(Metal) Papercraft

[Kazi]

About a year and a half ago I became interested in papercraft. If you're not familiar with it, it basically involves cutting/folding/gluing paper models together. There are a ton of free templates online that range from extremely simple to 50+ page monstrosities. That being said I was curious if anyone else on the forum shared my hobby.

I recently came across this papercraft, a collaboration between Hello Kitty and X Japan, which spurred me to post here. I'm interested to see if there are other metal papercrafts out there.

Here's a link to some of the projects that I've put together in the past.

 

[TychoCelchu]

I've never tried this but some of your stuff looks pretty impressive! When you say 'paper', do you mean sheets that are thicker/heavier than normal printing paper? Lightweight cardboard?

 

[TheLongshot]

I've never tried this but some of your stuff looks pretty impressive! When you say 'paper', do you mean sheets that are thicker/heavier than normal printing paper? Lightweight cardboard?

Card stock, probably.

The Visual Kei Kitty is mildly disturbing.

 

[Kazi]

I've never tried this but some of your stuff looks pretty impressive! When you say 'paper', do you mean sheets that are thicker/heavier than normal printing paper? Lightweight cardboard?

I use card stock for most of my models so that they hold up better over time, but the trade-off is that it can be more difficult to fold intricate pieces. There are many people who use regular printer paper, a lot of it just comes down to personal preference.

 

[spag]

I tried one of the motorcycle models a while back, but it didn't end up looking as nice as the pic online

I think I still prefer plastic models or balsa planes.