Satoshi Kamiya - Ancient Dragon

kebap · Post by **kebap** » July 15th, 2010, 8:45 pm

true

can u suggest me some models?

miyageeeee · Post by **miyageeeee** » July 17th, 2010, 12:49 pm

hi guys im making the tissue foil thingy and im using japanese paper and aluminum foil and elmers glue but my paper got ripped a lot of times so can i ask wat glue should i use

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » July 17th, 2010, 4:53 pm

there are tons of different methods posted on this forum for making tissue foil-a little searching is all it takes. Also, I and many others have used spray adhesive in the past. If the tissue paper is tearing, you are probably doing it wrong (i.e. moving the tissue paper around after it is glued down, being way too rough when smoothing out wrinkles, etc.).

doktorToksiq. · Post by **doktorToksiq.** » July 19th, 2010, 5:58 pm

I have problem 59-60 steps. ;d please foto. thx

and 59 step is good?

orislater · Post by **orislater** » July 19th, 2010, 6:07 pm

i dont have the book with me right now, but i think that looks right.

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » July 19th, 2010, 6:09 pm

@doktorToksiq That looks right to me

doktorToksiq. · Post by **doktorToksiq.** » July 19th, 2010, 6:37 pm

aha. no to trying some more. I thought I did something wrong.

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » July 22nd, 2010, 5:02 am

I need help!! I have no proper paper for this dragon. I've tried numerous methods for making tissue foil, but it always comes out thick! So i have one question.... Can't I just make it out of one sheet of tissue paper? has anyone done that? is it do-able??

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » July 22nd, 2010, 6:00 am

do you have kami? one approach is to tape together 4 squares of kami. this takes all of 5 minutes. the result is not something you could present at a convention, but it is probably the easiest way of learning the general gestalt of the model.

there are a couple other alternatives. you could try wrapping paper, but that is a very broad suggestion. the main problem i found when using that medium is, if you cut an especially large square, the model tends to flop around quite a bit and this can get frustrating. some folders have had great results with kraft paper, but like wrapping paper, "kraft" is a very heterogeneous product. 2 years ago i bought a whole bunch of 25" foil at the OUSA convention, and this is what i first folded an ancient dragon from. even with this, the final product was very thick.

as i've said before, this model is not that hard. the hardest part is finding a piece of paper large enough, strong enough, and thin enough for it. which actually can be quite a chore, depending. it's part of why, me personally, i have a little disdain for super duper complex origami that requires large sheets of 0 gsm paper.

natureboy · Post by **natureboy** » July 22nd, 2010, 7:34 am

I'm gonna try with single tissue+MC, I'll let you know whet happens.

If it will be a fail I'll try with double tissue

wishbone · Post by **wishbone** » July 23rd, 2010, 3:30 am

Hi, new in this forum, I have been folding the dragon for sometime now, still trying to figure out how to pull the edge out at step 54 to 54. I may have folded wrongly, but I have checked all the steps, seems ok. pls help

thnks

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » July 23rd, 2010, 3:55 am

You are pulling the layer apart so that you can collapse it the same way you did in step 52.

Maybe these pictures will help.

pull out the paper that is pleated...

then recollapse

Pop pop · Post by **Pop pop** » July 30th, 2010, 2:23 am

hi I need help on step 42 can anyone reply fast

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » July 30th, 2010, 2:26 am

@pop pop

you squash the corner in the middle. If you cannot, then you probably did not open sink the flap in step 40

Pop pop · Post by **Pop pop** » July 30th, 2010, 2:34 am

Thanks

sorry could you post picture @Ragnorax

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