Thursday, September 26, 2024

Gatomon and Wizardmon (Digimon) papercraft



I got into the Digimon universe again with some PC games I played and got the idea to make an actual Digimon papercraft again, but this time 100% with my own model/texture (since I did start my career with some Digimon crafts I made, but they were based off of actual 3D models from the game, so I removed those).

So, I thought it would be nice diorama design to make and acknowledge the true dream-team of the first season: Gatomon & Wizardmon! Wizardmon, you are a true hero and you’ll never be forgotten ;_; The true OP Digimon of the chosen tamers, even if he technically didn’t have a tamer.

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The papercraft is unfolded to a height of 27 cm and has 18 pages to print out (with all the options). It consists of a 3D Wizardmon, a 3D Gatomon/Tailmon and a 3D stand.

Gatomon has optional simpler 2D or 3D ears and a tail, so you can decide what version to make. And it also has 2 optional stands: one with the 3D placement for Gatomon to fit/or glue into to make it stand, or a flat stand option for those who want to make Gatomon stand with wire or magnets, which is a bit more complicated.

Each of the designs for them is based off the latest Digimon game, so the details should all be there and drawn on as they should be.

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*** This is a premium papercraft that you need to purchase in order to receive the PDFs and blank, locked PDO file for assembly. – You can buy and download the template here:

https://ko-fi.com/s/2ec11d64ee

You can view all of my available premium papercrafts that are for sale on my Ko-fi page:

ko-fi.com/antyyyspapercrafts ***

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Hope you like the dream-team and pay some respect to Wizardmon and his ultimate sacrifice for his best friend. A true legend of the Digimon universe.

Enjoy and happy crafting~

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Starry Sky Witch OC built papercraft

Long time ago I made the OC witch-elf:

https://www.deviantart.com/antyyy/art/Starry-Sky-Witch-OC-papercraft-978412946

and I finally managed to make the assembly of her :) So you know the drill, here come the tips & tricks to build her.

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ASSEMBLY TIPS:

With any of my papercrafts, you can divide the assembly into separate parts: the head with the 2 tails, the hat, the arms, the upper torso, the mascot Dust (Sky) Bunny, the legs, the boots, and the dress.

If we start with the head, you assemble the face and neck first. Then you glue on the front hair and last the back hair. Then you need to assemble the hair tails separately and leave those for later.

Next you can separately build the 2 arms, which are sleeves-only (YAY XD I hate making 3D hands). When you got those, set them aside and start gluing together the torso around the shoulders. When you have all these parts, glue on the first few rows of the torso on the head and neck part you did before, then glue on the 2 sleeves and build the rest of the torso to the belly part where the dress is supposed to start.

Now that you have the upper torso, we come back to the 2 tails. The easiest way to do these: Put glue on the flaps of the 2 tails and place them inside the hole. Additionally, to that, *pro-tip: you reinforce the tail from the inside by taping in wire in the 2 tails and then when the glue dries, you tape the end part of the wires inside the head with tape as well. This way, the tails will hold 200% and you don’t need to worry about making them in the beginning and attaching them on the model, since they would be in the way.

Next step is to make the dress part separately and after you have that, put glue on the flaps and glue it inside the torso part.

Set this now aside and move to the legs. You do this part by assembling the legs from bottom to top and finish with the buttocks part. And when you have this part done, glue the legs on the pre-made separate boots at the right angle. Then glue all the leg part inside the dress part again and the 3D figure is done. I also suggest adding some weights inside the boots to make her stand nicely.

All that is left is to add the add-ons, the 3D bunny and the hat. The hat is really easy to make and you don’t need to glue it on, as you can see. It holds just fine on its own on the head. Same goes for the 3D bunny ball that you can either glue on the hat, or move around for fun or pose it anywhere else you like :P

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*** This is a premium papercraft that you need to purchase in order to receive the PDFs and blank, locked PDO file for assembly. – You can buy and download the template here:

ko-fi.com/s/04c8ba481c

You can view all of my available premium papercrafts that are for sale on my Ko-fi page:

ko-fi.com/antyyyspapercrafts ***

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Hope you like the cutie :3

Enjoy and happy crafting~