Jibanyan: Yo-kai Watch (Simple Version) papercraft

Jibanyan: Yo-kai Watch (Simple Version) papercraft

I do like the Yo-kai Watch franchise and did play some games of them, so I decided to make the main 3 anime youkai as part of my »Super simple papercrafts«.

This one is called “Jibanyan” and is a spirit of a dead cat that got reincarnated as a cat spirit, so to say. He loves his “Chocoboo” chocolate bars XD and I mean, who doesn’t like cats, right?

I actually already did a Jibanyan papercraft some time ago, but it’s more detailed and not as simple as this one, so I though I would make an easy version as well :)

The papercraft is unfolded to 22 cm height, from legs till the tips of his ears, and the template consists of 7 pages to print out. The craft itself is simply made, as the name suggest. You have a main 3D easy body, with 2D 2-sided ears, that are just glued on the head, 2D eyes, a 2D collar, and a 2D 2-sided tail, all just cut out and glued on like that. As you can see the legs and the 2 arms have holes at the ends of them, because it’s a simple papercraft and I didn’t want to close those off. So, it can be built from any direction you want.

As the name suggests, it is a project of really simple papercrafts I am making from time to time. Since I saw that many people are somewhat intimidated of my papercrafts and I do like to make more intricate designs and details in papercrafts, people tend to get scared of the work and difficulty. In order to show that it’s not the case and that I take an effort to make papercrafts available really for any kind of papercrafter, be it beginner, advanced or pro, I decided to address the issue and show that anybody can make papercrafts and especially designed some fun crafts that REALLY ANYBODY CAN MAKE, super simple and really fast. But most of all, fun!

These papercrafts are simple in design, have fewer pieces to cut out and assemble, they have no really small parts, are overall unfolded a bit bigger, they have more detached and “boxier” (simpler) pieces that you just cut out and glue on, and when assembled still look super sweet and awesome :)

***This is a premium papercraft that you need to purchase in order to receive the PDF and blank PDO files for assembly. – You can find all information about the PayPal purchase in the provided upper outgoing link.***

Also note that all Yo-Kai (Simple Version) papercrafts are relative in height, so they fit together perfectly. And I also did a built version of it, so stay tuned for the update of how it looks assembled :)

You can find more of these simple papercrafts in my gallery bellow, if you are interested:

Antyyy's Papercafts "Super simple papercrafts" gallery

Else, I hope you like it and happy crafting~

 

 UPDATE:  

And you can see the assembled papercraft, made by me, here: 

 https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Jibanyan-Yo-kai-Watch-S-Ver-built-papercraft-862696556

She-Ra (Princess of Power) built papercraft

 She-Ra (Princess of Power) built papercraft

Another day, another built papercraft to show :) This one is the new She-Ra design from the cartoon »She-Ra - Princess of Power«. Loved the cartoon, loved the plot-twist ending, really nice. It’s a rare sight to see in cartoons, that’s why I appreciate it even more. Really well done and inclusive :) I don’t want to mention too much, since some of you didn’t see it yet, but definitely go watch it, it’s perfect for binge-watching and it’s a great character development.

In any case, moving on to the papercraft, it’s about 35 cm tall, since she is holding the sword in her hands. The She-Ra craft itself is about 25 cm. She is very hard to do, because the fingers are made out of 4 parts and it is killing you making those =_= (but at the same time still necessary because of the pose and because she needs to hold that sword in her hands without glue). So, definitely not for beginners, since it’s about an 8/10. Recommended for expert builders here, if you love a challenge, you are gonna love this.

I started by making the sword really, since it’s the coolest feature. It has some smaller parts, so mind those. Else I recommend you make it like me, and build the grip first and close it at the tip of the blade, that’s the easiest way to make it.

After I had the sword, I made the face with the neck and then made my way back to the hair. She has a small 3D wave of hair at the front, so that’s a bit tricky, else the hair at the back can be closed or you can leave it open, and it’s simple to build once you are at the back, just glue layer by layer. I left the hair open at the back, and you don’t even see it, so I recommend doing the same with any build of yours. After the head is all done, you can already glue on the 2D extras, which are her tiara pieces and leave it for later.

Next came the hands. They are really small and I printed it out too small as well, so those were hell to make. Had to glue them together with a needle to get it neatly closed. So, if you are thinking of purchasing the template, do keep in mind that you can say to re-scale the papercraft to a bigger size, that way it’s simple to make and you won’t have a hard time making the small fiddly fingers as I did XD After fingers I did the hands and glued the shoulder pads on the flaps of the arm, so I got those ready for the next step.

