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Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of folding a bunch of pigs and rams for a friends wedding (the bride and grooms chinese zodiac sign). I'm looking for a simpler design for decorations, and something well you know "nicer" as a separate I don't know pre-wedding gift or something like that. Checked out orgiamidatabase.com and gilliadorigami.com and saw lots of models listed but no photos.

I see there's Montrol's Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami. I'm wondering if some who has it and/or folded the models could comment or get in touch with me. And of course, I'd welcome other recommendations (esp if the diagrams are easily available.)

Thanks in advance.
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You could try the flying pig by Bodo Haag if you don't mind it to have wings. There's a tutorial for it. Hang on, I'll get it in a minute.

Quentin trollip has a nice pig. You could try my goat. Diagram on my flickr or the goat by roman Diaz. Haven't seen a ram design.

try google with "origami pig paul jackson" ... this pig has just 3 legs, is folded from a rectangle but is easy and has a fine shape.

This Ibex by Robert Lang might suffice as a ram:http://www.giladorigami.com/origami-dat ... 0J.%20Lang Jozsef zsebe, has a nice goat/ram and pig, not sure if they are in any of his books though. It should say on his Flickr.

Jun Maekawa has a sheep/ram. It's pretty good, I know for sure it is in Genuine Origami, and I bet there are videos for it too.

EDIT: a picture...

[source: http://www.giladorigami.com/origami-Sheep]

Yeah, my YouTube friend, Crystal Flames has a nice tutorial for it.

thanks everyone for the great suggestions.

I decided to order montroll and genuine origami and I'll fool around with other models too. Looks like I have a bit of folding to do, always a good thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu9HC4pEIiE
My favorite pig. It is really natural looking. It's a dollar bill, though. Depends on how many you need I suppose. Hope this helps.