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Can anyone help me with the base (photographs) of Brian Chan's Hermit Crab? I'm confused folding the corners of the CP.

you could see ! ........and send mail for me.I could help you Creat CP Hermit Crab by Brian Chan ....
http://snkhan.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=942

did u finish the hernit crab srianandh?

I hope it is okay with you that I answer your PM to me in here so that other people can benefit from it as well.

im.xing wrote:i think the base is easy. but can u identify me the legs in the CP? hard to make the shell too.

Here's the CP with the legs, etc. noted and a schematic view of how the base would look like viewed from the top.

The numbers in the CP and in the Base are the same for reference.
As for the shell you have to carefully pull out the pleated layers at the end after collapsing the base, wrap this extra paper around the rest of the model and shape the shell to taste.

thank you very much Daydreamer. shell troubles me now. i shall try my best and post the photographs...

Here's my first attempt with 15cm Japanese foil.


Something which might help you to fold this model: You should thin and form the legs and eyes before you create the shell. I did it the other way round and the appendages are not so easy to reach and form once the shell is in place. So... first collapse the base, then shape the legs and in the very end pull out and form the shell.

My shell didn't turn out so nicely, but as Brian Chan said on his page.... that's due to the fact that the poor Hermit crab couldn't find a better shell to live in

cool. can you post few more pictures of the front, bottom and top portions of the model? will u try a second time?

Well, I didn't post photos from that directions first since my model doesn't look that nice that way, but since you requested it here they are.

Front:


Top:


Bottom:


I'm not sure if I will fold it a second time, I might one day, but there are so many other models waiting to be folded...

thanks dreamer.

hey, look at my hermit crab, this is my 1st try, and the 3rd models foled from cp by me, for this model i use very high quality paper, but the result doesn't turn out as well as i expect, however this is not bad, is n't it
[img]http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/271/p10100072wm.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9363/p10100117nc.jpg[/img]

letranthedung wrote:hey, look at my hermit crab, this is my 1st try, and the 3rd models foled from cp by me, for this model i use very high quality paper, but the result doesn't turn out as well as i expect, however this is not bad, is n't it

Not bad at all! Quite good, I would say!

i say it looks great too

thanks for al comments, if anyone needs help, i will open my model although i already glued it a little bit

Very nicely done, letranthedung
What kind/size of paper did you use?

well done