I then build one half of the torso, and not the while one, so you still have maneuvering space gluing parts on it, so be sure to keep that in mind when assembling crafts. You make ½ of the torso and then glue on the head with the hair and the 2 arms you made. At this point, glue the remaining half of the torso on and glue the skirt on last. – Here on you can also glue on the 2D 2-sided cape on her at the back, since the hair is far enough from the body to comfortably glue the cape flaps on here to the back (for a nicer overall look, you can make a horizontal cut in the torso where the cape flaps need to go, as I did, and glue them on the inside of the body, so the flaps are not visible at the end).

As this point you want to think of making the craft sturdier. Since she is holding the sword in her hands, I filled out her arm with rolls of paper. Super pro assembly tip: if you have a part of a papercraft that need to be especially sturdier than the others, fill it out with paper stripes from the inside. These can be curled-up to form a kid of roll, which you can jam up the parts that need to be harder, and later won’t be seen when the craft is ready.

All you have to do now is make the legs. Since she has the skirt, you can make the legs separate and then glue them on at the hips, since it’s easier that way, and you can additionally fill the legs with weights to make her stand better. Make the legs from bottom to top, following each stripe of paper, and when you are finished, glue the 2D gold stripes on her shoes. Now add in the weights in the shoes to make her firmly stand before gluing it to the already build body (I always use small pebbles or gavel, depending on how much space there is to fill, since they are small enough to throw into the inside of the legs and are at the same time heavy enough to pin the legs down). And then glue it together.

If the hands are built in the correct angle, the sword should be able to stand inside the hand, such as mine. If not, you can always use a small dot of glue and glue the sword into the hand for good.

And there you go, She-Ra in all her mighty glory ;) Definitely one of the hardest papercrafts I have done in a while, but you really get to appreciate the ones you put more time and effort into at the end. It probably took me about 3 days to make, I didn’t time how much hours per day that was, since I took my sweet time with the making of the hands, because the template was printed too small XD that’s what you get if you want to save money on prints, oh well…

You can find info about the template and how to purchase it here: 

https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/She-Ra-She-Ra-Princess-of-Power-papercraft-821622133

I hope you like her and you get the inspiration to make your own She-Ra or any other papercraft for that case.

Enjoy and happy crafting~

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Ponyta (Pokemon) built papercraft

 

Ponyta (Pokemon) built papercraft

Pokemon time! And time to show my built Ponyta I recently put together (If nothing else, these quarantine times are a great way for me to really get my papercrafting going and make things that were due ages ago, so at least I got that going for me this year XD).

The papercraft is about 25 cm tall, so it’s quite big and comfortable to work with, since the only small fiddly parts are the hooves. So, I would say it’s probably about a 6/10 on a difficulty scale. It took me probably 12 hours to make, but as always said, it depends how quick you are.

As with all my builds, I make it from head to bottom. So first I made the 2 ears and made my way to make the mane around it. The mane (and later the fire on the legs and tail) have some 2-sided parts that are just glued together, it is visible from the template, so they are actually easy to make, since you just put them together with the matching same ends of the stripes. I made the mane all the way to the tip, and after that made my way, gluing stripe by stripe, to make the head all the way to the neck part.

Since the hooves are a bit tricky to make, I decided to make the 4 legs separately and then glue them one by one on the body, since I think it’s easier to make and you don’t have the problem of things falling down as you would constantly rotate the body with the parts. I made the 4 legs the same way, bottom to top, making sure to keep in mind that the fire part of each leg is simply glued together. That way it’s again simple to put together, and the legs hold really well if you want to put weights in them or reinforce them from the inside.

Once I had the 4 legs, I took the head with the neck part I made before and glued the 2 front legs on, then glued the other part of the body and the 4 back legs. Be careful, since when putting the 2 back legs on at the end can be a bit tricky, so do take your time, glue 1 by 1 flap to make it neatly attached together.

Now that you have the horse with 4 legs, you can already see if the Pokemon will stand or not. I found the papercraft to be very top-heavy, so I did put in some pebbles in the front and back right legs. That way it does not tip over and stands with ease. - If you are building it yourself, you have to check the balance at this point, since you have a hole left for the tail attachment, so use that to put in weights at this point.

And once you get it ready and standing, all that is left is the tail. You glue that one the same way you made the mane, with some parts that are mirrored in the flaps to be glued together, till you reach the tip. At that point all you need to do it glue the last tip to the remaining tail to close it, and the papercraft is ready.

I do find the pose to be very pleasing to the eye, it really captures the dynamic wild nature of Ponyta and it now has a special place in my papercraft display at home :) I was wondering if I should make the shiny version, since the template has both, but I did then decide to make the normal one so you get a look at the actual color. But I am thinking of making the shiny version next, since I love the blue flames on Ponyta so much XD

The template and info on how to purchase it can be found here:

https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Ponyta-Pokemon-papercraft-833168015

I do hope you like it and happy crafting~

     

***This is a premium papercraft that you need to purchase in order to receive the PDF and blank PDO files for assembly. – You can find all information about the PayPal purchase in the provided upper outgoing link.***