scratch, I use SketchUp; I never really used Blender, though… ;o)

      If you look at the comparison between the freeware and shareware version of Metasequoia (near the bottom of the page) you’ll see that the freeware version doesn’t have the UV editor, and that is what you need to edit the UV map for the textures…

      And even then, in the shareware version you need to uncheck “Basic mode” in the “File”-menu for it to show up in the command panel.

      Once you found it, you will see that the “UV-map” appears as a net/web on top of the texture. Of course you need to create a material first, assign it, map it…

      Although I’m afraid I don’t really have the time to write a complete Metasequoia tutorial here of course, a lot of things are easy enough to learn just by playing around with the program.

      And of course, if the help files you can download from the Metasequoia website don’t answer your questions, you can always try finding more tutorials online, they’re out there! ;o)

      Good luck and have fun!

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  411. Raven | April 20, 2010 at 00:13

    great site for papercrafts can i request a papercraft project??? my girlfriend want a tweety bird papercraft ^^

    Reply
  412. moreno | April 17, 2010 at 20:35

    Hi,
    your advanced wars papercraft are amazing!
    please now make the black hole recon.

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | April 18, 2010 at 10:10

      I will definately make a Black Hole Recon in the future (in fact, I’m planning to make all the units from Advance Wars, Black Hole Rising, and Dual Strike eventually! ;o) but my next release will be Sora from Kingdom Hearts 2, so it will have to wait I’m afraid…

      Reply
  413. Anonymous | April 17, 2010 at 02:06

    che nadie tiene las partes de sora del kingdom hearts

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | April 17, 2010 at 11:05

      Yeah, like so many ideas of mine, Sora has been on my to do-list ever since the game was released.

      But because I have so many ideas for paper models and only so much time, everytime I start a new project I have to make choices and keep pushing back a lot of nice ideas that I’d really like to do some day…

      This time, it will be my next papercraft model after I finish the Blue Hole Recon, though. ;o)

      Reply
  414. someone | April 9, 2010 at 14:07

    Yay you made more advance wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D blue moon rocks

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  415. jose kosta | April 8, 2010 at 16:49

    This is extraordinary. Congratulations.
    I’m from Portugal and I love making spaceships to fight stress.

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  416. Malekit | March 25, 2010 at 15:52

    Great site Ninja
    Thxs for Advance Wars models, i was looking for them ^^
    i hope u get more of Black Hole models’ series (º. ^)=lb

    Reply
  417. seo-yeong kim | March 23, 2010 at 10:25

    I like Simpson! I want make it. Because it looks so funny!!

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  418. Piotrek | March 22, 2010 at 14:20

    Hey Ninja

    I want to thank ya for Links models, they’r great :). I’m plannin to make one for meh friend :).

    And in future, I’d like to see here some Star Wars models ^^.

    Regards :)

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | March 22, 2010 at 18:39

      Thanks, I’m glad you like them and your friend will too! ;o)

      As for any future Star Wars models: yeah, it’s one of those subjects that I really want to do some day, it has a lot of nice spaceships and characters!

      If you did some searching already I’m sure you already found that there are lots of other people that made paper models from the Star Wars universe already, with more than enough models to keep you busy until I finally get around to it I think: link ;o)

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  419. Kuba from poland | March 20, 2010 at 23:27

    Hello ninja, please, creat model of final fantasy ;) or next big sword ;]

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | March 21, 2010 at 12:19

      Right now I’m working on Koume and Kotake from the Zelda series, and I haven’t decided yet on what model I’ll do after those.

      I will definately make more Final Fantasy models in the future, but I can’t promise you when, sorry…

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  420. Kupo | March 20, 2010 at 16:55

    I’ve been trying to design papercraft lately, however, most of the models ripped have intersecting faces. Since I can’t figure out Blender, what is the best way to remove intersecting faces in Metasequioa?

    Reply
    • ninjatoes | March 21, 2010 at 12:27

      I don’t really think there’s a “best way” to make a paper model, everybody has their own preference… ;o)

      There is a knife tool in Metasequoia that lets you cut the polygons any way you want, but if you just cut away the parts that are intersecting eachother, in most cases you will end up with a very difficult and weird connection…

      So what I usually do, is just replace the old intersecting connection, with an entirely new one, that won’t have a lot of weird, angled edges (like I did on Koume’s and Kotake’s shoulders just recently: link)

      But doing that is probably not really different in Metasequoia than it is in Blender or in any other 3D program: you really have to learn the basics of 3D modelling to be able to create new objects from scratch, and edit them etc…

      And of course that is much easier to learn by looking at the help files and tutorials, and playing around with the program of your choice practicing with it making simple things, then me trying to explain it in words here… ;o)

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  421. anomo | March 20, 2010 at 16:42

    what comes next ninja?

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  422. Aaron Mears | March 18, 2010 at 00:13

    I’ve mostly only been designing papercrafts lately and was wondering, how do you make your pdo’s into pdf’s?

    Reply
    • Nick | March 18, 2010 at 03:01

      use cutepdf. there are instructions on the Nintendopapercraft forum

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | March 18, 2010 at 11:15

      Like Nick said, You can use a “PDF printer” to do that. There are a lot of people that use CutePDF, but there are many more that you can download and install for free, each with their own features of course.

      It works very simple: if you want to save a document as a PDF, you click the print button as if you wanted to print it, and instead of your regular (real) printer, you select the virtual PDF printer. A “Save as…” box will pop up and ask you for a name and location to save the PDF file to.

      Reply
    • - | March 19, 2010 at 10:46

      i recommend pdfcreator

      Reply
  423. Filly Pulkinhatter | March 8, 2010 at 18:12

    Well sir, you know there is something that I’ve noticed that just flummoxes me, and it is the fact that nobody has made (to my knowledge) any Final Fantasy VIII papercraft. What a crime, I know! So I have a proposition for you. Either say “I must rectify this fault forthwith!” or tell me why modelers do not produce said papercraft. Are the files or textures of the FFVIII models too good for Pepukara? Can the 3D modeling programs handle their awesome power? Is the disc from which you fetch them so powerful that every time anyone has tried their computers have crashed from the force? If you read this I would like you to, um, respond.

    from your friend (I’m sure)

    Filly Pulkinhatter

    P.S. Do tell me: I am most eager to know, knowing nothing of such matters as model extraction.

    P.P.S You know, I’m sure, that a letter such as this should always end lamely. Such is tradition.

    P.P.P.S. Please don’t answer by saying, “Oh there is FF8 papercraft like the Leviathan and the Ragnarock
    Link http://www.papercraftmuseum.com/ff8-ragnarok/
    Link http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2007/09/leviathan-papercraft-final-fantasy-viii.html so I hope that helped ; )”
    I want some cool models, like maybe all the characters!

    P.S. etc. Man, I’m needy, aren’t I? Such is the pain of those with a Mac without Windows capabilities (or rather one who doesn’t bother to buy a program that can go into Windows).

    P.S. etc. etc. I’m 14

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    • ninjatoes | March 9, 2010 at 11:22

      Well, the Leviathan paper model is from a FFVIII papercraft book from Digicube (ISBN 4925075594) which actually has paper models of 5 of the Guardian Forces: Jumbo Cactuar, Carbuncle, Leviathan, Bahamut and Odin on his 6-legged horse Sleipnir.

      Chamoo232 made a Gunblade earlier, but I can’t seem to find it on her website anymore
      (http://www.freewebs.com/chamoo_papercrafts/) but I’m sure you can still find it somewhere online, and then there’s the Ragnarok from Urashiman (http://urashiman.kilu.de/site/gb-paper.html) that you already mentioned.

      Other than that, I don’t know why other people don’t make more FF8 models! ;o) I can only speak for myself of course: I simply have so many ideas, that I have to make choices which model I want to make next, and which will have to wait. But I’m a big Final Fantasy fan, and I really enjoyed playing FF8, so there are definately some FF8 models on my to do-list for the future! ;o)

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  424. . | March 7, 2010 at 15:28

    You should do a papercraft from Pixar’s Up. There aren’t really any good papercrafts out there from the movie and you could probably make a great one.

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    • ninjatoes | March 8, 2010 at 11:58

      I’m afraid that with all the ideas I already have, I can’t promise whether or not I will get around to making (a) paper model (s) from “Up”…

      There are a few official Disney simple boxhead style models like Carl and Russel and the house, and a bird and a more detailed version of the house at Paper Replika, but you probably already found those yourself…

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  425. Matt | March 3, 2010 at 22:47

    hey man, im an art student, always wanted to do one, finally am going to. any idea on what glue to use? i was considering a decoupage glue like modge podge (i think thats the brand). what would you recommend?

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    • Nick | March 3, 2010 at 23:06

      If you live in America, Get Aleenes Tackey Glue (brown bottle). It will probably be at most craft stores. It’s the #1 most recomended glue for papercrafts (look around) and it works great. You MUST use around 200gsm paper, or your models will be really weak, and the glue works better with thicker paper. If you live any where else I cant really help you.

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    • Kupo | March 4, 2010 at 00:07

      I would say any glue is better than school glue. Aleene’s Tacky Glue seems to be popular, though I’ve yet to try it.

      Cardstock isn’t a must, its just a matter of preference. I use coverstock for most models since it’s easier to manipulate, cheaper, and still maintains shape. I only use cardstock on the bigger, more hollow models.

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    • ninjatoes | March 4, 2010 at 10:53

      Well, I always use “Tesa hobbylijm” (or “Tesa All-Purpose glue” in English speaking countries) as you can see in most of the instructions for my models, and it works perfect for me!

      But as you can also see, other people like using different kinds of glues… ;o) Like most if not all of the materials and tools to use, it really is a personal choice. If you have good experience with other projects with modge podge and you think it might work well, then why not give it a go some time? ;o)

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  426. someone | March 3, 2010 at 22:12

    are you doing any more advance wars papercrafts

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  427. someone | February 25, 2010 at 21:57

    how do you hand design a papercraft

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    • ninjatoes | February 26, 2010 at 10:49

      The most important step is the same as with making a paper model using the computer: the first thing you need to do, is break down the complex shape of your model subject into seperate, simpler shapes.

      Then it’s up to your experience to be able to unfold those simpler shapes into 2D templates in your head, and draw them out by hand. Everybody can unfold shapes like cubes, cylinders and cones with a bit of math, and as you build more models of your own and made by others, you will start to understand how to unfold more complex shapes.

      But even so, it really is a lot of “trial and error”: just cutting out the parts you made, and really fold and glue them together to see if everything fits the way you imagined, and adjusting the parts if it doesn’t until it does! ;o)

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      • Russell | February 26, 2010 at 16:09

        I was thinking the same thing. I am working on building the Lara Croft wetsuit model, but I wanted to try and create my own character too.

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  428. Grayboye | February 24, 2010 at 04:19

    I have recently seen the movie “Avatar”(you can see whats coming)and now it has become clear to me …i must force you to make…the best papercraft in existence (aside from your other models). the best papercraft right now, would one of the Na’vi people, if it it already on your list, bump it up some. avatar has got some awards coming for it, and so would that papercraft, i know you would make the best version of the Na’vi people, so that’s why I’m asking you. I( and many many many other people) would greatly appreciate if you did this. (by force i mean ask u really nicely :D )

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    • ninjatoes | February 24, 2010 at 12:04

      Despite being a big sci-fi fan, I must admit I haven’t seen James Cameron’s Avatar yet (besides the hundreds and hundreds trailers and commercials of course, so I know what you’re talking about ;o)

      But I surely will, and who knows I will get inspired to make one of the Na’vi. But I can’t promise you anything, since rather than getting shorter, my “to do”-list is getting longer all the time… ;o)

      I’m sure you already know of the papercraft Scorpion Gunship model, which shows that other people are also working on papercraft Avatar models, but I don’t know of any Na’vi models yet…

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  429. anom | February 23, 2010 at 23:48

    what will the next advavce wars papercraft? be I love them!

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    • ninjatoes | February 24, 2010 at 11:43

      Thanks, I really enjoy making them. I don’t know for 100% sure which one I’ll do next, but maybe another Tank or a Recon unit. And I can’t promise you *when* I’ll make a new AW one yet…!

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  430. Vincent | February 23, 2010 at 22:57

    Hey, you should make a stop-motion with your papercrafts, I mean, for example, make 4 Links in many positions so it seems if he is walking, I know that needs a lot of time and money but that would be great.
    SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH

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    • Nick | February 24, 2010 at 01:24

      He probably wouldnt do that. but your english is good.

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | February 24, 2010 at 11:37

      I think if you use a very simple figure, so that you can easily adjust the arms and legs and such, you could make a pretty nice stop motion!

      But on my models, the parts all fit together for just that one pose the model is in, and you would have to re-make the shoulders and hips and knees and other joints for every pose, so yeah, that would take *a lot of time*… ;o)

      It would work best I think if you used a very simple box-shaped model for example, where you just glue the arms to the sides of the body; that way, you don’t have to build a new model for each pose, but you only have to adjust the arms/legs a bit.

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  431. Kupo | February 23, 2010 at 04:54

    As you may have noticed, I’ve started to hand-design papercrafts. I have a problem though. For the simpler models I make, I’m pretty sure they’ll wprk out so I don’t really need to testbuild. For the more complex ones, however, I’ll need to test them BEFORE scanning. I can test it out, but then I no longer have it in 2d format. How do you get past that obstacle?

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    • ninjatoes | February 23, 2010 at 10:00

      But I *do* scan them first before test building them! ;o)

      After drawing out all the parts in 2D but *before* tracing them with a black pen or colouring them, I scan the pencil version. That’s the version I then print and test build (link)

      For a test build, the colours don’t matter of course: a blank, white test build will also tell you whether the parts will fit together as you imagined or not.

      Make sure to build a print of the scan, and not the original hand drawn pencil version: that’s the one you can easily fix by hand again by erasing the pencil lines if there are any problems on the test build.

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  432. nick | February 21, 2010 at 16:12

    Where do you put your papercrafts when you finish them? I put mine in a big clump in my living room.

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  433. Steve | February 21, 2010 at 01:04

    You must make a Sephiroth eventually!

    My Cloud is so lonely atop his shelve.

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  434. Drragoon | February 16, 2010 at 01:48

    Have you ever thought of making any World of Warcraft paper models?
    I would definately make those considering i play WoW.

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    • ninjatoes | February 16, 2010 at 11:22

      I loved Warcraft III, but I never really got into World of Warcraft… It’s very famous though, and there are lots of nice looking models that I’d love to make some day, but it’s the same old story: so many ideas, so little time…

      So I can’t promise you if or when I will make a papercraft WoW model, sorry… (but I’m sure you already know PMF and Barbarian’s WoW papercraft site that can probably keep you busy for quite some time… ;o)

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      • Drragoon | February 16, 2010 at 17:15

        Yea I tried there yesterday but the files are in .rar format and I don’t know what program is used to open those.

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        • ninjatoes | February 16, 2010 at 19:08

          *.rar archives are the native file format of WinRar (which is free to try) and can also be opened by lots of other freeware tools, like 7-Zip.

          They’re just like ZIP-files, in that after you have downloaded them, you have to unrar the files inside the archive to open/print them.

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          • Drragoon | February 16, 2010 at 22:41

            Ok i tried it but the one i tried to do it comes with no instructions so im not gonna even try. Ill just go back to making the ganondorf model.

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            • ninjatoes | February 17, 2010 at 13:11

              A lot of people that make paper models with Pepakura Designer, often don’t make seperate instructions: with Pepakura Viewer you can view the 3D model and see which part goes where (if you’re not a Mac computer, that is… ;o)

              But as you get more experienced, you probably often won’t even need instructions anymore, except perhaps on the really difficult parts. So there’s only one solution really: build lots and lots papercraft models! ;o)

              Have fun building!

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  435. klove | February 15, 2010 at 00:41

    Your models are great. I especially like the Viper Mk.II, but I can’t get the parts to print properly without degrading the image. Do you have a different template for it that is sized for 8.5 X 11.00 paper?

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    • ninjatoes | February 15, 2010 at 10:13

      No, I’m afraid I don’t have letter-sized versions of my templates…

      If you want to print one of my models on US Letter paper, your printer program should automatically scale it correspondingly.

      Set the print margins as small as possible, and make sure it is scaling proportionally (meaning it scales the width the same percentage as the height) so squares don’t become rectangles, and circles don’t become ellipses.

      Because US Letter paper is a little less high than ISO A4 paper, the model will end up slightly smaller, but if you make sure the printer scales everything the same way, the parts should still all fit together. ;o)

      I hope this helps, have fun building!

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  436. Oli Gig | February 14, 2010 at 17:41

    Hey, ninjatoes, are you gonna do more n64 zelda models? i like scoring the folds on your models.
    Will you do some mario papercrafts too? i would build them all. Thanx

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    • ninjatoes | February 15, 2010 at 09:54

      I will definately make more N64 models in the future! From Zelda, and from other games.

      “Paper Mario” is a model that I’d also love to make some time. But I’m not sure yet if I’ll make the N64 version, or another one. ;o)

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  437. Wander | February 14, 2010 at 16:43

    Have you ever considered modeling one of the colossi from Shadow of the Colossus?

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    • ninjatoes | February 15, 2010 at 09:52

      I have, actually! ;o) But like a lot of models on my to do-list, I haven’t really looked into it much further than “hm, it might be nice to make one of those Colossi!” yet…

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  438. anomous | February 11, 2010 at 22:39

    First of all, you are great at this! I would like to know what the next advance wars papercraft will be?

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  439. random | February 10, 2010 at 20:13

    I want to know how to design my own papercraft. can you tell me?

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    • ninjatoes | February 11, 2010 at 10:54

      Well… yes and no, I guess. It’s kinda like chess: I can tell you the rules, but *you* have to get good at it by playing it a lot. ;o)

      I basically make my paper models either by hand (by breaking down the complete, complex shape of the subject into easier, seperate pieces, unfolding those in my head, then drawing them using a ruler and pencil, and then testing and adjusting them until they fit together correctly) or using the computer.

      For that, I use a tool called Pepakura Designer which can unfold digital 3D models into 2D layouts of the parts. So first, you need a digital 3D model. ;o)

      You can either make one from scratch yourself, find one made by somebody else online, or in some occasions, you can extract the 3D data from certain games so that you have something to start with.

      Of course, even if you have a ready-made 3D model to start with, it is very unlikely that it was created with papercraft in mind. So either way, you will also need a 3D modelling program to make your 3D model more suited for papercraft.

      That’s usually the most time consuming step of all. I think you could write a whole library full of books with tutorials on each of these steps, and still don’t cover everything. That’s why I think the most important thing I think, is to try it out and see if you like it! Papercraft can be a really time consuming hobby…

      I think you’ll learn much more from fooling around with the tools learning from your mistakes and striving to improve yourself than from somebody telling you exactly how he or she thinks it should be done. ;o)

      I can’t give you a full tutorial on the steps on how to create a papercraft model, but I made a weblog about my “works in progress” where I often try to explain why I do certain things a certain way, or what kind of things I think are worth paying extra attention to etc.

      But every paper model has its own peculiarities and in the end, I still believe building lots of papercraft models from other people and your own ones is the best way to learn how to make papercraft models yourself.

      And of course: have fun!

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      • Truffles | February 11, 2010 at 12:10

        Just wondering where/how do you find 3d models on the internet? I tried google-ing for one I wanted to make (Lou from Guitar Hero III) and couldn’t find anything helpful

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        • ninjatoes | February 11, 2010 at 14:16

          You have to bear in mind, that there’s simply not always a 3D model to be found (or a way to extract it from the game…)

          Googling really is the best way to go, I think. But often you will have to browse through hundreds of websites and forum posts to find what you’re looking for and of course, it’s always somewhere where you knew for for sure it wouldn’t be there so you didn’t bother looking… ;o)

          Most of the models and/or tools to extract them from the game, are made by fans, so you will often find them on fan forums – *if* they exist…

          I must admit that I don’t know where you could find a 3D model of Lou from Guitar Hero III, but of course I haven’t really looked for it…

          I wouldn’t give up after just a few tries, but it’s also true that if it ain’t there, you’re not gonna find it! ;o)

          Good luck on your search!

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  440. Rhaven Blaack | January 29, 2010 at 08:27

    Ninjatoe,
    You do fantastic work. I really like your model and your technique in design and constuction. I just downloaded the Viper MK-II (thank you BTW). I was wondering if you were going to make any other BSG (or other SCI-FI) model?
    Once again, thank you for these wonderful models and keep up the FANTASTIC work.

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    • ninjatoes | January 29, 2010 at 13:31

      Thank you for your kind words! ;o)

      I am a big scifi fan, so there are lots more scifi models on my to do-list!

      I can’t promise I will make all the ships in the fleet, but I will definately make some more Battlestar Galactica ships in the future!

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  441. anon | January 27, 2010 at 23:16

    Hey ninjatoes, how ’bout a Phineas and Ferb papercraft? (if you haven’t seen the show, do-best cartoon on tv right now [it’s the new animaniacs])

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  442. Kupo | January 26, 2010 at 23:18

    Hey Ninjatoes, I have a few questions:

    1. What’s the average number of pages you print using one ink cartridge?
    2.Is refilling ink cartridges more efficient than buying new ones? If so, how many refills before it starts to smudge?
    3.When I’m printing, whats the best quality setting to save on ink, but not destroy the quality.

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    • ninjatoes | January 27, 2010 at 11:53

      I’m afraid I can’t really give you any definitive answers to those questions, because there are so many variables…

      I don’t keep track of how many pages I can print with one cartridge, and sometimes you have to print a page crammed with parts, and sometimes there’s a lot of white on the page, so it doesn’t really tell you much anyway…

      I have one of those printers with different cartridges for the different colours, so that when one colour is empty, you only have to replace that one colour.

      So it may be that you have to replace one colour twice, while you’re still using the original cartridges for the other colours, but that depends on what you’re printing of course. But I get a lot of pages out of them, depending also on the printer settings of course.

      I usually use the “normal” setting on my printer (except for test builds obviously) but of course I can’t tell you what *you* think is the best setting! ;o) That is your own personal choice, maybe you should just try printing a page with only a few parts on the different settings to compare them.

      Personally, I’m not a big fan of refilled cartridges, I always buy the original cartridges meant for the printer I have. Often you can find value packs, and sometimes shops give you a discount when you bring them your old cartridges for recycling, but in the end it’s your own choice again; if you use a lot of ink, it can get pretty expensive pretty fast…

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  443. Anonymous | January 26, 2010 at 10:42

    c’mon ninjatoes Cloud’s been waiting for Sephiroth for 10 months now and im telling you he’s not very happy, if you start making him now then you may finish him before Cloud’s BirthDay.:P

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    • ninjatoes | January 27, 2010 at 11:33

      Haha I’m not sure if Cloud really wants Sephiroth to come to his birthday party…

      I really don’t know when I will make Sephiroth or any other FF/KH model for that matter, it also depends on how busy I am, because those models require a lot of work, so sometimes I like to make an easier one and save those for when I have more spare time… ;o)

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  444. Kupo | January 24, 2010 at 02:27

    Woh, there was something really wrong with the spaces in my last post.

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  445. Kupo | January 24, 2010 at 02:26

    How do you figure out how the movements work for your advance wars models?They are all really amazing, especially the neotanks.:)

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    • ninjatoes | January 24, 2010 at 10:57

      Haha figuring out how to make something rotate really wasn’t that hard… The “dancing legs” for the Neotanks might be a bit harder, but it’s really just a matter of imagining how all the forces and movements work when you move one part.

      There isn’t really a special trick for that, other than paying attention in school in math class and physics I guess… ;o)

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  446. Kupo | January 21, 2010 at 23:56

    If you still want to learn about paper weight conversion, you might want to check this out:
    Click me!

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    • ninjatoes | January 22, 2010 at 10:02

      Yeah, because the lbs system uses so many variables (and different ones from the ISO system) it makes conversion between the two very confusing…

      But if you want my advice: don’t go wasting your time hunting down that one specific gsm paper weight in lbs form.

      Check your regular paper sources to see if they can help you get thicker paper, and if it works for you, don’t worry too much if it turns out it isn’t exactly the gsm you hoped for. ;o)

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  447. Anonymous | January 19, 2010 at 13:17

    Hello, Im just wondering, can you make a steath for ordon sword? (the one of your zora armor link model) because it hasnt :(
    thanks

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2010 at 20:11

      Haha I actually did put that on my to do-list even though I made ZaL without the sheath at first, but I’m afraid I’ve been busy with so many things and other paper models…

      I will have to see if I can find the specific file for it, and I will probably end up doing it “in between” bigger models, but I can’t promise you any exact date, sorry…!

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  448. 17cheese14 | January 19, 2010 at 00:06

    Hi ninjatoes! I was trying to download Metasequoia and I was successful other than the fact that everything was displayed in Japanese. So I had to choose between
    A- learning japanese, or
    B- translate everything as I see it
    And so I chose C- ask ninjatoes how he did it (for obvious reasons) So by now you should know my question but I’ll say it anyways. How do you get metasequoia’s display language to be English?

