The Plight of Mountain-Dwelling Explorers

Anyone who's played a Tomb Raider game recognized the sound of a boulder chasing after them and knows that fast thinking is the only thing to save you now. Not only do these boulder crush you if you get anywhere near them, but they roll considerably faster than you do. Luckily, this boulder isn't going anywhere.

In Tomb Raider 2, Lara pilots a plane in an escape from Marco Bartolli's offshore oil rig to the mountains of Tibet, where her aircraft experiences engine failure and crashes in the mountains. Ever the action hero, Lara grabs a parachute and yanks herself out of the plane before it detonates, leaving her stranded in the mountains. Lara's trek leads her through the mountains, and one step closer to stopping Bartolli and getting the Dagger of Xian.

In fulfilling my obligated "at least one Lara per month" quota, I decided to make a diorama. I always liked this level of Tomb Raider 2, and thought that the boulder and spike traps combined would add a needed sense of excitement. Note that the model is pretty small and is really not for beginners :( If people have problems, I'll resize it for everyone, but note that it is doable!

And now for something completely different.


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~Sascha

Seraph (Gold Angel)

Here's the Seraph artifact from Tomb Raider 2's Maria Doria Level. Lara takes a minisub to the ship wrekc on the bottom of the ocean floor and finds the Seraph deep within. After escaping the wreck, Lara's unfortunate plane crash lands her deep in the Tibetan foothills where she uncovers a hidden temple and a monastery. In the temple, she uses the Seraph and progresses towards the dagger. Also, I know the image shows gray wings, but they're really gold. Pepakura Designer refused to show them in the image.

Thanks to paperkraft.net for correcting the name for me :)

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~Sascha

Giant Spider

Next up is the Giant Spider from Tomb Raider 2. Throughout all of Tomb Raider 2, Lara encountered normal smaller spiders, until she entered the caves levels of Tomb Raider 2 and found their larger counterparts.



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~Sascha

Dagger of Xian

Continuing with my progression into the field of papercraft design, I'm posting my second ever papercraft from about a half a year ago. It's a life-size-ish model of the Dagger of Xian from Tomb Raider 2, appropriately subtitled "Dagger of Xian" Reiteration: This is one of my first papercrafts, it's buildable, but lacks instructions or pdos, but it's simple

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~Sascha