The Legend of Zelda King of Red Lions

028004 King of Red Lions (August 21, 2006)
from: The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker video game / size: ± 48,5 cm x 16,5 cm x 46,5 cm

Download:
parts with fold lines (4,28 MB PDF file)
parts without fold lines (3,68 MB PDF file)
instructions (2,03 MB PDF file)

some extra help on the figurehead: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
extra strengthening of the mast’s base: 1
alternatives for supporting the mast: 1 | 2

display stand (312 kB PDF file)
instructions (194 kB PDF file)

Sea base by Josh Darrah:
parts + instructions (2,20 MB ZIP-file)

Pictures:
Google Photos

62 thoughts on “The Legend of Zelda King of Red Lions

  1. one Tip I think i could give is to not force the product into shape, I learned the hard way that if you do, the end result will become crappy, so I guess fold it into the shape it needs to be, even if it takes hours.

    1. That is a good tip: on papercrafts with a lot of fold lines, you can “score” the fold lines (gently run a tool with a blunt tip along the fold line so it makes an impression in the paper along the fold line) and this will make it much easier to fold even tiny pieces along the correct lines. For papercrafts with curves, you can firmlu roll a round tool like a pen against the parts while you hold them in the palm of your hand. I always call this “pre-shaping”, and it takes the tension out of the paper (the tension makes the paper want to unfold/unroll and become flat again). This way, the pre-shaped parts retain their shape and it is much easier to glue them together in the right shape.

    1. This might be a confusion I think: when I say “cardstock”, I actually mean simply “thicker paper”. Regular printer is usually 80 gsm (Grams per Square Meter), and I usually use 200 gsm paper (“cardstock”) which is 2.5 times as thick. Most people like to use 120 or 160 gsm paper (1.5 or 2 times as thick as regular printer paper). But I don’t mean any glossy paper, or paper with a special coating or anything: just “thicker paper” with all the same properties like how it holds the ink as regular printer paper.

      Sorry for the confusion…!

    1. The Link figure in Josh Darrah’s “hall of fame” post isn’t my own design, it was made by Josh Darrah himself by customizing another existing paper model created by a commercial designer called Chokipeta for a Japanese gaming magazine.

      So because of that, I can’t offer it as a download on my papercraft webpage and normally, but I’ll see what I can do. Still, you should at least try contacting Josh Darrah about it (you can find his e-mail adress on the second page of the “sea-base stand” PDF, which he also made) if nothing else just to thank him for making it. ;o)

    1. The little papercraft Link that you’re a talking about wasn’t made by me, but it was an adaptation made by Josh Darrah of Chokipeta’s “official” papercraft Wind Waker Link (that was made for a publication in the Japanese Dengeki Cube magazine).

      So because the original paper model was intended as a gift for buyers of the magazine and the adaptation isn’t my own work either, I don’t think I should offer it as a download on my own papercraft webpage…

      The original papercraft Wind Waker Link from Chokipeta was scanned from the magazine and can be found on many websites though, and Josh Darrah’s offers to send his adapted version to people who send him an e-mail (his e-mail adress is included in the explanation on the first page for the Sea-base that he made and that you can download from the link above).

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