Nezuko (Kimetsu no Yaiba) built papercraft
Finally managed to take some time and built this beauty :) You can now see her in all angles and in all her glory, and I can explain the process of how to make her the simplest way.
Btw. the template can be found here:
Since I always start my papercrafts the same way, I started from the top and made the whole face and neck first (stripe by stripe). Then I glued the back parts of the 2-sided hair, the back and 2 of the front ones, so I had the hair ready for assembly. When you got the face, I suggest you first glue the front 2-sided hair on the flaps, and then make your way to the back of the head. Since the head is open, it’s quite easy to attach the 2 2-sided hair parts at the end because you can help yourself with the hole. When the head is built, you can shape the hair a bit zig-zaggy as she has in the anime, like I did, so it looks original and once you glue the pink bow on, the head is done. (Btw. although the head is open at the back, you cannot see the hole because of the thick hair + it has no structural problems or anything, since I made the design sturdy and doesn’t need any extra reinforcement at the head part).
After the head, I made her mouthpiece, which is the small bamboo with the red threads. I do suggest you make it the way I did, because you can see the bamboo can be taken on and off. How to do it? Simply build the 3D bamboo piece and then thread a red rubber band through by cutting it apart and thread it on the inside of the head or around the head (make small incisions at those head parts with a bigger needle, that’s all you need). Make sure the band is long enough so it fits. I did thread it inside of the head, so that can be a bit tricky, but you can certainly tie it around the head easily so you can take it on or off. You can, of course, also use thread for this, not only rubber bands, but I found it to be the right thing for my build, since I attached it on the inside and it’s thicker and stronger than thread.
After this step, I made the 2 arms separately, with the fiddly fingers (which should be the fiddliest things to make out of everything), and I actually attached those at the very end, because it’s the simplest way to make it, trust me. So, build the arms and save them for later.
Then build the upper part of the torso, to the part where it touches the lower part of the kimono (at the hips) and glue it on the neck. Once you have that, you build the outer black kimono and slide it (CAREFULLY and take your time with this step!) on the upper torso with the head. Again, trust me, the pieces all fit like this at the end and to assemble the papercraft part by part like this is so simpler.
Now you have the head with the upper torso and the kimono (which I made with only the outer side and not the inner side, it is actually 2-sided, but since I have to budget my builds, I left that out to not have so much paper to print). Next you build the lower part of the kimono and the feet, again separately. The feet take some time, because of all the bumps of her “shoes”, but you’ll get there. And after you got those pieces assembled stripe by stripe, firstly glue the bottom kimono part on the upper torso where the hips meet.
Next, glue on the feet on the hips, inside the bottom part of the kimono (and since the legs are open where you need to glue them together, not only were they simpler to assemble that way, but you can also fill them with weights to make sure she doesn’t tip over). I did not need to fill her legs, since she stands like this perfectly, but you can fill them up with some smaller pebbles just to make sure – Super pro assembly tip: gravel and pebbles are actually THE BEST weights you can put into papercrafts from my experience, since they are small enough to fit in every craft, they are heavy enough to make any papercraft stand - if it doesn’t stand just add more, AND they don’t make any mess at all since if build correctly they do not fall out of the papercraft.
The only thing left to do is to glue both arms inside the kimono, and since the parts of the upper arms are not visible at all, you can attach the arms right at the end and just pose them in a way you like, shove them really deep inside the kimono sleeves so only the hands show at the end, and you are finished.
Probably took me about 7 hours to make, didn’t time myself for this one, but it takes time and it’s not really THAT harder to make than other humanoid papercrafts, it only takes longer because of the leg parts etc. The fiddly parts are the fingers, but else, if you follow these steps, it’s actually easy to make, since most parts can be glued on at any step and can be assembled separately.
I hope you like it, if you have any comments or other questions, feel free to write me anytime or post your questions for the craft in the comments.
Happy crafting~
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