Mai Mania Papercraft

  'Underneath the starry sky, the waves reflect the glow of falling embers. Serving as a prelude to her performance, Shiranui elegantly walks on stage accompanied by an enchanting melody. From the moon overhead to the calming sea surface below, everything is a part of her performance.' —— Onmyoji Official Website, Introduction of Shiranui, Scarlet Beauty  Adding layers of dresses. And more layers of dresses. In addition with more decorations. These are really excessive amount of decorations. I shall get drunk in her eyes.  I have granted her a crown to be the queen. Add all golden decorations. We need those butterflies! Getting ready for a great background. Please enjoy the final product. See you next time! Designer: WinifredL Crafter: Mai Von Original: Onmyoji Shiranui Scarlet Beauty   

  'Underneath the starry sky, the waves reflect the glow of falling embers. Serving as a prelude to her performance, Shiranui elegantly walks on stage accompanied by an enchanting melody. From the moon overhead to the calming sea surface below, everything is a part of her performance.'  ——Onmyoji Official Website, Introduction of Shiranui, Scarlet Beauty  Who does not like crafting a beauty from paper? I have spent 2 months for this project. Let's jump into it.  First of all, we start with multiple faces as usual, pick the best one to proceed. Adding the backhead. With the fringe, she looks funny, not a beauty at all. Looking much better now with almost-completed hairstyle.  Up to this stage, I wanted a rest, so I crafted the little decorations.  Since she got so many layers of clothes, the body can be crafted 'recklessly', it will not be visible later. Is this body proportion really human? How can she look so looooooooooong? A bit investment in this projec...

  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 li...