How to Papercraft Hatsune Miku Memorial Dress Ver. Easily

December 08, 2022

I think it all started with a tiny box-headed Miku as she whispered: 'You cannot afford all my figurine, at least you can build for yourself. Using paper, of course.'

Then the next thing I know I was in the middle of the below project.

There is no specific order where we want to start first, it can be the background, toe to head or head to toe. I personally would like to start from the face, one of the most important and difficult part of a character papercraft. A good template designer would normally provide multiple copies for hands and faces, indicating these two areas have the highest possibility to be done goofed.

I got two faces in this case, not perfect but the right one is clearly not smooth enough between eyebrows. 'Smoothness' is the ultimate goal we want to achieve while building character papercraft.

Backhead can be a relaxing part. In most situation, it will be covered by hair afterwards.

Growing hair, it is time to look prettier. I really like the curve of the face.

Built the plinth of this project. Do not forget to add supportive structure in the plinth and back column. Simply use 120gsm paper is not good enough for this stem standing structure. If you want it to last longer, you have to reinforce it. I have pasted 600gsm paper internally.