Eric Joisel mermaid (cp)

[JumPurge]

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/3149/93350553.png
I hope this gives more light.

[hobbestheprince]

Oh boy, I think I was doing it the other way around. I apologize, I'm an idiot. I drew a quick sketch of what I think you are getting to:

[JumPurge]

Yes. That way.

[hobbestheprince]

Hm, you described this by saying dividing across will get me four down. Well, it's always going to be 16 as you can see on that one side.

[JumPurge]

No... I'm not even sure how you managed to derive whatever you've folded from what I said. :/
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7854/blehs.png

[hobbestheprince]

Here's the first step. Is this right?

[JumPurge]

Yes.
And I can honestly say I doubt you need to make a post confirming each step.

[hobbestheprince]

Lol, I wish it were that easy, but I want to make sure I am getting this right before I jump off a roof.



That's the next part I did. Dividing it in half. What's next?

[JumPurge]

Yes that looks right :/

[hobbestheprince]

Well, I guess this is it then. I got this far from the instructions:



I should have printed the head by cropping it in photoshop. Is it really worth getting stuck 100 times? Answer: Nope.

The diamonds are easy, but those flaps are outlined in Joisel's book, which I own. I wish he would have made instructions for the hat as well ... not everyone is, "angle bi-sector blah blah blah ..." Would have been a real bloody treat to add a little insight.

[hobbestheprince]

P.s. The offer is still on the table. I'll pay someone via paypal with instructions on the hat ... Lol, and not a bunch of angle stuff. Pretty to look at, though not easy to grasp. I play guitar and my talents are in the music area ... I'm not a former M.I.T. student.

[gachepapier]

with all due respect ...you might consider folding simpler things first, in order to get some experience - given where you get stuck, let's say it's as if you were asking for instructions on how to hold your guitar in order to decode a piece by Mark Knopfler...

[hobbestheprince]

Gachepapier: It's more like a person asking how to play a song by Mark Knopfler, so I would transcribe it for them, considering I can play by ear and am a nice guy.

If I had seen someone that stuck and discouraged at figuring out a song, I would do my best to help them out.

I don't expect to be a natural at this. I folded Joisel's dwarf, which I still have from 2 years ago. Sadly, it was from printing the CP. It's that hat that kills me ... I hate that thing.

[gachepapier]

Don't mean to offense or to come off as mean, I meant this as the best advice I can give. If it's any solace, Eric had no problem with just precreasing with a tool and by measuring things out, rather than construct each and every fold. But this model has a simplish base and I figure the real hard part comes only after this has been collapsed, in typical Joisel fashion. I doubt I could fold it to my satisfaction.

[hobbestheprince]

I think that's my best bet. I was going to cheat and print the cp but crop the head. Then, I can figure out where the edge is going to form the hat part. Just saying the math doesn't help me at all. Or, I can buy a protractor, but I'm broke for a while

Don't worry gachepapier, you didn't come across as rude or anything. By the way, I've seen your models before ... very cool. There is one that starts with a C that is a woman with tentacles ... I love that one. Oh, and the soldier mask.