Comments on: Howl's Moving Castle papercraft

Howl's Moving Castle papercraft

jonson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:33:19 -0800

Howl's Moving Castle - in papercraft. Stop motion animation of the assembly here, flickr set of the finished product here, details on the kit here. Found via.

By: jonson

jonson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:34:42 -0800

D'oh! Posted prematurely, apologies. The original kit from Studio Ghibli is out of print, I believe. A reaonable facsimile can be found here.

By: farishta

farishta — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:50:07 -0800

Wow. Pretty cool stuff- equally admirable to the skill is the patience.

By: MillMan

MillMan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:50:51 -0800

There is a more ambitious version of this that looks like the moving castle that is present throughout most of the movie (and not the recreated version at the end). As far as papercraft goes, it is....complex. flickr is blocked at my work but with a bit of searching you should be able to find pics of it.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:51:25 -0800

At last my life has a purpose!

By: MillMan

MillMan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:56:11 -0800

posted too soon - the "finished product here" link refers to the model I am talking about. fyi I emailed that guy a while ago and got a scanned in pdf of the whole thing from him since it is out of print. you didn't hear it from me.

By: absalom

absalom — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:15:08 -0800

Pretty awesome, but I'd much rather see an Ohmu or something from a Ghibli movie that wasn't completely boring.

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:47:03 -0800

Yes, wonderful, but not as wonderful as this.

By: echo target

echo target — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:22:34 -0800

They're very cool, but they don't look anything like what was described in the book. Is the film worth seeing? I have long distrusted movie remakes of childhood favorite books.

By: thanatogenous

thanatogenous — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:33:48 -0800

maybe it's just my long dormant anime dork coming out, but I found the flickr castle to be quite stunning. I've never done a 'papercraft', but I almost want to take a crack at it. It's lame, I know, but I believe having one of those would be a testament to dedication, precision and patience. At first glance, I just want to buy one, but then I realize that would be too easy and non fulfilling. Much like the themes in the story.

By: sebastienbailard

sebastienbailard — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:49:45 -0800

The film is good. It is a bit choppy; it's not explained that the scarecrow was the prince's brother or what have you, and some of the characterization and plotting is different. It was done by Miyazaki. If you haven't heard of him, you have some wonderful suprises in store.

By: jrochest

jrochest — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:11:48 -0800

Oddly enough, I'd think that Miyazaki would actually capture the slightly creepy weirdness of that book. Wild paper castle, too.

By: Phanx

Phanx — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:47:04 -0800

I wish I had the skill to make paper models. The film's great , but if you read the book first, I'd say there's a 50-50 chance you'll be annoyed too much by the changes in the plot, some of which are a bit puzzling IMO. Diana Wynne Jones herself seems happy with the film.