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2010 at 10:30

      It has been a long time, but I seem to remember that the version I have simply installed in English without me needing to change it afterwards… I can tell you how I can change the language from English to Japanese in my version, so hopefully you can use the same steps to change it from Japanese to English. ;o)

      In the File menu (like always, that’s the first menu button on the left on the menubar) there’s a configuration menu (it’s the 8th option from the top, just below the DOGA-L option). If you click it, a configuration box will pop up, and at the very top, you will see a language option. Yours will say Japanese, but from the pull down menu you should be able to select English.

      You will need to close and restart Metasequoia for the change to take effect, and then everything (almost everything, except for a few things that aren’t translated) should be in English.

      If it doesn’t work, see if you have an “English” folder in your Metasequoia Program Files folder (in the Data folder). If it isn’t there, you downloaded a version without English translations…

      I hope this helps!

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  449. Anonymous | January 10, 2010 at 20:17

    hey im a huge fan
    i wanna ask you some questions
    1.when did you start papercrafting.
    2.wich was the first model that you build( not from your colection)
    3 which was the first papercraft that you made (from your colection)

    its ok if you dont ask all of them

    Thanks :)

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    • ninjatoes | January 11, 2010 at 13:01

      1. The first time I made a papercraft from the internet and started to do it all the time as a hobby was in 2002.

      2. Being a sciencefiction fan, some of the first models from the internet that I built were R2-D2 from Cut ‘n’Paste Sci-fi and some of the Star Wars models from SF Movie Paper Craft Gallery. I’m a big sciencefiction fan, so I loved being able to make those robots and spaceships out of paper!

      3. The first paper model I made myself was the Samurai Pizza Cats Pizza Parlour. Because I didn’t know how to make papercraft models with the computer back then, I simply made it by hand (which I still do sometimes, just because it’s fun ;o)

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  450. Anonymous | January 10, 2010 at 20:01

    hey im the guy form the zapper coment ( the boxes) i forgot to tell you if you could send them to my mail (that i already put) and its the grey version (dont know if theres a diference) and sorry for bad spelling.

    :)

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  451. Anonymous | January 10, 2010 at 19:57

    hey im a big fan, i was wondering i you could please send me just the little boxes (parts 20-28) from the nintendo zapper i didnt put them right and i took them off(luckily whitout tearing the whole model :P) and i want to print them again but its two pages(and a lot of ink :( ) so please help me!!!

    ps. if it helps to convince you this months my birthday :D

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    • Nick | January 11, 2010 at 03:31

      I’m not ninjatoes, but I know he probably couldnt do that for you. Messing up a craft is frustrating, expecially 9 peices. 2 pages isnt as much as you would think, though. I printed King of Red lions and it used barely any ink. eventually 5 pages will seem like nothing( I’m doing life size link) so dont worry about ink. Those parts do get repetitive, so just do 1 or 2 a day and it wont seem like that much.Hope that helped.

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    • ninjatoes | January 11, 2010 at 12:53

      I can’t send them to you all assembled by regular snail mail, but I don’t think that’s what you mean right? ;o)

      One of the nice things about “digital” papercraft is that you can always print new parts if you mess up. Sometimes it’s bad luck if the parts you mess up are on two seperate pages, and usually you also have to print a lot of parts you didn’t need…

      The NES Zapper comes in Jpeg format though, that you can easily open in any image editor. Then you can cut off the parts you don’t need, and paste the parts you do need on the same page and save it as a new file. When you print it, make sure it’s the same scale as the old parts! ;o)

      (you can do the same with PDF files of course, but you need a somewhat more sophisticated image editor like Gimp or Photoshop that can open PDF files – or your print screen button and some math/trial and error to get the right size ;o)

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  452. Robbie | January 8, 2010 at 11:24

    Hey, do you accept request on your papercraft?

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    • Truffles | January 8, 2010 at 11:56

      Well he takes suggestions, but really he just does what he feels like making. Say for example about 20 or so people (I’m not keeping count or anything) have all said ‘Make a Sora model’ and he’s going to one day (so he says) but he’s made several other models since those requests started coming in.

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    • ninjatoes | January 8, 2010 at 19:08

      Well, since papercraft is just a hobby of mine and I already have so many ideas of my own that I would like to paperfy some day, I just don’t really have the time to do other people’s ideas as they request them as well I’m afraid…

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      • robobbiebob | January 9, 2010 at 16:03

        Oh ok, its alright ill keep looking on your site to see if theres anything new.

        awesome site by the way.

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        • Nick | January 10, 2010 at 15:45

          you can check on his blog(top right of page) to check for progress on models and new releases. He releases only about two or three a month.

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          • ninjatoes | January 10, 2010 at 16:11

            Well to be honest, I don’t have a set goal of 2 or 3 models a month, I just release them as I finish them. ;o)

            So sometimes that’s a couple of models a month, sometimes just 1…

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  453. Faris | January 7, 2010 at 17:05

    Hi, Ninjatoes! I want to say thank you very much for your posting in Stella Lune’s blogspot. As I saw these stuff the night before yesterday, I can’t help but searching anything about these paper craft things until afternoon….

    Your creations were fabulous that made me fell in love at first glance! Especially those trio T-Rexes from Tomb Raider series ;-) . They really were identical with the game version.

    Hence, since yesterday, I can’t stop making Yamaha YZR paper craft model (white) from the link you gave. Really eager to finish it at all. I’m looking forward to finish it and make another stuff.

    Thank’s a lot for your inspiration. You are truly a living legend!

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    • ninjatoes | January 8, 2010 at 11:18

      Hi there, and thank you for your kind words… ;o)

      When Stella asked me to write a piece for her weblog, how could I say no? Her strategy and walkthrough site is still one of my favorite Tomb Raider sites!

      I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying your new papercraft hobby, Yamaha has lots of papercraft bikes ranging from relatively easy to build to very detailed and difficult, so you won’t need to be bored for quite some time I think! ;o)

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  454. Mauvage | January 5, 2010 at 08:21

    Thanks a lot for yours answers I find tue link on http://www.maquettes-papier.net
    I would make a supergirl
    Bye

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  455. ADWFAN | January 5, 2010 at 05:00

    Any chance youll make a model on Black Hole’s Oozium 238

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  456. Mauvage | January 3, 2010 at 17:41

    Thanks for the answer!!!
    I would test pepakura designer. But Have you some URL or Adresse of website who i can have some woman (manga or other ) in 3D for exemple to have an idea.
    http://moekami.hp.infoseek.co.jp/main/toukou/toukou054.jpg for exemple!!! I can’t find the file to download the PDO or otuher type file to make this one.
    Thanks and have a good day

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    • Nick | January 4, 2010 at 00:28

      I’d just like to say that designing was very hard for me. You will have to do tons of research from the nintendopapercraft forum to find all the right programs. It’s alot but it will be possible if you keep trying. good luck

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    • ninjatoes | January 4, 2010 at 11:14

      I think Moekami’s models are only available for a limited time on his website. For the models that are available right now, the download links are clearly displayed at the top of the model’s page.

      The Sitagi one in your picture doesn’t seem to be available as a direct download anymore, but maybe you can contact him to ask if he would be willing to send it to you?

      As to where you could find a 3D model of a female, there are really lots of places! Ranging from pretty simple models, to very detailed models.

      Not all of them will be free to download of course, so when you search for one on Google image search or another search engine, you will have to check the sites one by one to see if the files are available or not…

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  457. Mauvage | January 3, 2010 at 10:25

    Hello,
    I’m a french man and i want to make papercraft of the WINX. Have you a solution for me!!!
    Your models are very very beautyfull and coool
    Thanks a lot
    Chris

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    • ninjatoes | January 3, 2010 at 11:11

      You mean the Winx Club cartoon? For my characters models, I usually start out with a 3D model of that character. You can either make it yourself, try to find one on the internet, or try to find a way to extract it from one of the games.

      Using that as a guide (because a 3D model from the internet or a videogame won’t be made with papercraft in mind…) you have to rebuild/edit it so that it won’t be too difficult to build in paper form.

      Once that is done, you can use Pepakura Designer to unfold the 3D model into parts that you can print to build your papercraft model.

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  458. Anonymous | December 31, 2009 at 14:47

    plz make a kh sephiroth or kh2 sora this time plz plz plz!!!!…

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  459. yen | December 30, 2009 at 22:09

    you will have no excuse for any trooper star wars? I like one, please

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  460. Anonymous | December 30, 2009 at 07:01

    why don’t u take people in ur team, teach them papercrafting and make a group, ninjatoes so that you can finish your to-do-list fast??

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    • Equally Anonymous | December 30, 2009 at 07:12

      Probably because the reason he does this is because he finds the designing process enjoyable and he’s not about to shove off the work onto others so that the models he wants to make himself can be completed faster and worse. It’s not like others are forbidden from doing models on his to-do list, why do other people need to be part of a “ninjatoes team” to create models ninjatoes wants to make?

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    • ninjatoes | December 30, 2009 at 10:56

      What ^he said, for a part at least. ;o)

      For me it’s not just a race to make as many models as possible, or to complete a series of particular models, but to make those models that I really love myself.

      And yes, it’s also working with the 3D to (hopefully) make the paper model more fun to build that’s part of the fun for me. ;o)

      There are a lot of personal choices to be made when making a papercraft model, and everybody will add their own touch (or at least they should!) to their own models, and that’s exactly why I like making them so much!

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  461. Guest | December 28, 2009 at 20:00

    What about make Link from Oracle of ages/seasons?

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    • ninjatoes | December 29, 2009 at 09:57

      They’re all very good ideas, but right now I’m working on finishing Lara Croft in her Tomb Raider Underworld wetsuit, and after that, I’ll make a new sci-fi model, and after that…? I don’t know yet! ;o)

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  462. lar | December 28, 2009 at 00:20

    do you rip your kingdom hearts models or is there a different way you do it

    P.S please please please please please please please please please please please please make a sora model (please)

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    • ninjatoes | December 28, 2009 at 11:09

      On most of my videogame models, including the KH ones, I do start off with the original game models. Sora is definately on my to do list, but there’s really no telling when I will get around to making him yet, sorry…

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  463. Iulya13 | December 27, 2009 at 14:49

    Have you ever watched Supernatural? It’s a great show and I am a big fan; that’s why I would like to build the characters’ models. But I don’t know how to make the pages with the parts on the computer. Can you help me? Thanks.
    PS:I’ve already done the Lara Croft legend papercraft and I’m really proud of it!

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    • ninjatoes | December 28, 2009 at 11:07

      I must admit that I only watch it every once in a while… ;o)

      I can’t promise that with all the other papercraft ideas I have I can make a Supernatural model, but maybe other papercrafters are bigger fans of the show than I am and then I’m sure they will make a few!

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  464. Anonymous | December 25, 2009 at 15:16

    Please make naruto papercraftz!!!

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  465. Marie | December 23, 2009 at 20:10

    Now, I’ve made Fierce Deity Link, Ooc Ganon, Wolf Link, and Midna from your very fine and extensive collection. Over that time I’ve come to appreciate the brilliance in your patterns – the decisions you have to make in order for the pattern to be accessible and accurate, etc. However! I’m in the middle of the King of Red Lions model, and wondering how it is that -this- was the best way to make the front teeth. So I wondered if you’d share that bit of the process – it’s always fascinating to hear about those things from you!

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    • ninjatoes | December 24, 2009 at 12:01

      To be honest, I don’t know if it *is* the best way to make the front teeth; it’s just *a* way. ;o)

      At the time, it was my first really more or less complex model, and I kept everything as close to the original game model as possible, because I liked that look so much!

      But as a result, some parts ended up being pretty difficult to make (you’ll find out when you get to the eyebrows: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/554265800XXjjxz?start=11 … ;o)

      For the front teeth, I broke them down into basically two U-shapes, one upper and one lower section.

      I didn’t give the lower section a “bottom”, because you can simply glue it to the lower jaw to hold its shape. But for upper section, I added a “top” so it would keep the right “U-shape”.

      I often find it easier to build the pieces in seperate parts, so that’s why I made the “backside” of the teeth as two seperate strips. But a lot of that is just personal preference, and other people prefer to have as few parts as possible, or just want to keep everything that belongs together, connected together.

      I hope that answers your question!

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  466. randomdude | December 22, 2009 at 21:00

    Hey, ive been trying to download your latest zelda papercraft, twilight princess link, but when I click on any of the 3 links, it just goes to a blank page. What gives?

    actually, its with ALL your papercrafts! WTF D=

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    • ninjatoes | December 23, 2009 at 09:12

      I’m afraid I don’t know what the problem might be; I didn’t change anything, so all the links should be working as usual as far as I know.

      Try clearing your cache and temporary internet files and then close your browser window(s).

      Restart your browser, and then try downloading the files again, and hopefully your problem should be solved.

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    • Aaron Mears | December 23, 2009 at 18:01

      Are you giving them time to load? Because that’s been a problem with mine.

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  467. Zach | December 22, 2009 at 02:45

    Could you make a fire suit link?

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  468. Guest | December 21, 2009 at 23:02

    From what do you think make your next model? Kingdom Hearts?

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  469. Anonymous | December 20, 2009 at 17:53

    the statcounter says 1449977

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    • ninjatoes | December 21, 2009 at 09:49

      The Statcounter at the bottom isn’t really accurate anymore since I changed to WordPress a little over a year ago, but I’ve had it for so long, that I just couldn’t let it go… ;o)

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  470. Anon | December 20, 2009 at 00:09

    Have you ever considered making another Wind Waker model? I’d love to build Link’s grandma or even the king of hyule.

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  471. Patrick | December 19, 2009 at 22:19

    Dude, I usually love your models and already have built three of them. I have waited a long time for someone to publish a good TP-Link model. Yours is fine, except for the face. It is just not… Link-like, I dunno. try to make the face a little more slim and look if you can get some of the original textures from the game – your ZaL for instance is just great, and he stands next to me watching while I type :)

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    • ninjatoes | December 20, 2009 at 11:56

      Unfortunately it’s impossible for me to create a model that looks perfect for everybody of course… ;o)

      But the faces from ZaL and HoL are actually about the same width, at least in the 3D (I used the original head and ZaL’s head as a guide to make sure of that ;o)

      Maybe it’s the hair or the ears that ZaL doesn’t have that makes it look like that one is thinner…? And of course the noses are completely different, which also makes it hard to compare them properly.

      But at any rate, don’t forget that it’s just paper, and that you can shape it to make it look more like you want (Toni actually did a complete face transplant (ouch, that must have hurt; kinda reminded me of “Face/Off” ;o) for example)

      You could try pressing the sides together if you want to make it look a bit slimmer, and maybe cut the slits on the back of the cap (where you need to put in the glueing tabs on the back of the head) a little closer together. I’m afraid I can’t make seperate heads for everybody, but maybe that way you can shape the head a little more to the way you like if you decide to build it.

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  472. Anonymous | December 19, 2009 at 16:20

    it would have been better if u made a sheath for ZaL , you know the brown one…

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    • ninjatoes | December 20, 2009 at 11:34

      I always intended to have ZaL holding his sword in his hand, so I didn’t bother making him a sheath.

      Maybe I will make one as a small side project for him some time, but not right now.

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  473. Toni | December 18, 2009 at 18:46

    When i´m ready with HoL (what will be really soon ;-P) i want to built howls moving castle. But not the flying one, i mean the “walking”-version.

    It looks really nice and seems to be a very challenging model.

    Any ideas where i can get this? Im just found the flying-version =/

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    • ninjatoes | December 18, 2009 at 19:29

      The flying version was a free version from the japanese Epson site a few years back, and although the original link is dead now (link), as such, many people have saved it and you can still find it relatively easily on the internet nowadays.

      The more detailed, walking version, is actually from a papercraft book (ISBN: 978-4063646078, link) with the parts already printed, instead of a download on the internet (although most people are smart enough to scan the pages instead of destroying their precious and expensive book. ;o)

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  475. obnoxious orc | December 15, 2009 at 01:14

    Dude, your models are amazing! I really like your Zelda models. I’ve built Fierce Deity Link and are working on the Twilight Hero. I think that the next one you should make is Zora Link, from Majora’s Mask. He’s really cool!

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  476. mute | December 14, 2009 at 05:09

    You’re simplification of ZAL and HoT is amazing! Such a style could produce a very nice Sora…

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  477. Mjolnir | December 14, 2009 at 01:55

    So I’m interested in making papercraft. More specifically, hand-made papercraft. But, I’ve come across a slight hitch in my very short papercrafting career:
    If I make a piece, fold it up and glue it to see if it’ll work and all, I no longer have that piece in flat form… So I can’t reproduce it if it does work. Do/how do you circumnavigate this problem when you make yours?

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    • Anon | December 14, 2009 at 05:07

      If you’re trying to make scratch builds, the best way to do it is to create your own 3D model from scratch in a 3D editing program such as blender, meta, or google sketchup. Then put your model into pepakura. If you’re dead set on making it without a computer (and I would suggest not to not use a computer), you could trace it…

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    • ninjatoes | December 14, 2009 at 17:56

      When I have to make simple shapes like cubes or other rectangular shapes, I usually have enough confidence to draw them out right away, but when I have to make curved, or more complex shapes, I do try them out first to see if they fit.

      I guess the trick is not to use glue, but tape (link and link ;o)

      After drawing and cutting out the general shape, I fold it, holding it together with tape, and tape it to the rest of the model. Then I can work out how much I need to trim it, or where I need to make extra cut to be able to curve it more and things like that.

      Then, because of the tape, I can easily disassemble everything again to lay it flat, so I can trace it with a pencil to get a piece that will fit.

      To make a papercraft model by hand, you will probably have to test everything multiple times, trimming the pieces, shaping them, and you will probably end up drawing out the same pieces over and over again, with only very small differences.

      But I think it’s worth it, it’s kinda like scratchbuilding, only you have to keep a “master copy” that acts as your backup.

      I usually end up with two versions in the end: one where all the pieces constantly change until they’re just right, held together with tape, that I use to see if the shapes are right in 3D when they’re assembled, and one drawn neatly with pencil, traced from the parts that I already checked.

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  478. Gipi | December 13, 2009 at 23:57

    Hey! Are you gonna make models from the new Star Trek? It would be nice!

    I like this website really much and the models in it. Keep up the good work!

    Gipi

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    • ninjatoes | December 14, 2009 at 17:58

      I have really been neglecting my Star Trek series lately, haven’t I…? ;o)

      I want to do many more Star Trek models in the future, ships and characters, but to be honest, I’m also thinking of another sci-fi model…

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  479. Uzay2000 | December 12, 2009 at 22:02

    How about making Gordon Freeman for Half-Life 1? he has a 3D model in the games, it’s when you put thirdperson in the console.

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  480. Guest | December 12, 2009 at 13:02

    Please, make someday Luffy :)

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    • ninjatoes | December 13, 2009 at 12:20

      Haha I love One Piece, so I will definately make some of the characters some day,but if you don’t want to wait that long, Kamiasobi made the entire crew already and although there are no download links anymore, maybe he is willing to send them to you if you ask him, or you can find them somewhere else?

      The same goes for a more detailed Luffy made by Yobee; not available anymore, so you’d have to ask the creator or find an alternative download source…

      And I’m sure you can recognize boxhead Luffy, Sanji and Usopp on Shozy’s page? ;o)

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  481. justin | December 8, 2009 at 00:47

    hi on youtube there is a person called anthonyle247 and he uses a material called high impact urethane plastic and he will not tell me where or how to get it if you could help me that would be perfect

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    • ninjatoes | December 8, 2009 at 13:39

      I don’t really know a lot about plastics, but I do know that a lot of people enjoy making “garage kits” (resin kits); you have to make a mold, and then you can cast the part/figurine in liquid polyurethane resin (a form of plastic) which you can get in some hobby stores.

      Maybe “high impact urethane plastic” is something like that, or he just wanted to stay in character. ;o)

      In any case, the best source for imformation is the guy himself of course, and if he is really reluctant to help you out, a quick look around reveals that he has posted his costumes on a lot of specialized forums, maybe some people there can help you along better than I can? ;o)

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  482. Anon | December 2, 2009 at 23:59

    The snow is a nice touch.

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  483. Anonymous | December 1, 2009 at 14:33

    why is there a naruto link in your links category?

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    • ninjatoes | December 1, 2009 at 15:42

      In the “misc links” section here on my website, I put all the links to the series that I made my papercraft models from. So yeah, I’ve been planning to make one or more Naruto models for ages now already, but other models keep interfering… ;o)

      If you’re looking for papercraft links btw, they’re on my weblog here (some of them are very old though, so some of them might be dead…) there are some Naruto ones, and you can also find some here.

      Have fun building!

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  484. shuklaayush | December 1, 2009 at 13:28

    hi ninjatoes,
    thx for the comments and all . i have fixed all the things but i cant seem to fix the elbow and the armpits (im a noob at 3d editing) do u hav any suggesionz to fix it.
    i use 3ds max because i cant seem to understand metasequoia.

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    • ninjatoes | December 1, 2009 at 15:30

      I’m afraid the only real way to fix it is to remodel the parts in a 3D program so they don’t intersect anymore, because no matter how you unfold it in Pepakura Designer, once you try to build it in paper, it’s just physically impossible to push on piece of paper through the other without cutting it apart. ;o)

      That’s also the only other solution I can think of: you could leave everything as it is, and then when you actually build it out of paper, you can try and fix the parts when you get to them, meaning you cut off the parts and create new glueing tabs where you need them.

      Of course it’s easy to cut off *too* much, so if you try this method, only cut off the minimum you think you need to cut off at first! ;o)

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  485. Anonymous | November 30, 2009 at 03:33

    just wanna know whats HoL?

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  486. 17cheese14 | November 29, 2009 at 17:48

    To give more space for writing without having it really tight. This is a continuation of my comment below. I also have one Shoulder pad done.

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    • ninjatoes | November 29, 2009 at 18:37

      It depends a lot on how fast you can build, but judging from the test build, I hope to release HoL within the next two and a half weeks or so.

      But even if your Samus isn’t finished yet, you don’t have to rush of course, HoL will wait for you. ;o)

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      • Nick | November 30, 2009 at 02:20

        hey 17cheese14, I built Samus and their is a glitch in the leg so they both dont fit to the body. just giving you a warning because it kills the balance

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  487. 22point8 | November 29, 2009 at 14:59

    Hey I thought of some models that would be really good, Power Rangers.
    More specifically the Zords from MMPR season 1 – 3 and Zeo.

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  488. Anonymous | November 28, 2009 at 12:07

    after this Link model can you please make Kingdom Hearts Sephiroth or Sora
    Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!Please!!!

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    • ninjatoes | November 28, 2009 at 12:16

      Although there are many more Kingdom Hearts model that I’d really like to make (including Sora and Sephiroth) they take a long time to make and I really want to do a simpler one when Link is finally finished. So I’m afraid they will have to wait, sorry…

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      • 17cheese14 | November 29, 2009 at 06:27

        Suggestion: You can make something simple from Metroid. Maybe the nameskae: a Metroid!

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        • ninjatoes | November 29, 2009 at 10:33

          Yeah, there are many les complex models I could make after Link, but I want to focus on finishing that one first of course. ;o)

          (btw, if you want to build a Metroid now, there’s one at Nintendopapercrafts ;o)

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          • 17cheese14 | November 29, 2009 at 17:46

            I already have my hands full with Gollum999’s Samus and I might not be done with that for a long time. I don’t need to make a Metroid now. Plus, you can do a lot better than that. (Now for a random question: IF I have Samus’s body, arm cannon, and one leg made in this huge craft, could I finish before you release HoL?)

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  489. shuklaayush | November 26, 2009 at 09:13

    C’mon im tryin & tryin but i cant even make a papercraft :( :( :(
    I need some HELP
    Can some one give me a detailed tutorial on how to edit models
    OR anyone who is good at editing a 3d model (& texturing) want to help me out?

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    • ninjatoes | November 26, 2009 at 11:53

      How to edit and texture a 3D model depends on the 3D program you’re using… If you search for tutorials for it in a search engine, I am sure you can find lots and lots tutorials and forums where people can help you!

      And how to edit models in such a way that they will make the paper model more fun to build, that’s also very personal… Everybody has his or own ideas about that, and most of it comes from experience.

      After building lots and lots of papercraft models made by other people, and making some yourself, you will start to see things that you would have done differently, so you can keep things like that in mind for when you make your next model! ;o)

      But one thing you shouldn’t do, is look for “the best way to make a papercraft arm!” for example, because there is no best way!

      Not only is each model different, but also every person who builds it will have their own opinion about it. ;o)

      Don’t worry about messing up, it takes a lot of time to make a good papercraft model; and even then there will always be room for improvement, but that’s a good way to learn. ;o)

      Good luck and have fun!

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  490. Monkey X | November 25, 2009 at 15:26

    I tracked ya down ninjatoes! ^^
    Awesome stuff!

    – T.

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  491. Llamadragon | November 24, 2009 at 13:56

    Hi Ninjatoes! I love your website and the models. Great work on all of them :)
    Anyway, I have a problem when it comes to building certain models. (It’s not a problem with the models themselves). I have trouble building cones and spikes, like on Majora’s Mask. Is there an easy way to get them right? Because after building around 95 models I still have problems with them.

