What have you folded lately?

penselen · Post by **penselen** » May 27th, 2009, 8:58 pm

love that locust Mekks! Here's a good ol' Blackdevil Angler ala Robert Lang.
I love his stuff but it's hard to fold!

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » May 28th, 2009, 1:17 am

I am returning to the forum after a break to focus on schoolwork and have some new (and old) designs to show:

Wolf

Eastern Dragons

Hermit Crab

Also a CP...

Hermit Crab CP

The CP for the dollar bill Eastern Dragon can be found here. I have not released a CP for the wolf.

helliluya · Post by **helliluya** » May 28th, 2009, 6:45 am

Nice designs Jonnycakes!!

Cat designed by Giang Dinh from Licence to fold - 9*9cm Cotton paper

The size of finished model is about (cm): 5.5 in length, 5 in width and 2 in height.

The paper is triple coated with MC.

This is probably my first attempt with wet folding, and if anyone hasn't tried it yet, you SHOULD!

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » May 28th, 2009, 11:01 am

Nice hermit crab, Jon Tucker

!

helliluya · Post by **helliluya** » May 28th, 2009, 4:21 pm

Tanaka Ape Monkey designed by Masashi Tanaka - 15*15cm Two colored paper

The size of finished model is about (cm): 4.5 in length, 3.5 in width and 4.5 in height.

I like this model very much

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » May 28th, 2009, 5:23 pm

Thank you all!

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » May 28th, 2009, 8:14 pm

I loved your dollar ryuzin so much johnny i just had to fold it

It was also the first model ive folded from CP. It looked pretty easy to me so i gave it a go. Ill try it with a dollar bill next time

i didnt know how to shape the head like you did and couldnt get it to stand on its own like you did either XD

Post by **origami_8** » May 28th, 2009, 9:51 pm

Buckyball folded from 60 equilateral triangles as seen in a YouTube video, sorry but I don't know who's the author. The triangles where 4.5cm in diameter and the finished ball is around 8cm in diameter.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » May 28th, 2009, 11:00 pm

Nice buckyball Anna-I am glad you finished it and it looks great!

@Ragnoraz-thank you for trying my design-yours looks very good already, and it is indeed what is shown on the CP. The head needs some open sinks to thin the upper and lower jaw and the legs can be rabbit-eared and shaped. There is a dirty little secret to get it to hold its shape-I tape a length of wire to the back of the model (hidden, of course, in-between pleats) and then shape it however I like.

Edit: I re-drew the CP to show the thinning folds for the head. You can see it here.

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » May 29th, 2009, 3:42 am

Nice monkey!

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » May 29th, 2009, 4:06 am

Thanks for the tips johnny. Ill give the revised CP a go and see how it turns out. Gonna try it with a dollar bill this time

Wizmatt · Post by **Wizmatt** » May 29th, 2009, 2:09 pm

helliluya wrote:Tanaka Ape Monkey designed by Masashi Tanaka - 15*15cm Two colored paper

I like it very much!

I've seen Arturs' fold on his flickr. Is there a cp or diagram for it?

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » May 29th, 2009, 3:48 pm

God of Thunder, by Hojyo Takashi.
Folded from a 50cm square of double tissue. It took about 7 hours to finish.

ftangdude55 · Post by **ftangdude55** » May 29th, 2009, 11:35 pm

Nice.

Well, it's been quite a while since I have actually folded anything, so I am just going to post some things that I folded recently *coughs*months ago*coughs*.

First off, there is Kamiya's Cyclomattus Metallifer. Not the best fold, but I am happy with it.

Next there is Lang's Tarantula. I wasn't successful in keeping the layers all uniform in the abdomen, so better luck next time, I guess.

Keeping with the theme of insects, we move on to Lang's Praying Mantis. I like this model. Really realistic.

Breaking away from the insects, we have a non-organic life form: Brian Chan's Wall-e.
I folded this from the diagrams that Anermak made a while back.This was folded before I realized that when shaping a model, every fold has to have a purpose. I don't really like the eyes, and the body is too big, but oh well. I folded it.

Next is Lang's White-Tailed Deer. If you remember, I posted a question as to what the reference points for this model were a couple months ago. I neglected to take a picture of it, so here is my fold:

And finally, most recently, I folded Lang's Bull Moose, from Origami Design Secrets. The layers at the nose got very bunched up, but I am still happy with the overall results.

NB: I did edit the photos, but it was only because my camera wasn't getting the colours right. So sue me.

EDIT: I also, and just recently (like, 3 days ago), folded Winson Chan's modular model, the Hacky Sack.

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » May 30th, 2009, 3:48 am

Nice folds ftangdude

Meanwhile I'm still making my way through SK's book...
(Yes theres a small rip in the wing

i dont even know how that happened, because it happened after i finished the model)

Flying Hercules Beatle
by Satoshi Kamiya
35x35cm origami? paper