How to take a common base and turn it into something else.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 22nd, 2008, 12:04 am

A good start would be to do a blintzed frog base, unfold it and make something out of the 4 bird bases that result from it.

With 8 flaps you do not need to be a genious to make something.

Sadarac · Post by **Sadarac** » November 22nd, 2008, 1:32 am

hmmm i dont know that base very well. But if you have seen my Onion (from pikmin) i made one base (cant member wich one) did a couple squash folds to make some squares and then use those four squares to make a half bird base and TADA!!! it was fun to make too!

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 22nd, 2008, 5:18 am

I have a video explainjing that base since it is asked often on these boards. The video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVvnNtZYfk

Sadarac · Post by **Sadarac** » November 22nd, 2008, 5:39 am

vids take too long

d_music_master · Post by **d_music_master** » November 22nd, 2008, 7:30 am

I also designed a fox and a flying swan from a bird base..

Sadarac · Post by **Sadarac** » November 22nd, 2008, 7:31 am

cool!

Post by **origami_8** » November 22nd, 2008, 9:51 am

Sadarac, do you want help or not? This video isn't two minutes long and tells you how to make one essential base. You should really watch it.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 22nd, 2008, 12:43 pm

Sadarac wrote:vids take too long

That's the attitude to become an origami master

origami street racer · November 22nd, 2008, 4:45 pm

my manta ray starts from a bird base then by using sinks, squashes, and a twist it becomes a piece of art.

Sadarac · Post by **Sadarac** » November 22nd, 2008, 6:23 pm

I DO want help but when ever i do a youtube vidieo or another video it takes FOREVER to load and after it "loads" it still does the stop and go thingy

dont attack me

im gonna try to google the base for diagrams

OrigamiGianluca · Post by **OrigamiGianluca** » November 22nd, 2008, 7:00 pm

Well, so first it would be better for you to solve this problem with your computer, because videos are surely the best way learn origami, if you do not have anyone that could teach it to you.
Surely this problem comes from not right setting of your security system (antivisrus, firewall, and so on)

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 22nd, 2008, 7:42 pm

Or it could just be a slow internet connection, which is perhaps less readily solvable. I learned origami from diagrams alone (apart from the crane, which was the first thing I folded) and did just fine. Perhaps videos are better for learning the basics, but diagrams are also adequate, if not just as good since you will also be learning the universal printed language of origami. Pictures also load faster than videos, so diagrams would be more friendly to a slow internet connection.

Post by **origami_8** » November 22nd, 2008, 10:06 pm

OK, step 10 of this model is a blintzed frog base: http://www.pajarita.org/aep/nacionales/espa15-1.pdf
In step 6 you have to free the uppermost layer. It is easier to unfold the model a bit to do so.

There is a different method to arrive the blintzed frogbase here: http://www.angelfire.com/co/cubo/Bfbase.html

You should try both methods.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 23rd, 2008, 5:46 am

Sadarac wrote:I DO want help but when ever i do a youtube vidieo or another video it takes FOREVER to load and after it "loads" it still does the stop and go thingy dont attack me

im gonna try to google the base for diagrams

Sorry I thought you were just lazy but I agree with you some internet connections, make videos take forever.

gordigami · Post by **gordigami** » November 23rd, 2008, 8:19 pm

Re slow video loading:

I think that we all assume that everyone has broadband internet connections, but there are still many, many dial-up connections which make watching a video extremely tedious.