Here's a unique looking papercraft, it's a cow character suited up in the a traditional Japanese armor and helmet riding on top of a giant fish. I couldn't understand what my translator was saying, it's got something to do with a Japanese celebration for the month of May? In any case, I can tell you that this is from the Mansei Co., Ltd. based in Kanda, Tokyo. The company went through a lot of phases to get to where it is now, it started as an electadminics store, then became a restaurant selling high-grade meats, and currently as a luxury dining establishment - specializing in beef and beef related dishes.
They've got some other cute papercrafts, dioramas, and origami models on their site that you should check out, of course, all of them have the familiar cow theme to them. On their homepage, click on the "mansei club" icon to see the goods.
Samurai Cow [
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From the Legend of Zelda
series, Cows are the hoofed mammals that provide the best tasting milk in all of Hyrule (Lon Lon Ranch) and Termina (Romani Ranch).
Although we didn't see his work for the most part of 2008, our good old friend Ryo Tokisato is back and starts out 2009 with two new paper models. First is this Year of the Ox papercraft (basically a cow) that is available on his site, which brings our collection to three now. The second papercraft is work he did for Toyota, which means you'll have to read it on the next post.
A simple and easy cow papercraft for kids and beginners, not much folds involved with this one. This was created by Ayumu Saito of Craft Pocket.
