There are a lot of figurines -Of course I make a lot of them

So many lined up -Do you know any of them?

I don't know some, but I know most of them

Perhaps Rem? -I think everybody knows Rem

It's not the cutes girls we do. We do men figurines as well as monsters as well

As a company, the girls figurines are.. -The most sold?

We have a strong image there

I wonder how you make it -Recently we have this thing called 3D modeling

So it's based on computers. In the past it was hand made

Yes, like a craftsman

Now it's digital technology -You use a 3D printer and adjust a little?

No no, the 3D printer is perfect now

Do you add color? -We do, but that has also evolved

and does the coloring as well -Amazing

That is this

This one, only done by machine? -This is all printing

You just add the data in? -Yes, we put it in 3D and just print it out

It's a bit pale color, but some people like it as it is

Is it different when humans make it and machine makes it?

When it comes to the digital it looks a little bland or maybe too stiff looking

When humans do it, it becomes asymmetric, which makes it soft looking

The non-perfect look gives the warm look?

Let's say for Kankore, the machine part is really hard for humans

the strength is we can send to our clients with data

Now the modelers can go on trip

What do you mean?

Handcraft is just continuous work -so they can't go anywhere?

Now they can go abroad and do this wherever they want

It's a great time when you can relax at the beach and send the work from the guesthouse

Did you go traveling? -Yes I did

This was done on that big 3D printer over there

This is also 3D printer? -Yes

There are different types. The orange ones here are the simple type just to check the shape

This is for the test, this is the main production

This is like the futuristic looking printer

I never thought how it is made but you can send it to printer

Which character? -This is our original

Our company does copyrighted figurines but also our own -Whatever you like?

We sometimes collaborate with other artists

You also have those pictures as well

This is your original? -Yes, this one on this side is original

While making figurines, we also make our goods like this tapestry

Oh right. You already have those drawings

We do this, and we decide to make this

Figurines are expensive so for those who can't afford them, we provide these

We have them enjoy this

So there are figurines for this? -Yes

I want to see it

So detailed.Is this your original?

These is an original artist, but we borrowed the look and only the costume is our original

This is so cute

This was colored by the printer? -This was not possible

In the printer, we change the material during the process. That's when we color

How much is the retail price? -IF sold, it'll be around 30,000 yen

It's so hard to create -Yes

It could probably take about 6months -6 months to create this?

From design to product. Of course we don't make this alone but we do it simultaneously

I'll show you what the PC side of creating this looks like -I want to see

Ok let's go take a look

We just saw this right before -Yes, the girl over there we see it here in 3D

It looks a little different in 3D. It's like a sculpture

You can show the face only -Oh you can change

I just changed the eyes. If you want to move them,

The design of the texture is unique to digital. It looks sharp when you zoom in

but with 3D printer, you can't have as much detail yet

I heard at Eldoramodel you are doing something unique

Last year we gathered many original illustrators

We did a competition

Your dream comes true

So what this is, is that illustrators are interested in 3D

They want their drawings in 3D. And Eldoramodel wanted to make that dream come true

So the figurine artists and the illustrators combine their skills and create something new. It's like a dream project

A win-win? -Yes, both sides make what they want. And the winner is this

This one? -Yes

This one is hanging -Yes, it is

We're doing part 2, so if you people abroad want to join, come and join to make your drawings come true

Part 1 was Japan only? -No, we did have people abroad but we didn't advertise as much

So if you watch this video and want to join the competition... -I'm sure there are

I hope people join

So many figurines. How do you get them?

We do some e-commerce and you can buy them online but,

they needed to be painted by yourself. So-called garage kit, GK

so you have to color it yourself like a sculpture. It doesn't have to be full color but maybe only one. Line it up in your entrance hall

Or we do have them at big festivals like the Wonder Festival

At Eldoramodel we are thinking of selling the full color version -That is helpful

For clumsy person like me, that's helpful

One sample of the full color version is this

So we might get this next year -Yes

Do you have any new characters in mind?

In Japan we have the Japanese zodiacs, and we have a project of making a character out of it

That is one -Which animal is that?

Well, it's actually wearing a cow uniform

There is a cat in a cow

It's a character wearing a cow uniform but we don't have the tapestry now

So this is the naked version? -Yes, it's the version not wearing the costume

Next is the tiger. Now we are making the tiger version

We are thinking of doing it every year. We have original illustrators drawing this

We have original settings and poses

We want to have 12 of them? -We have to continue 12 years