Maki chibi (Fire Force) built papercraft
Time for another assembled papercraft of one of the best anime in the last few years “Enen no Shouboutai”. This time it’s the coolest and toughest girl of the 8h divison, Maki Oze, the fire witch in chibi form ;)
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 the ponytail and the bangs are meant to be glued on the witch hat (since it’s simple to make that way and looks cute as well), we first have to build the hat on the head. Make and glue both sides of the hat visor on and once you got that, the tail and bangs can be glued on the hat according to the instructions in the PDF. Once the hair parts are firmly glued on, you can build the remaining hat tip (and close it) and at the end glue the 2D 2-sided 8th division pin on the hat. All there is left are the 2 2D 2-sided ears you glue on the right sports and the head is done.
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 bent/curl the fingers as you want in any pose (and don’t forget the 2D 2-sided Pusu-Pusu flame spirit that is attached to the index finger on the right) and we are done :)
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 she 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 she can stand, and there you go. All done.
She is pretty sturdy for a chibi papercraft, if you assemble her 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 and info about the purchase can be found here:
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!"
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