Pepakura: Build your own anime character!

If you feel you dont have enough money to buy anime figures, there´s a cheaper way to have one and that is build it with paper! The technique is called PAPERCRAFT and you can read the meaning below:

Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper or card stock as a hobby. It may be considered a broad category that contains origami and card modelling, with origami being a paper model made from folding paper (without using glue), and card modelling as the making of scale models from sheets of card on which the parts were printed, usually in full colour, for one to cut out, fold, score and glue together. They appear to be generally more popular in Europe and Japan than in the United States.
Source: wiki

Papercraft has become so sophisticated that you can build virtually anything. There is even a software that can help you build a papercraft model based on a real object. Amazing! I found one of those made in Japan called Pepakura Designer. Check the screenshots for the free viewer and the final results once you print the models and begin working with them:

AH!!! There are more:

and finally, here it is what I consider the ULTIMATE papercraft to test your patience and effort:

If you want the models and many MORE, you can find them on your favorite search engine or visit the following links to download the models and the software:

• Free Pepakura Designer File Viewer (PDO Viewer)
  
• The AMAZING GUNDAM you see on this page (Needs Acrobat Reader)

• Neneko from Yumeria “above pepakura” (Needs Adobe Reader)
• CAFETERA Papercraft Blog (PDO files)
  
• Another Papercraft Blog (PDO files)
  
• GOOGLE!!!!
• More information about PEPAKURA

You need to install the viewer first in order to open the PDO files. Instructions for the viewer and the files are in japanese. For the PDF files, you need Acrobat Reader

I am really amazed by this stuff. If you are going to begin paper crafting, I recommend a good pair of scissors, Glue, LOTS of patience and countless hours!…But I must tell you, this seems to be a good hobby and there are lots of good models to begin with or even build one yourself.  Your efforts will be rewarded so enjoy your Pepakura!

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