    Thanks,
    Llamadragon

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    • ninjatoes | November 24, 2009 at 14:55

      The spikes for Majora’s Mask and Cloud’s hair for example have sharp edges, so they need to be folded.

      To be able to fold even small parts nice and crisp, you have to “score” the fold lines. That means taking a blunt tool and kinda “scratch” the fold lines (if you are using thick paper, you can even cut the thin upper layer of the paper; but not completely through of course!)

      The harder/deeper you “scratch” the fold line, the sharper you can make the fold, even on small parts.

      On smooth cones, I find it easiest to first bend them around a toothpick, to take the tension out of the paper (pre-shaping the part). I made a small video tutorial myself about this on Youtube and Yamaha also has a nice papercraft tutorial showing you the basic techniques such as scoring and pre-shaping (they simply call it curving) over here.

      And of course, the most important thing is to take your time to get it to look as good as you want! ;o)

      I hope this helps, have fun building!

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    • Nick | November 24, 2009 at 14:55

      Just go to his blog (on the top right of this page) and scroll down to where their will be a section named Labels on the right. near the very bottom of all these their will be link that says tutorials. click on it, then scroll down untill you see a video called “making small paper cylinders”. or just go on his youtube account and look it up their. I hope that helped.

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  492. Jouzu | November 20, 2009 at 21:11

    Hi ninjatoes. i am working on a FFX-2 Yuna project right now. i want to tell as much papercrafter as possible out there that i do so if you are interested please visit my blog :) i am happy about every comment.

    jouzumania.blogspot.com

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  493. shuklaayush | November 20, 2009 at 05:24

    hey ninjatoes im tryin to make papercrafts but i cant understand what to do in the editing stage?
    can u plz tell me how to edit a model?? or maybe post a link

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    • ninjatoes | November 20, 2009 at 13:41

      In the editing stage, you try to unfold the model in your mind.

      From experience (building a lot of papercraft models, and trying yourself) you will see parts that will probably be too difficult to make, or that can be made, but only with a lot of trouble…

      In the editing stage, you have to change or even remake those parts in a way that you think they will be much more fun to build. ;o)

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  494. KC | November 16, 2009 at 05:49

    because you made zora armour link and are making hero clothes link, are you going to make Magic armour link too?

    btw great site :)

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  495. A1dan | November 15, 2009 at 09:17

    I love it how in the Wolf Link model you make those lines on the outside edge which indicate where there’s a vertex. How do you add these, either in Pepakura or Photoshop?

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    • ninjatoes | November 15, 2009 at 10:09

      That was just hard work adding them one by one in Photoshop, I’m afraid… ;o)

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      • A1dan | November 15, 2009 at 10:47

        Bye eye? Hmm, that still leaves room for human error, but that’s ok. Thanks for the reply.

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        • ninjatoes | November 15, 2009 at 11:27

          You can add them pretty accurately actually.

          In Photoshop you can create seperate layers on top of eachother, so what I did was make the template with fold lines first, and then on a seperate layer on top of that, I added the “extension lines” for the no-lines version.

          That way, you can just create a straight line on top of the fold lines from Pepakura Designer and delete the middle part (that is over the part) so you only end up with the extensions. That way, you can be sure they’re in the right place. ;o)

          Then I copy/pasted the template without fold lines onto another layer (underneath the layer with the lines) and aligned it with the template with fold lines. That’s easy to do by setting the opacity of that layer to 50% or something like that, so it is kinda “see through” (don’t forget to set it back to 100% before saving though! ;o)

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  496. Zade | November 10, 2009 at 01:34

    i have an interest of modeling 3d models from previous 3d games. What program do you use for editing the 3d model? Thanks

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  497. Dillon | November 9, 2009 at 00:00

    I have a quick question. What kind of paper do you use in your work?

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    • Truffles | November 9, 2009 at 06:29

      He uses 200 gsm cardstock, but what you use is all up to you. For example I use regular paper for papercrafting and my models turn out fine, but it’s really all about whatever you’re comfortable with.

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    • ninjatoes | November 9, 2009 at 11:26

      Yep, like Truffles says, I always use 200 gsm (grams per square meter) paper, but no special photographic or glossy paper.

      Any shop that sells regular printer paper should be able to order thicker paper for you if they don’t already carry it, but if you feel it’s too much of a hassle or will be too expensive, you could simply use a paper weight that *is* readily available to you of course.

      Using thicker paper makes your model sturdier when it’s built, and personally I also find it easier to handle whilst building it, but it’s really just a personal preference, like all tools. ;o)

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  498. Greninho | November 8, 2009 at 14:01

    No problem ‘-‘/ and Thanks *–*
    Ah, do you have the 3D model of the link (or/and Zelda?) from Super Smash Bros Meele? I tried Ripper with 3D ripper DX but my Computer is very old _._ And i cann’t run Dolphin ._.’
    And thanks again *—* Your blog is amazing!

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    • ninjatoes | November 9, 2009 at 11:35

      Because I finished Melee:Link so long ago already, I didn’t need the 3D model anymore, so I didn’t save it… And I didn’t extract princess Zelda’s model yet because I haven’t started on her yet. ;o)

      But Dolphin+3D Ripper DX is how I got Link’s model. But you’re right, Dolphin runs very… very… slow… on my computer as well. ;o) There are several different versions of Dolphin, and with some versions and settings you have more luck on your computer than with others, and it also depends on the game of course.

      Papercraft takes a lot of effort and patience, even when just trying to get the 3D models to get started… ;o)

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  499. Greninho | November 8, 2009 at 04:36

    Ah, the Princess Zelda of Ocarina of Time @_@ sorry for the double post.

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    • ninjatoes | November 8, 2009 at 11:08

      I know that Icthus7 (the same person that made the Christmas Zelda you’re talking about) made an adult Zelda model some time ago, but I think it was only made for a friend of his…

      I do want to make an adult Zelda myself (both from Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess actually) but I can’t promise you when I will get around to it I’m afraid, because I simply don’t even know myself yet… ;o)

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  500. Greninho | November 8, 2009 at 04:34

    >_<' Do you have Adult Zelda? (like the Offial Artwork, nothing of christmas Zelda) I never found it ._./

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  501. Anonymous | November 5, 2009 at 05:50

    thanks for the anwser truffles
    i wanted to know cause the advance wars look so awsome

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    • ninjatoes | November 5, 2009 at 09:33

      Thanks, I really like making them by hand, so I’m glad to hear people like ’em that way too. ;o)

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    • Truffles | November 6, 2009 at 07:02

      Not a problem, just feel like contributing to the world of papercraft however I can, even if it just means getting an answer a day earlier than would be received otherwise.

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  502. Anonymous | November 5, 2009 at 03:12

    hey i was just wondering, im curious if you paint your advance wars and other papercraft with markers, cause it looks like.
    …just wondering thought :D
    sorry for bad spelling

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    • Truffles | November 5, 2009 at 05:15

      He does color in the advance wars models with markers, but most of his models (or at least the more recent ones) are generally models ripped from video games, therefore the textures are already there on the 3d model of the character and should be perfect most of the time.

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    • ninjatoes | November 5, 2009 at 09:32

      Yep, my handmade models (all the Advance Wars units, most of my Star Trek models, and some of the models in the misc section) are painted by hand, because I really like how the “textures” match the handmade aspect that way.

      For the videogame models, I usually start off with the original game models and textures, because that way, I can make them as close as possible to the way they are in the game.

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  503. james wilkinson | November 5, 2009 at 01:00

    hello i was wondering if you ever do requests? and how long does it take you to design a 3d model?

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    • ninjatoes | November 5, 2009 at 09:38

      No sorry, I don’t really do requests, precisely because it takes me so long to make a 3D model ready for Pepakura (although it depends of course on how complex the model is).

      Sometimes somebody will ask me to make “Link from Twilight Princess!” for example and then some time later I will start making one, but that’s always just because it was already on my “to do”-list and I got inspired by playing a lot of Zelda again. ;o)

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  504. caleb | October 31, 2009 at 17:24

    I like zal

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  505. jacob | October 31, 2009 at 06:21

    hey great work, i was wondering though how do you make the 3d images to make the templates off of, because i really want to start making models and sharing them with the world.

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    • ninjatoes | October 31, 2009 at 10:14

      For videogame related models, sometimes you can get the actual models from the games, but they’re never really suited to make into papercraft as they are.

      As you build more and more paper models from other designers, and start making your own ones, you will find out lots of things to improve on just by experience. Sometimes they work out, and sometimes they don’t. It’s really a matter of trying and testing (which makes this such a time consuming hobby… ;o)

      As for how to use the 3D software of your choice to (re)model the 3D model, that’s just something you have learn as you go along, there are loads of simple 3D programs to choose from (you really don’t have to use the most expensive, professional program just to make a 3D object for a papercraft model!) all with their own terminology, features etc.

      But the best tip I can give you: build lots and lots of papercraft models, and have fun!

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  506. Leonardo | October 31, 2009 at 02:11

    I loved your site. Most of the papercrafts are kinda tricky, but they are freaking awesome.

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  507. Zade | October 24, 2009 at 03:06

    Hey. I want to tell you thanks. this is truly an awsome site of paper crafts. I’ve already made the majora mask link. I plan on making the king of the read lions and zelda.

    and a question. Is there any part(s) you would suggest to look out for?
    As in frustrating parts.
    thanks again

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    • ninjatoes | October 24, 2009 at 08:54

      As far as princess Zelda goes, she’s more or less of the same difficulty as my Majora’s Mask’s young Link. Probably a little easier even, because she doesn’t have a “tricky-to-attach”-cap. ;o)

      The bottom part of her dress needs to sink a bit inside the top part, so make sure the hole on the bottom of the top part of her dress is big enough for that and/or use some extra glue as lubricant. ;o)

      But like I said, it’s basically the same as on young Link’s tunic, so if you already made that, princess Zelda probably won’t be too difficult anymore. ;o)

      The most difficult part on my King of Red Lions is the head, especially the eyebrows. There are some extra pointers for King in my Webshots album.

      Another thing to plan for is the sail and the mast. Not because they’re very difficult to build, but because the sail is so big, that it gets quite heavy, and the mast will bend easily because of the weight if you don’t use very strong paper.

      The best thing to do, is to use strong paper for the mast (and most people even strengthen it further by glueing chopsticks, strong cardboard, balsa wood (almost anything they can find it seems ;o) inside the mast, and use regular (lighter) paper for the sail.

      Also be sure to spread out the glue evenly when you’re glueing the back and front of the sail together, else the “glue lines” will shine through when light hits the sail. ;o)

      Sometimes it’s also difficult to make the hull, because the big parts bend all the way but the right one… I made some ribs for inside the hull, that you might want to strengthen further with thicker cardboard to make them more rigid. And after that, it’s a matter of taking your time to glue all the hull parts together properly (especially the final parts will be tricky of course, when you can’t reach inside anymore…! ;o)

      Good luck and have fun building!

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  508. Zach | October 23, 2009 at 01:29

    How much shaping do I have to do on part 13 on Majora’s Mask Link?

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    • ninjatoes | October 23, 2009 at 18:15

      If you look at the parts with fold lines, you will see a lot of fold lines on part 13, that you all need to fold.

      In step 12 of the instructions, you can see the shape that part 13 needs to become.

      It is only the front of the tunic; there is no backside (that will be part 14) so you don’t have to connect the two ends or anything. In fact the only things you need to glue when pre-shaping part 13, is the center glueing tab at the top, and the two glueing tabs above the bottom three.

      It’s a bit hard to explain in words, but after you have (mountain)folded all the fold lines as indicated on the version with lines, I’m sure you will able to shape the part like you can see in steps 12-15 of the instructions, especially when you start glueing on parts 14-16 (it kinda shapes itself then).

      Good luck and have fun building!

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  509. anonnymous | October 22, 2009 at 23:12

    do you think in future make v2 version of wolf link or king of red lions?

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    • ninjatoes | October 23, 2009 at 18:19

      I’m not really sure, to be honest: normally, I don’t make a second version of a model.

      Basically my test builds are my beta versions and the final model is the one I’m happy with myself as it is (otherwise I would have changed it already ;o)

      But who knows, if I get inspired and find an awesome new pose or other idea for a model that I already made earlier, I won’t let that stop me from making a new version. ;o)

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  510. Uzay2000 | October 20, 2009 at 20:12

    Can you send me the link of Chokipeta’s WW Link?

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  511. Nick | October 20, 2009 at 02:22

    all I wanted to do is open an wrl file into accutrans(which ive done) change its name to obj, and open it into metasequioa. What I did was open up meta, press insert or open, and click on the obj. nothing apears. do I have to press other things? I dont want to use blender until im way more experienced.

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    • Truffles | October 20, 2009 at 07:07

      Maybe you have to zoom in heaps, most of the time the object comes up really tiny when ripped from a game

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      • ninjatoes | October 20, 2009 at 19:01

        Like Truffles said, the emulator plugin extracts all the 3D data that is currently in the memory. And sometimes that’s an entire part of the level, while you’re looking for a character that’s 100 times smaller… ;o)

        First, mae sure the filesize isn’t “0 kB”, because then, something has gone wrong with either extracting the model, or converting it. ;o)

        If you open the *.obj file in Metasequoia, you can press “Ctrl+F” to make all the 3D objects that are there fit in the current window, so you can see if anything is there (other prgograms probably have a similar feature).

        Good luck and have fun!

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  512. Nick | October 17, 2009 at 19:02

    I ripped a rattata from the game and got it to accutrans, but I dont know how to get the textures and model to metasequioa. can you help? i tried changing the file to 3ds, but i might have done it wrong.

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    • ninjatoes | October 18, 2009 at 09:07

      A lot of it depends on the way you extracted the model from the game: of course I don’t know if the extraction process retains the textures and UV map coordinates (which tells the 3D software how to place the textures on the model) but if it does:

      Textures are simple image files, that get “wrapped” around the 3D model by the software. So first, make sure the extraction process also gives you these image files. They can be in any image format, often in *.tga format, so you have to convert them to a format Metasequoia and preferably Pepakura Designer can read (like *.jpg or *.bmp).

      A lot of people say they have problems with the *.3ds format and texturing, so if you can, I would suggest exporting the model to Wavefront *.obj format, and if there is an option to retain the UV map coordinates, use it! ;o)

      After opening the *.obj file in Metasequoia, you have to set and assign the textures in the Material box (Ctrl+M if it’s not already there). If it already gives you a list of materials, then you’re in luck, and all you have to do is manually browse to the correct path for the textures/image files and the textures should appear.

      You might have to save to Metasequoia’s native *.mqo format first for the textures to show up, and often they need to be fixed a bit.

      Of course this is all assuming textures are supported by the extraction process…!

      There’s an English help file for Metasequoia at its official site ( http://www.metaseq.net/english/index.html ) and there are a lot of forums with more Metasequoia help than I can give you here, so I hope you can get it to work with this!

      Good luck and have fun!

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      • Nick | October 18, 2009 at 15:01

        Let me try to explain it more in detail. I ripped a rattata from pokemon stadium with project 64 and lemmys plugin. Navi (the papercrafter) made a tutorial and said after you open the textures and the blank model to accutrans, you should change the wrl file to 3ds. I saved it as that and many others, like obj and mqo, but none of them worked, and it said it couldnt open them. but when i tried to insert the obj one, it didnt say anything about not opening them. then when i exited out, it said there had been changes made to the document, but i didnt see anything. the textures are bmp’s, by the way. I know nothing about papercraft designing, sorry.

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        • Brandon | October 19, 2009 at 03:26

          Well, after getting it into Accutrans, you can delete the surrounding background and everything to make this next step easier. After deleting excess away, save as an obj, and import it into Blender. This step is purely optional, but makes it incredibly easier to edit textures. Use the right mouse button to move the model after zooming in, and click on Images:Consolidate Textures in the UV window. This will give you a singular texture, and a singular UV layer. Save the consolidated image, export the model and save it over the model you imported, and it is ready for Meta. Simply open the obj, delete all materials in the material window, make a new one, go to Object:Attach current material to non-material faces, select the material in the material window, and if you already flipped the texture, the model should be just right. If you haven’t flipped the texture, flip it vertically in any image editing program. You will have to do this with any model used in Meta, unless the uv or textures are ripped flipped already. Edit to your desire. If the first few steps do not work, like you said, make sure everything is configured right according to this- http://www.vimeo.com/1347057 tutorial. Of course you’ll have Accutrans in between Blender, but accutrans isn’t really a major aspect of the process.
          That, or you can go to pokemonpapercraft.com.
          PMF already has a Rattata on there.

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  513. Zach | October 17, 2009 at 18:53

    Do you think you can make a new pose on Majora’s Mask link?

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    • ninjatoes | October 18, 2009 at 08:49

      Any model can have any pose of course, but because of the way they’re constructed, once the pose is decided, it’s pretty much set (with some exceptions on different kind of models ;o)

      Perhaps I will make a new young Link model, using the things I learned since then, but that won’t be very soon I think, sorry…! ;o)

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  514. Indian Dude | October 17, 2009 at 02:02

    Could you make more advanced ganondorf please

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  515. n64fan | October 15, 2009 at 23:14

    You may know me from NP, and I have a request:
    Could you please make a regular Moomba?

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  516. Uzay2000 | October 15, 2009 at 14:32

    What are you making after TP Link?

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    • ninjatoes | October 15, 2009 at 18:22

      To be honest, I really don’t know yet. Because TP hero Link is quite a big project again, maybe I’ll do a simpler one again.

      Who knows, maybe I’ll make one of Lulu’s dolls again? (that’s *not* a promise, though…!;o)

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      • 17cheese14 | October 15, 2009 at 23:24

        He’s making someone from metroid like Rundas, Ghor, Gandrayda, or dark Samus. Or the probably insanely hard, Ridley.

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        • Truffles | October 16, 2009 at 07:48

          Or at least that’s what you’re hoping for, I do like the ridley idea or the Dark samus

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          • ninjatoes | October 16, 2009 at 18:16

            That really all depends in what kind of mood I’ll be when TP Link is finished. ;o)

            And yes, I will announce any new project on my weblog, unless I don’t (you know, when it’s a secret project ;o)

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        • sora243 | October 16, 2009 at 15:08

          please let of say ”he is making rundas (or the one u think)”
          he is making TP link, and in case he makes rundas or some character of metroid, he will post an announcement of his blog

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      • Uzay2000 | October 16, 2009 at 16:48

        Or are you making that guy with toes?

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        • ninjatoes | October 16, 2009 at 18:20

          That particular model was kind of a test to see whether or not seperate toes would be easy enough and yet look good enough to make in paper form.

          And I must admit I think it looks pretty good. ;o) So I went along and made the entire model, and although it’s pretty much on hold for now, I will release it in the future.

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  517. Nick | October 14, 2009 at 23:37

    could you maybe try to show us how to rip models in a video? if you could give clear instructions on every program you need and how you do it. designing my own models would be fun, and your the best papercrafter at explaining things. if you cant do that have a little section with the programs you need and a vague idea of how to do it. if you did that alot more people might try that. thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | October 15, 2009 at 18:34

      There’s no definitive answer to “how do I extract a 3D model from a game?” because almost all game designers use their own method of compressing and storing the 3D data…

      Sometimes fans of the game make a model viewer/extractor, but not evey game has such a tool of course. For some PC CD-ROM games that use DirectX 9.0 technology, you can use 3D Ripper DX ( http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/3DRipperDX.htm ) and for N64 games, you can use an emulator (like Nemu64) with “Lemmy’s graphics plugin”.

      There are lots of forums to be found for specific games and platforms, that can tell you a lot more than I can in a couple of messages, a full tutorial will have to wait until I have *a lot* of spare time, sorry…! ;o)

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  518. Anonymous | October 14, 2009 at 23:34

    Thank you for all the great models! I love building them! Your’s are the BEST! Thank you!

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  519. Zach | October 14, 2009 at 16:17

    Could you post it by my brother Aaron Mears?Do you think after building the schnauzer I should build Majora’s Mask Link?Well I,will build it because I have started.But do you think it was a good idea?I also want to know what your favorite model is?My favorite is the King Of Red Lions!;)

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    • ninjatoes | October 14, 2009 at 18:15

      I could add it to your brother’s listing (if that’s okay with him too of course! ;o) or I could make a seperate listing for you, but you can let me know when you send me the picture of your finished model.

      With some patience, I think you will surely manage to build young Link, the most important thing I think is to choose a model you like, so you will be motivated to build it. Young Link actually is one of my favourites, although I really like all the models I made of course! ;o)

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      • Aaron Mears | October 14, 2009 at 23:29

        I would prefer not under my name, but I think he means if you gave him his own little post right by mine (if that’s okay…)

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        • ninjatoes | October 15, 2009 at 18:19

          The posts in the hall of fame are all by date, so what I could do is give both your posts the same date.

          But I can’t guarantee that next time if one of you sends me a new picture, I’ll remember to change the date of the other one’s post as well (I’ll try of course, but don’t get mad at me if I forget! ;o)

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  520. Aaron Mears | October 14, 2009 at 02:52

    Have you been working on Hero Clothes Link lately? Just curious.

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  521. Aaron | October 13, 2009 at 15:31

    Actually, I’ve already build the King of Red Lions and am working on Wolf Link. But my friend wants to know because he’s just starting papercrafting and wants a Ninjatoes one

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  522. Zach | October 13, 2009 at 04:26

    do you want a picture of my clock town schnauzer?

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  523. Aaron | October 13, 2009 at 00:59

    What is the simplest papercraft you ever designed?

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    • Truffles | October 13, 2009 at 08:04

      Well from what I’ve seen it would probably be either Majora’s mask or the clock town Schnauzer, but these are his designs, not mine. Also, there may be some other simpler ones I haven’t tried yet. My first papercraft model I ever built was Majora’s mask, I felt it was a good place to start, just follow the instructions and you should be fine.

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    • ninjatoes | October 13, 2009 at 18:04

      That’s a tough question, the Tomb Raider Tyrannosaur head has nice big parts and looks pretty cool when finished I think, but if your friend is a Zelda fan, then probably Majora’s Mask or the Schnauzer, yes.

      It’s a small step to my other Nintendo 64 Zelda models I think, and even Zora armor Link shouldn’t be very difficult if you understand the instructions, but of course I’m ust a *tad* biased… ;o)

      But of course he has you to help him if he gets stuck, right? ;o) Have fun building!

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  524. justin | October 12, 2009 at 22:32

    thanks ninjatoes i am freeforming everything but the helmet i will send you some pics when i am done

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    • ninjatoes | October 13, 2009 at 18:08

      Sure, I’d love to see what you made! “Scratchbuilding” is often a lot quicker to make a cosplay suit than working from a papercraft template that wasn’t really meant for cosplay… But it’s good to hear you’re making progress on your project, keep it up and have fun!

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  525. sora243 | October 12, 2009 at 20:45

    did you know that your oni link paper model has a texture problem in the boots?

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    • ninjatoes | October 13, 2009 at 18:18

      Do you mean the top “rim” (parts 3 and 6) ? ;o)

      I often change the ingame model (including the textures sometimes) when I feel it would look better that way. And like many things, it is almost always a personal preference.

      You’ll probably find many things on my papercraft models that are just *a little bit different* than in the game, but that doesn’t always mean it’s a problem/mistake. ;o)

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  526. justin | October 11, 2009 at 19:00

    i am making an iron man costume and i need advice

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    • ninjatoes | October 12, 2009 at 18:17

      Did you manage to find a suited (no pun intended) papercraft template? The most important thing I can think of, is to keep in mind that you need to be able to put it on and off, and that you need to be able to move around in it.

      So maybe you can make all the parts like “half shells” and use a clip of some sort to keep the two halves together while you’re wearing it.

      And because it needs to be quite strong of course, maybe it would be an idea to trace the parts on thick cardboard/posterboard and use strong tape to assemble the parts (instead of glueing tabs) and paint them in the desired colours.

      Simply scaling up a small scale model probably won’t work because of the limitations of a small static model as opposed to a papercraft cosplay armor…

      Try out various idea, and hopefully you’ll find a way to make it work; good luck and have fun!

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  527. Aaron Mears | October 10, 2009 at 01:57

    Hi Ninjatoes! I got a website and changed to my school e-mail address! Check it out! And feel free to post a comment while you’re at it!

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  528. Toni | October 9, 2009 at 16:52

    I wonder if the HC Link have the Master Sword and the Hyrule Shield…

    ;-P

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  529. shuklaayush | October 8, 2009 at 17:10

    hey ninjatoes, im a new papercrafter n im planning to make some in pepakura designer but whenever i import a .3ds file (frm 3ds max), there r some open edges (red edges) mostly in the wrist foot n the weapons.

    can u plz tell me how to get rid of them? or u know maybe tell me how to make parts which are detached.

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    • ninjatoes | October 8, 2009 at 18:39

      Those red edges in Pepakura Designer mean that those edges aren’t properly connected in the 3D model, so Pepakura Designer doesn’t know what to do with them.

