Are you looking for good papercraft terrain for Warhammer 40k, Kill Team, Infinity, or role playing games, like Dungeon and Dragons (DnD)? Paper models or papercraft is a budget-friendly, fast way to get awesome looking wargaming terrain and buildings on your tabletop. Good tabletop papercraft terrain is all over the internet and a lot of it is free! All you need is a good printer and a sharp knife.
In this article, I show you 14 awesome sites and places you can download papercraft terrain and buildings for your wargaming or modeling needs.

If you’re in a hurry and want to get the coolest looking paper craft terrain (imho), check out the print-ready stuff at Drive Thru RPG.
READ MORE: 3 WAYS TO MAKE BUILDINGS AND TERRAIN FOR TABLETOP GAMING
Papercraft: Terrain on a Budget
Whether you’re looking to DIY Warhammer 40k terrain or make papercraft buildings for your next RPG adventure, paper is the least expensive material to do it.

I can count the number of essential supplies for papercrafting with my ten fingers.
- Paper or card stock
- Sharp knife or scissors
- Metal ruler
- Cutting surface
- Glue (PVA or white glue)
If you’re looking for a more convenient way of cutting up cardstock or paper for your paper modeling needs, you can get a Cricut or Cameo. Either of these machines will make short work of your bulk papercraft needs.

The cool thing about tabletop papercraft terrain is that it can fit well alongside normal plastic or resin wargaming terrain kits.
Are you trying to bulk up your scatter terrain to block line-of-sight?
Add papercraft!
If you’re into scale model trains or railroads, papercraft is also a great for planning out your layout. Papercraft buildings can work as place holders as you visualize your space.
If you’re traveling to trade shows or conventions paper terrain, models, and buildings are super easy to transport, too.

Recommended Printers for Papercraft
Great looking papercraft models rely on good printing.
In my opinion, most consumer printers today are mostly the same.
However, if you’re looking to get a new one for papercrafting or other hobby work, or simply upgrading, Canon printers are probably the most respected.
These printers is highly-rated for card stock printing. All of them reproduce excellent color and high resolution images, and print fast.
- CANON PIXMA MG6620 WIRELESS ALL-IN-ONE COLOR (Best Value)
- CANON PIXMA iX6820 (More Affordable)
- Epson Workforce Pro WF-4820 Wireless All-in-One Printer (The Budget Alternative)
Read on for my picks for where you can get papercraft terrain, buildings, and models. Or, you can move on to 3D printing terrain, buildings and miniatures. Check out this overview of 3D printable terrain and guide for where to find the best files.
Best 14 Sites with Free or Paid Papercraft Terrain and Buildings
Topo Solitario Crafts (Free)
This is probably the most well-known site for free terrain for sci-fi gaming. Games like Infinity would fit right in with these papercrafted buildings, vehicles, and scatter terrain.
Topo Solitario uses IP design and art within Corvus Belli Universe, and has had successful kickstarters for launching papercraft models to our community. From my understanding, there are new designs coming out all the time. Check back to see what new things are happening!




Germy (Free)
This is a fun site with various hobby-related tid-bits. Of course, there’s also the papercraft terrain available for free download. I especially like the modular buildings, which all you to stack them up.

Some of the aesthetic is blocky (like a lot of papercraft). Also, some of the buildings have a cartoony look, but they all look professional. I think a lot of this would work well in a modern or sci-fi style tabletop theme.

Check out these images, or have a look for yourself on the Germy site.

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Genet Models (Free)
Genet models is another well-known papercraft modeler. The paper models are professional-looking, highly-detailed, and could have been sold commercially.

Luckily for us, they are freely available!
The site is chock-full of paper craft models. Of all the sites, I’ve surveyed with free papercraft stuff, this is the most diverse. There are spaceships, buildings, mechs, and military vehicles.



Tommygun (Free)
Tommygun is like Genet models, and has a ton of professionally-made papercraft terrain available for free download. The link takes you to a directory where you can see all of his wares.


There are big terrain pieces, barricades, and small highly-detailed scatter terrain bits. From the looks of the downloadable plans, all of the papercraft models are easy to assemble.



Combat Storm (Mostly Free)
Combat Storm is a site that produces very high quality models, especially buildings. The neat thing about papercraft is that, because of the digital files, you can scale your terrain features up or down. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing a 10mm or 28mm scaled game.
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Use your favorite software and adjust the scaling before you print.

On the Combat Storm site, you can see a number of examples of the paper models that are available.
I really like the look for the urban buildings, which even include window treatments. The roof elements, like ductwork and sandbags, provide additional details that make a setting come alive.
Although most of the building packs are free, some of the more elaborate buildings have a small cost ($5-10 USD).
There are different geo-demographic styles, too. You can get buildings with Western, Modern, or Middle-Eastern architectural design. If you play Infinity, you will love the variety that these papercraft buildings provide.


Imperius Wargaming (Free)
Imperius Wargaming is a fantastic blog site! I’m so glad I found this. Just check out the photos below of the free papercraft buildings you can get.
Big and small models are available with a few clicks. I’m shocked at how detailed these paper model are, considering it would take days to paint-by-hand anything similar in a kit-form.

