What have you folded lately?

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 12th, 2010, 3:15 am

can anybody guess what this will be?? I'll finish the model after dinner

It should be easy to tell..
[img]http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/275/imag0481.jpg[/img]

Shabadu · Post by **Shabadu** » July 12th, 2010, 3:16 am

^^^^^Edit: Lang's Ant from Insects 1^^^^^

Test fold of my design for a Blue Jay. 14in kami

Post by **TheRealChris** » July 12th, 2010, 3:33 am

can anybody guess what this will be?

looks like the Lang ant out of origami insects and their kin

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 12th, 2010, 4:27 am

ok, so I finished the model... and you guys are good.. it was an ant!
I am very dissatisfied with the head. The head portion looks pretty big! Does it look normal to you guys?

[img]http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9066/imag0488m.jpg[/img]

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » July 12th, 2010, 12:57 pm

Lpatch wrote:The head portion looks pretty big! Does it look normal to you guys?

It looks like the proportions intended by the diagrams.
Having just looked at some real pictures of "average" ants, the head is a surprisingly large (to me, at least) section of the overall anatomy.

In order to even things out, I normally tuck a greater proportion of the abdomen in, and at a more acute angle than you have, when rounding it out. So that each of the three body segments is approximately equal in length.
In the Book, some of Dr. Lang's pictures of his ants have quite short, fat & very rounded abdomens.
Yours looks good as it is though.

Post by **TheRealChris** » July 12th, 2010, 1:17 pm

the second ant looks a lot better, especially when folded from the right paper

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 12th, 2010, 10:07 pm

That is a sweet ant... but I cant really see what its abdomen looks like.
Anyways, I'm working on my next model.... so far so good! anyone want to take a guess at what it is?? *hint* I've been sweating like crazy over these dang unsinks!!!
[img]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5700/imag0489g.jpg[/img]

orislater · Post by **orislater** » July 12th, 2010, 10:34 pm

langs scorpion (insects 1)

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 13th, 2010, 7:19 am

I FAILED... I was doing so good with these complex models too! But this scorpion made me feel like I was dumb... Anyone else have big troubles with the Lang scorpion first try??

It was too bulky even with tissue foil from origami shop... it wouldn't lay flat.
[img]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/520/imag0496.jpg[/img]

It was 12" tissue foil and the black sheet under it is 6"
[img]http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6123/imag0497.jpg[/img]

Post by **TheRealChris** » July 13th, 2010, 7:32 am

that scorpion is one of my favorite models. I really like folding it but remember it beeing hard at the first try.
again the decision of the paper makes the difference

[img]http://falten.cwsurf.de/bilder/104.jpg[/img]

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 13th, 2010, 7:47 am

wow chris, please do tell me what paper did you use?? how did you get it Or make it?! That is a thin one!

Post by **TheRealChris** » July 13th, 2010, 10:00 am

thanks

its made from tissuel foil that I made by myself.
here's the way I make the foil
http://falten.cwsurf.de/foliert.htm

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » July 13th, 2010, 12:09 pm

Lpatch: that's not a bad effort at all, with that paper you can make the legsmore effective by using a small headed screwdriver, fold the paper around the blade, squeeze hard, hold, and it will keep the shape much better.
I manage to significantly improve the thinning on legs and other points, when dry folding like that.

TheRealChris's scorpion looks just about ready to strike!

The thing I find with the scorpion from "Origami Insects and their Kin" is the inconsistent leg lengths, which, when you fold it in ordinary paper, makes it difficult to get all the feet on the ground at the same time.
Foil or adhesive will hold it in place, but for me that is unsatisfactory.

I assume, without proof, that this is what sparked the second iteration and Dr. Lang's invention of the phrase "varileg". (He did kindly explain this in a topic on this forum somewhere...)

The model is great to fold, one of the most enjoyable sequences in the book, along with, co-incdentally, the ant. (Least favourite: Black Pine Sawyer. Aargh!)

newbpcpfolder · Post by **newbpcpfolder** » July 13th, 2010, 2:59 pm

PauliusOrigami wrote:Hojyo's Aquarius 2005. Foded from CP with 28 cm sheet of baking paper.

you can fold that from so small paper also?

PauliusOrigami · Post by **PauliusOrigami** » July 13th, 2010, 3:50 pm

Yes I folded it from that size paper