      You should still be able to add glueing tabs to the disconnected edges after unfolding the model, but you can’t manually join them in Pepakura Designer, which severely limits your unfolding options of course…

      Pepakura Designer has an option called “Join Adjacent Isolated Edges” in the “3DModelWindow” menu, but it often doesn’t fix all the red lines.

      The best way to fix this problem, is to go back to the 3D model itself, and reconnect all the problem edges in the 3D modelling software you’re using, this time properly. ;o)

      I hope this helps, good luck and have fun!

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  531. justin | October 4, 2009 at 18:30

    ninjatoes i am trying to make a papercraft iron man suit for iron man 2 what is the best version out there that is free?

    P.S. mark 3 or war machine will do

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    • ninjatoes | October 5, 2009 at 18:41

      Hm, you mean like a cosplay suit?

      I do know of several small scale paper Iron Man (that sounds strange… ;o) models, I don’t know if scaling them bigger would be an option (link and link for example). Keep in mind that these are designed for one specific pose, so if you want to be able to move around, you have to make some alterations after scaling them up.

      There are helmets out there (link and link for example) that are supposedly life sized, but I guess that depends on the size of your head. ;o)

      I’m afraid I don’t know if anybody made a full sized paper Iron Man armor yet though, sorry…

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  532. Neuromancer | October 1, 2009 at 23:16

    No joke, it took me 4 hours just to build one Missile unit! But I think it’s worth it :)

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  533. Neuromancer | October 1, 2009 at 00:50

    I’m developing a tabletop version of Advance Wars just for kicks (mostly to play with friends, but might upload it if there’s enough interest). Can I use your papercrafts for units? They look really nice and would fit better than cardboard tokens or figure flats :/

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    • ninjatoes | October 1, 2009 at 17:59

      You can use them if you build them of course, but keep in mind that although they look simple, building even a moderate army will take a lot of time…! ;o)

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  534. Uzay2000 | September 30, 2009 at 17:46

    sometimes you type “like so”, isn’t it “like this”?

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  535. A1dan | September 29, 2009 at 09:56

    You need to post *.pdo files for those using Craft Robo.

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    • ninjatoes | September 29, 2009 at 18:21

      I always like to make the template sheets in Photoshop, because I can take all the final and fixed parts from all the different *.pdo files that I usually make and paste them together into one file again. It also gives me much more possibilities than Pepakura Designer to “pretty up” the template, and allows me to do the final finishing touches on the textures, glueing tabs and other things when needed.

      So I only release my models as either jpeg or PDF-ed jpeg, so you’ll have to do the cutting manually I’m afraid…

      It can get boring sometimes, so I usually only cut out one part at a time. That way you don’t feel like all you’re doing is cutting (like if you would cut out all the parts first before you actually start glueing them together) but you’re also seeing your model advance with every part you cut out! ;o)

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  536. shuklaayush | September 28, 2009 at 06:37

    do u hav ny plans for smthin kingdom hearts next???

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  537. Aaron Mears | September 28, 2009 at 02:45

    I’m doing a bunch of (your) papercraft models for a talent show next month. do you think TP HC Link would be done before then?

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    • ninjatoes | September 28, 2009 at 18:30

      I can’t be sure of course, but because I can only work on my papercraft hobby off and on, I usually even take several weeks on simple models like the Moomba I just finished…

      And Twilight Princess hero clothes Link will require even more work, so I’m afraid I have to disappoint you, I don’t think I will be able to finish it before next month… I wish you luck on the talent show though and have fun!

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  538. Anonymous | September 27, 2009 at 17:32

    hey i was wondering if you will make more advance wars models there so cool ive made like 10 anyways i love youre work.
    thanks ;o

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    • ninjatoes | September 27, 2009 at 18:21

      I’ll definately make many more Advance Wars models in the future, I love doing them by hand as side project from time to time. Maybe I’ll even make a new one very soon… ;o)

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  539. Marie | September 27, 2009 at 02:57

    First off, thank you for such fantastic models! And for the work you do in making the directions!! So far I’ve made Midna and Fierce Deity Link from your collection. I’m currently working on Wolf Link (I’m determined to not let the head beat me down, and I’m on step 30- cross your fingers for me!).

    If you or any other Papercraft Gurus are looking for new ideas, I couldn’t help but notice that there is a frightening lack of KOS-MOS from Xenosaga out there, and KOS-MOS Version 4 is rather amazing (http://xenosaga.wikia.com/wiki/KOS-MOS, bottom of page). I’m also shocked at the lack of Disney’s Gargoyle models – a stone Gargoyle papercraft perched on your desk could be rather awesome.

    Even if you don’t dig the new ideas, my thanks for your current (impressive) collection is sincere, and anything you do will be AWESOME.

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    • Marie | September 27, 2009 at 03:11

      Oh! I suppose I just finished Ganon (with cloak) as well. I was busy looking -around- him to see what Ninjatoes Brand Models™ I’d made, heh.

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      • ninjatoes | September 27, 2009 at 10:25

        Ouch, you just kinda “forgot” about Ganon…? I don’t think he’ll take very kindly to that, I’d sleep with one eye open from now on if I were you…

        Although I already have lots of models that I want to do some day, I’m always adding more ideas. I can’t promise anything, but I hope to make many more models in the future from all kind of series/games so maybe they’ll be among them! ;o)

        (it was very hard for me to type this with my fingers croseed, so I hope you’ll forgive any typos I might have made…)

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  540. Anonymous | September 25, 2009 at 01:02

    is .rar openable in Pepakura?

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    • ninjatoes | September 25, 2009 at 07:28

      No, *.rar is compressed file format (like *.zip) and not a “Pepakura/papercraft format”.

      You will need a un-rarring tool like the free 7-Zip (link) or the shareware WinRAR (from RARLAB) to de-compress the compressed archive so you can view the files inside (that may be a Pepakura *.pdo file, or not of course ;o)

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  541. Uzay2000 | September 23, 2009 at 20:49

    how long is the last version of the Moomba doll?

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  542. frankom96 | September 21, 2009 at 22:36

    ninjatoes,I don’t know if you remember, but I’m the same people who asked you about a specialist spray to protect my zelda papercrafts(in january)
    I found it, it’s called “acrylic enamel” and it works very well…it’s a simple spray, easy to use.I recommend it to you :)

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  543. sora243 | September 20, 2009 at 15:39

    hey ninjatoes, what do you like more, new complex style or old polygonal style?

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    • ninjatoes | September 21, 2009 at 18:13

      That totally depends on the model.

      It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for the old-style polygonal games, and I think that (with some adjustments to hopefully make the model more fun to build) it looks really nice if the papercraft model also has the same “blocky” look as in the game.

      But for Final Fantasy, or Twilight Princess for instance, I feel the papercraft models look better if they have smooth curves instead of sharp edges. But that’s also a matter of personal preference of course.

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  544. Uzay2000 | September 17, 2009 at 19:25

    can you make that soldier next to the Moomba as the second?

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    • ninjatoes | September 18, 2009 at 18:55

      When I was trying to decide which one I should make this time, it was actually a close call between the Moomba and the Onion Knight. ;o)

      I can’t guarantee 100% whether or not I’ll have changed my mind of course when I make the next doll, but I really like the Onion Knight, so there’s a good chance it will be number 2 of the dolls.

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  545. cen | September 17, 2009 at 11:37

    Is there a way to show only specific score lines in pepakura? And I don’t mean using the “hide angles less than” feature. I mean have no lines, and then show one specific one.

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    • ninjatoes | September 17, 2009 at 18:08

      After you have unfolded your model, right-click in the unfolded view, and you will get a bunch of extra features, one of which is “Color edges” (or you can just press Ctrl+E ;o)

      You can then choose a colour and when you hover above one of the lines on the parts, you can click it to make it that colour.

      And to answer your question: there is also an “Eraser” tool that lets you hide any line you want. ;o)

      Good luck and have fun!

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  546. Uzay2000 | September 16, 2009 at 18:00

    14cm for the Moomba doll woyuld be perfect, after all, they’re dolls

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  547. Aaron Mears | September 14, 2009 at 23:57

    Hey Ninjatoes! Did You see the new Link on papercraftmuseum.com ? I told you if you didn’t make him soon, someone else would!

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  548. annonymous | September 14, 2009 at 23:09

    Will you make a Soul Calibur 2 Link paper model?

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  549. fahima | September 14, 2009 at 18:50

    hi if you do have a nintendo ds templete please tell me because i was looking for days to find a ds lite templete if you do sned it to my email fahima-bratz@hotmail.com thanks

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  550. 10th Espada | September 12, 2009 at 21:34

    I was wondering if you could send me the unedited model of KH Cloud. I’d like to play around with it (mess with the model, texture changes, etc.)

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    • ninjatoes | September 13, 2009 at 10:24

      No I really can’t, sorry…

      But with some tools, you can get the 3D model from your own KH game disc: you’ll need to make an ISO image from your game disc first, then dump the game files from the ISO and then you can use a special viewer to access the 3D files.

      There are a lot of forums about this subject, and they can explain all of this a whole lot better than I can here (for instance
      http://forums.ngemu.com/misc-ps2-discussion/71633-kingdom-hearts-model-viewer.html – a lot of the link to the tools might be dead, but if you know the names, you should be able to find another site that still has them ;o)

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  551. Uzay2000 | September 12, 2009 at 18:07

    What’s coming after the Moomba doll? I mean after all the dolls

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    • ninjatoes | September 12, 2009 at 18:32

      Well, I think now I really have to make regular sized TP Link just so people can take pictures of it together with Haywan’s life-sized one… ;o)

      (and I don’t think I’ll make all of Lulu’s dolls in one go btw…!)

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  552. jom | September 5, 2009 at 14:36

    Surely you’ve seen Kaizo’s recent videos? A model from Crisis Core or Dissidia would be a wonderful project!

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    • ninjatoes | September 5, 2009 at 19:05

      Actually I hadn’t yet, but now I have! ;o)

      They would be great I think (I’m a bit biased because I’m a big Final Fantasy/Square fan of course… ;o) So I don’t know, maybe I will, but I always have too many projects to choose from so I’m not making any promises…! ;o)

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  553. Sposh | September 5, 2009 at 10:56

    Theres also an untitled Zelda Wii Game Upcoming , i think its about the Master Sword this time, the origins, and what the master Sword really is

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    • ninjatoes | September 5, 2009 at 13:42

      Yeah, many people are theorizing about the plot after seeing the teaser poster with the “spirit/fairy girl” resembling the Master Sword design, and Link holding a shield but not a sword…. This is what I think:

      The legend is so old that most Hylians don’t remember anymore, but supposedly there exists a magical sword that is said to bestow great power on whoever wields it. Ganondorf has somehow learned of this legend, and has managed to find it…

      His forces start to invade Hyrule, and the first battles are won easily because nobody saw this coming!

      But the Master Sword can sense that Ganondorf is evil, and appalled by the fact that it’s getting used for evil, at night the Master Sword’s “essence”, its “soul”, flees the Sword and takes on the form of the “spirit/fairy girl” seen in the teaser artwork, stripping the Master Sword of all its magical powers and leaving it basically just an ordinary sword.

      Ganondorf is pretty powerful himself as well though, so the destruction of Hyrule still continues…

      After fleeing Ganondorf’s castle, the girl is feeling weak from being away from the Master Sword… She wanders helplessly in the rain, growing weaker by the minute, until she finally collapses…

      At the far end of the kingdom, where nobody even knows yet that Ganondorf’s forces have invaded, she is found by a young boy from a peaceful village who is just returning home from fishing. He takes her home where his good care make the girl regain a little bit of her strength. She tells him the story, and that she is too weak to return to the Master Sword to confront the evil Ganondorf…

      She tells him she needs to recharge herself first using the three divine forces of the Triforce, which are located in three big dungeons spread across Hyrule. But because she is too weak to go alone, you will have to take her. ;o)

      The girl has a setback and weakens again, and she can no longer maintain her physical form. She returns to a spirit state, which allows for “easier transportation” (Link doesn’t have to carry the weak girl around on his back while fighting the forces of evil ;o) as she guides you during your quest.

      Because Link won’t have the Master Sword until the very end of the game, the focus will be much more on magic and maybe archery, and definately more puzzling.

      While the spirit girl rests (when you’re not using her powers) she recharges and if she’s at full “health” (if your magic bar is full) she is able to take on a physical form for a short period of time to help you (for instance for puzzles where you need to be with two to solve them).

      Just her presence alone augments your magic skills, but using your more potent spells does drain her energy quickly… Defeating dungeons augments your equipment and your magic bar so it (and the girl) drains more slowly, and over time your magic itself grows stronger and you can even learn new spells.

      Eventually, each piece of the Triforce you find greatly boosts the girl’s strength, so she can open new areas and dungeons, by using her magic to destroy the magic seals that Ganondorf had put on them to stop you from continuing your quest (like freezing Lake Hylia so you can’t enter Zora’s Domain, and the girl unfreezes it).

      And then finally, when you have all the pieces of the Triforce and the girl’s strenght has returned again. The time has come to confront Ganondorf…

      After a fierce battle, with Ganondorf using his own magic and the (still powerless) Master Sword, you have Ganondorf on his knees. But just as you try to land the final blow, he uses the last of his magic to turn into pig Ganon (beast Ganon ;o)

      Suddenly he is much stronger and he knocks you back! But in his beast form, he can’t use swords, so the Master Sowrd is just laying there… The spirit girl looks at Link and tells him “goodbye”, and before Link can stop his new friend, she returns to the sword. Now Link can take up the legendary Master Sword again, to defeat Ganondorf once and for all! (again ;o)

      Or something like that. ;o)

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  554. frankom96 | September 3, 2009 at 07:44

    ninjatoes,are you a big zelda fan like me?how many zelda games you finished?I finished THE LEGEND OF ZELDA:OCARINA OF TIME,MAJORA’S MASK,THE WIND WAKER,TWILIGHT PRINCESS,THE MINISH CAP and PHANTOM HOURGLASS
    Did you know that this year a new Zelda game will be relased for the Nintendo DS?

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    • ninjatoes | September 3, 2009 at 08:34

      I played most of them, but I haven’t finished them all. My favourites are the N64 and Game Boy ones.

      I heard about the new DS game “Spirit Tracks”, and the new Wii game as well, which doesn’t have a title yet. I wonder what they can come up with this time? ;o)

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  555. frankom96 | September 2, 2009 at 18:30

    you were right with “I have a feeling he’s not done yet”
    I hope you’ll do a new zelda papercraft soon!!!

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  556. Uzay2000 | September 1, 2009 at 19:53

    Could you make a top 10 of your favorite papercrafts?

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    • ninjatoes | September 2, 2009 at 18:40

      You mean which models I made I like best, or which models from other creators I like best?

      Not that it really matters though, because both choices are really hard and the answers will probably be different if you ask me again later on ;o) but here goes:

      From my own models:

      Kurt Zisa (Kingdom Hearts)
      young Link (Zelda)
      Zora armor Link (Zelda)
      Auron (Final Fantasy)
      Kim Possible (misc)
      Batmobile (misc)
      Fierce Deity Link (Zelda)
      T-Rex trophy head (Tomb Raider
      Yellow Comet Fighter (Advance Wars)
      Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)

      From other people’s models:

      Gunbound Dragon (Gunbound)
      Eva Unit 00 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
      Powerloader (Aliens)
      Thunderbird 2 (Thunderbirds)
      UD-4L Dropshop (Aliens)
      Star Destroyer (Star Wars)
      Speed Dragon PC-00 (Penny Racers)
      Harvest Moon cow (Harvest Moon)
      Iso Gawara class battleship (Dolphin Blue)
      R2-D2 (Star Wars)

      (some of them don’t have an official website anymore (or never had one) but maybe you can find them if you look around really good on the internet)

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  557. frankom96 | August 31, 2009 at 10:12

    hi…mr.ninjatoes…i’m sorry for my ignorance(i’m italian)…how can i send you my papercrafts’ photos?

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  558. Anonymous | August 31, 2009 at 07:17

    ワンピース

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    • ninjatoes | August 31, 2009 at 19:39

      The only One Piece model I have so far is the “Going Merry” (link) although you can find several more One Piece related models online: link

      Don’t give up if you find a dead link, because another site might still have them!

      Good luck and have fun building!

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  559. Anonymous | August 31, 2009 at 00:32

    Please make TP Zelda soon!

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  560. justin | August 24, 2009 at 22:18

    ninjatoes in the iron man movie what i am talking about is the device that the vanity fair girl touches nere the after tony being at the casino

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    • ninjatoes | August 25, 2009 at 18:22

      I know, I got your message(s): link

      But I must admit I don’t think I will make it anytime soon, sorry… But at first glance I think you could make it yourself if you’re a bit creative, have fun!

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  561. Aramis | August 23, 2009 at 20:19

    Hey Ninjatoes!
    Thank you of all your nice models.. I’m currently working on your Cloud papercraft and it’s nearly finished. I was wondering that could you do Kurosaki Ichigo papercraft (from Bleach) or do you know where I could find it since I have been looking for it and haven’t found any.. and I would really like to do it :D

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  562. Sam | August 23, 2009 at 18:21

    Ninjatoes, I was wondering if you could make a ssbb Sonic the hedgehog model?

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  563. amanda | August 23, 2009 at 17:32

    hey ninjatoes, I’ve just realised something… ( maybe) none of us have actually seen a pic of you, and we dont even know your first/nickname. i’m not saying we should, but is that why you’re called ninjatoes? you know, ninjas are very concealed and dont tell other peeps about themselves… btw, i love ur papercrafts and my favourite one EVER is zal which i have already built ;P

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    • ninjatoes | August 24, 2009 at 18:18

      Haha, yeah when I made my first website, I wanted to have a cool nickname so that I could be anonymous, but still have people recognize me.

      But it isn’t really symbolic because I want to shroud myself in mystery like a ninja, “ninjatoes” is just a crazy word that I thought would stick with people. ;o)

      I’m glad you like my models, I’m very proud of ZaL myself as well, he turned out very well I think, and I hope to make many more like him! ;o)

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  564. justin | August 23, 2009 at 17:19

    its that wall device that the vanty fair girl touches near the begining

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    • ninjatoes | August 24, 2009 at 18:11

      I think I know what you mean know, I think it’s some sort of intercom/interface with JARVIS.

      I don’t think I will make it very soon because I have lots of other models that I’d like to do, but it looks kinda like a simple box; if you can find a good front view somewhere, you could just add a strip along the sides to give it thickness and add a backside.

      And if you cut out the inner part, you can add a thinner strip of paper along the inner part togive it a raised edge, and you can do the same with other elements.

      It sounds difficult in words, but it is really very simple in practice; the possibilities are endless! ;o)

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  565. Red | August 23, 2009 at 15:19

    Hey Ninjatoes I was wondering if you’ve seen this?
    http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=28803
    That 3D scanner he used…it’s exciting technology. Too bad it’s mega expensive…maybe someday the price will drop. Then you can make your Krilin into paper form!

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    • ninjatoes | August 24, 2009 at 18:07

      Not that particular one, but similar tools, yes. It does look like fun, but you’re right, the current prices are a bit steep to just use it to get a starting model for papercraft…

      I never used it yet, but it seems most of them have an option where you can set the “sensitivity” of the laserbeam; so that you can opt for a 3D mesh with tens of thousands scan points (which will make the vertices for the polygons) or just a couple of thousand.

      I think a lot of “perfectly” smooth surfaces will have lots of dimples if you scan it at the highest settings; the power/curse of perfection! ;o)

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  566. Yaz | August 23, 2009 at 05:53

    1. Do you cut out all the pieces of a model before building or do you cut out a piece, glue it on, and move on?
    2. What do you do as you build? Listen to music? Watch a movie?

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    • ninjatoes | August 23, 2009 at 09:13

      1. Sometimes I cut a couple of parts out at once (for example I cut out all the parts for one leg of my new T-Rex models at once when I built them).
      But usually I only cut out one part at a time, glue it to the model, and then move to the next one (especially if there are a lot of parts, or when they look very similar, so I don’t have to write down the numbers on the back to prevent me from mixing them up… ;o)
      But I never cut out *all* the parts of a model, because I usually don’t build all the parts in one session anyway. ;o)

      2. I usually have the TV on when I’m building a model. Usually cartoons or comedy. ;o)

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  567. Anonymous | August 22, 2009 at 22:44

    i’v been out of the loop for a while and was wondering if youv started working on somtin sence you finished zora Link?

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    • Truffles | August 22, 2009 at 23:17

      Check out the weblog ( http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/ ) to see what’s happening, he’s made a T-rex from tomb raider which he just finished.

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | August 23, 2009 at 08:34

      Yep, on my weblog you can keep up to date about any new projects I’m working on. You can also check my “master model list” to see all the models I made in chronological order.

      Since ZaL, I’ve made the Orange Star Missiles from Advance Wars, the Extreme Depth Suit from Tomb Raider Chronicles, Homer Simpson from well… the Simpsons, and just yesterday I finished the T-Rexes from Tomb Raider 1-3. ;o)

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  568. justin | August 22, 2009 at 15:32

    ninjatoes do you know the iron man movie and in that movie there is a device on the wall it is blue it is jarvis and if you could make that quick and easy module i hav always wanted to have it can you put it on your list hopefully on top?

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    • ninjatoes | August 23, 2009 at 09:01

      You mean “Just A Rather Very Intelligent System”, Tony Stark’s artificial intelligence computer? ;o)

      I saw the movie, but the “blue device on the wall”, isn’t that just a flatscreen? I can’t really remember what you’re describing exactly I’m afraid…

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  569. Uzay2000 | August 21, 2009 at 14:23

    Could you make a Spyro the Dragon papercraft?

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  570. justin | August 18, 2009 at 18:46

    hey ninjatoes it would be cool if you made the shadow beast from twilight princess

    p.s. i am making a shadow beast quadsuit for myself and i wanted to ask if you should know what material i should use for the skin

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    • 10th Espada | August 18, 2009 at 19:48

      I just thought the I should inform you that Brandon (at Nintendo Papercraft) is making the TP Shadow Beast right now

      Reply
      • ninjatoes | August 19, 2009 at 10:12

        Yes, I saw that thread as well. He wasn’t finished yet, but when he is, I’m sure it will go on the Nintendo Papercraft website.

        I do plan to make some more enemies instead of heroes all the time, but if and when I will make a Shadow Beast of my own, I don’t know yet…

        And as for the best material for a “Shadow Beast quadsuit”; I would reckon just some black, stretchy fabric, but I am by no means a Shadow Beast quadsuit expert of course! ;o)

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  571. 17cheese14 | August 16, 2009 at 20:18

    hey, ninjatoes, do know how to edit models in google sketchup? I made this cool TP zelda model but it’s really complex and I want to edit it without messing it up. And edit her pose a little bit. Or if it’s possible I could change in to a format you can use in Metaseqoia (if that’s how you spell it) and e-mail it to you. You can’t ruin it as badly as I could! :)

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    • ninjatoes | August 17, 2009 at 10:12

      Haha I wouldn’t be so sure of that… ;o)

      But in any case, I’m afraid with not as much time as it is as I’d like to spend on making my own models, I hope you can understand I don’t really want to spend a lot of time working on other people’s models as well, sorry…

      SketchUp is a pretty “simple” program, so any editing you want to do there to the pose, will probably have to be done by rotating and positioning the bodyparts one by one (but that’s not really any different in Metasequoia ;o)

      There are more “advanced” 3D applications that let you apply “bones” or a “skeleton” to the model so you could pose the model just by adjusting the “skeleton” but I’m not sure if that’s any easier if you don’t have experience with it…

      I’m not sure what would be easier for you, but if you’re afraid of messing up the model, make sure to make regular backup copies of your work! ;o)

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  572. Flatchulence | August 15, 2009 at 22:15

    Hey ninjatoes.
    Just curious. How do you rip from PS1 and PS2 games?

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    • ninjatoes | August 16, 2009 at 18:59

      For PS1 and PS2 games, the easiest way is when a big fan of the game makes a model viewer and/or extractor. There are a lot of games with fans that know a lot of stuff about programming, but there’s not a model viewer/extractor for every game of course…

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  573. 10th Espada | August 15, 2009 at 02:00

    Ninjatoes, have you ever heard of a game called Radiata Stories? It on PS2 and is alot like Final Fantasy. I was thinking that you might be able to make some models of the main characters one of these days.

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    • ninjatoes | August 15, 2009 at 10:25

      Radiata Stories has a nice cartoony/anime-like style that I like, but I can’t promise anything, sorry…!

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      • 10th Espada | August 16, 2009 at 00:36

        That’s ok, I was just curious ^-^

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      • 10th Espada | August 17, 2009 at 03:34

        I don’t mean to be a bother, but you wouldn’t happen to know of a way I can get the models, do you? I know there’s a papercrafter in my town that might do them if I can get him the models

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        • ninjatoes | August 17, 2009 at 10:18

          No, sorry; for a PS2 game, I would go searching around the internet for a game specific model viewer or extraction tool, but because I’m working on other models right now, I haven’t done that yet. ;o)

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  574. Marcos Campos | August 14, 2009 at 23:55

    Hi there, everyone! I’m here thank you Ninjatoes, for your great papercraft models. And of course, I’d like to make some requests… COuld you make Cheshire Cat from American McGee’s Alice? And the characters from the PC game Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge? Specially Kate and Doc. Thanks.