Of course, all the details and color come from the printer.

But, how often do you wish your Citadel (Games Workshop) terrain would just pop off the table with realism–and do so without any work?
Okay, I admit that papercraft does require work.
You need to print the models on 2D paper, then cut them out, and assemble it all. To save a ton of time, you can use a machine to do the cutting. And, the results are kind of amazing considering that you can just avoid the painting aspect.
Dave Graffam Models (Free)
Here we enter more commercial territory. I have purchased a ton of Dave Graffam Models in the past. You can see an article where I use some of these papercraft models here.

The link here shows you 4 free paper models you can download. They are really good examples of what you can buy on the site.

If you like this paper models from Dave Graffam, then check out the entire collection here.

Wizards of the Coast (Free)
The Wizards of the Coast is a huge name in gaming, including role playing games, Magic the Gathering, among others.
At some point, they made a line of papercraft buildings that you can download.
Set 1 Cottages:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/cottages.pdf
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/cottages.zip
Set 2 Tower, Intact and Ruined:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/tower.pdf
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/tower.zip
Set 3 City Walls, Intact and Ruined:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/wall.pdf
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/wall_72.zip
Set 4 Woodsman’s Hut, Intact and Ruined:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/Woodsmanshut_pdf.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/Woodsmanshut_jpgs.zip
Set 5 A Rustic Bridge for All Seasons:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/covered_bridge.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/covered_bridge_images.zip
Set 6 Mausoleum:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/pm_5_mausoleum_PDF.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/pm_5_mausoleum_images.zip
Set 7 Gothic Graveyard:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_cemetary.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_cemetary_jpg.zip
Set 8 Blacksmith Shop:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_smith_pdf.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/FPM_Smith_JPG.zip
Set 9 Versatile Outbuilding:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_outbuilding.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_Outbuilding_Images.zip
Set 10 Windows and Doors
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_windows_doors.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_Windows_Doors_Images.zip
Set 11 Medieval Inn:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_inn.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_inn_jpg.zip
Set 12 Town Tavern:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_tavern_pdf.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_tavern_jpgs.zip
Set 13 Rural Church:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_church.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_church_images.zip
Set 14 Three-Story City Wall:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_wall.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_wall_all.zip
Set 15 Long, Half-Timbered Building:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_bldg.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_bldg_all.zip
Set 16 Half Turret and Short Wall:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_turet_wall.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_turret_wall_jpg.zip
Set 17 Timber Hoarding:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_hoarding.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_hoarding_jpg.zip
Set 18 Octagonal Tower (Two, Three or Four Story):
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/towerPDF.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/towerJPG.zip
Alternate Pieces – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/towerBONUS.zip
Set 19 Cobblestone Roads, Dirt Roads, and Wood Textures:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_roads_pdf.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_Roads_72dpi.zip
Set 20 Gatehouse:
PDF – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_gatehouse.zip
JPG – http://wizards.com/dnd/files/fpm_gatehouse_jpg.zip

And, thanks to a fellow Redditor, the links above sends you to the site where you can get a bunch of awesome looking fantasy-genre paper model buildings.
Although the photos are small, low-resolution, you can already see how detailed these look. I would be super-happy to see some of these buildings in a DnD or Pathfinder game.
Check out the site for the free downloadable files!

Paper Craft Paradise (Free)
This is a nice site for getting a variety of different papercraft models. There is no charge for these models. My only gripe is the site is a tad hard to navigate with some broken links.

But, the models you can get here are pretty awesome.



DriveThruRPG
If you’re willing to spend a bit, you can get amazing terrain pieces from DriveThruRPG. This is probably the most active downloadable terrain (and other digital product) site out there for tabletop gamers and hobbyists.
I don’t have the space to describe everything this site has in-stock. But, if you check out a few of the images here, you’ll see some really cool paper model buildings.

All of the pieces are very well designed with a mindset for functionality. You have modular buildings with fully-fleshed out interiors. For the role playing games, being able to move about a building interior and exterior opens up a whole new dimension of interactivity.

The art and design style of the papercraft models from DriveThruRPG is beautiful. With even a mediocre inkject printer, you can create some of the most enthralling scenes, replete with buildings, and other realistic elements.

Wargame Vault
This site is actually a curated product site from DriveThruRPG. The difference with Wargame Vault is that the products listed are a bit more in-line with tabletop wargaming.
Warhammer 40k, Maulifaux, Flames of War, Bolt Action, and other tactical miniature games have rulesets that work well with good terrain pieces.

WargameVault has set out to provide low-cost paper models that work with the inherent gameplay elements of many of the most popular miniature games.
If you think about the economics of papercraft, purchasing models from sites like Wargame Vault or DriveThruRPG is cost-effective.
Once you buy a model, you own it.

