The Origami Forum

hey guys!!!!
Can u guys rate the models in origami insects from easiest to most difficult??

I've folded most of them, so I cant tell you about the ones I haven't folded.
I've folded the acrocinus longimanus, scorpion, periodical cicada, butterfly, pill bug, Longhorn beetle, cockroach, tarantula, Hercules beetle, and 90% Eupatorus. I have most likely missed the hardest ones.
Easiest-most difficult:
A. Butterfly- There aren't any really difficult steps or anything like that. Quite short.
B. Acrocinus Longimanus. Boring, but not super hard.
C. Cockroach. Very 'nice' model. Not boring, not hard, but at the end, the abdomen shaping can get quite thick.
D. Longhorn beetle. Just boxpleating & spread sinking, although 24-27 may be difficult if your creases are hard to see.
E. Hercules beetle- The abdomen can get un-neat, and the eyes can be more easily obtained, but otherwise not horrible. note: I only folded this one from origamido.
F. Pill bug. Outside reverse folds and keeping the paper open and such- no fun.
G. Scorpion. Its easy to lose positioning and eff up the reference points. Also, you really gotta fold neat otherwise not much will line up.
H. Periodical Cicada. the wings get very very messy for me.
I. Tarantula. Its difficult to get them to line up after you push the base down and unsink. The body is far to small IME to work with, and just hard to fold.
J. Eupatorus. This model is astoundingly boring and easy to mess up.


The others are more likely the more difficult ones. These are my experience, may vary per person.

thanks man! I just wanted to check my skills in origami as i have only folded the tarantula and the butterfly..so is tarantula more difficult than ancient dragon of kamiya satoshi?? And one more thing do u know someone who has folded all the models and can rate it from easiest to hardest?

I am fairly certain Phillip1847's list was in order from easiest to hardest. I have not tried every model either but from what I have folded I would pretty much agree with the list, I would say the dragonfly is harder than the periodical cicada and that the flying cicada is harder than that, the open sinks that Lang said are "hard" are indeed quite hard without certain papers.

It was quite a while ago that I folded the centipede, I remember the folding sequence was a bit similar to the pill bug, but it was a long time ago so I cannot quite rate it. I also folded the samurai helmet beetle quite a while ago, but I do not remember how tough it was.

I never tried the ant, ladybird beetle, scorpion, or the flying grasshopper so perhaps someone else can verify how accurate that list is and fill in the blanks.

If Lang comments that a sink or other step is hard, then it's almost impossible. Do those models last

is the tarantula harder than ancient dragon? And is the centipede hardest model in the book?

lol at ppl thinking ancient dragon is somehow the apogee of difficulty of origami. generally speaking, most lang models are much harder, including the tarantula. the tarantula's difficulty is that the in and out open sinks which are required to form the legs are difficult to do, as the model will not open completely. while doable, the next difficulty is that the body gets quite thick, so you're going to need paper that is thin (so you can shape the body) but strong (so it will survive the in and out sinks).

I vote for the tarantula.
Though the steps and the folds aren't that hard, I've yet to fold one that remotely matches the picture on the book (and on Lang's site).

I don't think the centipede is too hard. I've only folded a few of the models from the book so can't rank it well but definitely easier than the tarantula. I found the folding sequence quite fun, although the downside is that it's repetitive.

thanks guys for all of ur kind tips!!!
So which is the most difficult model in book ?just one word answer! pls do it as fast as u can coz i have heard that origami insects 2 has the most difficult models currenty on earth so thats why i want to fold all the models in the book.. I want to start from the easiest to hardest i have only folded butterfly and tarantula.. How much skills do i have in origami then?
Once again thanks guys!! U guys really helped me a lot!!!

If by hardest you mean difficult to fold. That, got to be the Eupatorus gracilicornis. The series of sinks are really annoying since in some of them you cant reach inside the model.

Most of the model are fairly easy if you fold them from the right size and type of paper.

thanks man!! So which model should i first fold? I mean from easiest to hardest!? And one more thing.. Does origami insects 2 have the hardest origami models??

Follow the book sequence. I think they are arranged from easiest to hardest.

About being the hardest, I don't think so. Brian Chan models seems to be a bit more challenging.

thank u to all of u guys!! It really helped me a lot !!

the book is definitely NOT in order of difficulty. the kabuto mushi and hercules beetle are much more doable than some of the other models (aside from some diagramming errors in the former).

really, i suggest you give up the obsession with "most difficult," as it is futile. as has been pointed out, many of the "difficulties" in OI2 can be solved if you have thin, strong paper. the paper wasp in OI1 cannot be solved in this way. the final in and out sinks to form the abdomen is hard because, usually, sinks in and out involve flaps that get progressively thinner. here, the flap is the same length throughout. most folders here who have done them think the dancing crane and maine lobster are harder than anything in OI2. there will always be something "harder."

lastly, it really seems like you're trying to tackle too much. pick one project, stick with it until you are finished or are convinced you can proceed no further.