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    • ninjatoes | August 15, 2009 at 10:23

      I’ll definately make a Cheshire Cat to accompany my American McGee’s Alice.

      I never played Desperados though, so with all the models that are already on my to do-list, I’m not sure if I’ll make any models from that game, sorry…

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  575. naddy renji | August 11, 2009 at 09:53

    Hi there! I really love your paper crafts especially the Final Fantasy series. Wil you please, please create some from TEKKEN 6 and TEKKEN 6 BR? Suggested characters would be Asuka Kazama, Devil Jin, Kuma, Hwoarang and Lars Alexanderson. Pls e-mail me if its up, if you don’t mind. Thanks! ^^

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  576. Anonymous | August 11, 2009 at 00:38

    Can’t you make the papercrafts so you dont have to download them?

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    • ninjatoes | August 11, 2009 at 09:17

      I’m not sure what you mean by that…?

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      • Anonymous | August 11, 2009 at 21:39

        Most of the papercrafts the button says download. Is there a way i can print them without downloading them? Oh P.S. if you could make Rosalina from super mario galaxy that would be so cool!

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        • ninjatoes | August 12, 2009 at 06:42

          Many of my models are in PDF format: you need to install a PDF reader (like Adobe Reader) and then when you click the link, the PDF file will open in a new browser. Then you can save the file to your computer, or you can also print the file directly from your browser window without having to save it first.

          There are also some models are in Jpeg format. To keep all the files together and to save webspace, I compressed them and packed them together into ZIP-files. Those ZIP-files you do need to download first, and to get the Jpeg files that are inside of them, you need to install an un-Zipper software (like 7-Zip).

          After you have extracted the files, you should be able to print the files with any ordinary image viewer.

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    • Truffles | August 12, 2009 at 03:51

      So… like links to pages that have just the pictures of the pages?

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      • Anonymous | August 14, 2009 at 04:35

        They would still get downloaded to your computer. Every image you see on the net is downloaded to your computer first.

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        • Truffles | August 14, 2009 at 07:19

          Exactly what I thought. I don’t think there is a way to make something you can print without downloading like this

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  577. Aaron Mears | August 10, 2009 at 21:50

    I’m hoping for Link, but I’m okay with anything

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  578. shuklaayush | August 10, 2009 at 14:20

    When will u start ur next project?

    hoping its gona be something from KINGDOM HEARTS

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  579. Anonymous | August 9, 2009 at 17:54

    SIMSOP PCS

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  580. shuklaayush | August 9, 2009 at 09:51

    i see ur about to complete homer so i am just praying that make sora

    if u do then can u make all the keyblades (interchangeable, mainly i wish the fenrir keyblade) and make him in valor form cause it looks attractive

    well its upto ur wish

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  581. Drihscol | August 9, 2009 at 03:37

    hi, i was just wondering if you could post the .PDO’s of your models,
    pdf quality is sucky, and it makes everything easier.
    and also, i found some n64 zelda models, so you dont have to.
    Sheik,
    Saria,
    the moon,
    adult link,
    goron, deku, and zora link,
    there are heaps of them out there, i just wanted to let you know, so you dont have to do them.
    Also, for n64 models like link, it would be better if tabs came down from the nose instead of up into it.

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    • ninjatoes | August 9, 2009 at 08:56

      No, sorry: because of all the things I change after the test build, there is not one PDO-file that has the complete model, and it would become too confusing to figure out which parts/PDO-files are the correct ones: the PDF-files are the only version where all the correct parts are collected together on one sheet.

      And I kinda like prettying up the PDFs… ;o) I hope you can figure out how to assemble the models by using the step-by-step instructions as reference, they show you how to fold each part and how they should be glued together. If you’re having trouble, try pre-shaping the parts first and see if they fit without glue first, so you can try a different way if it doesn’t without having to print a different part.

      (Videogame) papercraft has become really popular the last one or two years or so, but for me, it’s not a matter of *having to* make one, but *wanting* to make one! ;o)

      I usually make the nose to be glued *on top* of the face, so that’s why the glueing tabs are on the face and not on the nose. If you would put the glueing tabs on the nose instead of one the face, it would be more like pushing the nose through a hole in the head.

      But that really is just a personal preference, and if you really dislike the nose being *on top* of the face, it is easy enough to cut off the glueing tabs on the face, and make new ones on the nose – just make sure to do so *before* cutting out the parts of course…! ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  582. Truffles | August 8, 2009 at 03:02

    I’m trying to design a Marth papercraft based on his appearance in SSBM, but the problem is he’s far too complex. How do you simplify 3d models without mutilating them?

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    • ninjatoes | August 8, 2009 at 09:13

      Haha, to be honest, I’m not sure if I don’t mutilate them…! ;o)

      It almost sounds like you’re a bit *too* afraid to “mutilate” it…? This is just a personal preference of mine, but: on simpler models, I also sometimes try to keep them as close to the game model as I can, because you can actually see the pointy and angular polygons in the game!

      But on more complex models, I feel keeping all the detail and making it really close to the original will take a lot of the fun out of building the model because it will be so difficult…

      It is a choice you will have to make: do I want to keep all the detail, or do I simplify all of it. And it’s not “black or white” either: if you look at some of my latest models, you can see I almost completely got rid of all the 3D detail in the face and let the texturing take over, but I do like to keep the fingers as seperate fingers.

      For me right now, it feels like a really good balance between looks and building fun, but who’s to say you need to do the same thing? ;o)

      I’m not sure if this helps you a lot or not at all, but all I can say is: don’t be afraid to “mutilate” the game model, that one was never meant to look good in paper! ;o)

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    • Nick | August 8, 2009 at 13:05

      Your making a marth papercraft! Thank you, their are no other Marths online. Do you have a website or were will you post it? try to make it like Haywan Chius Lyn, and that would be awesome. Lyn was only about 110 peices.

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  583. Anonymous | August 7, 2009 at 18:55

    After Homer(or Link or Sora) could you make another Princess Zelda? There’s only about 3 on the entire internet. …Or an Ocarina of Time Zora Armor Link.

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    • ninjatoes | August 8, 2009 at 08:36

      You mean an OoT Zora tunic? I don’t know if I’ll make a new OoT adult Link, maybe I will, with a bit more detail than the one riding Epona, because I tried to make that one really simple… ;o)

      Another Zelda is definately on my to do-list, in Twilight Princess style to match ZaL (and Hero Clothes Link ;o)

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  584. Joel Morrison | August 7, 2009 at 03:49

    Looking forward to the future TP: Link papercraft.
    Honestly, I love the pose that is shown here.

    It’s simple/different and it’s a break from the classic poses/action poses that most papercrafts use.

    Anywho, that’s my two cents. ^^

    -Oh and as someone who is new to papercraft-ing, what paper should I print most of my models on?
    My dad owns a digital printing company, so he has access to just about any type/weight paper.

    Thanks in advance.

    _joel

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    • Truffles | August 7, 2009 at 08:21

      He says 200 gsm cardstock is the go, but I use regular paper and my models seem to turn out okay. Just remember that if you’re using carstock it might be a good idea to score the folds before folding them
      And as Ninjatoes would say, have fun building!

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      • ninjatoes | August 7, 2009 at 09:14

        Well, 200 gsm is the paper weight I use myself, because I find it easy to work with and the models turn out nice and strong at the scale I make them.

        But like Truffles says, regular paper works fine for some people, and other people use something in between, so it really is just a personal preference.

        As for TP Link’s final pose, that’s something I’ll decide when I actually start making him! ;o)

        Oh yeah: have fun building!

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  585. yonyon | August 5, 2009 at 22:43

    Ninjatoes, are you going to make anymore Advanced Wars crafts?

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  586. Sam | August 2, 2009 at 12:46

    please make Link next. The ssbb or twillight princess. Link is awsome!

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  587. Name | August 1, 2009 at 16:07

    Wonderful choice, Homer is. An original idea that seems impossible noone has made him before! Good luck on him! (If I am to assume he is your next project O_o ?)

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  588. shuklaayush | July 31, 2009 at 13:13

    Just want to request

    Plz Make Sora Next

    Please
    Plz!!!
    Plz!!!
    &
    Please! P Please! PP
    l a l s ll
    e s e a ee
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    s s l ss
    e ease!pl Please! ee
    !!

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  589. Jazz Hands | July 30, 2009 at 04:02

    Honestly, I’m not that pumped for a HC Link. I mean, I think there are much more interesting models out there that need papercrafting, rather than ANOTHER link. Of course, it’s entirely up to you and I’m sure whatever you make will be brilliant. Good Luck!

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    • ninjatoes | July 30, 2009 at 19:29

      Man, tell me about it! There are hundreds of models that I really need to paperfy! But I’ll just take it one at a time (or sometimes two, but not much more than that…! ;o)

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  590. justin | July 30, 2009 at 03:02

    for hero cloths link cant you just take zal and change the colors a bit and you got it use zal as a template

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    • ninjatoes | July 30, 2009 at 19:27

      Well, there are quite a few differences between ZaL and Hero CLothes Link, most noticably of course his flippers, face mask and helmet and cap, so simply recolouring ZaL won’t work (and isn’t as easy as it sounds anyway if you want to do a good job! ;o)

      And even so, making a copy of another model doesn’t really appeal to me… I want to give him his own personality, a simple clone would be so boring to do…

      I don’t want to make Hero Clothes Link just because I want a row of Links on my desk, I just like his character design as well, so he deserves better than being treated as a clone! ;o)

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  591. Aaron Mears | July 29, 2009 at 17:31

    You should make Twilight Princess Hero Clothes Link next! THAT would be my favorite.

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    • ninjatoes | July 29, 2009 at 17:51

      Hero Clothes Link seems to be many people’s favorite… ;o)

      It will be *a lot* of work again, and seeing how my vacation starts next week (yay!) I might not want to spend every day behind the computer again. I will probably try something a bit more quick and easy, and save HC Link for afterwards.

      Not sure though, maybe I’ll get in a TP mood between now and then. ;o)

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      • Aaron Mears | July 29, 2009 at 20:45

        You could be the first person ever in the history of papercrafting to make HC Link, or, I suppose you could wait until someone else makes one (not as good as your’s of course) and your’s is just another insanely awesome papercraft.

        Your pick.

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        • ninjatoes | July 30, 2009 at 19:40

          Well, I don’t believe it should be like if I make HC Link, somebody else can’t anymore or vice versa; people should always just make the models they like! ;o)

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  592. justin | July 28, 2009 at 15:20

    how do i uninstall bitzipper?

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    • ninjatoes | July 28, 2009 at 18:23

      That should be explained in the help files and website, usually when you install a tool like this, it will create a new group in the Start menu with a link to the program, and an Uninstall link.

      Alternatively, most software you install on your computer can be uninstalled in the Configuration menu under Software.

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  593. Anonymous | July 28, 2009 at 13:13

    Hey, Ninjatoes, do you play any Pokemon games?

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    • ninjatoes | July 28, 2009 at 18:25

      Sometimes, but only as a distraction, not really weeks in a row like some other games… ;o)

      Reply
      • Anonymous | July 28, 2009 at 18:58

        Same here. Maybe you could do a Pokemon Battle Revolution person. It’ll be a challenge, though…

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        • Anonymous | July 28, 2009 at 22:25

          … I meant Colloseum Leader. Sorry!

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          • Anonymous | July 30, 2009 at 02:09

            wut is a colliseum

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            • Anonymous | July 30, 2009 at 12:39

              It could refer either to the Roman Colliseum, or one in Pokemon Battle Revolution. In the Pokemon world, a colliseum is like a Gym, only you don’t get a badge.

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            • ninjatoes | July 30, 2009 at 19:55

              Basically a coliseum is just a big sports stadium or sports (or really any big event)arena.

              The Colosseum in Rome was the biggest sports arena in the ancient world, and is called specifcally the Colosseum because of the Colossus of Nero statue at the entrance.

              But nowadays people use coliseum and Colosseum regardless of which one they mean. ;o)

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  594. justin | July 27, 2009 at 16:32

    i use that metasquia but i downloaded bitziper if i buy metasquia would i be able to get in

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    • ninjatoes | July 27, 2009 at 18:06

      I’m not sure what you mean by “would I be able to get in?”…

      Do you mean “would I be able to extract the ZIP-file I download from the Metasequoia website?” then I think so, yes.

      The files for Metasequoia come in a simple ZIP-file, that file archive format is very common, and almost all file archivers (including Bitzipper) can open it.

      But you can try it now already: there is a “Lite Edition” of Metasequoia with a few less options that you can use for free, and the “Shareware version” is there to try until you decide if you need the extra features that you need to pay for.

      You can download the shareware version now from http://www.metaseq.net/english/index.html and see if you “can get in”. And then you can always decide to buy a registration key later if you want to, you don’t have to input it right away.

      I hope this helps!

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  595. secret | July 26, 2009 at 17:38

    those papercraft models are so awesome ^^
    i just wonder,do you know by chance if there ever exist a Joka *known as joker in Japanese and wii version* papercraft model? ^^
    *dosn’t mather if it is his playstation or wii version,theres a noseless-tailess version existing in the gba,but im more a fan of when he looked like the playstation version *wii is most same,only he got arms and legs now* *Joka is from klonoa games *psx= Klonoa: Door to phantomile while the wii is a remake of it *only known as klonoa wii*
    i probely can show some pics if you don’t know the character ^^’
    i would be so happy to find one of him,since he is my fav ^^
    i only seen a few klonoa and moo -_-

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  596. annonymous | July 25, 2009 at 18:40

    can you make in the future dbz budokai tenkaichi 3 models plz?

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  597. getn | July 24, 2009 at 19:22

    If and when you make a Sora model, have you considered making him in another form? I’d personally prefer his regular clothes but it might make the model more interesting for you if you choose to make him in, say, valor form…

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  598. mitchell | July 20, 2009 at 20:35

    tis would be my #1 site if you guys make mario or luigi or bowser

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  599. Sam | July 20, 2009 at 00:41

    Are you going to make a legend of zelda tp normal Link papercraft?

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  600. Anonymous | July 19, 2009 at 20:34

    Maybe you could do Sora or a SSB:B character(Marth, Pit and Zelda will be nice)?

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    • ninjatoes | July 20, 2009 at 18:00

      Maybe of course! ;o)

      Or maybe something completely different… The truth is, it depends on what mood I’m in once I decided to start working on my next model.

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  601. toonlinkmaster133 | July 19, 2009 at 16:35

    hey its meee

    greetz ninjatoes

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  602. Anonymous | July 18, 2009 at 15:08

    i want to know why didnt u put auron in kingdom hearts category

    he appears in KH 2

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    • Anonymous | July 18, 2009 at 15:21

      and ya rikku n yuna also

      Reply
    • ninjatoes | July 18, 2009 at 15:29

      I really see paper Auron as a Final Fantasy X character, and not so much a Kingdom Hearts character. Especially since the papercraft model has his more “realistic” proportions (relatively speaking of course… ;o) from Final Fantasy X and not the “cartoony” ones from Kingdom Hearts.

      The Cloud I made was specifically from Kingdom Hearts, but because he is such an iconic character for the Final Fantasy series, people looking for a Cloud model will surely look in the Final Fantasy section first. But people looking for an Auron model will rarely look in the Kingdom Hearts section I think.

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  603. luigimaster123 | July 18, 2009 at 02:01

    i think you should do a model of raru from ocarina of time. i have searched all over the internet for one and cant find one

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    • ninjatoes | July 18, 2009 at 15:17

      Since I’m a big Zelda fan, most if not all Zelda characters have a chance of being made in paper form; the only thing is I can’t really tell you when I will make a new Zelda model or what the next one will be, simply because I don’t know myself yet…! ;o)

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  604. Anonymous | July 17, 2009 at 16:40

    just wnt to know what will be ur project after the tomb raider one

    will it be somethin big like KH sephiroth, sora or naruto

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    • ninjatoes | July 17, 2009 at 20:49

      To be honest, I really have no idea yet; usually after I finish a model, I take a break to decide on my next model.

      Maybe I’ll watch a good show on tv, or a movie, or play a fun game and I’ll think: yes, let’s make a papercraft out of this!

      (it’s why my “to do”-list keeps changing all the time, always getting longer and never any shorter; every time I finish a model, 6 new ideas will be already have been added……. ;o)

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  605. shuklaayush | July 17, 2009 at 14:46

    i just want u or any1 to just scale it down to the size of ur model not redesign it
    thx

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    • ninjatoes | July 17, 2009 at 20:45

      If that is all you want, I think just printing it at a smaller scale like Juiles already said would be the fastest and easiest way.

      Use the PDF files, and just just choose “Print”. In the dialog that pops up, there are several options, including “Page handling” (of course it might be called differently in different languages!)

      One option under page handling should be “Page scaling”. In the pull down menu, you can choose to fit 2 pages per sheet, 4 pages per sheet, or choose your own number that you want to print on one sheet (the preview will show you what it would look like on the printed sheet).

      In the Pepakura files it says the model is about 84 cm tall, so it’s more or less three times as big as my Cloud. So if you print 3 pages per sheet (so you need to use the “Custom” option) it should come out more or less 28 cm. ;o)

      I hope this works for you, good luck and have fun!

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  606. Link | July 15, 2009 at 19:17

    Do you ave F-Zero Models? I was looking forward to making Fire Singray

    ( I know it sounds weird..Link wanting F-Zero charactrs…)

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    • ninjatoes | July 15, 2009 at 19:36

      I haven’t made any F-Zero models myself yet, and I must admit that I don’t know if I will… Who knows in the future of course, butfor now I do know of a Fire Stingray model by somebody else: http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/2009/05/fire-stingray.html

      I hope you like it, have fun building!

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      • Link | July 18, 2009 at 08:26

        thanks, i did it, and it was cool…
        but why cant you host just that one? please?
        just throw it in the miscellaneous folder

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        • ninjatoes | July 18, 2009 at 09:09

          I can’t host *that* one, because it wasn’t made by me, and on my website I only host the models made by myself.

          So only if I made a paper F-Zero Fire Stingray model myself, I would put it here on my website.

          But why do you want me to host the Stingray model if you can already can it from Nintendo Papercraft? Are you having trouble downloading it?

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  607. shuklaayush | July 15, 2009 at 14:24

    http://fezcocrafts.blogspot.com/2009/06/kingdom-hearts-2-cloud-strife-release.html
    hey i just found this and wanna ask you
    can u edit it n make it easy and small like the size of your cloud papercraft

    and ya im not related to fezco papercrafts

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    • Juiles | July 15, 2009 at 15:40

      sorry for … my comment, but isn´t it easy allready? i didn´t build it, but it doesn´t seem to be very complicated.
      and the sice you can half or quarter it by yourself. change the options in the pdf print output settings.
      okay, this isn´t an excelent way, but it is a way ^^

      biggest problem is in my opinion the amount of black ink o.O

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      • shuklaayush | July 15, 2009 at 16:44

        i know but it will make the mohdel more difficult if we resize it and if we print 48 pages then it will use much ink

        and also about its size about 30cm is okay but not its original size in the website

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    • ninjatoes | July 15, 2009 at 18:03

      Editing Fezco’s model to make it the same style as my Cloud model, would be *a lot* of work… Time that I would much rather spend on making my own models, as I hope you can understand…

      I try to make my character models all about roughly the same size, but if I make a KH2/AC Cloud myself, I’m afraid it probably won’t be any time soon, because I have so many other ideas as well…

      Sorry I can’t really help you…!

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    • nick | July 16, 2009 at 00:06

      actually, i am working on fezcos cloud, and the only real hard parts are the hair, which has 33 peices, and the hands. just because its big doesnt always mean it will be hard, it just has more peices and uses more pages. Haywan chiu is making a life size Link, but he simplified it a lot, so it will take a long time to complete, but with not to much challenge. making a model 33 inch model into a 12 inch model would be extremely hard, to. the cloud is really cool though, so I recomend making it anyway.

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      • Simon | July 16, 2009 at 07:25

        No ninjatoes simplified his model a lot, that’s why you can build it in small size without a lot of problems. Big models often are that big BECAUSE they would be too difficult otherwise, and the designer doesn’t have the skill to simplify it like Ninjatoes does.

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  608. guidograca | July 15, 2009 at 00:25

    I saw a link to a naruto website in your misc links.

    Are you planning to do a naruto papercrat? I would love that.

    PS:I love your zelda´s papercraft; they are great.

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    • ninjatoes | July 15, 2009 at 17:51

      Yeah, it’s been on my to do list since forever, that’s why I already made a Naruto link… I still want to make one, but I have no idea when I’ll be in a big enough Naruto mood to actually do so… ;o)

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  609. stereo | July 14, 2009 at 19:52

    Any plans on further ff7-kingdom hearts cross overs? Personally I think Tifa and Aeris would make excellent papercrafts…

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  610. justin | July 11, 2009 at 23:37

    i started the life size link module and i have some white showing how can i fix it

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  611. bv9000 | July 11, 2009 at 15:27

    Hi,
    I have a paper moddel to give you but I don’t know how!!

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    • ninjatoes | July 11, 2009 at 17:07

      Do you mean pictures of a model you built, or do you mean a template that you made yourself? If the files aren’t too big, you can try attaching them to an e-mail message you can send me (my e-mail is ninjatoes@home.nl ) but if the file is larger than 5 MB, it won’t come through.

      You can upload the file on a free filehost and then send me the link so I can download it. I hope this helps, I’ll keep an eye out for whatever it is you want to send me…! ;o)

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  612. justin | July 10, 2009 at 02:47

    when you download papercraft some times a rar file comes up what is it and why cant i get it to work? like on the papercraft musieam when you down load what is an rar file and how come i cant get them to work?

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    • ninjatoes | July 10, 2009 at 18:10

      RAR-files are the same as ZIP-files: they are archives of files, compressed together to save space.

      Just like you need a tool to unpack and decompress ZIP-files, you need a tool to unpack and decompress RAR-files. There are many tools that can do this, like 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) which is freeware, and the format’s native program, WinRAR (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) which is shareware.

      After you have installed the program, you can simply doubleclick the files to have them automatically unpack so you can view the files inside.

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  613. zeldafan217 | July 9, 2009 at 22:19

    ninjatoes when i make a papercraft some times some pices creap over the other pice how can i stop that

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    • Juiles | July 10, 2009 at 09:45

      cut them off?! oÔ

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    • ninjatoes | July 10, 2009 at 18:17

      I’m not sure what you mean exactly? Do you mean in Pepakura Designer, sometimes when you join parts, the parts overlap eachother?

      That is just something that happens because of the way the parts are connected, and you can’t really do anything about it except cutting up the 3D model in a different way (it’s often better to cut up a big part into seperate pieces instead of keeping it together) or redesigning the 3D model altogether.

      If you mean when building the model, then I think it really is just a matter of experience and maybe taking more time.

      Sometimes when the paper needs to make a difficult fold or curve, there is so much tension in the paper, that it kinda pulls itself the way it wants to go. By pre-shaping the part, you can get a lot of that tension out of the paper, maybe that will help a bit as well.

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    • Anonymous | July 10, 2009 at 18:59

      oh he means two papercraft pages has been put on 1 page, am i right?

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    • Penguin_king10 | July 12, 2009 at 02:12

      So, some pieces in the 3D model intersect, right?
      In that case, you will need to do that in the 3-D modeling program rather than Pepakura. Just trim off the part at where it meets the other one.

      I hope it helps! :)

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  614. justin | July 9, 2009 at 19:11

    ninjatoes on youtube i am zeldafan217 i will put all of the progress of my zelda dioramas on there soon please go there i probabley will have one video by the end of the week if you have any questins ask me on my youtube channel.

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  615. Anonymous | July 9, 2009 at 18:26

    By the way, down at the bottom of the page, it still says: http://www.kickme.to/ninjatoes 2008. Shouldn’t it be 2009? I know I don’t live near, but I don’t think there’s that much of a time change.

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  616. Anonymous | July 9, 2009 at 18:14

    What are you making next? (perhaps something from Zelda?)

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  617. Aaron Mears | July 9, 2009 at 17:58

    What brand of glue do you use, Ninjatoes? I use Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. And one more question: Although Ninjatoes is a good name, what inspired you to make it the name of your amazing papercraft webpage?

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    • ninjatoes | July 9, 2009 at 18:10

      The glue I use is called “Tesa hobby glue”, it’s very common where I live (it’s sold in just about any department store, hobby/crafts shop or any store that sells office/school supplies) although in many other countries people have never heard of it…

      You can see a picture of the bottle in many of my instructions, like the ones for Buffy.

      Oh, and I liked the name “ninjatoes” because it makes people wonder what it means!? ;o)

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      • Aaron Mears | July 9, 2009 at 18:18

        Does it take a long time to dry? Because if it dries fairly quickly AND makes models as good as yours, I’d better get some!!!

