Nutcrackers and mouse king puppets

Puppet: The Famous Nutcracker and the Mouse King 🐭💂🏻‍♀️

This puppet is fully articulated, capable of moving both its arms and legs. The model consists of modular parts that can be mixed and matched freely, allowing you to create a variety of unique characters.

Variations & Customization You can create countless color combinations and expressions!
🐭 Mouse: Variants available with open or closed eyes.
💂🏻‍♀️ Nutcracker: Includes 3 types of hair, 3 beard styles.
👑 Accessories: 3 types of buttons, 2 types of shoulder pads. It all depends on your imagination and how you choose to combine them.

File Naming Key:
M – Mouse
N – Nutcracker
C – Clothes
A – Accessories
E – Extra

🖨️ Printing & Scaling instructions
At 100% scale, the assembled figure stands approximately 30 cm (11.8 inches) tall.
Main Photo: The puppets shown are printed at 60% scale.
Orange Mouse: This specific model in the photos is printed at 100% scale.
Important for Resizing: You can resize the puppets, but be careful: Scale only the X and Y axes.
Structural Parts: I recommend keeping the Z-axis (height/thickness) at 100% to ensure the parts remain sturdy and the joints function correctly.
Decorative Parts: For accessories like face details or buttons, you can consider reducing the Z-axis. I printed most of these decorative elements at 80% Z-height.
Special Part for Scaling Down: If you are printing a smaller figure, please use the file E - connection - large space. This part offers extra clearance (more space) to ensure the pieces connect easily even at smaller scales.

🛠️ Assembly Guide
Gluing: I recommend using gel superglue to assemble the individual printed parts.
🪢 Stringing the Puppet:
Preparation: First, thread a long string through the small holes in the arms. Do the same for the legs.
Attachment: Attach the limbs (with strings already threaded) to the body.
Tying: Tie the strings for the arms together first. Ensure the string is taut, but the arms hang loosely by the side of the body (or in your desired resting position). It is helpful to start with longer strings. Repeat this process for the legs.
Connecting: Tie the excess tail of the arm string to the leg string. Again, ensure tension so that the limbs return to their base position.
Finishing: Trim the excess string from the arms. On the bottom of the leg string, you can tie a bead, a knot, a name tag, or even attach money if giving the puppet as a gift.

Tip: If you do not tie the arm and leg strings together, you can control the upper and lower limbs separately.