You can print multiple copies and replicate a tabletop scene over and over again.
Because most of these bundles are modular, you can create many different setups for every single game–and none of the landscapes will look alike.
There is more stuff out there than this, for example i avoided linking to stuff on WorldsWorksGames and DriveThruRPG/WargameVault because of the rules for commercial things on the forums, but we can mention them. Still, with these you should be set. And always you can get a bunch of
Infinity Scenery Pack
If you don’t want to buy a printer, or print your own papercraft terrain, you can buy pre-printed paper models.
An Infinity scenery pack is inexpensive ($15). A Corvus Belli product for their Infinity miniature skirmish game, the papercraft model buildings in sets like this make it super easy to play.

I know people how have combined several of these scenery packs to create modular looking cities. Each of the buildings and shipping containers stack up perfectly.
This makes it easy to create different scenario layouts, but also to pack away and store. If you travel around, you can take these scenery packs with you.
The scenery even works with other games, such as Warhammer 40k, which use a similar scale to Infinity. Check out the photo below.

As with the Mototronica scenery pack, the Navajo Output scenery is similarly priced ($15).
Do you like playing Kill Team? Terrain like this is not only cheaper than the Citadel Plastic Kits, but requires less work, less cost, and functions the same!

Take several of these scenery packs, you can fill an entire 4′ x 4′ or larger table full of beautifully rendered 3D terrain.

Dave Graffam Models
As with the above, if you’re looking for alternative terrain for games like Warhammer 40k or Kill Team, Dave Graffam Models have you covered.
I linked to free Dave Graffam Models above. Much of the product line include historic or European style paper model buildings.
However, if you’re looking for the stuff that robots dream of, check out some of the sci-fi stuff from Dave Graffam.



Final Word
The reason to use papercraft terrain for your tabletop gaming or modeling needs is simple.
- Paper models are easy to make
- Inexpensive
- Light-weight
- Durable with card stock
- Fast setup
I’m sure I missed some sites with papercraft terrain and buildings. Please let me know if you have other places that either sell or provide free paper models.
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That’s an impressive collection you’ve gathered! Very nice work.
Thanks for the overview! You mention that having a digital cutter (Silhouette, etc.) would be an advantage. Yet I can’t seem to locate a paper craft publisher who also supports the digital cutter files. Can you specify which ones do support digital cutters? Or, is there some way that digital cutters can easily be shown where the cut lines are on these paper craft models?
Fat dragon games has some files that you can use but I’m not sure which ones. See this tutorial. This helped me. Both the cameo and cricutter have software you can use to custom cut pdfs or other images. http://www.getsilvered.com/2016/12/triple-t-tuesday/
Hmm I should probably do a write up of how that works…
So on thing I use to do when making papercraft building was take very thin plywood, I think it was 0.8mm and use that as a core to build around. It gave it more durability then card stock. I was running a after school wargaming club at the time so those kids put a lot of wear and tear on the terrain.
Good idea ! How do you cut the plywood?
Scroll saw with a barbwire style blade.
Great! Another source for me was the cardboard warriors forum:
https://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/
For my norse-myth inspired game, the “laketown series” of GrendelsMother64 fits excellent:
http://inkjetpaperscissors.blogspot.com/
Oh cool, l’ll take a look and see if I can add a few more paper terrain pieces to the list. They look pretty cool for scenic historical type games or displays.
Thanks for putting this list together, I’ll probably use a few sci-fi setups for a game in the future. I’d like to make this suggestion to designers: add more “everyday” stuff to your scenery repertoire. Shipping containers, command buildings and bunkers are great along with small industrial complexes but throw in some food vendors, storage lockers, market carts, dumpsters and other things like that.
Totally! I’m glad you found the post helpful 🙂
I print on full-sheet label paper. Then, I just cut, peel, and stick to 2mm-thick cardboard. The 2mm-thick cardboard can be purchased at framing supply stores, such as Hobby Lobby, and Michael’s Craft Stores. The cardboard can warp, over time, so I use PVA Glue to internally attach square wooden dowels cut to size, also purchased from the same crafting stores. The square dowels keep the cardboard pretty straight, over time. They also provide more heft, structural durability, and strength.
I’ve made castle wall sections, square towers, buildings, and more, using these techniques. My models have survived gaming usage for 10+ years. I like the idea of using thin plywood, but it would be harder to cut to size and shape, compared to 2mm-thick cardboard. I doubt the plywood will ever warp, though, so I may just need to give this a try!
The WotC archive server link appears to be dead. If you can find a working link, please update the post with it. Thank you. Cheers!
Hey! Thanks for letting me know the link for WoTC was dead. I’ve updated that section with a list of the PDFs you can download directly (free). Thank you for also sharing your workflow for crafting the terrain. I use 3D printed scaffolding now. And, I know others use old plastic sprues as supports. https://tangibleday.com/9-recycling-ideas-for-old-sprues-from-warhammer-and-model-kits/
I’m not a huge fan of cardboard, as they do tend to warp and are tedious to cut properly. For wood, I know this works well tho 🙂
I can’t find the new link to the PDF’s. The section only has the old links that direct you to the WotC website. Can you maybe post a link here again?
Yes I’ll try and dig them up again and update
I’ll have to take another look and update