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        • ninjatoes | July 9, 2009 at 18:24

          That depends on how you use it. ;o) The “trick” is to use as little glue as possible, so that the glueing tab is only “tacky”. Then when you put the other part on top and apply some pressure, the parts will basically instantly bond.

          You can imagine if you put a big wet puddle of glue on the glueing tab, it will take a lot longer to dry…

          On parts where there is a lot of tension in the paper, sometimes you have to hold it a second or two, but the biggest secret is the amount of glue you use.

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  618. justin | July 9, 2009 at 16:12

    ninjatoes do you need a special printer to use card stock or can you use card stock in a regular printer?

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  619. justin | July 9, 2009 at 02:54

    ninjatoes do you what date that zelda life size link papercraft on youtube will come out?

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    • ninjatoes | July 9, 2009 at 18:20

      You mean the one Haywan Chiu‘s making? (not sure how many people are making a life sized Link at the moment… ;o)

      I think it was almost complete actually, last time I checked Link was just missing one of his hands.

      There were a couple of parts released already, not sure if they were bèta versions or finished versions. You can imagine building a life sized Link can take a lot of time, so I’m not sure when it will be finished.

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  620. justin | July 8, 2009 at 14:06

    hey ninjatoes about the zelda diorama i dont know what size to make it?

    p.s. on metasequoia i dont know how to get the tool bar on the far right side. if you know what i mean could you tell me how to get it?

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    • ninjatoes | July 8, 2009 at 18:11

      I usually try to make my characters models about 20-30 cm tall. With the way I rebuild the 3D models, that is usually a good size so that the parts won’t become too small, and the parts themselves usually fit nicely on the sheets, and don’t take up *too* much sheets of paper.

      So it depends on what you’re making exactly, and how you made the 3D model. Try to pick a size you think will work, and then when after you have test built your models, if it turns out it is too big or too small, you can always change the scale. ;o)

      As for your other question, if you mean the “Object” en “Material” panels, you can show or hide them by going into the “Panel”-menu in the menu-bar, and then check the “Object Panel” and “Material Panel” (shortcuts Ctrl+Q and Ctrl+M).

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  621. justin | July 7, 2009 at 20:11

    hey ninjatoes i am in the process of making a zelda diorama

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  622. justin | July 6, 2009 at 19:08

    ninjatoes how do you make your modules?

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    • ninjatoes | July 6, 2009 at 19:25

      A lot of my models start out as game models, that I then rebuild so they will be easier to unfold and make in paper form (I usually use a program called Metasequoia for this step).

      After that, I unfold the newly made 3D model with Pepakura Designer. Then I test build the model, and usually there are a lot of small things to fix.

      After fixing those, I can make the templates in Photoshop, so I can build the final build and the instructions, before I release the model on my website.

      That’s the really short version of course, because making a good, full tutorial would take loads of time that I don’t have right now…

      I recently uploaded some images to my DeviantArt account about how and why I simplified ZaL: http://ninjatoespapercraft.deviantart.com/gallery/#tutorials

      Maybe it will give you some insight until I find the time to make full tutorial, have fun! ;o)

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  623. Syaoran | July 6, 2009 at 03:15

    Hi ninjatoes. I’m a big fan of your Legend of Zelda papercrafts. I was wondering, about how much time gets devoted to making one of these figures?(particularly the SSBM Link one) Thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | July 6, 2009 at 19:11

      That depends a lot on which model exactly, and who’s doing the building of course! ;o)

      Some people built Zora armor Link in one day for example, but SSB:M Link is *a lot* more difficult… If you’re really trying to do a good job and spend only a couple of hours on it each day, I think it could easily take you a week or two or perhaps even longer!

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  624. justin | July 5, 2009 at 22:29

    hey ninjatoes i come to your site more than 5 times a day and i was wondering if you would like to have me be your partner or some one you can work with it would mean a lot to me.

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    • ninjatoes | July 6, 2009 at 19:17

      No, sorry… For me all the fun of making paper models lies in the fact that I can do absolutely anything I want exactly how I want it, and no matter how you look at it, that would change if I had to deal with somebody else…

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  625. Ava | July 5, 2009 at 16:11

    I see your have most of the ships from Star Trek… what you should really think about doing is one of Capt. Picard! That would be beyond epic! :D

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    • ninjatoes | July 5, 2009 at 17:12

      Well most of the most famous ones, there are *lots* of other less famous starships of course! ;o)

      I was thinking about making Picard in his captain’s chair but as with so many ideas, I just haven’t gotten around to actually making it yet… ;o)

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  626. justin | July 5, 2009 at 15:48

    I know that you dont like to do many zelda models, but what about a zelda diorama. I also wondered how do you make a model, i have many papercraft ideas i just dont know where to start.

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    • ninjatoes | July 5, 2009 at 17:15

      Well I really like to do tons of Zelda models, just not all at once…! ;o) A diorama with a two or more characters and perhaps some sort of backdrop sounds really nice, but means twice or even thrice the work of course!

      So maybe I’ll just make the seperate parts of the diorama as seperate releases, so you can later bring them together as you’d like… ;o)

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  627. Nexus-6 | July 5, 2009 at 08:29

    Hello there Ninjatoes!

    Do you like the Beyond Good and Evil game?

    Because I love to see Jade, the protagonist, made by you.:)

    Just a suggestion.

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    • ninjatoes | July 5, 2009 at 09:07

      I know the game, although I never played it myself… I’m flattered that you really want it done specifically by me, I can put it on the to do-list of course (I’m a sucker for action games like these, there are just too many of them to play them all…) but that’s no guarantee I’ll make it anytime soon, sorry…!

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      • Nexus-6 | July 5, 2009 at 18:13

        Actually, Beyond Good and Evil is a action adventure, just like Zelda.

        I would even say that is very inspired by Zelda, so I think you would like to play.

        It is really a awesome game that just don’t sell very well at the time it was released, just like Okami.

        I really recommend that you play it.:)

        Greetings from Brazil.

        P.S: And sorry for my bad english.

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  628. justin | July 3, 2009 at 19:25

    could you make morpheel from legend of zelda tp

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    • Truffles | July 4, 2009 at 06:56

      I don’t know if he ever will, but it would have to come a while later because he’s made enough Zelda models for a while (so he says), and as they say all good things in moderation.

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    • ninjatoes | July 4, 2009 at 09:45

      Yep, there are so many great models that I’d like to do, from so many different series. And of course it gets boring to make Zelda models all the time, so I often switch between themes.

      Right now I’m working on the Extreme Depth Suit from Tomb Raider Chronicles (link) and it’s still far from finished… ;o)

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  629. Wil I Am | July 2, 2009 at 00:38

    could you make more zelda ones! i love zelda!!

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  630. justin | July 1, 2009 at 23:04

    could you do a lined version for zal?

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    • Truffles | July 2, 2009 at 01:37

      He says there are only fold lines where they are necessary, and this being a smooth look model the idea is to eliminate fold lines. So chances are, it won’t happen because folding it would make it look slightly worse than curling the paper/cardstock.

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    • ninjatoes | July 2, 2009 at 18:22

      Basically, what Truffles said. ;o)

      Instead of scoring and folding the parts, you can just curve most parts. Because you don’t need to fold most of the parts, there are no fold lines on most of the parts. ;o)

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  631. warlord | June 26, 2009 at 18:23

    how long does it usually take you to disign one of these things?

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    • ninjatoes | June 26, 2009 at 19:07

      That’s hard to say of course, because it’s different for each model, and sometimes I have a lot of spare time, and most of the time I don’t. ;o)

      But I started working ZaL for instance on April 7th according to my weblog, and I released him last weekend, so that’s about two and a half months.

      But I did finish a couple of other paper models in between that I had lying around, so all in all about a month and a half to two months I guess.

      And of course I don’t work on new models 24/7, usually just a couple of hours each day and sometimes just in the weekends. But on average even a simpler model usually takes me at least a couple of weeks of rebuilding the 3D model, test building it and then fixing it, building the final version and making the instructions before I can release it.

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  632. Uzay2000 | June 25, 2009 at 16:25

    could you do Tidus from FFX? i’m recently playing it because of my summer vacation.

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    • ninjatoes | June 25, 2009 at 18:02

      It’s not so long anymore before my summer break either, and maybe I’ll pick up FFX again to get in the mood. I don’t know if I’ll make Tidus then, or one of the other characters or fiends though (or if I’ll have gotten a completely different idea by then… ;o)

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  633. Anonymous | June 25, 2009 at 01:08

    McGee’s Cheshire Cat!! please do it!

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  634. mike | June 24, 2009 at 22:03

    (wink,wink) somthing naruto….

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    • ninjatoes | June 25, 2009 at 17:58

      Hm yeah, “something from Naruto” has been on my to do list ever since I made a website (hence the link in the links section while I don’t have any Naruto models yet… ;o)

      Maybe during the summer break, I’ll have a Naruto marathon to get in the mood! ;o)

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  635. Steve | June 24, 2009 at 16:46

    *glances around*

    KH Sephiroth!

    *cough*

    <..>

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  636. Puyol | June 23, 2009 at 19:25

    plz make the twilight princess link
    :D
    :D
    :D
    :D

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  637. yonyon | June 22, 2009 at 16:04

    Hey Ninjatoes, how many pages is your “Zora armor Link” model?

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  638. Anonymous | June 21, 2009 at 19:21

    What are you making next?

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  639. Dr.Pepper | June 21, 2009 at 13:04

    Hello..
    I’m korea high school students^^ Do you know korea?
    I try to make cremiaswagon and zeldamule and success.
    I think that makeing papercraft is very fun. So I try another thing. Please recommend little easy work please

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    • ninjatoes | June 21, 2009 at 18:26

      Hi there, it’s good to hear you’re enjoying papercraft as a hobby!

      Most of my Nintendo 64 models from Majora’s Mask and Ocarina of Time are of the same difficulty, so if you liked the mule and the wagon, you might also like those.

      The classic Tomb Raider models on my site are also quite similar I think, and on other sites around the internet, like Nintendo Papercraft for example, there are also a lot of similar models!

      Have fun building!

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  640. knonitz | June 19, 2009 at 18:59

    duuuuuuuuuuuuuudddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. you the best, until now I didn’t even know all this was possible. YOU DA MAN

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  641. Anonymouse | June 19, 2009 at 07:24

    You really need to make a good tutorial on making a good papercraft quick because many people make papercrafts but they are of very bad quality………..

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    • ninjatoes | June 19, 2009 at 18:49

      Well, I think a lot of people find it great fun to build their favorite video game character out of paper, but making a papercraft model with Pepakura Designer actually involves little paper or glue (basically only in the test building stage) and most people find it very time consuming and therefor a lot less fun…

      I also find it can get really tedious really quick when you’re behind the computer day after day working on making a model that doesn’t even look that good by 3D standards without any paper in sight yet. ;o) I think for most people it’s just *too* tedious to spend a lot of time on that step.

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  642. alikakadri | June 18, 2009 at 23:06

    I was wondering if you had considered making a FAQ page for your site? It might save you time so you don’t answer the same questions all the time ;)

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  643. Truffles | June 18, 2009 at 06:02

    Is it just me or is sora popular? I think to stop all these needless requests for said papercraft and all the redundancy, there should be a to-do list somewhere or a list of models you plan on making some time.

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    • ninjatoes | June 18, 2009 at 18:19

      Haha well my “to-do” list would basically be a copy of the character sections and bestiaries from one of those game guides, because I basically like almost all characters from my favourite game series.

      And I’m always adding things to my “to do”-list whenever I see something on tv or online, and I never have any idea which one is “on top” of the list to make next (which would be the next question to ask me of course… ;o)

      I like to keep you guys in the dark just as much as myself, although if it’s in Tomb Raider, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts or Advance Wars, it probably already is on my “to do”-list, yes… ;o)

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  644. valentin | June 17, 2009 at 19:59

    are you working on a advance wars unit

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    • ninjatoes | June 18, 2009 at 17:57

      Not at the moment, at the moment I’m focusing on building Zora armor Link and making the instructions so I can release it soon.

      I might make a new AW unit after that though, as a break away from the computer all the time… ;o)

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  645. XpErTz | June 17, 2009 at 11:59

    you should make a Sora or Roxas Model. Or any other KH Character it would still be awesome!

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  646. Anonymous | June 16, 2009 at 15:54

    who can i download the papercraft

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    • Juiles | June 16, 2009 at 17:25

      lol. are you from germany? i am. they often turn the “wo” in a “who” ^^
      funny to see that.

      if not, than ok..

      by the way, it should be “where” (nothing to do with “wer” wich means “who” … confusing)

      (:

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    • ninjatoes | June 16, 2009 at 18:21

      I put my papercraft models in different categories (Advance Wars, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts etc…).

      You have to choose one of those first (using the image buttons on the frontpage, or the links on the right side of the screen) and then like Juiles says, you will find the download links for the parts and the instructions of each model right underneath the pictures of the models.

      For most models, you will need to install a PDF Reader (and for some, an unzip utility).

      Have fun building!

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  647. nick | June 15, 2009 at 23:54

    you should put two different size for future papercrafts, a regular size, and a slightly bigger size so it will stand out better. the ssbm link was hard and their is a double sized one and that would be alot easier. maybe the big size could be 1 and a half times as big. this would help for the small advance wars unit. thanks!

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    • ninjatoes | June 16, 2009 at 18:17

      The scale I use for my models is just a scale I’m happy with myself (in terms of number of sheets to print, the lay out of the parts on the sheets, buildability, and final size).

      Of course everybody has his own preferences, but if anybody wants to build a bigger version of one of my models, I will leave it to themselves to scale the templates! ;o)

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  648. Aaron Mears | June 14, 2009 at 17:23

    A couple of things. First, can you build a Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Link (In Hero’s clothes, of course)? I’d sure build that if it I got the chance! Also, I think we shold have some sort of a papercraft convention sometime. I live in Mead, WA, so I probably couldn’t make it to the Netherlands in time, but I’m sure other papercrafters would love it!

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    • ninjatoes | June 16, 2009 at 17:57

      I will definately make TP Link in his regular Hero’s Clothes, but not right after ZaL.

      I’ve heard of papercraft gatherings in the USA, but not in the Netherlands… It’s not a very big hobby over here, or only online.

      By chance though, I recently learned that there will be a papercraft workshop at Abunai 2009 (an anime convention in Zwolle, the Netherlands, later this year).

      From what I understand, it will be a small workshop, but there are not a lot of details yet.

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  650. Anonymous | June 11, 2009 at 13:31

    Eventually, can you make a Twilight Princess Zelda and a SSBB Marth? I’m a huge fan of those two.

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  651. valentin | June 10, 2009 at 16:26

    are you from denmark

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  652. marioentwistle4576 | June 10, 2009 at 08:43

    hi valentin
    this is me Matthew
    an im on ninjatoes

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  653. marioentwistle4576 | June 10, 2009 at 08:40

    do you have more star trek papercrafts
    oh ninjatoes no phasers
    wheres ninjatoes
    my dad has plastic models i have paper models
    wheres ninjatoes

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    • ninjatoes | June 10, 2009 at 18:15

      Well you can’t expect me to be online *all the time*, right? ;o) I put a couple of your posts together into one, I hope you don’t mind?

      All the Star Trek papercrafts I made myself are on my website (link) but there a lot of other people that also made paper Star Trek models that you can download for free including phasers (link and link).

      There’s a list over at Paper Hollywood, but even that list is not complete, there are a lot more to be found on the internet! ;o)

      I actually have a plastic Voyager myself and I used to build a lot of plastic airplane kits. I still have an unbuilt Blackbird somewhere… ;o)

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  654. valentin | June 9, 2009 at 19:34

    i mean are you working on advance wars units?

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    • ninjatoes | June 10, 2009 at 18:00

      At the moment I’m focusing on the final build and instructions for Zora armor Link, so I’m not working on new Advance Wars units right now. ZaL has been a lot of work for me though, so when it’s finished, I’ll probably make a smaller and easier model next, and a new Advance Wars unit fits that description perfectly of course. ;o)

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  655. Alex | June 9, 2009 at 18:13

    Hi there! Love your stuff, I need a little help, in the Wolf Link project, the lines are really dark, and I can’t tell if they’re dotted or not. Is it possible, if it isn’t too much hassle for you to mabey make the lines white? or a pale colour?

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    • ninjatoes | June 9, 2009 at 18:33

      Yeah I know, because wolf Link is quiet dark himself as well of course, the lines are not always very clear on the printout…

      This can be a good thing, but not if you don’t know how to fold a part… ;o)

      Most of the fold lines will be pretty obvious, and on parts on which it’s not so obvious, you will often still have an idea on how to fold them: then you can pre-shape the part and (without glue) try to see if it fits the way you thought. If it doesn’t, try folding it the other way.

      If you really can’t figure it out by trying it that way, you can try looking at the digital PDF version; you should be able to see the lines clear enough, and you can zoom in as much as you want.

      It’s not always fun to still be behind the computer when you’re building a papercraft model, but on a complex model like wolf Link, it’s a good thing to watch the instructional pictures on your computer as well.

      Not only so you don’t have to print them so you can save ink, but you can zoom in if you want to, and change the brightness a bit if you need (I have to admit I’m not the best photographer… ;o)

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  656. Juiles | June 8, 2009 at 17:11

    i wonder… would it be much work for you, to upload the pics from the hall of fame in a larger version too? in an extra link, so that they open in a new tab, but something like original sice.

    sometimes i want to see the pics bigger, and i can´t :)

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    • ninjatoes | June 8, 2009 at 18:04

      Well, because I want the pictures on the website to fit the layout of course, I always shrink those pictures. I basically just make the other pictures (if the person sends me more than one) the same size.

      This also drastically reduces the filesize that I have to store and backup somewhere of course, which is a big pro for me! ;o)

      I usually ask if it’s okay that I resized their pictures, and people always say yes, but maybe they’re just being polite…? ;o)

      What do you guys really think? ;o)

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      • Juiles | June 8, 2009 at 20:39

        as for the layout here i understand. i meant (i am not 100% sure if you understood me ;p ) somethink like “klick on picture or link and see the full sized pic. or maybe just a litle bit bigger. what about 800×600?
        some pics are really worth it.
        the filesize shouldn´t be than sooooo big. something about 20kb in a upper medium quallity? o.O

        i will not force to that. i just ask ^^

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        • ninjatoes | June 9, 2009 at 17:51

          Don’t worry, I understood what you meant. ;o)

          As long as bandwidth and storage allows, I could upload and link copies of the pictures in their original size, so that’s why I asked if more people would be interested in bigger hall of fame pictures? ;o)

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  657. Ryuuzaki | June 5, 2009 at 03:49

    wow. Thank you for Info. Do yu know where can i get all of Gundam Series?? and Suikoden 2 character??

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    • ninjatoes | June 5, 2009 at 17:52

      I don’t know if *all* of the Gundam series have been made yet…! ;o) You can find a lot of them all over the internet, many of them in super deformed (SD) style, but also in “normal” style (link).

      I don’t know if there are any paper models of Suikoden 2 out there, but I must admit I haven’t looked very hard yet… I can’t remember seeing on yet, though!

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  658. Ryuuzaki | June 4, 2009 at 16:05

    you’re great ! will you make Keroro Gunso?? (I Really Love Keroro) All of the character in Keroro?? And Ryuk (All shinigami in death note!) too! that’ll be great!

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    • ninjatoes | June 4, 2009 at 17:44

      Whoa, one thing at a time! ;o) I’m not sure if I will makeany Kerero Gunso or Deathnote models, because I never really followed those series.

      Never say never of course, but chances are not very big of it happening very soon I’m afraid, sorry…

      There are several Keroro Gunso models that you might like, like over here, and you might be able to find a few more if you search for Sgt. Frog or Giriro Gunso papercraft.

      As for Deathnote, I know of a papercraft Yagami model (link) and I think someone was working on an L, but I kinda lost track of that one. Google can probably reveal if it’s finished yet. ;o)

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  659. Uzay2000 | June 2, 2009 at 14:51

    wait, wait… you uploaded Melissa’s Cloud papercraft twice

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    • ninjatoes | June 2, 2009 at 17:55

      It only seems that way because of the blog system; Melissa sent her Cloud a while ago, but she recently sent me a picture of the Kim Possible she made, so I updated her post.

      But because I also updated the date on the post, it got bumped to the top of the list again.

      Sometimes if it’s been a while, I change the date on purpose, so older entries in the hall of fame with an update get to be on the first page again (and sometimes I do it by accident without thinking… ;o)

      (you had me worried for a moment that I linked the wrong picture and that instead of Kim Possible, it showed Cloud again…! ;o)

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  660. ryuuseiSoul | June 2, 2009 at 04:49

    Hi, I’ve built your Wolf Link model and I’ve gotta say, it’s really impressive how you broke it down.
    Is it possible you can make some papercrafts for Gundams? I’ve been searching on the internet for them, but the only ones I’ve found have broken links.

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    • ninjatoes | June 2, 2009 at 18:03

      Thanks for the compliment! ;o) Making wolf Link took a long time and it is still a challenging model I think with several small parts, especially around the head of course…

      Although I really enjoy watching anime, I don’t have any Gundams in the planning right now…

      There are a lot of papercraft Gundams out there already like you say (especially super deformed SD ones, but regular ones as well) but I can’t believe all of them have broken links… ;o)

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  661. Steve | May 31, 2009 at 06:00

    I just finished your KH Cloud model (I’ll send you a pic or two soon). I was curious, will you be doing a KH version of Sephiroth? Whether it be 1 or 2.

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    • ninjatoes | May 31, 2009 at 08:54

      A Sephiroth to match my Cloud is on my “to do”-list although it might be a while before I really start working on it.

      I hope you had fun building Cloud and I’ll be looking out for your pictures (I can add them to the hall of fame if you’d like?)

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  662. valentin | May 30, 2009 at 08:04

    if you are gona make them all. you are gona make 22 of each team plus af new team namet Bolt Guard

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  663. Carlos Yare Muñoz Rivas | May 29, 2009 at 21:28

    Me encanta muuuchooooooo esta pgn web Visitala diario todo aquel que le a este mensaje chaitoooooo

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  664. valentin | May 29, 2009 at 16:59

    are you gona make som of does roket-launger soilders

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  665. Nick | May 29, 2009 at 14:03

    People! can you read the comments in the comments section! Ninjatoes said he is making more Final Fantasy and Kingdom hearts models! There have probably been 20 comments asking for one of those models. he will make what models he wants to make

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  666. Carlos Yare Muñoz Rivas | May 28, 2009 at 23:18

    Mw encanta su pagina web mi categoria favorita es de advance wars me encanta esos muñequitos de guerra e estado hacienda esta semana un tanke pero no me que da bien como la foto lo que me que da mal es el muñeco pero eso no importa mucho .

    que bueno que supe de esta pgn

    ADIOS…

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  667. Anthony | May 28, 2009 at 20:48

    Can you tell me how to get files out of a game and int 3ds max ? I am trying to make morrowind characters, weapons and armor in 3ds but I suck at drawing.

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    • ninjatoes | May 29, 2009 at 18:45

      I must admit I haven’t tried yet myself, but I believe Morrowind is based on the Gamebryo game engine, whoms (*.nif-)files can be read by an application called “NifTools” (link)

      There’s a whole lot of documentation to read, but I think it’s what you’re looking for.

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  668. Kawaii Kitti | May 28, 2009 at 02:03

    Would you Consider Vincent Valentine, From Final Fantasy 7? he’s my favorite character.

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    • ninjatoes | May 28, 2009 at 18:29

      Well, I can only give you the same answer as I gave Dan: I love making paper models, and many more Final Fantasy models are on my “to do”-list.

      Until I get around to making one (which may be a very long time, sorry…!) you might like to try one of Saneperson’s Vincent models (both battle model and world model versions): link

      Have fun building!

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  669. cczora | May 27, 2009 at 20:44

    Any chance of other FF models, like more X or XII? I know you’re busy with ZaL, but having some XII models would make my day. :)

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  670. Dan | May 27, 2009 at 11:46

    Hey, for the FF/KH crossovers, would you consider Vivi? He’s easily my favourite character in them. ^_^

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    • ninjatoes | May 27, 2009 at 18:25

      I can consider anything of course! And since I’m a big Final Fantasy fan, there’s a reasonable chance… ;o)

      Chamoo232 made a FF9 version of Vivi (link) that you might like, I might make one as well, but you will have to wait a while… ;o)

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  671. jose luis | May 25, 2009 at 23:11

    sonriente

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  672. XpErTz | May 24, 2009 at 08:44

    what other Kingdom Hearts Papercrafts are in store for us?

    :)

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  673. valentin | May 24, 2009 at 07:45

    when are the next Advance Wars papercrafts komming

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    • ninjatoes | May 24, 2009 at 12:12

      There’s no telling really… ;o)

      I intend to make many more, but I have so many ideas for papercraft projects, that I have to choose which ones to make first. Sometimes I make them as a side project, but I can’t give you an exact date, sorry!

