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Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 12th, 2015, 10:09 am
by Tom&Neva
Hi all.

I do all the precrease really nice and strong and then when you have to unfold all the steps and push the paper in the collapse gets to be impossible. I have made one so far and its a bit messy. Anybody have some luck with this one?

All the best!

Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 13th, 2015, 12:52 am
by Brimstone
I haven't folded the Sweet but I folded the Skeleton Complex which is somehow similar.
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My advice is make a "tube", overlap whatever number of "columns" you need to overlap and start to shape it from the center to the ends.

Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 13th, 2015, 8:38 am
by Tom&Neva
Thank you for the reply. With your help the collapse was easier. I also used just a little bit of tape to hold the overlaps at both ends and in the middle just until the model collapsed because at these points the paper kept shifting (four layers is hard to control) and this helped very much, the tape is taken off when the model is finished. This is my 9th attempt:
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Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 13th, 2015, 3:57 pm
by Brimstone
Congratulations, I'm glad I was of some help.

Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 13th, 2015, 10:27 pm
by Tom&Neva
Thanks Brimstone. I am now having trouble with the Skeleton Complex. I just cant seem to collapse it. Its really giving my brain a workout!!

Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 14th, 2015, 12:28 am
by Tom&Neva
Its funny how the models we think will be "simple" end up giving us a hard time! It's not that it is a very hard model it's just that it is hard to figure out what method will give a model that has sharp presentation and stands up straight (like yours Brimstone!)! Well here is my rendition after 7 attempts (and it still sucks!)!

Couple of tips to add:
A bit thicker card stock, at least until you get the hang of it.
After you finish folding with sharp creases refold the entire mode with mid pressure creases as this helps to bring back the "memory" of the paper. Until I did this I was never able to finish the model as the paper would "give up" and by going over the creases with mid pressure the model almost collapsed on its own.

On Stardream paper>
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/ ... 3759_n.jpg

Re: Need help with Fujimoto "Sweet"

Posted: June 14th, 2015, 2:29 am
by Brimstone
Congratulations again. Some models really test you origami ability even if you've folded a lot of models before.