Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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Pretty obvious as to what base I used, but for those who are wondering it's a waterbomb base.
My snails...
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More of my snails...
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Close ups of my snails...
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Not excessively complex, not excessively clean folded.
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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Waterbomb dragonfly.

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Tail is the centre point, the four wings are the corner. Make four crimps to generate eight target points near the centre - these become the six legs and antennae. The rest of the model is simple narrowing - a lot easier than it looks. The model is formed from a water-bomb base, with no need to unfold the basic form at any point!
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Very cleanly folded ! What size of paper did you use ? (looks like foil sandwich, is that right ?)
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Foil-backed tissue, using my own special recipe ;-)
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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But which size is it ?

Anyway, a second entry, from a bird base:

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Ave Gachepapier, cauli te salutant!
Here i see your next exposition.... Good job!
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Here's my entry:

Rooster from a fish base.
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The wings come from the two middle points.
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I like this design of rooster: simply with an lify attitude & proportion. Bravo!
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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The dragonfly, Gachepapier's folded face, and the rooster are all amazing. I will be hard pressed to compete with these entries.
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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Hi! This is my first post ...and the first time I've tried making origami without a pattern to go by! But I thought I would give it a go (although it pales in comparison to what others post on here... I feel vastly inferior to say the least). I used the waterbomb base, hopefully I didn't break any rules! It's a fox, supposedly. :wink:

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*Also, I hope the photo was uploaded correctly, I couldn't figure it out exactly.
edit: Never mind, I figured it out!

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Last edited by l'origami13 on October 17th, 2011, 12:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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You only should try to compete against yourself - that is usually hard enough :lol:

(thanks for the compliment :) )
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So, heh, this is my first post in 5 years, and my second ever. But now that I have a new camera and a challenge I think I have a half-decent shot at winning... Well, here goes.

I folded a pair of goldfish designs, both from frog bases. In both cases, I sunk the center point and used the resulting layers in different ways. The first one is a generic mishmash of goldfishy traits. With the second, I was trying for a (very stylized) rendition of the Black Moor breed of goldfish.

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Goldfish by soozafone, on Flickr

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Black Moor 2 by soozafone, on Flickr

And if I'm breaking some rules with the sink or with the little bit of unwrapping in the Black Moor... well, then it's from a square base. :P
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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I love the goldfish!

[Side note: how do you imbed photos properly? Sorry to have to ask!]
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Re: Monthly Folding Challenge: October 2011

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3 sided Pyramid folded from a preliminary base, 3 folded from a preliminary base and Trident from a waterbomb base

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