FREE papercraft Tomb Raider 4 "Key Fisher Lara" vignette RELEASE! :o)

What's this? A weekday papercraft release??

Well... yes! 😉

I hope you like a free papercraft of Lara caught in the act of stealing somebody's keys, have fun building! 🔑🎣🚪

Download + build your own free papercraft Tomb Raider 4 vignette:

https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/

free Back to the Future DL0R4N and M4RT-E McFly Netroid papercraft toys

Do you remember the cute, Transformers-like Nendroids papercraft toys? 🤖

You do?

...but did you know they also made Nendroid DL0R4N and M4RT-E McFly papercraft toys from Back to the Future? 😀

Download + build your own free Back to the Future DL0R4N and M4RT-E McFly Netroid papercraft toys (+lots more, by PhaseBots):

https://phasebots.tumblr.com/post/622745094272008192/celebrate-the-upcoming-35th-anniversary-with

free papercraft SS Oriana ocean liner

If you're not familiar with the papercrafts from Thanadol Shipyards, get familiar now! 😉 They made a new papercraft ocean liner for you to download and build, the SS Oriana! 🚢

I also wanted to show this work in progress update that Thanadol sent me earlier, because look how clean the colors and the whole build are! 😀

earlier work in progress update
from Thanadol Shipyards

Download + build your own free papercraft SS Oriana ocean liner (+lots more, by Thanadol Shipyards):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/106TA2wjjfv9q4WoFnzLj6c0ZdSqbqlwn

Papercraft Tomb Raider "key fishing" vignette; *almost* released

I'm so happy with how this papercraft Tomb Raider vignette turned out again! Unfortunately, I can't work on releasing it a whole lot today, so this is just to let you know that it won't be long now. 🙂

Stay tuned!

I love the blocky look from the origial Tomb Raider series, but that key ring just *had* to be a bit less hexagonal. 😋

...and many more to come! 😀

free papercraft Lexus LFA supercar

According to  Lexus only 500 Lexus LFAs were ever made; let's make that more with this papercraft that comes in four different versions! 😀

Download + build your own free papercraft Lexus LFA supercar (Lexus UK Magazine):

https://mag.lexus.co.uk/lexus-lfa-paper-model/

Papercraft Tomb Raider "key fishing" vignette nears release!

As you can see, with a bit more effort, the final build looks much better than the test build. 😊

I don't know if I'll manage to release this latest papercraft Tomb Raider vignette on my papercraft download page this weekend, but it won't be too long of course.

Stay tuned!

free papercraft Architecture & Bois houses

Do you like these two houses? Well, unfortunately they were designed for clients of Architecture & Bois, so you will have to make do with these papercraft versions. 🏡🏠

Download + build your own free papercraft Architecture & Bois houses (by Architecture & Bois):

http://www.architecture-bois.be/maquettes-en-papier/

free papercraft Peugeot 206 HDI and FIAT Panda 100HP

The car enthusiasts from PDLV ("Palais de La Voiture", or "Palace of the Car" 😉) made these free papercrafts for you to enjoy at home! 🚗🚘

Download + build your own free papercraft Peugeot 206 HDI and FIAT Panda 100HP (by PDLV):

https://pdlv.fr/2020/03/26/papermodels-les-voitures-de-pdlv-en-maquette-papier/

free papercraft War of the Worlds Martian Tripod

Aaron Howdle made some drawings of his interpretation of the Martian Tripod war machines from George Orwell's famous science fiction novel "War of the Worlds", and when he came across the Pepakura Designer he decided to make a free papercraft model of it too! 👽

Aaron recommends some easier solutions for the thin legs and tentacles, as they're very tricky the way he made them... if you're up to it,  you can get the template files from his website!

Download + build your own free papercraft War of the Worlds Martian Tripod (by Aaron Howdle):

http://www.aaronhowdle.com/portfolio/tripod-paper-toy/

(download instructions: right-click on the templates to save them to your computer)

free papercraft FaceOcean IMOCA monohull racing sailboat

Imagine sailing around the world in a small boat like this! ⛵🌏

Download + build your own free papercraft FaceOcean IMOCA monohull racing sailboat (by faceOcean):

https://www.faceocean.fr/maquette-papier-paper-model/

(download instructions: click the French "Imprimez les documents sur du papier A4" or English "Print the documents on A4 paper" orange text in the post on the faceOcean website)

(old Merci avec Sébastien Destremau link 1: https://www.mercivendeeglobe.com/conferencier/conferences-ecoles/)

(old Merci avec Sébastien Destremau link 2: https://www.mercivendeeglobe.com/maquette-papier-paper-model/)

Papercraft Tomb Raider "key fishing" vignette WIP3

Eh Lara...? You know you can welk just around the gate, right...?

