Satoshi Kamiya - Ancient Dragon

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » February 11th, 2010, 9:48 pm

FrumiousBandersnatch wrote:Ragnorax, what paper is that? I like the small mottling it has. Is it tant?

Yes its Tant

hoVa248 · Post by **hoVa248** » February 12th, 2010, 12:10 am

thx dude it helped a lot

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » February 12th, 2010, 3:07 am

ragnorax--if you finish, i would love to see the results. i would imagine the forelegs and head would get way too bulky. OTOH, terry sells some pretty big tant, which would make it nice for making a large, imposing ancient dragon.

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » February 12th, 2010, 3:55 am

bethnor wrote:ragnorax--if you finish, i would love to see the results. i would imagine the forelegs and head would get way too bulky. OTOH, terry sells some pretty big tant, which would make it nice for making a large, imposing ancient dragon.

oh that picture was taken a long time ago when i made the photodiagrams for myself. The finished result is on my flickr... didnt turn out so great

it was from 35x35cm Tant, which is too small and too thick.

icewind · Post by **icewind** » February 24th, 2010, 10:02 pm

Hi!

I'm stuck on step 191. Can someone help me with some pictures and instructions? Thanks

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » February 24th, 2010, 10:37 pm

icewind wrote:Hi!

I'm stuck on step 191. Can someone help me with some pictures and instructions? Thanks

did you read the thread?

I posted pictures on page 23...

icewind · Post by **icewind** » February 25th, 2010, 9:48 am

Thanks for the reply. I was sure that i read the thread. I was tired yesterday so maybe i missed some pages. Btw i solved the problem and now i stuck on steps 198-199. I'll read the thread again.

I'm sorry for annoying you with something you already posted.

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » February 25th, 2010, 9:51 pm

Icewind - I'm afraid that I don't exactly see what the problem with 198-9 is.. It's just a simple reverse fold. Step 199 is showing 198 in progress. If you are unable to fold this step, then you must have done something wrong earlier, because it is very straightforeward..

icewind · Post by **icewind** » February 26th, 2010, 1:02 am

Thanks for the help! I finished the dragon. Here are some pictures:

It's not too good... the second will be better

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » February 26th, 2010, 1:27 am

Thats pretty good for a first try

Now you got the folding sequence down.

What size/paper did you use?

icewind · Post by **icewind** » February 26th, 2010, 1:46 am

The paper size is 70cm x 70cm. It's not an origami paper, it's a paper for packing... It's size was 70cm x 3m, and I made squares of it.

FrumiousBandersnatch · February 26th, 2010, 10:37 pm

I've checked the past several pages, and nobody seems to mention this, but...

Is double-tissue alright for this? I mean, I'll assume it's thin enough, but does it hold up in the thick areas?

Post by **origami_8** » February 26th, 2010, 10:53 pm

I've folded it from double tissue and it worked very good. You can wet-shape some areas like the horns to get them thinner and stronger. Even though the material is very thin, the dragon gets very thick in the end.

FrumiousBandersnatch · February 27th, 2010, 2:11 am

Thank you Anna! Do you recall what size you used, and what the resulting dragon's size was?

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » February 28th, 2010, 10:28 pm

I have said this earlier in the topic, but if all else fails, tissue foil is the way to go. It is easy to make, and you can make large sheets of it. Only use TF, though, if you have experience with it, and really know how it works. I definitely do not recommend it for an early ancient dragon try either. If you haven't already made some, try some tissue foil, get some practice with it, and, once you really know the folding process well, try to fold an Ancient Dragon with it

. I was actually contradicted (I use that for lack of a better word) about how good TF is for Ancient Dragon, but I have folded it quite well with it:

Good luck with future tries...
P.S.: tracing paper is also good... ...(I re-shaped this model)

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