Comments on: Making cool things with paper.

Making cool things with paper.

monju_bosatsu — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:38:52 -0800

Need a diversion from you-know-what? Make something out of paper. When you get tired of origami, paper airplanes, and paper balloons, try paper craft. Yamaha has a great site with downloadable papercraft templates, including not only their great motorcycles, but many animals as well. Canon also has a great selection, including a spectacular architecture selection. Not geeky enough? Try these Star Wars templates. Not difficult enough? Try this Mistubishi FTO. Not cute enough? Try these. For those of you that need some connection to the war, here you go. Last but not least, this index contains links to all kinds of great paper projects.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:54:14 -0800

[these are good]

By: Satapher

Satapher — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:00:46 -0800

the human war is never ending. diversions were needed 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 years ago.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:07:27 -0800

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 Wait, let me guess. Prime numbers? No, that's not right. A markov chain? No, that's not it either. Wait, wait, is it a fibonacci series? Yes, it's a fibonacci series. [This started out as a joke at satapher's expense, but that really is a fibonacci series. Weird.]

By: signal

signal — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:40:44 -0800

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8....

By: skyscraper

skyscraper — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:57:54 -0800

Very nice links on a subject near and dear to my heart. Thanks, monju-bosatsu.

By: Jughead

Jughead — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:09:47 -0800

Thanks for the links, monju_bosatsu. This will soon be gracing my desk. As if I was getting any work done anyways... Anyone else remember those preprinted paper kits you could get at various souvenir shops that depicted people? I must have had a hundred of those when I was a kid. Had one of a Mountie, he ended up hatless as my young fingers lacked the dexterity to fold a Stetson. Pass the glue...

By: Sangre Azul

Sangre Azul — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:04:08 -0800

Don't forget the paper automata (some free) over at Flying Pig, which also includes an excellent section on the mechanisms involved.

By: wrench

wrench — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:34:20 -0800

Check out this awesome paper giant robot.