Jul 21 2008Papercraft Fun Frustration: Batman's Tumbler
Ah, Papercraft. A hobby that involves two of my favorite pastimes: cutting things, and glue. Did I mention I huff glue? I huff glue. Did I mention I huff glue? Freaking love that stuff. Anyway, this is a Papercraft Tumbler. It looks complicated and I could never make it. Not in a hundred years. I could cut the tip of a finger off though. Or, if the price is right, a toe. "You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon...with nail polish." While I have no Papercraft skills, my roommate has been up for two days straight working on this thing. I just peeked in his room and he's passed out on a pile of dirty clothes with one ball hanging out the fly of his boxers. But the car looks finished. So while he's sleeping I'm gonna tape a couple fireworks to the back and shoot it down the street.
UPDATE: So it, uh, burnt up pretty quick.
Hit the jump for several more shots and a link to the PDF's if you want to make your own.
The Tumbler [paperinside]
papercraft batmobile: the dark knight gets his car back [technabob]
Reader Comments
1. Jimmy - July 21, 2008 10:47 AM
That would be such a kick-ass toy till it started raining.
2. Madgame - July 21, 2008 10:51 AM
It's crap unless batman shoots out the front on a motorcycle with machine guns
3. Karyn - July 21, 2008 10:58 AM
@ #2---that it absolutely true about everything in life, though. From school buses to Burger Kings to seedy taverns.
4. suzy blue balls - July 21, 2008 11:15 AM
@#3. @ yourself like #2. your turn 4.
5. Sell Porn Make Money - July 21, 2008 11:19 AM
Someone has WAY TOO MUCH time on their hands...
6. anticon - July 21, 2008 11:27 AM
love the reference to the big lebowski, what a great film
7. SmokingGirl - July 21, 2008 11:32 AM
Papercraft: for those among us who would rather spend hours with paper than people.
And #2 confused me; I guess I'll be drinking espresso today.
8. karyn - July 21, 2008 12:05 PM
when i posted that, there were already two comments. has one been deleted? as i recall, it said something along the lines of "FIRST".
9. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - July 21, 2008 12:10 PM
Jesus that looks frustrating, not my thing to DO something like that, I get cramp in my shoulders just thinking about it.
10. guate6 - July 21, 2008 12:29 PM
Looks awesome, hell I'd do it (read: I'd complete the project).
11. Shoes - July 21, 2008 12:38 PM
*scratches chin* It doesn't look too difficult, the assembled model just makes it look scary. If you built at least one non-hako/cubodial model, I can't see it being hard, just tedious (but no one said you had to do it all at once...) The pictorial instructions look fairly good from what I saw... but I would personally prefer a .PDO version just for simplicities sake.
tl;dr : Papercraft isn't as scary as it looks. Use a light cardstock and you're golden. It just needs patience.
But damn! This particular craft would destroy my black ink cart. D: I may try the camo version in the near future...simply because those tires are awesome.
12. Madgame - July 21, 2008 2:26 PM
In my twisted opinion, Geekologie users have the funniest comments. Usually by this time of the day I want to rip someone's heart out with my bare hands and eat it in front of anyone watching but after coming here and reading witty responses it's like skipping with the leperchauns through fairy world on a sunny saturday in May.
13. Bender - July 21, 2008 9:51 PM
I actually do a lot of papercraft, and this one's on my list. They do take patience and practice, but it's worth it. Using spray paint will leave a nice glossy finish... and spray acrylic will make it nearly waterproof.