Papercraft Orc Template (coloured version)

I didn't know I needed a picture book about Orcs until I saw GoblinHood's children's book called "Mein Papa ist ein Ork" (My Dad is an Orc) and the sequel "Mein bester Freund ist ein Goblin" (My Best Friend is a Goblin). I highly recommend it for kids 4+ years, old it's so amazing. And yes, they do work for kindergarten and preschool kids as well as for primary school pupils. (It's also interesting to see how the parents lean in and how well-versed they are in fantasy lore.)

Today, the author and illustrator Rudy Eizenhöfer came to my youth club to read us his stories and everyone had a wonderful time. For the occasion, I provided a time filler. Ultimately, the skull template proved to be the more popular choice due to time constraints. Still, at least some of them had fun with it and a lot of kids took the template home with them.

This template is modeled after the father Orc in the first book. Those Orcs are quite massive, they have green skin, black clothing, little pointy ears and heavy bracelets. I'm happy to report both the author and his publisher were pleased.

Of course I have to mention that I was very inspired by other kinds of papercraft templates I saw online - especially Minecraft character templates. I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble by using one of those as a base, just for the kids, not for publishing it unless the license would allow it, of course. Unfortunately every single one didn't quite fit all my needs - for some reason I was really, really picky when it came to the arms. Also, none had a single big piece to cut, they all had parts separated. I absolutely distrust glue. Things fall apart, never to be found again. So, with much respect for people who are clearly better than me at papercrafting and making templates, I consider this one to be superior.

Last year around Christmas, I made a papercraft template for a Santa nesting doll, and I like the prospect of making something for a picture book once a year. We'll see.
Oh - and I'm considering just leaving my name on everything I make. But I won't go back and edit everything in my Gallery until I find something I'm 100% happy with.

Resources used:
Glue
Scissors
Folding
Tools used: the Gimp, CreaToon for the model preview in the upper left corner.
Let me know what you think!

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