Samurai Jack Paper Craft Action Figure

 I recently played the game Samurai Jack, Battle Through time. It really took me back to the very beginning of the cartoon series which I have enjoyed very much since I first watched it on a VCD player many many years ago. 

It inspired me to make a Papercrafts model of Samurai Jack to commemorate the end of his story which I consider the game version as the true ending. I liked that after more than fifty years of torment and struggles in the dark future created Aku, Jack finally defeated him and found happiness with Ashi. It was a great disservice to the character the way the series ended on TV. The game ending felt like the player had to earn a happy ending for Jack and it feels more satisfying, being with Jack every step and stage of the game. 

For the paper craft model, I choose to make his face in a more realistic fashion than the animated character. It is the way I imagined Jack could have looked like if the style of the animation was based on a real person. 

This is the paper mache shell of Jack. Its made of thin paper and molded around a base action figure, usually a cheap plastic toy. 

The face is made from a foam clay available at hobby shops and Japanese Stores like Daiso. I molded it using a face mold I made from another action figure

This is Samurai Jack in his completed form. I saw episodes where his Kimono gets ripped and he fights only in his undergarments in the end. 

Jack is now semi complete in his half kimono