So, working hard? Or hardly working...? 😋

No, working VERY hard on my new papercraft Tomb Raider vignette.

In fact, I've already started test building!

Yeah it's ugly, just like all my test builds. But that's not what the test builds are for; I really wanted to try out assembling the papercraft gate, and see if the Hook and Pole wouldn't turn out too thin/small...

After test building, I think I'll unfold the gate in a different way than I did now, to make it a bit easier to put together. And I'll make the grate a fraction smaller: it should fit inside the door, but is a tiny bit too big I think due to the thickness of the paper of the doorframe, causing it to bend a bit. If it's just a little bit small, it'll fit tighter and nicer. 😊

The Hook and Pole  worked out fine I think: it and the key ring is just the right size to make I think.

Oh, and Lara? She's just excited to get into another paper form! But she'll have to wait again now that the weekend is over and I'll have to make the changes that came out of the test build first and unfold the final version!

Stay tuned!

Blake7 combined my papercraft Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk.II with Uhu02's version! :o)

In the past, I used to get lots of pictures from people that built one of my papercrafts, and I would always ask them if they would like me to show them in the "hall of fame" on my papercraft website. 🏆

Nowadays of course, most people have a Twitter or Facebook or other social media account and they can just show the papercrafts they put together on there! 😀

So it's been a while, but this week, I got an email from Blake7 again. He remade my papercraft Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk.II into lots of different versions in the past, but one thing he didn't do yet: merge it with the insanely detailed version of papercraft creator Uhu02!

Blake7 used the cockpit, landing gear and cannons from Uhu02's Colonial Viper to update my version, which you can see in the "hall of fame on my papercraft website:

https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/category/hall-of-fame/

(and if you want to see more of Uhu02's version and all the other awesome sciencefiction and fantasy papercrafts he made, you can check out his website here: http://uhu02.way-nifty.com/die_eule_der_minerva/2013/08/040-viper-3a81.html)

free papercraft Bordeaux metropole refuges périurbains

The Bordeaux metropole's refuges péri-urbains may look like art installations (and they kind of are of course 😉) but in reality, they are very basic shelters intended for people like hikers to spend the night for free while discovering the Bordeaux metropole and its surroundings (if you book in advance!)

Although... not at the moment understandably... 😷😟

But you can download the templates for each of the eleven (or "onze" 😉) refuges périurbains to papercraft:

• La Belle étoile (The Beautiful Star)
• Le Hamac (The Hammock)
• La Nuit Américaine (The American Night) 
• Les Guetteurs (The Lookouts)
• Neptunea (Neptune)
• Le Nuage (The Cloud)
• La Vouivre (The Wyvern)
• Le Haut-perché (The High Perched)
• Le Prisme (The Prism)
• La Station orbitale (The Orbital Station)
• Le Tronc creux (The Hollow Trunk)

Download + build your own free papercraft Bordeaux metropole refuges périurbains (by Guillaume Dupont for Les refuges périurbains):

https://lesrefuges.bordeaux-metropole.fr/les-refuges-se-maquettent

 Find the real refuges périurbains:

free papercraft Okazaki City fire department calendar and mascot

If you still need a new calendar for 2022, try the Okazaki City fire fighter calendars! 🚒

There's a regular one, but as you can see also a papercraft perpetual one with the all-terrain "Red Salamander" disaster vehicle as a base - and they also have a paper toy of Lesser-kun, the lesser panda mascot for Okazaki City dressed as a fire man!

Download + build your own free Okazaki City fire department papercrafts (by Okazaki City):

https://www.city.okazaki.lg.jp/1550/1572/1653/p034177.html

(download instructions: click the first ("【卓上型カレンダー】"), second ( " 【組立型カレンダー】") and third  ( "【ペーパークラフト】 ") links near the bottom of the Okazaki Fire Fighter Calendar website)

free delicious looking papercraft bread

Download the template, print it, cut it out, put it together, enjoy it, but whatever you do;

DON'T TRY TO EAT IT, even if it looks delicious... 🍞

(...and also don't put it in a wood-fired kiln like the real bread!!) 

