How Big Do You Like Your Models To Be?

[Eamon]

Title says it all. I like tiny. How 'bout you?

[Benlewisorigami]

Ummmm well i'm not too picky because i dont have a huge paper variety. I like models medium-sized though.

[spiritofcat]

I mostly fold from small paper (8-15cm to a side), so my models end up pretty small.
I'm not sure if that's exactly what I prefer or just what I'm used to now.

[Rickygami]

I'm not fussed about the size of my finished models. I just make them the size which is most comfortable to fold (usually with a 50cm sheet) though I'd probably use bigger if I could get my hands on some

[myself]

Because I use a lot of printer paper, most of the model are 5-10 cm (2"-4"). I think that's big enough for a model to make the details look good.

[Baltorigamist]

I prefer my models roughly palm-sized, depending on the size of the details. I use larger paper for BP models with a >56 grid or certain 22.5deg models. But I use small paper for most of my designs.

[PennyDragons]

I love to make models as small as I can, without using tweezers or anything. The smallest I've gotten is about the size of a dime. It is nice to make ones that are about the size of my hand, and I once made one the size of a chair, which was fun too.

[Fluffy]

I like them palm sized to a bit bigger.

[OrigamiGeek]

I like my first fold to be big but then my final fold I don't like it to be too big I like it so the details are big enough to identify but I don't like huge models because they look ugly imo

[Langko]

I like my first fold to be big but then my final fold I don't like it to be too big I like it so the details are big enough to identify but I don't like huge models because they look ugly imo

Totally agree with you! Models when folded too big can lose there detail. But you don't want a model to small that it looks crumpled/messy and too small to fold the details. I find that with boxpleated models roughly a cm per grid works best eg: 32 grid = 30cm paper, 48 grid = 50cm paper and so on... With non-boxpleated models it can be a bit harder to determine what size sheet you should start with...

[OrigamiGeek]

I think that if you test fold a design first and you know how big the paper is when you started you can measure the finished resolute so then you will know what the ratio is from the size of paper to the size of the finished thing. then just think of how big you want it and use the ratio to help you determine how big you want it to be

[Langko]

Good idea, except I don't really test fold anything as I am generally too lazy to want to fold te same model twice

[OrigamiGeek]

lol but your first fold on almost every thing you fold it very good and you don't need to re fold it. you are the king of TF.

[Langko]

Thanks for the complements I think that with non-boxpleated models generally a good idea to go with what the author recommends (if he does, some authors don't recommend anything) if he doesn't I tend to skim through the diagrams and if the model isn't too hard, I start with 30cm, if its more difficult I go with 50cm. Sometimes I often look through Flickr and see what size other people have used to fold the model, that generally works quite well too.

[roodborst]

It depends on the size of my tissue. From the top of my mind a sheet of tissue is a rectangle of 60cm x 70cm. So I can get 6 squares of +/- 30 cm. Or two +/- 50 cm squares and a couple of 15cm, or one 60 cm and a couple of 10th's. I'm not measuring here so I'm just guessing the sizes of the squares.
Also the type of paper matters. When using elephant hide instead of tissue I use a bigger sheet.

Now depending on the complexity of the model I'll use a bigger sheet of paper. Say Loisel's rat, I can do that with 7cm squares of memoblock papers. I do most of my test folds with the 30cm squares (divide the tissue into 6 squares.) After testfolding, I'll know if I need a bigger paper. My wolf with wings was with a +/-50cm square. I must say that I testfold alot. Every model I make, either my own design or by others are folded 3 times or more so I can get a nice result. What I used to do with more complex models, is fold two at the same time. So if I have trouble with step 150 or something and I mess up one model I can try until I got it right and then continue on the other piece of paper.

To conclude, the more complex the bigger my paper gets, ending with models of around 10cm-20cm.