StayCubic

29 cubes | $8.99 each | instant PDF download

A whole game scene, folded into one paper cube.

Hi. I'm Cubert, and this is my collection. Every kit is a single A4 page: print it, cut it, fold it, and about an hour later the scene is sitting on your shelf. 29 of them so far. I am not going to stop.

See the collection How building one works
  • Instant download
  • One A4 page, 300 dpi
  • Print it as often as you like
  • Card and PayPal
Every one of these started as a screenshot I would not stop thinking about.
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Three steps and a glue stick

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Every kit lays out the same way. The cross in the middle becomes the cube, the dashed corners get cut off, and the orange bands hold the pieces you glue in.
  1. 1

    Print

    One A4 page on card stock. Colour, 100% scale, any home printer.

  2. 2

    Cut and fold

    Cut the cross, score the folds, and it becomes a little room with a back wall.

  3. 3

    Glue the scene in

    Stand the characters on the floor panel. Done. Roughly an hour, start to shelf.

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The collection

What lands in your inbox

  • One print-ready PDF, A4, 300 dpi, in your browser the second you pay
  • The fold-out cube: back wall, floor, two side walls, front logo band
  • Loose scene pieces to cut out and glue in, spare alternates included
  • Yours forever. Print it again whenever a fold goes wrong

What you need

  • A colour printer and card stock, 160 to 250 gsm
  • Scissors or a craft knife, and a ruler
  • A glue stick
  • About an hour, and nothing else to do with it

Questions

Is this a physical thing you post to me?

No. You get a PDF. You print it at home (or at any print shop), cut it out and fold it. Nothing ships, nothing gets lost in the mail, and the file is yours the second the payment clears.

What exactly is in the file?

One A4 page at 300 dpi. On it: the fold-out cross that becomes the cube (back wall, floor, two side walls, front logo band) plus the loose scene pieces you cut out and glue in, including a few spare alternates so you can pick the arrangement you like.

How big is the finished cube?

About 9.4 cm per side printed at 100%. Print at 78% and you get roughly a 7.3 cm cube, which is the size that drops into the cheap clear display boxes. Both look right. Pick the one that matches your shelf.

I'm on US Letter paper, not A4.

Set your printer to "scale to fit" or 94%. The cube comes out a hair smaller and everything still lines up. Do not use "fit to page" with auto-rotate on, it crops the loose pieces at the bottom.

How do I know my printer will not resize it?

Print the free one-page check sheet and measure the bar on it. If the bar reads 100 mm your printer is honest and every kit prints true at 100%. If it reads something else, the sheet tells you the percentage to use. It is linked from the build guide and it costs you one sheet of paper.

What paper should I use?

Card stock, 160 to 250 gsm. Regular 80 gsm paper works but the walls go floppy and the colours sit flatter. Matte holds the ink best. Glossy photo paper looks great and fights you at every fold.

All the questions

New cubes drop often

Want a shout when one lands? I'll only ever email about cubes. It's all I think about.

Your address, nothing else, and one line to me gets you off the list. How I handle it.