Download + build your own free delicious looking papercraft bread (by dandekato):

https://twitter.com/dandekato/status/1479668867580706817

free papercraft Soucy S-TECH 600GX track system tractor

You know how farm tractors have those big tyres so they can drive on soft grass and all kinds of soft, dirt-like surfaces? Well the Soucy tractor track systems are for when even that doesn't suffice! 🚜🙂

Download + build your own free papercraft Soucy S-TECH 600GX track system tractor (by Outland Group Ltd.):

https://www.facebook.com/outlandgroup/photos/keep-the-kids-busy-this-xmas-with-this-awesome-cut-out-tractor-complete-with-sou/209472720754619/

(download instructions: click the "https://bit.ly/..." link in the Outland Group Ltd.'s Facebook post)

Hamburger Modellbaubogen Verlag papercraft freebies

The Hamburger Modellbaubogen Verlag shared some papercraft freebies to enjoy if you're feeling bored... 😕🠚😀

Download + build your own HMV papercraft freebies (on fentens Papermodels):

https://www.papermodel.com/downloads

Papercraft Tomb Raider "key fishing" vignette WIP3 (remodelling)

As I showed you before, most of the work remodelling the extracted Tomb Raider 3D models goes into cleaning up the connections/joints between the different bodyparts. It's not very difficult really, it just takes a lot of time if you're having a busy week again...

I also always end up editing the textures a bit. The original ones are always a bit shuffed around, but especially for the face and chest/torso it's a bit easier to remodel the 3D model if you join the texture pieces together into more logical, 'whole' shapes.

Oh, and something else: did you notice the mistake I made last time? 😁

I put the lock on the wrong side of the gate; you should put it on the side Lara's on, so she can actually open it once she nabbed the keys.

I also cleaned up the holes in the gate's grate, and divided them a bit differently, so that it fits Lara's arm sticking through a bit better and it just looks a bit nicer this way I think.

Stay tuned for more! 😊

cute free Georges and Graou's magazine papercraft toys

Georges and Graou are French children's magazines teaching all kinds of interesting things from all around the world!

...and if you go the Maison Georges website's BONUS section, you can find a lot of simple and interesting paper toys to go with them!

Download + build your own free cute papercraft toys (by Maison Georges):

https://www.maison-georges.com/bonus

free Pokémon Pikachu & Pichu (& more!) Nick Knite Bunbun papercraft toys

Is it a bunny? Is it a Pokémon? No silly, it's a papercraft (...bunny toy made to look like a Pikachu or Pichu Pokemon! 😊)

I mean; it's a brand New Year to try and better ourselves compared to last year, so let's just keep going having Papercraft Pokémon Sundays on days that aren't actual Sunday I guess. 😁

(Oh, and if you're not into Pokémon don't worry, there's also a Marvel Iron Bun, and lots of other papercraft toys too!)

Download + build your own free Pokémon Bunbun papercraft toys (+lots more, by NickKnite):

https://www.nickknite.com/portfolio/the-bunbuns/

Papercraft Tomb Raider "key fishing" vignette WIP2

It isn't a "vignette" without a little bit of scenery, of course! 🙂

And probably a lot of  Tomb Raider fans will have guessed the scene that this new papercraft Tomb Raider vignette will be taken from, even just from Lara's pose;

When Lara needs to get through a locked gate in Alexandria in Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation, she doesn't shy away from some letterbox burglary, or more broadly in this case, some questionable key fishing. 🎣🔑🚪

The particular scene is from when Lara ehm, borrows (...?) the keys from a storage room in the Egyptian Adventure tourist trap (where my earlier Mummy Attack vignette is from as well actually 😊)

I did change the storage cage to a small gate though, to fit more with the (mostly) 9 cm x 9 cm bases of my other free papercraft Tomb Raider vignettes. I think the size and proportions of the gate with the ornate figurehead look quite nice though! 🙂

And although the vignette might look pretty simple like this ("it's just Lara and a door!"), I think it will actually be quite a challenge enough, with a lot of cutting and small folds...!

But I'm up for it! 😉

Now, first this PSA:

Now that Lara has demonstrated how easy it is to get to them with just a broken broom handle and hook, DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOME OR CAR KEYS IN SIGHT of a door or window!!

Stay tuned! (and safe!)