Anime is out, the template was posted, so here we are with the assembly preview and tips :) Oh and btw:
***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.***
ASSEMBLY TIPS:
The papercraft itself consists of a main 3D model of Dejiko herself (which can be divided into quite a few parts that can be build separately) and 3 3D separate bells and some 2D bows. When you buy the template, it includes the various PDF’s as well as the blank PDO file, so that is included for an easier assembly, but tips are always important to make it in an even simpler manner.
So, I suggest you divide the template into: The head with the hair, the hat, the 2 gloves, 2 hands, the torso, the apron part of the dress, the blue part of the dress, the frills part of the dress, the tail, the bottom with the legs, the 2 boots, and the 2D bows and the 3 simple bells.
You start by making the face first and do that with the neck, then glue on the front bangs. When you have that, assemble the back part of the green hair starting from top to bottom and close with the last part of the hair that has no flaps. When you have the whole head, you can glue on the ad-on hairs and the ears at the end.
Next, you can make the torso part. Start by making the inner part that sticks to the head on the front. When you have that glued on, you can glue on the 2 apron straps on the sides and lastly the short sleeves. You have the bottom part open the whole time, so you have enough space to move your fingers and parts to glue it on really nicely. Next, build the tail part separately and join it on the backside of the torso part. And then you can also make the 2 white gloves and the arms part separately and glue them on at the right angle shown in the PDO file. This way it’s going to be easier and it sticks on just fine. You can now also add on the 3 bells that are just glued at the right place and all the bows on various places.
Then you can start by making the separate cat hat that can be put on or off the head, so there is no need to glue it on, except if you want to. And all that is left is to make the 3 layers of the dress, the 2 boots and the legs with the bottom separately. *Pro-tip: Normally I do not fold any parts of the template to make it look as smooth as possible and seamless. However, the 2 first layers of the dress are really frilly, so I do suggest pre-bending the parts to those before you glue them together, so the dresses retain the shape it needs to have.
When you have the dresses, glue the 1 layer, the white apron on the torso with the head and arms you made before. Then move on to the legs that you glue together with the boots, and before doing anything with them, put inside some weights inside the legs to make it stand firmly. *Pro-tip 2: I always use small pebbles as weights inside trickier papercrafts that maybe need to stand on 1 or 2 legs. The smaller pebbles are small enough to fit inside these and weigh enough to make the craft stand firmly at the end.
When you have these last parts left, first glue the 2 remaining blue and frilly white layers of the dresses on the hips with the remaining flaps and leave to dry. Then, all you do is to glue the leg parts on the rest of the body, adjust it at the right angle so it stands, and leave to dry.
Add the remaining 2D ad-on bows that you maybe didn’t put on there already, and Dejiko is finished :)
The humanoid papercraft doesn’t have any small, fiddly fingers, so that’s a mayor plus when making this XD I hate small fingers myself, but it never looks original if you don’t put those on a papercraft, so sadly most of the time they need to be on. But since she has gloves, it’s really nice for a change :D Other than that, the sculptured back of the hair can be quite fiddly, as well as the frills on the dress that need to be pre-bent, so those are the most annoying parts of the assembly. Else, it was really fun to make.
The premium template itself has already been posted and can be found here:
https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Dejiko-Di-Gi-Charat-papercraft-931104699
Hope you enjoy the anime, the other cute characters as well as the papercraft. Do enjoy 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.***
ASSEMBLY TIPS:
The papercraft itself consists of a main 3D model of Dejiko herself (which can be divided into quite a few parts that can be build separately) and 3 3D separate bells and some 2D bows. When you buy the template, it includes the various PDF’s as well as the blank PDO file, so that is included for an easier assembly, but tips are always important to make it in an even simpler manner.
So, I suggest you divide the template into: The head with the hair, the hat, the 2 gloves, 2 hands, the torso, the apron part of the dress, the blue part of the dress, the frills part of the dress, the tail, the bottom with the legs, the 2 boots, and the 2D bows and the 3 simple bells.
You start by making the face first and do that with the neck, then glue on the front bangs. When you have that, assemble the back part of the green hair starting from top to bottom and close with the last part of the hair that has no flaps. When you have the whole head, you can glue on the ad-on hairs and the ears at the end.
Next, you can make the torso part. Start by making the inner part that sticks to the head on the front. When you have that glued on, you can glue on the 2 apron straps on the sides and lastly the short sleeves. You have the bottom part open the whole time, so you have enough space to move your fingers and parts to glue it on really nicely. Next, build the tail part separately and join it on the backside of the torso part. And then you can also make the 2 white gloves and the arms part separately and glue them on at the right angle shown in the PDO file. This way it’s going to be easier and it sticks on just fine. You can now also add on the 3 bells that are just glued at the right place and all the bows on various places.
Then you can start by making the separate cat hat that can be put on or off the head, so there is no need to glue it on, except if you want to. And all that is left is to make the 3 layers of the dress, the 2 boots and the legs with the bottom separately. *Pro-tip: Normally I do not fold any parts of the template to make it look as smooth as possible and seamless. However, the 2 first layers of the dress are really frilly, so I do suggest pre-bending the parts to those before you glue them together, so the dresses retain the shape it needs to have.
When you have the dresses, glue the 1 layer, the white apron on the torso with the head and arms you made before. Then move on to the legs that you glue together with the boots, and before doing anything with them, put inside some weights inside the legs to make it stand firmly. *Pro-tip 2: I always use small pebbles as weights inside trickier papercrafts that maybe need to stand on 1 or 2 legs. The smaller pebbles are small enough to fit inside these and weigh enough to make the craft stand firmly at the end.
When you have these last parts left, first glue the 2 remaining blue and frilly white layers of the dresses on the hips with the remaining flaps and leave to dry. Then, all you do is to glue the leg parts on the rest of the body, adjust it at the right angle so it stands, and leave to dry.
Add the remaining 2D ad-on bows that you maybe didn’t put on there already, and Dejiko is finished :)
The humanoid papercraft doesn’t have any small, fiddly fingers, so that’s a mayor plus when making this XD I hate small fingers myself, but it never looks original if you don’t put those on a papercraft, so sadly most of the time they need to be on. But since she has gloves, it’s really nice for a change :D Other than that, the sculptured back of the hair can be quite fiddly, as well as the frills on the dress that need to be pre-bent, so those are the most annoying parts of the assembly. Else, it was really fun to make.
The premium template itself has already been posted and can be found here:
https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Dejiko-Di-Gi-Charat-papercraft-931104699
Hope you enjoy the anime, the other cute characters as well as the papercraft. Do enjoy and happy crafting~
