papercraft nyan cat

i made this for a co-worker because he's a meme-fiend.

you can get the pattern to print out and make one for yourself here:
http://ddi7i4d.deviantart.com/art/Nyan-Cat-Machine-Instructions-244572799

i ran across this on one of my very favorite aggregator-blog-things called neatorama (www.neatorama.com)

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Entertainment

Tags:

• nyan
• cat
• papercraft
• neatorama

[TheAlanmf]

u didn't use any coins in the back of the rainbow? to make it fall?

[jazzviolao]

@TheAlanmf nope - just a heavy-ish card stock paper and some careful retouching of the hole size with a knife.

[RoxasX58]

Hey :D I made the same model but the blue tube with the Nyan written all over it wouldn't spin up and down like yours. I would spin the axel but only it would move but not the tube, so the rainbows and Nyan cat cant go up and down. Any tips on how I can make it like yours?

[jazzviolao]

@RoxasX58 it's important that the tube is glued at an angle (so that one end is high while the other is low), and that the triangular holes are just big enough to prevent too much friction. if i remember correctly, i might have wrapped the piston-y parts in scotch tape to reduce friction even more, but you'd have to re-size the holes a bit, too.

[NeglectedPoison]

Please put a tutorial up for this dude D:

[jazzviolao]

@NeglectedPoison i'm not sure i have the patience or drive to make a second one :(

i was surprised my first one turned out so well - i normally end up scrapping the first version of any papercraft/origami thing i make. good luck to you!

[ivan26XDead]

OMG!

It's the Nyancraft cat. O_O

[paperarmor2]

add a motor to the handle and it could do it x5 as fast, and it would be AWESOME!

[Machinimarecreate]

I'm maikning atomata in my workshopat school .Any tips?

[wipf1000]

how do you boil that???

i dont understand the instructin at the website because my inglish is very bad :(

please anser.