At last

Darksoul · Post by **Darksoul** » September 22nd, 2006, 4:10 am

After hours and several docens of paper I have finally folded my first succesful complex CP, behold Robert Lang Water strider:

It may not be a clean folded model but it's my first CP

now I can begin to design and fold other very interesting models.

eric_son · Post by **eric_son** » September 22nd, 2006, 7:30 am

Nice fold!

Darksoul · Post by **Darksoul** » September 22nd, 2006, 4:41 pm

Thank you, even though your words are very generous.

steyen · Post by **steyen** » September 22nd, 2006, 5:36 pm

from the picture,i knew u spent most of the time shaping the legs,because they look really neat! (u wetfold the legs? u used A4 paper?)

Darksoul · Post by **Darksoul** » September 23rd, 2006, 4:04 am

steyen wrote:from the picture,i knew u spent most of the time shaping the legs,because they look really neat! (u wetfold the legs? u used A4 paper?)

Well I actually spent more time folding the head, I did not used wet folding and it's made from a 21 cm square of tracing paper, I cheated because it's not an actual square, it's a hexagon (or is it an hexagon?) I trimed the corners, because if you see the CP the corners are folded at what is seems to be a 60 degree angle and they only add layers to the legs so off they go and the legs can be thinned a bit more easily.

esato · Post by **esato** » September 23rd, 2006, 4:40 am

Congrats!

Now, after seeing your picture, I feel like trying it too!