If you're a fan of flight/combat sims then check out Kotaku's contest for next weeks release of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (エースコンバット6 解放への戦火 Ēsu Konbatto Shikkusu Kaihō e no Senka) video game for the Xbox 360. All you have to do is make a "rad" paper airplane and the loot is yours, it includes the game itself, autographed photo (from game's producer and director), faceplates, and a flightstick set. They mentioned cut and glue, so I guess that includes paper crafts/paper models.

Make A Rad Paper Airplane - [Site]

Although I've been online with this blog for over a year now, we never really got to celebrate it's first anniversary due to the fact that I was having some work related issues back in 2006. This site started on February of that year and I stopped posting around September, I was M.I.A for 5 months and just recently got back on track (started posting again February 2007). You can clearly see this gap that I'm talking about on the Archives, but eventhough I had some setbacks, people still supported the site and I thank you greatly for that.

I counted the months, and we're past the 12 count, so I think today would be as good as anyday to celebrate our anniversary. Starting this day until December, we'll be having contests to give away papercraft (anime/video game themed) and origami related merchandise. The prizes will vary depending on the complexity of the contests, I'm still trying to think of what types of contests to conduct so feel free to give any suggestions.

Our first contest will be simple, it's going to be a random drawing from my subscribers list, If your a subscriber then you don't have to do a thing because you're automatically entered, if you're not a subscriber yet, then you have until Sunday (October 21, 2007) to enter.

This contest is open to everybody in the world were USPS delivers, you will be responsible for any tax that may arise in your respective country. I'm in the U.S. so keep that in mind.

The price is a Page.A.Day Origami Calendar by Margaret van Sicklen. I haven't opened it yet so I don't know what's inside, but it's quite heavy for a calendar (1lb. 8oz.). On the description, it says that it has hundreds of models complete with instructions, perfectly-square-full-color decorated pages, and comes with a 16-page "Origami Key". I've taken photos of it with a dollar bill for size comparison, also check out the preview of the other prizes that await you. That's it for today, good luck, and thanks once again.



Hi-Res Photos - [Photo Page]

Note: By next year we'll celebrate back to the real month, which is February.

Wold of Warcraft, or WoW, as it's commonly referred to by gamers, has been one of the most successful MMORPG (Massively Muliplayer Online Role-Playing Game) and also the world's largest in terms of subscribers. I've been a fan of RPG video games since the 80's and still keep up with it today, although not as much - I try to stick with the traditional single player RPG. I first played WoW back in 2005 and easily got addicted to it (like everybody else at that time), but with my work, bills to pay, making/posting paper craft, there just wasn't enough time to include it in my day-to-day activities. Not to mention the extra 15ドル a month subscriber fee, which can add up pretty quickly while you are contemplating your next move for those world of warcraft gold. Those where my WoW days, now I'm pretty much with the XBL 40ドル/year crowd.

Whether your a hardcore fan, just a casual gamer, or a World of warcraft gold farmer, you can take WoW's scenery, people, building, weapons, and other inhabitants with you offline, with these unnoficial World of Warcraft paper model.

World of Warcraft - [Download Page]

Aah Portal, Valve's puzzle video game which runs in a first-person/single-player mode. It was released together with Half Life 2 (B.G.E) and Team Fortress as a bundled package called the "The Orange Box", which just came out a few days ago for the Xbox 360 and PC. In the game, you play a character named Chell who is a test subject in a certain science facility. Your basically there to test out the "portal gun" in solving puzzles, for those of you who have no idea or have never heard of what I'm talking about, head on to the links below to try out a Flash-based game that shows what Portal is all about.



Further on through the game, in of the test chambers, you'll be introduced to the Weighted Companion Cube... you'll feel something for it... you'll do something to it...(I'll stop here with regards to the story because I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't played it yet) A person that goes by the alias Moony created this wondeful cube. Thanks!

Weighted Companion Cube [via Mediafire]

Portal [Newgrounds]

Part three of three. We've been having an abundant Pokemon posts in the past couple of weeks and I think one more wouldn't hurt. This is the last paper model for the Jupiter Corp. Pokemon set of three. In case any of you missed it, there was this Slowpoke, then Jynx, and now we've got the Mewtwo (ミュウツー, Myūtsū) paper craft model. It's #150 on the Pokedex and considered to be a psychic type Pokemon that uses the ability "Pressure".



Mewtwo is an enhanced clone version of another Pokemon, Mew (#151), to whom it derives its name. Whenever I see this Pokemon it reminds me of DBZ's Freeza. They look like distant relatives. Maybe it's the color?

Yup, I think that's it.

On a side note, seeing that majority of you don't like the "counter" or the "wait" from rapidshare and megaupload, I've decided to switch to MediaFire file hosting. It was recently suggested by a commenter on one of my posts, so I immediately tried it out and I can say that it's a lot better. There's no counter, you don't have to wait anymore to get to the download part and it has a very user friendly interface. What do you guys think?

Mewtwo - [Download] [Photo Page]
more Pokemon paper crafts - [Download Page]

Today we've got part two of three from the Jupiter Corp. Pokemon paper model set, in case you missed the first one (Slowpoke), go check it out here. This time we've got a Jynx (ルージュラ) papercraft model - #124 on the Pokedex. It's humanoid-type Pokemon that has ice/psychic abilities and evolved from a Smoochum. At first glance, It looks like (削除) Bert Williams on drag (削除ここまで) one of those blackface characters or from one of those Sambo cartoons from the early 1900's, but it's not. Have fun and go get 'em.

