The Origami Forum

Which model have you had the most fun folding? A suprise hear, a wow thats cool there.
I really enjoyed komatsu's Horse, That was simply brilliant!

There are quite a few traditional models that I love because of those kind of cool folding sequences.

The gondola and sampan boats from Robert Harbin's old Origami books are good examples.
The gondola especially. That last step where you stretch it out and it just pops into 3D, it's great!

At Folding Australia 2012 last weekend there was an "Oh wow!" moment when we were folding Gen Hagiwara's kingfisher. At a certain point in making the head we had to reverse fold along a certain landmark crease that seemed to just be there waiting for us by magic.
I kept an eye out for it when I folded it a second time and it turns out that it was formed by one of the very first folds you make in the model and then it just lies in wait until you need it. Very cool!

Not sure whether it counts or not, but I've always liked Roman Diaz's Vixen for its folding sequence.
Also, my own rose model (haven't folded that in forever, dangit) has one maneuver that I find interesting, if difficult.

That is really the fun side of folding!

If you liked komatsu's horse try his giraffe. It all makes sense while folding. The head part is bit tricky but the end result is one off the best animal design I've seen so far.
Diagrams are in his book i think and in a JOAS special edition. (just google)

i dont have his book But ill try to get the special edition from the Lib

Kamiya's Spinosaurus has has a very enjoyable sequence.

I don't know a model that make points the same way as Montroll's stegosaurus, where they start out side-by-side and then you just twist the entire face a few degrees to stagger the plates! I love it every time.

Where do i get the diagrams?

Kamiya's spinosaurus diagrams in Tantiedan Convention 17. Montroll's stegosaurus is in his book called Prehistoric Origami.

This page lists 5 books with the Montroll stegosaurus:
http://www.giladorigami.com/PG_Dinosaur ... aurus.html

Did that off the top of my head, I didn't know there were so many! I'm definitely going to try one soon, even if it's not anatomically correct... (Dinosaur enthusiast with a pet peeve for anatomically incorrect representations!)

Ha ha same! If a model isn't spot on anatomically correct, then I dislike it!

montroll's stegosaurus is on sara's youtube channel...

Funny, I thought the same of Komatsu's horse. Really brilliant, and fun folding sequence. Unfun is making 2000 creases and then doing some big collapse. Komatsu's is way better.

John's Stegasaurus is brilliant, though somewhat less fun do to all the repeating steps. It is one of the few designs I can fold from memory because it makes such intuitive sense. Maekawa's Frankenstein is another such, as clever model with a fun folding sequence that makes good intuitive sense.