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I'm working on Hideo Komatsu's sheep (Tanteidan 105) whenever I'm free. I've reached step 33 and I have my model identical to this step. I've gotten wonderful help via PMs but I'm still stuck which is why I'm posting this publicly. I enacted the valley/mountain folds and I've reached step 34. When I do the folds in step 35 and follow the black arrow to push in and the white arrows to push out, I do not get the (symmetrical) diamond-like fold in the center of the model as in step 37. Instead, I get the top of the diamond). I've attached images of my my model in step 35 and what I think is 36-37:

pic 1:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/559 ... 27d36g.jpg

pic 1+marks:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/33b ... 4f796g.jpg

pic 2:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/3ff ... 3e636g.jpg

I also attached the steps I'm referring to as part of this cropped image (which I shall delete as soon as we're finished):

http://www.4shared.com/photo/Wl_Ext8V/33-37.html

Removed Image

You've squash folded and you have two layers in the same direction, you should have one to the left and one to the right.

Pull out the layer that is hidden underneath, this should make it symmetrical.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFcqtGaosUM
Start at 1:28. Stop at 1:50 (something like that)

On a side note: Please use an existing topic next time.

FlareglooM,

When I checked the squash fold, it worked. You are a bloody genius.

Hello again,

I am working on another sheep model by Stephen O'Hanlon, found at this link:

http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/diagrams/sheep.pdf

I've reached step 5 but the "reverse-fold bottom layer corners in as far as they will go" eludes me. Any help would be appreciated.

On this page you can find the basic Origami folds, you need the first of the two reverse fold types shown:
http://www.budaiorigami.hu/index.php?la ... basicfolds

I think that he wrote "bottom corners" in the diagrams is a bit misleading. What you need to reverse fold are the corners on top of the backside of the model, so you might just turn the model over, precrease the inside reverse fold as valley fold (fold both corners to the middle line) and then reverse the corners inside.

Thanks