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  674. Shadow | May 23, 2009 at 16:40

    Hey all, I never really knew such a thing really existed until now. Crazy! well I’m going to give it a shot, it looks fun but as I was looking around and one model I was looking at it was saying “You can print this on regular print paper” what type of paper do I use normally then? Any way this web site does look good.
    I have no idea how I found it, no, i didn’t use google, I have so many tabs open I think I might have clicked a link but hey I guess I’m rambling now. Any way I can’t wait to start building :)

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    • ninjatoes | May 23, 2009 at 17:00

      Paper models will be a bit stronger and often look a bit better if you use thicker paper.

      Most people use paper that’s about two times as thick (160 gsm, grams per square meter) as regular printer paper, although I use paper that’s two and a half times as thick (200 gsm).

      If it’s too hard to come by though (it’s also a bit more expensive, of course… ;o) you can just use regular paper and see if it works for you. ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  675. Kayla | May 22, 2009 at 19:57

    Hey, I was wondering if you could find time to send me the guide to the Moon’s Tear it won’t come up on my computer for some reason. You can send it to my email, mariah_tebo@yahoo.com

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    • ninjatoes | May 23, 2009 at 15:39

      Hm, you mean the one from Nintendo Papercraft? Are you having trouble downloading it, or opening it?

      To open *.zip files, you need a file archiver like 7-Zip to extract the files in the ZIP-file. To open *.pdo files, you need Pepakura Viewer, and to open *.pdf files, you need a PDF Reader like Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.

      I hope this helps, have fun building!

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  676. Karlinks | May 22, 2009 at 11:01

    Hello Ninjatoes’ I’ve finished the team of yellow comet!

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  677. Uzay2000 | May 21, 2009 at 17:10

    i have a question.
    how many papercrafts can i send to you?

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    • Anonymous | May 21, 2009 at 17:15

      hehe, all this papercrafts arent sent models, are all made by ninjatoes. so you havent to send none model ;)

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    • ninjatoes | May 22, 2009 at 09:37

      Haha yes, you can send as many pictures as you want for the hall of fame. ;o)

      I’ve been a bit busy the last few days, so I haven’t been able to update your hall of fame listing with the new picture you sent me, but now I have: link

      I hope you like it, and if you want to share any more pictures in the future, don’t hesitate to send them! ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  678. Juiles | May 20, 2009 at 15:09

    heya
    can i ask you, what are you actually working at? i don´t know if i should wait for something cool, or start with any new model. actually there are some cool things, but they are all to much time expensive for me now :/

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    • Nick | May 20, 2009 at 21:52

      check his blog for updates. just scroll down and it will be between his youtube and deviantart account. he is currently working on TP zora armour link

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      • Juiles | May 21, 2009 at 19:22

        ah true true… i have searched for this weblog, but i was too stupid to find it ^^
        thanks anyway.
        link is not my favorit, so i will start with something else what is already there.

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    • ninjatoes | May 21, 2009 at 08:57

      True, my weblog is the place where I show to the world my official “works in progress”. ZaL is what I’m working on at the moment as my next big model.

      Any side projects will remain a secret until I release them, though! ;o)

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  679. drihscol | May 16, 2009 at 13:09

    GRR!
    just gluing the head on ganondorf.
    did you have to make it so confusing?
    i think i did it right,
    but
    i cant really see enough angles in the shot,
    why couldnt the neck be the right shape?
    or why could the neck be on his head?
    i could have screwed an entire papercraft!
    i have homework and stuff so i dont get very long to work on these,
    and if i have to spend another 2 weeks doing him again,
    ill be veeeerrrryyy annoyed.

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    • ninjatoes | May 17, 2009 at 09:24

      The “trick” to glue Ganondorf’s head to his neck I think, is to realize that his head doesn’t really sit on top of his neck, but that the “pointy bottom” has to “sink” inside his head untill it can’t “sink” any further. ;o)

      Also, the undersides of his cheeks do have fold lines, but the angles shouldn’t be very sharp, but nearly flat (maybe it works eve better if you don’t fold them ;o)

      I made two quick schematics that hopefully show what I mean better. Especially the triangular back may seem weird to glue to the rectangular back of the neck, but if you look at the 3D images, you will see that it’s actually quite a nice fit. ;o) You can see the quick sketches and 3D images here.

      Of course the digital 3D world is a perfect world, and in the final papercraft, it is easy to “accidentally” shift the pieces a little so you don’t get 100% the exact angles as in the 3D model, making the fit a little different.

      But don’t worry if you’re having a little trouble, I think the most important thing is to make sure the front looks good, and then get the rest of the head/neck to fit as well as you can (“sink” the head inside the neck as well as you can). Maybe these two pictures will convince you it’s not a huge disaster if you can’t get a perfect fit. ;o)

      I hope this helps explain things a little, good luck and have fun building!

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      • drihscol | May 17, 2009 at 09:36

        okay!
        i successfully decapitated him, and am now waiting for the glue to dry.
        im not looking forward to the sword.

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  680. Brynna | May 16, 2009 at 12:53

    I did a shoutout to your website in my latest youtube vlog!

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  681. Tiki | May 13, 2009 at 15:40

    Why doesn’t the Midna papercraft have lines? The wolflink one does and its really helpful.

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    • Nick | May 13, 2009 at 22:10

      It does have a few, but not many. papercrafts look way better if you dont fold them, unless its a young link or from the N64. try a papercraft without folding it. it looks better and takes less time

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    • ninjatoes | May 14, 2009 at 19:53

      Nick is right, Midna only has a few fold lines because it’s an “SLM”, a smooth look model.

      I like the polygonal look on “older” video games like the classic Tomb Raiders or the N64 Zeldas, but for many models, I tried to give them a “smoother”, “curvier” look.

      I think it depends on the model wether or not it suits the models and looks better ;o) but I do agree it takes less time to build an SLM (because you can save the time needed to score the fold lines).

      It’s always worth pre-shaping your models, but especially SLM’s I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hCwL4HW12w

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  682. Anonymous | May 9, 2009 at 00:01

    you should think about showing showing A, “how to make a young link paper model”

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    • Truffles | May 9, 2009 at 01:54

      Don’t the instructions explain it? Or are you after a guide to create your own papercraft models? If you mean the second one, have a look at this:http://www.nintendopapercraft.com/labels/How%20to.html
      It’s got all the important info on doing this.

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    • ninjatoes | May 9, 2009 at 09:23

      Yeah, people often ask me how I make a papercraft model. As far as my computer generated models are concerned, it’s basically the same as everybody else: unfolding a 3D model (made from scratch or rebuilt from an existing model) with Pepakura Designer.

      Pepakura Designer is very intuitive to use, the difference is in the preparation of the 3D model.

      I think it’s very important to understand what you’re actually trying to do: there’s a *big* difference between making a 3D model to make a 3D model, and making a 3D model to make a papercraft model.

      Once you realize that everything will be unfolded flat, printed, cut out, and glued together again in paper form, you can try to make the most of that process: http://ninjatoespapercraft.deviantart.com/art/Paper-modelling-secret-121920237

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      • drihscol | May 9, 2009 at 12:45

        i have two questions.how do you change the line color in pepakura, ad whats this zora armour link ive been hearing about ;)
        the thing about the line colour in pepakura is, when you score the lines, it gets a little lighter, so if we were to make the lines a bit darker, then the papercraft would be easier, and would look better!
        (obviously for dark areas you would go lighter.)

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        • ninjatoes | May 9, 2009 at 18:55

          After you have unfolded your 3D model in Pepakura Designer, you can right click in the “Development area” and in the context menu that pop ups, you can choose the option “Color edge”.

          Then you can choose a color you want, and with the tool, you can click the edges you want to give a different color (with the eraser tool, you can hide them).

          In Pepakura Viewer, you can’t change the color of the lines, but you can set the thickness and transparancy of the lines in the Settings > Printer settings menu.

          Zora armor Link is the new project I’ve been working on: http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/ ;o)

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  683. pastaboy | May 6, 2009 at 16:16

    Really awesome stuff you have your site!! I admire all of your work :D would be great if you did one of Dante from Devil May Cry 3

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    • ninjatoes | May 6, 2009 at 18:54

      I do know of a 3DPaper.com commercial paper Dante model, from DMC2 I think.

      Like I told Mike though, I’m pretty busy with Zora armor Link in my scarce spare time, so I’m afraid I can’t make one myself right now, sorry…

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  684. mike fox | May 5, 2009 at 19:03

    im just starting out at this papercraft stuff and searched the internet for the best site and this is it,this place kicks the crap of most if not all the other places as a noob im aw struck at what can be done with paper and dedecation.is their any possobility for any naruto in the future?

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    • ninjatoes | May 5, 2009 at 19:14

      In my links section here (https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/links/#misc) I put links to general sites about the subjects from my paper models, and you can see that I already anticipated a Naruto one… ;o)

      I was thinking about making a Naruto a long time ago already, but I never really started on him yet, but I will do so in the future.

      But if you can’t wait that long, there’s already one made by Bongo, you can still download it here: http://www.papercraftmuseum.com/naruto/

      Haywan warns that it requires some tweaking, so if you build it, be on the lookout for trouble spots!

      Have fun building!

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      • mike fox | May 5, 2009 at 21:15

        the reason i requested the naruto is cuz you use direct links,i only have internet acces thru my PSP and for some resone file sharing sites dont work for me(expt. rapidshare)

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        • ninjatoes | May 6, 2009 at 18:45

          Hm, that’s unfortunate… Normally I would tell you to ask the designer if he could e-mail the files to you directly, but Bongo doesn’t update his weblog anymore…

          You can probably find an alternate (RapidShare) download link if you search a bit, though. Right now, I’m busy trying to finish Zora armor Link, so I can’t make one until later, sorry…

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  685. touch fuzzy get dizzy | May 4, 2009 at 01:08

    Any chance we’ll be seeing some more kingdom hearts papercraft soon? Sora would be really cool, but so would Donald/Goofy/Micky. There aren’t really any good models for these (except Icthus’s private Sora) and I’d really like to build them.

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    • ninjatoes | May 4, 2009 at 17:49

      More characters/enemies from KH are definately on my to do-list! Definately Sora and friends, and the “cross-over characters” from other games/movies as well.

      It might take me a while, but I definately want to make them! ;o)

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  686. Drihscol | May 2, 2009 at 07:27

    Hello! i am a fan of your site! (the zelda section anyway) im making ganon at the moment, great fun.
    i thought that a good papercraft would be saria. she is one of my favourite characters, i would ask someone else, or attempt it myself, but i know your site has the best quality models!

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    • ninjatoes | May 2, 2009 at 18:11

      Haha, thanks for the compliment! ;o) Many more N64 Zelda models are on my to do list, but I have to finish Zora armor Link first (for real, this time… ;o)

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      • Drihscol | May 3, 2009 at 02:55

        XD
        well just so you know, i know how to extract the models from twilight princess wii ver, so if you ever need the master sword,
        or anything else, you can always ask me.

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        • ninjatoes | May 3, 2009 at 09:10

          Thanks, but I usually like to extract the models I start with myself, so I can get them exactly the way I want. I have many ideas for new models, when I get to a point where I need to extract a model from a Wii game, I might ask you for some help. ;o)

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  687. Truffles | April 25, 2009 at 03:23

    I’ve decided because Ninjatoes already short on time as things are, and there seems to be lots of demand for a Goht model, I’ll be making one (and hopefully posting it somewhere). So far I’ve unfolded him, and now have to test build him.

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  688. The Guy That Does Stuff | April 23, 2009 at 04:56

    Your new site is oficially AWESOME. haha. I love the cloud Papercraft, I’m gonna try to make it soon! :) :D XD

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  689. grayboye | April 22, 2009 at 02:31

    new challenge, im trying to build papercraft museums capt. falcon(just the bust right now). its on pepakura and when i print it page 1-4 or any pages my printer will just shoot out the pages with nothing on them:( and theres no error message or anything, i just got a new ink cartredge and it works….what do i do?

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    • ninjatoes | April 22, 2009 at 18:40

      Does it work on other PDO files? Or only on other file formats? If it works on other PDO files, just not the ones from Haywan, I suggest trying to ask him what he did with the files?!?! ;o)

      Or maybe write to the people who made the Pepakura software: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/user/support_form.php

      Maybe they’re familiar with your problem (I heard more stories of people having problems printing from Pepakura, but I’m not sure if it’s the same problem of course…) and they can offer a solution?

      I hope you’ll be able to fix your problem soon, but I think Haywan included PDF versions, so for now you could use those of course, until the problem is fixed.

      So I can still say have fun building, right? ;o)

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  690. nickNick | April 21, 2009 at 23:23

    in a papercraft museum video Haywan Chiu said tat pdf pages dont look as good as pepakura pages when printing parts. I realized that when building your Kurt Zisa model the parts looked a bit darker then your pictures were in the instructions. Maybe you should give us the pdo for printing?

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    • ninjatoes | April 22, 2009 at 18:18

      Hm, I’m not sure if I understand correctly? Do you mean the parts/pictures in my instructions on your computer screen don’t look the same color as on the paper when you print them?

      Because that has nothing to do with the file format, that’s just the difference between your computer screen and inkdrops on a sheet of paper. It will always look darker when printed than it does on a lit computer screen. ;o)

      I can’t really see any noticable difference when I print from PDF or from PDO format… But if you feel the colors aren’t right, you should be able to adjust it a bit within your printer settings.

      I don’t release my models in PDO form mainly because of the way I do the fixes that need to be done after the test build. I usually end up with several PDO files that all have some good parts and parts that needed to be fixed, and a couple more that contain the fixes. It’s chaos, and I rather enjoy creating order in Photoshop, playing around a bit with the layout, fixing the last things that I couldn’t do on the 3D model or in Pepakura etc.

      Only after I finished the parts in Photoshop, it is the way I think it should be built. The PDF version is also the one I use for my own final builds, as sort of a final test to see if I did all the fixes in the 3d model, Pepakura, and Photoshop right. (Sometimes I don’t, and I have to fix it a second time, yeah……. ;o)

      But like I said, you needn’t be afraid that you’re missing out on a better print quality or something like that (are you sure your ink cartridges aren’t almost empty? Stupid question perhaps, but you never know ;o)

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  691. grayboye | April 20, 2009 at 22:41

    hey ninja i got a few things to say, 1.u should put pages on your comments cuz its getting hard to scroll down so far 2.my printers are being really dumb and printing off the images with alot more blue that there should be.(kinda 3) the printer might not even print off an image from pepakura and yes it will print other things.

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    • Juiles | April 21, 2009 at 00:00

      sorry :/

      btw, it is ok, if some of my posts will be deleted (some of them are kinda useless ^^ )

      this comment included

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    • ninjatoes | April 21, 2009 at 18:08

      1. That would be very useful, but for some reason when I try it, and you click the “newer/older comments” link, it 404’s… I’ll look into it. ;o)

      2. Maybe you need to calibrate the printer again? On most printers there’s an option to calibrate them, a test image will print and you have to say if it comes out okay. Sometimes you need to choose from several options, which one turned out best and the printer will remember those settings.

      Or maybe it’s just that the other colours are almost empty, but there’s still lots of blue? But I’m afraid it’s impossible for me to tell what the problem might be, it could be so many things…

      Pepakura should print fine if the printer prints fine from other applications. If you get an error message, write it down and google it, to see if anybody else might have had the same problem. Maybe uninstalling and re-installing your printer (drivers) might fix your problems?

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  692. Juiles | April 20, 2009 at 20:00

    *bling*

    aaaaaah, i think i get it XD
    i made polygon zylinder now, instead of nurbs bla zylinder.
    pepakura is telling me, that it it deleted some files for data normalization, but i think, everything is allright now. i can unfold it and all that

    *whohooo* finaly i can begin to concentrate on the design, instead of this stupd file names ^^

    thx again. you are one of my top 10 most helpfull and friendly internet personalyties :)

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  693. Juiles | April 20, 2009 at 19:36

    hm… that was with the pepakura .2 version
    the pepakura 3b version just crash down when i try to open the obj file ^^
    *jeesh* and i already was so happy and thought, that everything will work nice

    i have to find some good files, wich i can open from maya in blender. or just forget maya oO

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  694. Juiles | April 20, 2009 at 19:09

    wow, you are so helpfull!

    i already get blender, but it is some kind konfusing. probably i will learn it a little bit too, when i have more time. have to use tutorials anyway.

    i folowed your instruction and installed that .mll
    pepacura is willing to open it too. but i see nothing else that “nothing” ^^ just a white blank site.
    i don´t know, maybe becouse i have not did any textures on my sphere.
    (i hate to sound like a noob ^^)

    i created a normal nurbs sphere and exportet once the selection and the other time “all” and the result was the same.

    yesterday i did the same in blender and it worked nice o.O

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  695. ninjatoes | April 20, 2009 at 18:02

    These are the 3D file formats that Pepakura Designer supports: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/productinfo/func5.html

    Maya is more than capable to export to different file formats, as long as you have the relevant plugin. You probably already have the objExport.mll plugin to export to the Wavefront obj file format. You probably just never loaded it yet. ;o)

    In Maya, go to Window -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager, and click to load (or auto-load might also be a good idea ;o) the plugin. Then you should be able to export to Wavefront obj, which Pepakura Designer supports.

    (if you don’t have the plugin yet, you need to download and install it in the appropriate folder first of course)

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  696. Truffles | April 20, 2009 at 00:52

    Pepakura likes to take other 3d object files like obj, 6kt/6ks, dfx, mqo, 3ds, lwo, stl, kmz and kml, but I don’t know what maya makes. I would suggest getting blender (free) and using it to import/export your files to the right formats to make them work. So yes, you probably can do it, but you need to convert your model into the right format.

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  697. Juiles | April 18, 2009 at 13:00

    can i use maya to make my models in there and place them in papekura? oO
    becouse in maya there isn´t any export file type for pepakura

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  698. Truffles | April 12, 2009 at 00:08

    ERROR ALERT: I was just about to start the black hole Md tank, and was looking at all the pieces. On part 12 it says “glue part 23 here” (which is fine) and on the other side it says “glue part 24 here” which is actually supposed to say part 25 I’m guessing. Part 24 is all the little rectangles you have to glue to the tracks.

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  699. nick | April 8, 2009 at 22:19

    Why do your papercrafts never smile?

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  700. sora243 | April 8, 2009 at 14:23

    you should make a forum

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  701. Evan of Hyrule | April 7, 2009 at 18:36

    I’m rather ameteur at papercrafting, but I decided to print off some of your models anyway, I am currently working on The King of the Red Lions and I’m going to try your Young Link. (I’m in it deep now…)
    Anyway, recently I’ve been looking for a Sheik model, and the only ones I could find were on a Spanish website (I have NO idea what its saying on that site,) or they’re all in .rar format, (which I can’t convert to PDF!)
    It would be AWESOME, if you tried your hand at a Sheik model!

    (or maybe you could help me figure out how to covert .rar to PDF)

    Anyway, thanks for listening and keep making awesome models.

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    • ninjatoes | April 7, 2009 at 18:50

      Haha, you mean the one from Icthus?

      Now that he is releasing Kafei and Sheik, but requires you to post a comment for one and your e-mail for the other, several people have already asked me if I am going to make these as well…

      And yes, I probably will in the future. ;o) But for now, opening a RAR-file is not very difficult. It’s the same as a ZIP-file.

      You need to install a program to unpack RAR-files, though. 7-Zip (freeware) and WinRAR (shareware) can do this, as well as many others.

      After you have installed the file archiver of your choice, you can doubleclick the RAR-file to unpack it. I don’t know if Icthus included PDF files, though. If there’s just a PDO-file in the archive, you can open it with Pepakura Viewer (freeware).

      Good luck and have fun building!

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  702. Derek | April 7, 2009 at 15:53

    Ok, thanks for the info!

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    • ninjatoes | April 8, 2009 at 18:19

      Okay Josh got back to me and here’s how it stands:

      He already did a test build and is now fixing any small imperfections that surfaced. His words: two weeks, at the most. ;o)

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  703. Derek | April 6, 2009 at 00:48

    Have you heard from Josh about the KoRL ocean base lately? He said he was test building it about a month ago and I was just wondering if you knew when he was going to release it or not.

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    • ninjatoes | April 6, 2009 at 18:55

      Nope, sorry, not yet… He did say he was close to finishing it. But it can be very boring work to create a good template, and I think he only works on it *very* occasionally… ;o)

      I’ll ask. ;o)

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  704. Truffles | April 3, 2009 at 00:27

    So, any thoughts on what’s next (as narrowing it down from your massive list of possible ideas)? I was thinking maybe an odolwa from majora’s mask would the coolest thing ever, besides your fierce deity link.

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    • ninjatoes | April 4, 2009 at 13:03

      Well, my computer broke down midweek (just got it back), so I haven’t been narrowing down much yet… ;o) I always wanted to make some bosses from the N64 Zelda games, so who knows? ;o)

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  705. Paragon | March 30, 2009 at 17:29

    I’ve made a remastered version of your Type 10 shuttle and USS Rubicon in Photoshop, and wanted to know if I could host them on my website for others to download. I’m also planning to do the same with your Delta Flyer model.

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  706. paul h. | March 28, 2009 at 09:35

    i remember seeing one of these in nintendo power i belive and i love these i havent done one in a while mainly cuz i cant seem to cut right bit to menton i dont have tht spical cute you use

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    • ninjatoes | March 28, 2009 at 10:52

      Yeah, I remember being very proud when my Advance Wars models made it into Nintendo Power. ;o)

      I use an X-Acto knife, but you can use any knife that you are comfortable with: many people just use those cheap “break away” blades.

      The main “trick” to make “good cuts” is to use a sharp blade, and don’t try to rush. ;o)

      Have fun building!

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      • paul h | March 28, 2009 at 21:29

        thts probaly why only half the stuff i cut looked good then again i some how only printed half… damn school printer

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  707. ??? | March 26, 2009 at 18:59

    Hello! Have you got a French version please ? Thank you

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    • ninjatoes | March 26, 2009 at 19:33

      I don’t have a french version of my website, but you can use automated translation tools like Google Language Tools to translate my website from English to French: french translation of this website

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      • Truffles | March 27, 2009 at 06:29

        I think he may have been asking about instructions. You can’t translate text in pictures as far as I know.

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        • ninjatoes | March 27, 2009 at 18:54

          Yes, Google Language Tools will not work on text in pictures.

          You would either have to type the text from the pictures manually and translate then, or try to translate yourself, but I would only do so if you are areally confused and feel like the text could explain the problem (many times, the text just tells you to glue the next two parts together ;o)

          Don’t worry if you can’t understand every word in the instructions. I’m sure you can build most steps without looking at the instructions at all. ;o)

          I hope you’ll be able to figure it out!

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  708. nick | March 24, 2009 at 23:08

    How do you make a papercraft glossy and shiny. Iv’e seen videos on youtube and it looks cool. do you need special paper or do you apply it after you have finished the model?

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    • ninjatoes | March 25, 2009 at 19:57

      There are special kinds of papers that you can use, like “glossy” paper. It’s usually already a bit thicker than regular paper and as the name implies, should give a lot more glossy shine than regular cardstock.

      I know of people that used photo paper but that wasn’t a big succes. And others say they *did* get very nice results using photo paper (so yeah, I don’t know… ;o)

      I know some people used varnish to coat their paper models, hoping to protect from the sun, dust, and accidental water splashes. It’s basically the same thing you can use for paper maché, but if you want to try it, I would try a spraycan and I’d try it on a simple paper model first, not your favourite one… ;o)

      Less is more, so don’t drench the paper by holding the spraycan too close… ;o)

      Good luck and have fun!

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  709. grayboye | March 24, 2009 at 20:59

    lol thanks for the link
    what kind of glue do you use? mines all messy cuz i use elmers white glue. and i put it on with a tooth pic.i think im doing somthing wrong…

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    • ninjatoes | March 25, 2009 at 19:50

      A lot of people ask me that, actually. I use “Tesa hobbyglue” but although it is *very* common where I live, people tell me it’s hard to find outside the Netherlands.

      It’s just an ordinary (paper)craft glue, but it works for me. But if you can’t find it where you live, there’s no need to panic, because other glues can work just as well. ;o)

      The main thing you want to remember, is not too use too much glue: just put on enough so that the glueing tab is “tacky”, and then when you press on the part, there’s so little glue that you won’t push it from underneath the part, and the part will stick almost immediately because of the pressure you’re applying.

      Try using less and less glue, and when you get at a point where the glue dries up before you glue on the part, use a little more glue next time and then you know how much glue you need to use. ;o)

      Good luck and have fun!

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  710. grayboye | March 24, 2009 at 00:29

    But on a serious matter, are you releaseing the cylinder?

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  711. Obj_Solid | March 23, 2009 at 22:30

    lol its already been released and haunting the enire internet for some time now

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  712. grayboye | March 22, 2009 at 20:56

    u should release the “RED HOLLOW CYLINDER” with cloud >:)

    if you find it……befor it finds you…

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  713. Skullnguns | March 20, 2009 at 09:10

    Wow these are the most brilliant pieces of art i hav ever seen in my lkife thus far!!!!!!

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  714. Linian | March 20, 2009 at 04:51

    have you ever thought of creating a gundam papercraft?

