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What's a stretched frog base?

Posted: May 5th, 2010, 7:39 am
by SkyLeonhart
hello everyone im typically new to the origami scene, i need to learn how to make this base to create a model that i'm trying to make. But i've searched a ton and no results seem to lead me to learning how to do it.

Can someone help me explain how to do it or if there's a source of information that I can learn to do it from?

Thanks

Posted: May 5th, 2010, 8:49 am
by redheadorigami
In Dave Brills book brilliant origami step 9 of his dragon stretches a partial frog base but heres what you do, hold 2 long points of a finished frog base, stretch and flatten

it wont help at all im explaing the gist of it to you :D :D

Posted: May 7th, 2010, 6:08 am
by SkyLeonhart
thanks for taking time to reply. I'm going to give it a try see how it goes, wish there was a picture of the finished result just in case im doing it wrong, but better than nothing. Thanks so much

edit* i just tried to fold one but now i know what you mean by just a "gist" lol. Can I ask where you learned to do the stretched frog base? from that book? there seems to be no reference of the "stretched" frog base anywhere.

Are there any other sources of where I can find how to do it?

Posted: May 8th, 2010, 3:12 pm
by redheadorigami
The only one i know of is in Dave brills book, and no, he doesnt refer to it as a stetched frog base, sorry i couldnt have been of more assistance

Posted: May 8th, 2010, 3:23 pm
by origami_8
For what model exactly do you need it? Where are the diagrams located?

Posted: May 8th, 2010, 6:02 pm
by redheadorigami
his dragon towards the end of the book :D in brilliant origami

Posted: May 9th, 2010, 12:22 am
by FlareglooM
Saw this topic and planned to help out a bit. First time making diagrams, so if there are comments, errors or tips or whatever, feel free to PM me.

Here are the diagrams I made:
http://hypeargazm.webs.com/Origami%20St ... 20Base.pdf

Posted: May 9th, 2010, 5:27 am
by SkyLeonhart
hey thanks a lot for the help, i had a help from a friend and was able to figure it out before you posted that. But thanks for helping appreciate it ^^

Posted: May 9th, 2010, 7:43 pm
by HankSimon
FlareglooM: nicely done diagram. I haven't folded through it, but it looks clear. It might a good reference to be stored by someone like Sara Adams or Joseph Wu.

Thanks,
- Hank Simon

Posted: May 10th, 2010, 4:52 am
by Sara
Ha, already happened. :) (Of course, with permission.)
http://www.happyfolding.com/diagrams
http://www.happyfolding.com/term-stretched_frog_base

I agree that the diagrams are very well done.

-- Sara