Time for another assembled papercraft of one of the best anime in the last few years “Enen no Shouboutai”. This time it's the taichou/capitan himself, Obi!
As with all my crafts, I always start at the head. Built the face first (with the neck) and then make your way to the back of the head with the hair and close it. Since he has his hardhat with the protector around it, the head and hair part is open on top, so make the head and hair first, and then make the hardhat with the visor and protector separately. Once you have the hat made, simply glue it on the right spot on the head, since it will fit on nicely if you do it that way and it’s easier to make it in 2 pieces.
Moving on, I made the 2 arms separately first. After you have only the arms done, glue the “stumps” inside the arms at the right angle. And after those are glued, you can glue on the simple 2D 2-sided hands on and bend/curl the fingers in any pose you want and we are done here
When the arms are done, built the first half of the jacket with the collar. When you got that, glue the arms on the jacket and then slide the neck part (of the built head) inside the hole and glue it up from the inside. Let that part dry good, and when it does, use curled-up waste paper to bulk up that tiny neck of his to prevent it from snapping (it’s a chibi papercraft, so the necks are always the most difficult part, since they are so small and the head disproportionately big).
After that built the remaining jacket part and then move on to the legs. The legs can be assembled separately from the main body, since they fit inside the jacket and it’s easier that way, so do just that. Built the feet from the bottom upwards, first making the boots and make your way up till you reach the last part. In this phase you can fill out or add weights into the feet (if you want to be 100% sure it stands), but he stands pretty good without any help as well. And after you are happy with the feet, simply paste glue on the flaps and glue them on the body at the waste part, adjusting the right angle so he can stand, and there you go. And we are done.
He is pretty sturdy for a chibi papercraft, if you assemble him right. The neck is “hidden” inside the collar, making the most vulnerable part (the neck) pretty stiff, even without extra reinforcing it.
I hope you like this cutie and you’ll get some ideas to assemble a papercraft or two on your own. The template info can be found here:
https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Obi-chibi-Fire-Force-papercraft-886877891
As always, just sent a private note and let me know if you would like to buy it.
In any case, happy crafting~ and "Latom!"
***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.***
As with all my crafts, I always start at the head. Built the face first (with the neck) and then make your way to the back of the head with the hair and close it. Since he has his hardhat with the protector around it, the head and hair part is open on top, so make the head and hair first, and then make the hardhat with the visor and protector separately. Once you have the hat made, simply glue it on the right spot on the head, since it will fit on nicely if you do it that way and it’s easier to make it in 2 pieces.
Moving on, I made the 2 arms separately first. After you have only the arms done, glue the “stumps” inside the arms at the right angle. And after those are glued, you can glue on the simple 2D 2-sided hands on and bend/curl the fingers in any pose you want and we are done here
When the arms are done, built the first half of the jacket with the collar. When you got that, glue the arms on the jacket and then slide the neck part (of the built head) inside the hole and glue it up from the inside. Let that part dry good, and when it does, use curled-up waste paper to bulk up that tiny neck of his to prevent it from snapping (it’s a chibi papercraft, so the necks are always the most difficult part, since they are so small and the head disproportionately big).
After that built the remaining jacket part and then move on to the legs. The legs can be assembled separately from the main body, since they fit inside the jacket and it’s easier that way, so do just that. Built the feet from the bottom upwards, first making the boots and make your way up till you reach the last part. In this phase you can fill out or add weights into the feet (if you want to be 100% sure it stands), but he stands pretty good without any help as well. And after you are happy with the feet, simply paste glue on the flaps and glue them on the body at the waste part, adjusting the right angle so he can stand, and there you go. And we are done.
He is pretty sturdy for a chibi papercraft, if you assemble him right. The neck is “hidden” inside the collar, making the most vulnerable part (the neck) pretty stiff, even without extra reinforcing it.
I hope you like this cutie and you’ll get some ideas to assemble a papercraft or two on your own. The template info can be found here:
https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Obi-chibi-Fire-Force-papercraft-886877891
As always, just sent a private note and let me know if you would like to buy it.
In any case, happy crafting~ and "Latom!"
***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.***