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  715. nick | March 19, 2009 at 22:01

    thanks(i didnt mean to do a double post)

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  716. Truffles | March 19, 2009 at 05:34

    to open rar files use 7-zip.

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  717. nick | March 18, 2009 at 22:10

    How do you open a RAR file? some models like Haywans Toon link, I press download and it said this ia a RAR file, then this weird message with code pops up and i cant download it. btw i made your wolf link too

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  718. Nick (again) | March 18, 2009 at 22:06

    How do you open a RAR file. some papercrafts like Haywan Chiu’s Toon Link model I try to download but it says ‘this is a rar file’, then it says internet explorer has an unhandeled exeption in the 3rd party module. weird. btw i made your wolf link to=)

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  719. grayboye | March 17, 2009 at 02:08

    I know your in the middle of building a model,and how you have plenty of other ideas but i sugjest that you build “THE JOKER” from the dark knight. in tribute to Heath leadger, for his great acting……And cuz he freaken amazing!!!

    just a thought >:)

    grayboye

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  720. lar | March 14, 2009 at 01:47

    hoe long until it’s finished?!!!!

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    • ninjatoes | March 14, 2009 at 09:54

      You mean Cloud?

      Well, I just finished test building the cloak, but it could still be a couple of weeks before I finish making the final templates and instructions to release on my website.

      It all depends on how much spare time I have, and how much of that spare time I’m willing on spending behind the computer… ;o)

      The test build is going quite nicely though without many problems, so stay tuned!

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  721. Jim | March 12, 2009 at 04:10

    Paper figures will stand up much better if the feet are filled with BB’s and glue.
    BB’s can be found at most sporting good stores.

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    • ninjatoes | March 12, 2009 at 19:21

      If you’re having trouble making your model stand on its own, you can either glue it to a simple base, or put some weight (whatever you have handy ;o) in the boots.

      Sometimes it’s just a matter of not glueing on the legs exactly the right way, though, so the best thing would be to try and adjust them a bit (it’s just paper after all, you can easily manipulate it a bit after building).

      On my own models, the one people have problems with is Fierce Deity Link, after they put the double helix sword in his hands. ;o)

      Although it is possible to make him stand as it is by manipulating the legs and arms+sword a little, some people resort to putting weights in the boots.

      Most people seem to use pennies, though, but maybe with the financial crisis now they’re becoming more creative. ;o)

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  722. Vert092 | March 8, 2009 at 10:12

    Hey ninjatoes, your fierce deity link is looking awesome for me!! I only have the hands left!!
    But I put this reply because I have a question:
    Have you thought about make a Sheik papercraft?
    She would be really nice…
    Yesterday I saw a picture in deviant art of a finised craft of her, with also pictures from an adult zelda, a fierce deity, a kafei and many others. But the creators didn’t put a link for this papercrafts…
    I hope you understand me, I think my english is not perfect ;)

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    • ninjatoes | March 8, 2009 at 14:02

      I’m glad you’re enjoying building my FD Link!

      As for the other Zelda models, I think I remember seeing the same gallery on DeviantArt once as you did… ;o)

      I am planning on making many more Zelda models in the future, including Sheik, but it may be a while before I get around to it… ;o)

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      • Vert092 | March 10, 2009 at 16:11

        OK, thanks for replying!!
        Now that iI’ve more time because I finished the school exams, I’m going to spend more time in your fierce deity!
        And when I finish it, I will send you a picture XD

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  723. Javier | March 5, 2009 at 17:05

    Hey!! this is really nice!!
    Tomb Raider´s is great!!
    Anime characters are awesome!
    and many moree!!
    Thank you!!
    Byes from Argentina

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  724. Karlinks | March 3, 2009 at 15:40

    Je n’ arrive pas à avoir les instructions, que dois je faire ?

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    • ninjatoes | March 3, 2009 at 20:05

      I’m afraid my reading French is better than speaking it, so I hope you don’t mind my replying in English… ;o)

      I understand you’re having trouble opening/downloading the instructions? All the links should be working.

      For the PDF files, you need to have a PDF reader installed on your computer, like Adobe Reader After you installed it and you click on one of the PDF links for the models, the PDf should open in your browser (then you can save it to your hard disk, or you can do that by right-clicking instead of opening the PDF).

      The other files on my websites are ZIP-files. After downloading them, you need to un-ZIP them, using a free tool like 7-ZIP.

      After you unzipped them, you can open the Jpeg image files in basically any image program.

      I hope this helps, but if you’re still having troubles, please contact me at ninjatoes@home.nl with some more details about the problem and I’ll try to help you some more.

      Good luck and have fun!

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  725. nick | February 28, 2009 at 23:16

    thanks, That really helps! your papercrafts are incredible

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  726. nick | February 28, 2009 at 22:03

    sorry, I ment how do you get a pdo onto pepakura viewer. I know how to use the viewer, but getting it on there is what has me troubled. Thanks

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    • ninjatoes | February 28, 2009 at 22:28

      Sorry, I misunderstood then, a lot of times people mix up the Designer with the Viewer, which have different features of course.
      Sometimes people also mix up *.pdo files with *.pdf files (which you can open with Adobe reader for instance). There are no *.pdo files of my own models on my website, only *.pdf (or *.jpg) files!

      Downloading a file from the internet is usually as simple as clicking the download link (sometimes you have to input a code or wait a while before the download starts) and then a window will pop up asking you where to save the file.

      Pepakura Viewer works just like any Windows program (it won’t run on a Mac computer…). In the “File”-menu you choose “Open…” and a screen pops up asking you for the location of the *.pdo file you want to open.

      Browse to location on your computer where you saved the *.pdo file, select it, and then click “Open”. And that’s that. ;o)

      I hope I got it right this time? ;o)

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  727. nick | February 28, 2009 at 15:27

    How do you download something to pepakura viewer. I have absolutely no idea because theirs no where that tells me how to do it. I made your Fierce Diety link, young link, and King of red lions. Their awesome.

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    • ninjatoes | February 28, 2009 at 19:38

      As the name implies, Pepakura *Viewer* will let you view (open and print) paper models that have been made with Pepakura *Designer*. Those files will have the file extension *.pdo and can be downloaded from all kinds of websites.

      The Pepakura website also has a gallery where people can post their paper models (click here) but not all of them are in *.pdo format. You can only open those in *.pdo format in the Pepakura Viewer.

      With Pepakura *Designer* you can open a 3D model you made and unfold it. Not every 3D file format is supported, on the website you can see which ones are: click here.

      You can download a shareware version of Pepakura Designer, which lets you print anything you make, but you can’t save your work unless you buy a password.

      The website explains a little how it works (over here) but it’s probably easier to figure out just by playing around with it a bit. ;o)

      I hope I answered your question!

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  728. lar | February 22, 2009 at 06:47

    whats your next paper craft?

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  729. Abscissa | February 15, 2009 at 19:10

    Just wanted to pop by and say how much I appreciate you making papercraft models! I’ve been following the website since 2006 and have been making some of the paper models slowly but surely. thanks again and i can’t wait for more models to come!

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  730. me | January 25, 2009 at 14:57

    Thanks i have e-mailed the maker as the finished picture dosent show any clues as to how to make the leg but when i Finally DO finish ti i will be making a Link one from here!

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  731. me | January 25, 2009 at 00:28

    sorry for the double comment i put in my email wrong

    I found a really cool Amaterasu Papercraft on this site:

    http://scawley.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/papercraft-okami-amaterasu/

    However I am in dire need of instructions if possible could ou try and write instrustions for it?? I dont mind if ou cant i understand you are a busy person and I dont mind if you cant do it.

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    • ninjatoes | January 25, 2009 at 11:02

      I haven’t made it myself yet, and like you say yourself, it would be a lot of work to make instructions for it and I’m already short on time as it is I’m afraid…

      But what you could do, is search for finished pictures of it on the internet and use those as reference to try and figure out how to assemble it. Pre-shape all the parts the way you think they should be folded, and try without glue first. Then when you are sure you got it right, apply some glue. I recognize the model from Imperishable Knight’s blog(s), but all three blogs (that I know of) seem dead… But there’s an e-mail adress on the 3rd page of the template, did you try e-mailing the maker describing which part exactly you’re stuck on?

      I hope you’ll be able to figure it out, good luck!

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  732. Mattr | January 19, 2009 at 21:52

    Thanks, Ninjatoes, for the advice. One more question…I’m on the last step of the Auron model, glueing legs to body, but it is really hard–there is no way for me to put pressure to the joints because there is no access. What would you recommend?

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    • ninjatoes | January 20, 2009 at 19:14

      Because the paper is basically a ring-shape, it will have some “outwards tension” in it (even if you pre-shaped it) and it will want to “unroll”, especially if you use some thicker paper/cardstock.

      All you really need to do, is apply some glue to the glue tabs (on parts like these, I usually use more glue than regularly) and gently shove the legs inside the torso. ;o)

      It should be a tight fit, helping even more with the glue tabs on the legs pressing themselves against the inside of the torso. You could gently “wrap your fingers around the waist” right where the glue tabs are inside of the torso and squeeze gently. Not too hard of course.

      The biggest secret really is the glue tabs pressing *themselves* against the inside of the torso. If the fit isn’t tight enough, maybe you could try thickening up the glue tabs by glueing pieces of scrap paper on top of them? And bending them outwards (I wouldn’t score them), but not too much (else you won’t be able to shove it inside the torso ;o)

      Let me know if you got it to work! ;o)

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  733. Aeolian | January 19, 2009 at 17:48

    I’m building Wolf Link by the way. I’m up to Part 5 and it looks terrible compared to yours because of all the white. :P The Part 4 strip really threw me off because I can’t see where the fold lines are, on both my printout and the PDF file. It proved to be a challenge to assemble, and I know I didn’t put it on correctly.

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2009 at 19:17

      Wolf Link is quite a dark model on most parts, so it’s no surprise you can’t really see the fold lines on the print out. ;o)

      they should be visible on the PDF version though: try adjusting the brightness/contrast of your monitor until you can see them.

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  734. Aeolian | January 19, 2009 at 17:37

    I’m building my very first actual 3D papercraft from this site. When I was younger I used to make my own toys out of paper, but they were hardly as 3D as these- I’m so blown away by the possibilities that paper can achieve. I’m using fairly heavy paper. I’m noticing that as I’m folding it, I’m getting all these ugly white lines where I folded it, as if the ink is just coming right off. Its making me pretty disappointed. I think it would look nice if it didn’t have all these fold marks all over it.
    Can you tell me how I can avoid this problem?

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2009 at 19:15

      Did you print the parts with a laserjet or an inkjet printer? With laserjet printers, “cracking” of the “ink” seems to be annoying more people… With inkjet printers, this seems to be less of a problem.
      Does the paper you use have a special finish? Maybe it’s just the paper’s top layer that “cracks”? The paper I use doesn’t have a special finish or anything.

      You also get white edges from the “cut” of the paper of course, and when you don’t glue the parts over the glue tabs properly, it will also leave a bit of white showing. This you can prevent by colouring the edges: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hhBuuEVSUcw

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  735. MattR | January 19, 2009 at 02:23

    Hi Ninjatoes!

    I stumbled upon your work after a few papercraft sites were featured on G4, and I think what you’ve done is unbelievably awesome! You’ve given me a good distraction while I wait for UCLA Law to un-waitlist me! I’m almost done your Auron model, though I’m still trying to work out the kinks from the legs.

    I was wondering what kind of glue you use–I’ve just been using a gluestick, it’s all I have near me. I have super glue and plastic glue from my plastic model making, but neither works well. But I can’t read the label of the glue you have in your “preparation” picture.

    I wish someone could have told me not to use photo paper before I printed out the whole Lara Croft model only to be uber-frustrated when it wouldn’t glue together!!! :-P Regular printer paper has pretty well, since it was handy, though I couldn’t really find any “200gsm” weight paper very easily.

    Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for an amazing site and amazing instructions. I can’t imagine how much work you have to put into the site and the model.s

    If I could make a suggestion for a new model? — Cloud from FF7, or Squall from FF8, those two are my favorites.

    Keep up the great work!

    Matt

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    • ninjatoes | January 19, 2009 at 19:28

      The glue I use is “Tesa hobbyglue”, I’m not sure if it is available worldwide… ;o) But basically any glue you used in kindergarten is will do, and many people use white PVA glue (like “Elmer’s”). You should be able to find a cheap glue that works in the crafts section or any shop where they sell office supplies. Glue sticks never worked for me either, they tend to let go over time, and the big head doesn’t make it very easy to glue small pieces…

      I never used photo paper myself, but others really seem to like it. I just use paper with a regular finish, 200 gsm like you said. But that’s really up to you: most people seem to use 160 gsm paper (twice as thick as regular paper) and sometimes they just use regular paper and they’re perfectly happy with the results. ;o)

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  736. IBpendragon | January 18, 2009 at 04:11

    I was going to try it just for the challenge, but thanks for the advice.

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    • ninjatoes | January 18, 2009 at 09:58

      It *would* be a challenge to re-create the 3D forms from the 2D parts I think, especially the more complicated ones.

      But I’m not sure which models you mean (maybe you mean my hand drawn Advance Wars series which you can’t rip in 3D because they’re 2D sprites in the game? ;o)

      If it sounds like fun, just go for it. ;o)

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  737. Obj_Solid | January 18, 2009 at 02:33

    uh just rip them instead of …some how rebuilding them into a 3d model … it would be MUCH easier… of course some things are MUCH harder to rip too but all in all I think ripping would be easier either way

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  738. IBpendragon | January 17, 2009 at 21:38

    Ah, all these models are so awesome! Would you mind if I use some of the instructions to build them in a 3d program, and try to animate them?

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  739. ninjatoes | January 16, 2009 at 19:37

    Thanks, glad you guys like my work. ;o)

    Have fun building!

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  740. Yzrraell | January 16, 2009 at 10:16

    Thank you brother, its a very extraordinary work, i love this paper figure, im from mexico city, a very huge strong from my city, my best wishes from you!!!

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  741. erwt49 | January 16, 2009 at 10:07

    cool papercraft of the legend of zelda

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  742. tenkuh92 | January 15, 2009 at 16:08

    stargate??? or star trek?

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  743. lar | January 14, 2009 at 21:57

    can you make star gate paper craft

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    • ninjatoes | January 14, 2009 at 22:16

      I just decided on a new Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts as my new project for now, but there are some Stargate papercraft models from other makers available at the links at Paper Hollywood at the bottom of the page. ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  745. lar | January 14, 2009 at 00:44

    hi I’m in Australia i love your paper craft but wheres princess Zelda she gone!

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    • ninjatoes | January 14, 2009 at 19:20

      Don’t worry, it’s all okay. ;o) Counting Ganondorf, I now have 11 Zelda models, but only ten can fit on one page.

      Young princess Zelda is still available, by visiting the Zelda section of my site, and then clicking <<Older Entries at the top or bottom of the page.

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  746. jcabler3 | January 12, 2009 at 18:16

    This looks great. Need I say that your new Gannondorf is all I ever hoped for, and worth the wait. Thanks again, for another paper dream come true! Keep on rocking the paper world, Ninjatoes!

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  747. Obj_Solid | January 11, 2009 at 20:11

    well I wouldn’t make it have heavy backgrounds because then it kinda just tares apart the blogs overall theme. It would have to be some sort of subtle logo or just a slight change of color scheme (still keeping the relation to the rest of the website) in each section but yes having different stuff for each section would be cool

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    • ninjatoes | January 12, 2009 at 19:24

      To be honest, I kinda like the simple style of WordPress’ standard template, and I think I’ll stick with it, at least for now.

      I’m glad you guys like the Ganondorf model, have fun building!

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  748. tenkuh92 | January 11, 2009 at 17:36

    i have a suggestion for the blog too. would be awesome a background of the kind of section (for example you can add a background of zelda in the legend of zelda section) sincerelly, thus the blog likes one little poor :)

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  749. boonchu | January 9, 2009 at 14:44

    Thank A Lot I love Paper models.

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  750. Obj_Solid | January 9, 2009 at 05:15

    hey Ninja toes one request for your Website design .. with your other sites I think your Blog should get a little more attention to followers of your crafts cause as the looks of it right now it doesn’t stand out much … so I think it would be nice to have a handy dandy button at the top of your page or as part of the header to take you to the blog… I just always find it kinda hard to find the blog link among all those others :(

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    • ninjatoes | January 9, 2009 at 19:13

      I only recently changed my website to a WordPress blog system, and I focused on getting the downloads up, and the hall of fame and my links section.

      I’ll probably tweak my website a bit more in the future, but WordPress isn’t seem as “freely editable” as Blogspot for instance, so I need some time to look into it.

      But I’m sure you can understand,it’s not really high on my priority list right now. But it’s good to know that people *do* know about my weblog! ;o)

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  751. LoneWolfSones | January 7, 2009 at 01:29

    Heya Love your work. I think its amazing to be able to bring your favorite characters from games to life. ‘Figuratively speaking’ of course :). I noticed your mention of 3-d software. And about the models. I currently have worked with Blender. I was wondering if youve had any experience with Blender, as it does have a nice UV unwraping and texturing features. But my big question was how do you aquire the models? do you have like Roms or something on your computer and extract them from the game? Or do you find them around the net? Was just curious as it might be fun to try to make some. I currently have built your Majora’s mask, and look to build more, once i can get cardstock and ink. :) Hope you had a happy holiday season. Thanks for your time.

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    • ninjatoes | January 7, 2009 at 20:39

      It’s not that you unfolding a 3D model with Pepakura is the *only* way to make a papercraft model, it’s just that with all the “already-made” 3D models you can find on the internet, for most people it seems to be the least intimidating way, that’s why I mentioned it. ;o)

      When a game is very popular, there’s usually a crazed fan knowledgeable enough to find a way to view and sometimes even extract the actual game models. ;o)

      Many of my own models started out as 3D models extracted from games, after which I usually use Metasaquoia to create my own model around it that will make a better papercraft model.

      When I need to do a model from scratch, I usually create the first, crude model in Sketchup, because it works really fast for me. I never used Blender though, but that’s just because I’ve gotten used to Metasequoia. ;o)

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  752. cczora | January 4, 2009 at 20:03

    Ok, thanks ninjatoes! I just started Yuna, with her being my second model of yours after Link and Epona. She’s lost her boot heels as a result of the paper, but I’ll keep building. Keep up the great work!

    BTW, any plans for your Zelda models after Ganondorf? I’m thinking a Brawl Link might serve as a good companion to SSBM Link…if you have the time, of course. :)

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    • ninjatoes | January 5, 2009 at 20:47

      Lost her heels?! What on earth did you do to her?!? ;o)
      You could try printing those parts again, and fix it later on if you want; paper is very easy to work with, so it shouldn’t be a problem. ;o)

      I’m thinking about doing a Kingdom Hearts model after Ganondorf, but I do want to make many more Zelda models in the future, but I haven’t decided which ones yet. ;o)

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  753. cczora | January 4, 2009 at 04:27

    Hey, ninjatoes; long time lurker and builder, but I’m waiting until have a bit more done before I send you anything for the HoF. :)

    I’m planning on doing some of your FF models, and I just noticed that the PDF says “A4” on it. Being in the US, this is a bit of a problem. Is it possible that I can still print to letter size without cutting anything off, or are your PDFs going to be in separate A4 and letter format like they used to?

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    • ninjatoes | January 4, 2009 at 10:32

      I’m afraid you’re mistaking my paper models with somebody else’s, because I never released any of my models in (both A4 and) US letter size… (I did release some of my models in lined and unlined versions, maybe that’s why you’re mistaken? ;o)

      I don’t do this, because it would mean I would have to lay out and host on my webspace twice as many files as I do now, while it is very easy to print A4 sheets onto US letter size paper. Most software and printers will adjust the scale automatically, so that nothing will get cut off.

      US letter paper is a bit shorter and a bit wider than ISO standard A4 paper, so the model will be scaled down a little. My FF models, with only Auron being a little over 30 cm tall, will only be 1 or 2 mm (about 1/12th of an inch) smaller, so I’d say: print a page and try it out! ;o)

      Have fun building!

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  754. grayboye | December 29, 2008 at 00:13

    again,i thought i was going blind or something,but its just snow on your site.

    right?!?

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  755. AWESOME | December 27, 2008 at 03:35

    U are mising green ,earth fighter parts ,blue Moon MD Tank parts. i cant dowload them

    Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna (gunner dressphere) instruction. Sorry i ment u are missing Yuna instructions.

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    • ninjatoes | December 27, 2008 at 10:01

      Thaks for letting me know, the Yuna, Green Earth Fighter and Blue MD Tank links have been fixed. Please let me know if you find any more broken links and I’ll fix them again. Have fun building!

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  756. JASON | December 27, 2008 at 01:42

    J adore les jeux de zelda

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  757. Obj_Solid | December 26, 2008 at 05:39

    lol nice snow I like it :D woah just noticed the visitor counter !! Well its 9:40 here and it still Christmas so I can still say……. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
    and soon to be.. a happy gnu year!!!

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  758. AWESOME | December 25, 2008 at 19:45

    O i live in a different time zone anyways Happy new year

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  759. AWESOME | December 25, 2008 at 19:39

    Merry Chistmas ninjatoes. Did u have any presents dilivered to u by Santa. Are u a good boy? Anyways merry Christmas.

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  760. Gazamaniac | December 25, 2008 at 00:24

    Awesome papercrafts need an awesome site, and this site is indeed awesome :)
    And although for a lot of people it’s still the 24th, it’s Christmas down here where I live. So Merry Christmas to all!

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  761. megappeh | December 24, 2008 at 08:35

    this is my first hobby,i want make paper craft can you learn me about software…

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    • ninjatoes | December 24, 2008 at 10:39

      If you want to make paper models using the computer, you will probably need a 3D modeling application of your choice (I use Metasequoia and sometimes SketchUp) and Pepakura Designer to unfold your 3D model with.

      Be sure to also read my comment from December 17th, a bit up. ;o)

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  762. alikakadri | December 23, 2008 at 18:57

    Looks really nice!

    Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings everyone!
    And of course, Happy Papercrafting! ;)

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    • ninjatoes | December 23, 2008 at 11:21

      I know, but like I said before: I just make the models that I would like to do, and sometimes that might mean somebody else also made/makes the same one.

      I don’t think it should be a goal to just create a paper model “to complete the series” or not to create one because “it has already been done.”

      It’s just to have fun. ;o)

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  764. grayboye | December 22, 2008 at 20:49

    oh yes jolly good,im not insane!and sheik is “da’bomb” in my opinion so tell me whenever you are gunna start so i no not to start building any other guys :P

    and of coures,sora must be on the kingdom hearts :P
    thanks

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  765. tenkuh92 | December 22, 2008 at 16:53

    but…if you make kh models, you will create a kingdom hearts category? or you will put them on final fantasy category?

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  766. grayboye | December 22, 2008 at 02:46

    what model are you gunna make next ninjatoes?
    if you cant’t think of anything try making sheik : )

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  767. grayboye | December 21, 2008 at 21:33

    i just went out to play in the sno (yay) did you just put the cool picture up?

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    • ninjatoes | December 22, 2008 at 10:29

      Yes, so don’t worry: you’re not going crazy. ;o)

      I don’t think I’ll ever run out of ideas for a new project, and Sheik is definately on my to do-list, but I think my next one will be from Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts and maybe one or two simpler ones on the side, if time allows.

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  768. grayboye | December 21, 2008 at 17:35

    what happend to that really cool picture of the “ninja’s toe’s” infront of the cuting mat,remember to put that in.(or its in and im just insane)
    great models keep up the great work!

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  770. Navi03 | December 18, 2008 at 22:31

    Wow, the new site looks really organized and sleek. Nice work, Ninjatoes! :)

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    • ninjatoes | December 19, 2008 at 12:41

      Haha, well, it’s just WordPress’ standard template. ;o) But it does look really nice, so I think I’ll keep it. I decided to use a blog system because it’s easier (faster) for me to update my site whenever I need to this way.

      Glad you like it, have fun!

      greetz ninjatoes

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  771. johloh | December 17, 2008 at 17:08

    any chance you could make a tutorial on how you design these models?

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    • ninjatoes | December 17, 2008 at 18:50

      A lot of people ask me that, but I think it’s impossible to say “to make a good papercraft model, you need to do this, then that, and then that.”

      Because I really believe there’s really no one way to make a good papercraft model. Something that works well on one model, can ruin another one.

      I think the most important thing is to just have fun and try it! Build a lot of papercraft models, so you can learn from their “mistakes” (things you think could have been done better) and when you start making your own, you can learn from your own mistakes as well. ;o)

      I started by making my papercraft models by hand, drawing the parts with a pencil, coloring them and scanning them to my computer and I still do sometimes, but most people use a software program called “Pepakura Designer” to unfold a 3D model into a 2D template nowadays.

      The real work still has to be done by you (planning how you want to unfold the model and modeling it accordingly) but it does make life easier for papercrafters. ;o)

      Have fun!

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  772. AWESOME | December 15, 2008 at 00:43

    U left out hall of Fame

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  773. AWESOME | December 14, 2008 at 21:38

    Thats nice

    Reply

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