Jynx - [Download] [Photo Page]
more Pokemon Papercrafts - [Download]

A new site called Pixtoyz by Roubinet Florent has just made their debut and their doing it with the release of their pixelated-line of papercraft toys. For now you'll have the option of making four of them, namely, Skateboy, El Pixelo, Pitboy, and Pix Babe. These are all great, easy to build and full of pure pixel fun. So head on to over to Pixtoyz and check out what they've got.

Pixtoyz - [Download Page] [Site]

I've received a lot of praises for the previous Pokemon posts, but even more was the request for it. So, I guess I'll post the rest of what I have in the following days to come. But today, we have Slowpoke (ヤドン Yadon), number 79 on the Pokedex (ポケモン図鑑 Pokemon Zukan), it got it's name from the same word which is used to call a person who is extremely lazy or being a plodder/trudger. Or you could also look at it as a combination of the words slow and Pokemon. There's really nothing much to say about it's abilities, as it's name says it all. It is however, describe as a water type/base Pokemon that excels at fishing with the use of it's tail.

Sadly, this is not a Chokipeta papercraft, but a good one nonetheless. It was released by the Jupiter Corporation (Japan) from their Magic Craft series of papercrafts which includes Pokemon (sets of 3), Hamtaro, Kirby, and many more.

Slowpoke - [Download] [Photo Page]
Jupiter Corp. - [Site]

Another day, another Pokemon papercraft. This time it's a Charmander (ヒトカゲ Hitokage) papercraft / paper model. It's a fire-type Pokemon that resembles a biped-salamander? with a very prominent feature, it's got a flame burning on the tip of it's tail. It's main ability on the game is called Blaze (もうか Raging Flames), which powers up fire-type moves. It also does physical attacks with the use of its sharp claws (Slash).

The Charmander papercraft pattern is in PDF format, has two pages, and comes in a measly 208 kb, although the scan is a bit on the rough side, you can adjust your print settings to enlarge it a bit so you can easily see the cut and fold lines. Produced by Chokipeta.

Check out the other Pokemon characters and Chokipeta creations that I've posted in the past by going to the links below.

Charmander - [Download] [Photo Page] [Mirror Download]

more Pokemon - [Previous Posts]
even more Chokipeta - [Previous Posts]

Here's even more Transformers paper crafts straight from Italia (Paper Invaders), it features the older version from the 1984 tv classic, which includes Ironhide, Ratchet, and Soundwave paper models.



As an added bonus, there's also the Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (無敵鋼人ダイターン3,) and a Getter Robo (ゲッターロボ -) paper craft.



Transformers - [Download Page]
Paper Invaders - [Site]

Check it out, new one from Ninjatoes, much like the previous Final Fantasy papercraft (Rikku) from their site, we now have Auron from the Final Fantasy X video game.

" Auron (アーロン, Āron) is a playable, fictional character in the Squaresoft (now known as Square Enix) role-playing game Final Fantasy X. He is known in the world of Spira as a "legendary guardian" due to the belief that he was the only guardian known to have survived the process of defeating the creature named Sin. His sword, though called a katana, actually appears to more closely resemble a nodachi or even the fictional zanbatō. Auron's attacks are heavily based on the "Samurai" job class from previous Final Fantasy games, particularly his ability to break through his opponents' defences. This is also seen as a Knight skill in Final Fantasy Tactics." - wikipedia

So head on to Ninjatoes site and start building.

Final Fantasy X Papercraft - Auron [ninjatoes]

Heads up, our friend at Assembled Paper Models just finished the Leviathan papercraft from the Final Fantasy VIII video game. This Final Fantasy VIII papercraft is from the same book where I got my very much contested Bahamut post, and while your at it you might want to check the links below for other Final Fantasy characters from my previous entries (Moogle, Cactuar, Tarutaru, etc.). So, head on to Octavio's site and have fun.

Leviathan - [Download Page]
More Final Fantasy Papercrafts - [Link]
Assembled Paper Models - [Site]

Pokemon (ポケモン) is one of Nintendo's most successful and profitable media franchise to date, with cash cows in various markets such as video games, anime, manga, toys, books, and trading cards. Even the items that you use in your daily life (kitchen utensils, clothing, food, home appliances, etc..) is guaranteed to have a Pokemon version of it somewhere (most probably Japan). The thing that started it all was the Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター,, Poketto Monsuta) video game for Nintendo's Game Boy system created by Satoshi Tajiri back 1995, and a year later changed to "Pokemon" for it's western version.

One of the most notable characters was Pikachu (yellow-colored mouse with electricial powers), it is regarded as the official mascot of the Pokemon franchise and today we have it in papercraft form. This Pikachu papercraft is from Chokipeta, and you know what that means, it's going to be an easy and fun build. Enjoy!

Pikachu Papercraft [via Mediafire]
Pikachu Papercraft Photos

Fresh of the ocean, here's a new papercraft model from Paperinside.com featuring the main characters from Disney's award winning animated feature film "Finding Nemo". And as always, we have the great Claudio Diaz to thank for this great work of paper art.

Nemo and Marlin - [Download Page]
Paperinside - [Site]