Tribute to Heavy Bramble: papertoy Brummble

Updates: I moved them to the bottom of this post, just click here to jump to the updates!

This is my first of my monthly “big” – post (read more about the changes I will make this year).

I had this lying around for some time (made it before Christmas), but didn’t take the time to finish it.
For the first time I had a WIP test builder (Jason Bolt) and that helped a lot.
Especially because I had some pressure to finish it!!

And as promised it will be down-loadable; I present:

Brummble

Brummble side front

Brummble is a papertoy tribute to the awesome vinyl from ThreeA: Heavy Bramble.
I wanted to see how fast I could “papertoy” a vinyl (about 3 nights (3*4hours) and some extra hours for ‘bugfixing some ‘lite’ instructions and photos). The instructions are very minimal, so some it’s not a beginners project. You will need 5 pages, my advice is to use 120/160 gram paper (heavier than the usual printing-/copy-paper). It will take about 4 hours to cut out and build.

Blank template

Not a print this time? No I don’t think it needs more, but you may always surprise me with a custom!

5 pages

Yes it’s not a small papertoy, but the result will be very close to the original!
and show me/the world the pictures!!

The .ZIP file contains a .PDF
(You can use freeware like FilZip or 7zip to extract a .ZIP-file and read a .PDF with Acrobat or Foxit)

Update #1: Everybody is as excited as I am: 400 downloads in 5 days (300+ in the weekend; normally the time that the visits to this blog is the lowest)
Update #2: Check the trackback links at the bottom: 3 blogs posted about Brummble: THX
Update #3: The first prove that someone has built Brammble: Josh Buczynski build https://twitter.com/#!/Sergenth/status/161100136280358912/photo/1 (also check out his website paperposeables.com and especially the poplock; I will be doing something with that system in the future! )
Update #4: Another build: check out https://twitter.com/#!/ario_fitrianto/status/162202275434086401 by Ario Fitrianto. Thx for the build! And customizing
Update #5: A French papertoy blog has a post about Brummble: check out paper-toy.fr (perhaps use google translate)
Update #6: A documented build by Jared R Delo, visit his google+ photo gallery: Brammble build in 8 staps
Update #7: A custom by Marko Zubak. Check my tweet about this AWESOME Brammble custom
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2 Comments

  1. Seb
    Posted January 21, 2012 at 20:07 | Permalink

    This is really awesome. I’m certainly gonnna do it in the weekend. What kind of glue do you recommend? will stick glue work?

  2. Posted January 27, 2012 at 04:37 | Permalink

    I just finished this model! Took me a few days at work, but I really enjoyed building it. Thanks for the free model!
    Progress pictures here: https://picasaweb.google.com/116830175642037856483/PaperModels#

8 Trackbacks

  1. By 2011 vs 2012 | [mck] on January 20, 2012 at 15:56

    [...] 2011 vs 2012 Update #1: I joint a gym to learn how to KickBoxing and Muay Thai! Here is the link to the site: http://www.samuraisports.nl/ (little warning: this website is not a beauty) Update #2: Brummble the papertoy tribute to ThreeA vinyl: Heavy Bramble is online and ready for downloading: here [...]

  2. [...] Toys, the Heavy Bramble – based on the World War Robot series designed by Ashley Wood. Heavy Bramble Papercraft / Brummble Paper Toy [...]

  3. [...] You can download this robot papercraft from here: Heavy Bramble robot papercraft free download Category: Robots Tags: Bramble, Robot [...]

  4. By Paper Brummble by Matthijs Kamstra | BattleGrip on January 22, 2012 at 12:49

    [...] Robot* fans who want a Heavy Bramble and have some craft skills will want to take a look at this Paper Brummble that’s available to download free from Matthijs Kamstra (website, Twitter). You’ll have [...]

  5. [...] Brummble es este papertoy basado en el Heavy Bramble, con la cual Matthijs Kamstra rinde tributo a una de las mejores piezas de ThreeA, el archivo consta de 5 páginas mismas que se recomienda imprimir en papel de 120 a 160 grs. para un mejor manejo, esta es una versión en blanco todavía no existe un custom como tal, por lo tanto si se animan podrán personalizar uno y si quieren compartirlo aquí lo estaremos posteando. La descarga la encuentran aquí. [...]

  6. [...] L’idée initiale de [mck] était de voir à quelle vitesse il pouvait adapter un art toy en vinyl au matériau papier… Et bien la réponse est environ une bonne quinzaine d’heures, réparties en 3 nuits… Les instructions sont plutôt minimalistes car ce papertoy (dont le template s’étale sur 5 pages) n’est clairement pas fait pour les débutants… Il faudra environ 4 heures aux initiés pour le découper et l’assembler (à moins d’avoir un matos de guerrier ^^). Les plus courageux pourront donc télécharger le patron en cliquant sur l’image qui suit, ou directement depuis le site de [mck]. [...]

  7. [...] can download this paper toy from here: ThreeA: Heavy Bramble Mk 2.5 Free Papercraft DownloadFor this paper model, we recommend that you use the material (Paper, Paint, Glue, etc.) to make. [...]

  8. [...]  http://www.matthijskamstra.nl/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/tribute-to-heavy-bramble-papertoy-brummble/#… [...]

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