Hi,
I've been working on this model for a while now, and have managed to complete a few attempts at it. However, I really want it to be perfect, as I intend for it to be a Christmas gift for someone special.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips for how to better work a couple of the areas.
Particularly, I have a really hard time collapsing the folds that are essentially the armpit of the model (i.e. there are two diamond shape patterns on either side that somehow fold into themselves). Every time I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do, mainly because of the low quality of the scans blurring where the valley and mountain folds are. I always end up with something that only seems half-way right after half an hour of fiddling with it.
I really wish I had bought the "World of Super Complex Origami" book while I was in Japan, I had it in my hands one day and now I'm kicking myself everyday for not picking it up. At the time, I thought this model to be beyond me. Next time I definitely won't make the same mistake.
Here is a photo of my very first completed attempt on the model (sorry for the terrible photo):
Thank you so very much!