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Howl's Moving Castle papercraft
I've spent 72 hours over the last three weeks building this papercraft of Howl's Moving Castle.
Watch a time lapse here
As I've mentioned in many other places, I no longer have the pdf. You might find a link to it in the comments on this page, but I cannot guarantee the link will work.
Comments and faves
Ove and Lucia, Kate Blackport, Zormasa, Murfomurf, and 156 other people added this photo to their favorites.
gemgirlart (59 months ago | reply)
Holy. Crap.
That is awesome! Watched the video, too - and I applaud your patience. Is this made from the book version or the print-it-yourself download? I've seen a couple of the printed ones and this just has really nice depth to it compared to those. It seriously looks sculpted, or assembled out of ... metal scraps and whatnot. Very nice job!
~ gem ~
janGlas (59 months ago | reply)
You are really something! Looks absolutely great,
inherdarkroom (59 months ago | reply)
Awesome! I loved that movie and this is terrific. It only took 72 hours???
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Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
thatgemgirl - Thanks! This is the book version, but printed from a PDF file I downloaded. There were some parts that didn't glue together very well, but that's okay. On the whole, it was an enjoyable experience, as I watched about 10 of my more favorite movies as I worked.
kokjebalder - Thanks for the comments and faves!
inherdarkroom - Yeah, it ended up being about 72 hours, give or take a few. Some days it felt like it took a lot longer. All the little pieces really made it more complicated.
jcam1000 (59 months ago | reply)
This is really incredible. nice work.
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks duplo! (can you be called that outside of vimeo-land?)
samanthasquared (59 months ago | reply)
So lovely! I really enjoyed the glimpse of your feline assistant on the video. Wonderful documentation.
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
samanthasquared - Thanks! My cat sure has fun playing with the glue and toothpicks.
dragon caiman (59 months ago | reply)
Amazing work. I really love Hayao Miyazaki's movies.
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
dragon caiman - Thanks! His films are always so well done, beautiful art.
Zormasa (59 months ago | reply)
I love this! It is remarkable. Not only did you make a totally amazing sculpture, but your time lapse video adds so much to the finished piece. I love how your kitty visited sometimes. Oh, and you have lots of really cool shirts. Great work!
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
Zormasa - Thanks for the comment. I like my shirts, too.
Murfomurf (59 months ago | reply)
Haha! You've really got it there! On Explore!
baboon™ (59 months ago | reply)
omg!
amazing!. stunning work
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
Murfomurf - thanks for letting me know
baboon™ - thanks!
goldenrusset (59 months ago | reply)
that is the most amazing paper sculpture i have ever seen! great job! enjoyed the vid. i don't think i could have made it all the way through making it. what a daunting task.... but worth it in the end. makes my little cubecat (next photo over) look like a speck of dust. what's supporting it? certainly not those spindally legs...
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
goldenrusset - there are four "supports" underneath the bottom. The back two supports weren't very supportive and made the castle look like it was sitting down (like a cat or dog). Once the glue dried on them, they were a little more help, but the bird legs did actually help support the back end.
Life_With_Auto_Focus (59 months ago | reply)
Bravo, excellent work there. well done on getting it finished.
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Mangiu (59 months ago | reply)
you are crazy!! I love it
THE ENGRAVER- Dortmund - (59 months ago | reply)
Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
blake662003 - Thanks for the comment!
Mangiu - Crazy is fun!
The Engraver - Thanks!
wikid (59 months ago | reply)
nice final piece
congrats on explore
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
wikid - thanks!
Evil Phantasia (59 months ago | reply)
Wow. Very nice. Now I have to make it too.
Ben.Millett (59 months ago | reply)
evil phantasia - Have fun!
a.n.a (58 months ago | reply)
its amazing!! great work.
where did you get this version? i only found the simpler epson version online.
Ben.Millett (58 months ago | reply)
a.n.a. - I did some serious searching of the Internets to get this version. Studio Ghibli published a book that you could cut apart to make this. Someone scanned the book and made it available. I managed to find that file and printed it out.
a.n.a (58 months ago | reply)
I know about the book, but its sold out everywhere :(
thanks anyway
bluebazaar_06 (58 months ago | reply)
This is an excellent photo!!!
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LouLou - LouLouAndTummie.com - (58 months ago | reply)
simply amazing!
Ben.Millett (58 months ago | reply)
LouLou - echslectir Thanks!
chaps1 (58 months ago | reply)
Wow!!
Clare x
Ben.Millett (58 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
►BULLO I'm trying to◄ (57 months ago | reply)
I love this cartoon!!! It is almost my favorite !!!
Ben.Millett (57 months ago | reply)
BULLO I'm trying to It is pretty good, isn't it?
Alisher (57 months ago | reply)
Wow! Another paper model of the Howl's Castle I've never seen before! Very cool, really. I built the one downloaded from here: www.boingboing.net/2005/07/20/papercraft-howl s-mov.html
And where did you download the PDF from?
Ben.Millett (57 months ago | reply)
Alisher Check your flickrmail.
Diego-go-go (56 months ago | reply)
amazingg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looks loke is moving!!!!...amazing work...and all your effort has a very beautifull end!!!
Ben.Millett (56 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
Erick C (53 months ago | reply)
man, that looks so cool. i want mine and im about to start building it. hope ill finish it. I want it for a photo-tribute to Miyazaki...kind of
really cool work
Ben.Millett (53 months ago | reply)
Thanks. Miyazaki does do amazing work.
yukidomari (53 months ago | reply)
Hi! I was just wondering - in one of your comments you mentioned that some of the parts didn't glue together very well. Is this because the fit is off? I've done a number of paper craft including the "flying" version of howl's castle as well as the dragon from ghibli's gedou senki film, but on attempting this one (from the pdf) I had a very difficult time getting some of the pieces to fit. For example, even the main body seemed like some adjacent lengths were longer than the other (but were supposed to fit together). I checked to see my print calibration and it seems that this is something that is on the scan, and not an error on my part. Did this happen to you as well?
Ben.Millett (53 months ago | reply)
yukidomari The parts that didn't glue together well were scanned & printed right. It was mostly a matter of my not having enough patience to glue some of the parts together correctly.
yukidomari (53 months ago | reply)
hm.. really? maybe you have a better version of the pdf (or a different version, for that matter..) than me. Mind if you link me? or if you know of any place to just buy the book.. I've searched both ebay, yahoo! japan auctions, and amazon japan with no success.
kucingkularilaju (53 months ago | reply)
Goshh!! this awesome! I'm currently building the flying model though.. i think it is simpler than the walking one, but i would like to try it someday... where can i find it?
Ben.Millett (53 months ago | reply)
kucingkularilaju Yes, I think it is simpler. Smaller, at any rate. Send me an email and I'll send a link.
pericotera (52 months ago | reply)
great work)))so excellent)
monyca26 (52 months ago | reply)
Great work!! Do you know there is an author's site (only in japanese) and there we get the process of making the 3D howl's castle model, (and also some correction)→http://ghostman.zombie.jp/gallery .html
as i am a japanese, if you want to get what he said, ask me!
Then, I finally find the pdf data and I'm ready to print it, but I'm wondering which paper to choose...(thickness) would you tell me which thickness of paper did you use? And if there are wrong pdf data like yukidomari saying, please tell me the proper link to get the pdf. Thank you!
Ben.Millett (52 months ago | reply)
monyca26 I've got a description of sorts of paper here. I think 24 or 32 lb paper would be good. Yukidomari said that the file I had was the same.
monyca26 (52 months ago | reply)
Thanks! I'll try it :)