So, in all my years of papercrafting and in generally getting into anime, I have seen that the perfect girl body is the depiction of the highest esthetic value you can get anywhere. So, people tend to focus on female bodies, drawing girls, the industry making girl figurines and merchandise etc.; and even me, because I go along with the current trends in the anime/gaming scene, I tend to do a lot more female characters than male ones. But, why is that? Why shouldn't it be the other way around. I mean I am a girl too, and I love to look at sexy half-naked guys as well in anime, so why not stop a bit with the stereotypes and make a really sexy papercraft of a beautiful guy to show that you don't always need to make a ¾ naked female to get attention! Doing this for the girls out there (Since it’s 8th March today, Woman’s day in my country btw…)… ;) You are welcome XD
And as you can see from my preview already, I decided to do one of the sexiest guy anime with half-naked men I could think of. And what better anime than then anime »Free!« (yes, it’s the name of the anime not a free download, sorry if somebody was misinformed with the title) and the main character of it »Haruka Nanase« :D
This is another step in the right direction of my own art. I made this papercraft not only because I wanted to support some gender equality (if you can title it that way), but also because I set myself another goal of details with this one, making me better not only at texturing but also modeling in general.
This papercraft is more detailed and more complex than most of my basic humanoid papercrafts. It has more and smaller parts, since I wanted it to look really detailed and statuesque.
I actually wanted to share this special papercraft with a 3D preview on Sketchfab, but seeing the latest developments of ripping tools out there, Sketchfab is not safe anymore and models can be ripped off the site in mere seconds (as I described in my post about Sketchfab). So, sorry for all of you not having any nice things to look at, but that’s how it is. If anybody is interested in purchasing it and wants to see some up-close angles, you can write me anytime and I can send those over as well, so no harm done here, just a tad extra work.
The papercraft itself is unfolded to 35 cm, since as said, I wanted it to be a center piece and really detailed as well. It consists of a 3D model of Haruka, his detached 2-sided coat (which is optional, if you want it almost naked-like XD not judging, I am the same XD) and a separate 3D stand with 2-sided waves that are glued on the stand. The hair is part of the papercraft, parts of the hair being really long and standing out are glued in the parts of the head, so it’s actually attached to the main 3D body itself (the template shows all the parts that need to be glued together at what point, so everything is explained there, no worries). It has a lot of smaller parts, such as detailed fingers and toes, since he is only in his swimwear, so it takes a while to make this cutie, but at the end totally worth it ;)
***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.***
I will definitely try to get some time to assemble this together, so you can see how this beauty looks, till then I hope I got some of you inspired to try to make it yourself, if you like it.
Constructive comments and feedback are always welcome, so if you got anything to say, just write a comment or write me a note/message. Till then, happy crafting~
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