Thursday, April 29, 2021

Sadao Maou (Hataraku Maou-sama!) papercraft



Don’t know if you people know this about my pages and sites, but I always preach for people on any of my social media sites to send/share/write suggestions or things you would like to see me make or change or whatever to make my pages more user-friendly and to create content that people want to actually see. And it so happens that I got a suggestion of this next character I made, since actually 2 different persons suggested this and were really, really hyped about the release of a new season of the anime XD I can’t always do 100% things people suggest because of work-related issues and no time, but I try me best in any case! So your critique is always heard and I try to integrate constructive feedback and changes all the time, one post at a time.

In any case, if you don’t know, the beloved hyped anime “Hataraku Maou-sama!” or in English “The devil is a part-timer!” is getting a new season! Don’t know yet when, but it’s definitely happening. And since I also loved the anime and people are really excited about this, I wanted to make a papercraft of the main character of the anime, the devil himself, “Sadao Maou” in his typical “MgRonald” (copyright issues XDDD) clothes and with his Maou devil-cape.

The papercraft is unfolded to 22 cm and has 6 pages to print. It consists of a whole 3D model of Maou, a separate cape with the pointy shoulders that is just glued on his shoulders (and can be optional) and his MgRonald visor, which is also separate (and optional). The hair also has 2 layers, so it’s more hair-looking and has the shape of his head and is just glued in between the parts. Also, the back layer part of the hair, or the head, has a hole at the back, to make the head part really simple to make, and the hole is of course not visible when assembled at all.

Along with that, I have updated the template itself to be easier to use, marking the parts that need to go together on the PDF parts themselves and commenting on parts of the template. So the bought templates come not only with the edge ID PDF files to see how to assemble them, but also with written notes and tips on what parts go together, written besides the relevant parts in the templates. Even simpler assembly, and a simple 3D chibi pattern for easy gluing together.

ALL THAT meaning that the papercraft is actually pretty easy to make. Apart from the fiddly 5 fingers on each hand, it should be pretty straightforward to make, and it can be built in separate parts and glued together at the end. I would say it’s a 5/10.

***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 hope you are also hyped for the new anime season as my 2 fans that wrote me about making this XD Enjoy and happy crafting~

Monday, April 26, 2021

Sailor Moon Transformation papercraft



Since I have a bit of a history with Sailor Moon, and this was one of my first anime in my childhood I was genuinely obsessed with, I had to do another take on a Sailor Moon papercraft. But not just any old papercraft…

I thought deep and hard about what made Sailor Moon special to me, and figured out that I was always waiting for those amazing transformation poses and animation. Those beautiful slender bodies, the elegance, the magic, it was just captivating, and still is. The highlight of every »Mahou shoujo (Magical girl)« anime is the transformation scene we are all waiting for, so I decided to make just that!

It is quite a challenge to make such a dynamic pose into a static papercraft, and I had to figure out some tricks to do this, but all in all it's a genuine 90' Sailor Moon transformation sequence papercraft :)

The papercraft itself is unfolded to 30 cm, which means that Sailor Moon is about 26 cm tall, the stand about 3 – 3,5 cm thick. It consists of a 3D attached Sailor Moon model, with a separate 3D broch (that is just glued on like that), her 2D transformation ribbons, her 2D 2-sided wings and the 3D stand with 2 2D 2-sided heart transformation patterns.

The key to this craft is actually to be really neat and tidy when doing this, so definitely a 9/10 on a difficulty scale (advanced and for experienced assemblers only). The Sailor Moon papercraft has the stand where her feet are imbedded in, but that would definitely have to be reinforced and possibly made to stand with wire. Same goes for the wings that would need either wire or sticks to hold them in place so they would be attached the right way – but in doing that the wings can actually be moved up and down and in an angle, which makes the effort definitely show at the end being worthwhile.
The pieces of Sailor Moon are all attached together, but overall, because it is so slender, it has smaller parts to put together and the twin tails would probably also have to be additionally glued at the top so they would not fall over.

Same goes for the stand. If you want to include the 2 hearts, those would have to be attached on the stand with wire to hold their place. Or they can be made from cutting out pink foil and attaching those on the stand (which would also look amazing when doing that with the ribbons on her body; the foil would add extra shiny texture and it would hold the shape better).

Additionally, to these ideas about assembly tips, the Sailor Moon papercraft would, of course, look best if she would float. So, my tip would be to make her without the stand and just hang her from a wire or thread so she would look natural in her floaty pose.

***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.***

All in all, as said, only for the not faint of heart and experienced papercrafters to make her look and stand the way she should. I will definetly try to get some time on my hands and make this baby, so you know that she can actually look as elegant and floaty as in the animation :)

In the meantime, hope you got some drive and motivation to do some of your own papercrafts. Enjoy and happy crafting~



BTW: The real funny part for this is that the idea actually came to me in a dream XD I was dreaming on being on my PC and thinking about what to do next for a papercraft and the idea came to me to make the transformation sequence of Sailor Moon, because it is so iconic and amazing. With all the wings and floating ribbons XD And the papercraft just started to dance and float and sparkle in my dream, damn it was so cool XD Sometimes my dreams are really random and I got no idea where this came from. It was probably at least 2 years since I last saw the new remakes of the Sailor Moon anime, so.... random? I guess :D