For the past two years the focus of my large papercrafts has been Mass Effect. But having done models of my favourite squad mates I needed to turn to something else.
So I learned how to extract models and textures from Team Fortress 2, a game that has entertained me massively from mid 2008 to early 2012. I don't play it much anymore but wanted to do a tribute to my main class, the enigmatic, shambling bag of crazy that is the Pyro!
This is a papercraft template which you can download and use to print and build your very own! There's even four different hats available! He's RED by default, but if you want a BLU one, then the textures are provided so you can swap them around (see notes in download pack).
Additional info within the download file and on PDO/PDF #1. Any other questions, feel free to ask.
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It's a 35.9MB RAR file which contains PDFs and PDOs to print from or use as references. ~40cm tall, 27 pages and 259 pieces including the flamethrower and all 4 hats.
You can open the RAR archive with software such as WinRAR, Alzip, 7Zip. Just search around!
You can open the PDO files with Pepakura Viewer downloadable free here: [link]
Please do use this as it's immensely helpful as a resource and will show you exactly where parts go. It doesn't work on Macs unfortunately though.
Difficulty: 8/10 (Large pieces, flamethrower is a chore)
Note: I sometimes reupload versions with minor edits so for website posters please link back to this page as a 'hub' instead or your download links could end up broken.
Happy building! --------
Template by me, original 3D data and textures by Valve.
In future I may consider a Soldier or Engineer but my focus is on a few other things right now.
Well aside from this, there's smaller templates available for the Scout, Sniper and Spy here [link] which used the models from Tom Talian's low poly model pack.
Yes all the models are originally from in game. I found the characters in an archive online but had to rip the hats and weapon myself. I mentioned a few details briefly in the comments on this journal: [link]
I registered with DeviantArt just to say thank you so much for this. I love both papercraft and TF2. Gonna build this and use him as a scarecrow. Maybe he'll keep my cat off my laptop keyboard.
A scarecat? I like the sound of that! Just make sure he's well balanced or a quick brush of whiskers could send him toppling! (gas tanks and flamethrower make him very top heavy)
I am dying of a massive fangirl attack right now. You never cease to amaze me! If I could shower confetti to show how much I appreciate your work... well
Well aside from this, there's smaller templates available for the Scout, Sniper and Spy here [link] which used the models from Tom Talian's low poly model pack.
I built it with 160gsm paper. Anything between 120-200gsm or equivalent should be suitable.