Dragon models - Does anyone have any good ones?
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I find Robert Neale's dragon to be very effective. Good folding sequences have been publised by Jeremy Shafer in "Origami to Astonish and Amuse", and Robert Lang in "Origami Design Secrets." Jeremy Shafer lists his as "intermediate" difficulty. Lang's version is a bit more complicated but incorporates a cool head with jaws and horns.
Here are a couple that I folded, tweaked a little bit from Lang's design:
Here are a couple that I folded, tweaked a little bit from Lang's design:
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Glad you like them!
They are folded from 10 inch squares of double-sided Japanese foil paper. It's available through Origami USA in their foil paper section.
http://www.origami-usa.org/thesource/agora.cgi
They are folded from 10 inch squares of double-sided Japanese foil paper. It's available through Origami USA in their foil paper section.
http://www.origami-usa.org/thesource/agora.cgi
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So what exactly is the connection between Kawasaki roses and dragons?
Although a dragon with a Kawasaki rose incorporated (similar to the Kawasaki rose crane by Satoshi Kamiya, 2nd one on that page) might be cool and definitely something new....
Although a dragon with a Kawasaki rose incorporated (similar to the Kawasaki rose crane by Satoshi Kamiya, 2nd one on that page) might be cool and definitely something new....
So long and keep folding ^_^
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Although the final model isnt my favourite, the method used by John Montroll for the Eastern Dragon in his Zodiac / Mythological book is one of the best there is.
Basically, its a stretched bird base with a strip graft between two of the diagonals. One end of this is folded into a frog base, which forms the head.
The flashy silver dragon on my web site is loosely based on this...
Another great dragon base is Sebastian Cerveses dragon (apologies spelling), which essentially uses a partially streched blintz frog base, with the centre of the model as the dragons model. Add a couple of strip grafts into this to create toes, frills, teeth, horns, etc, and you can get some preety impressive dragons.
Basically, its a stretched bird base with a strip graft between two of the diagonals. One end of this is folded into a frog base, which forms the head.
The flashy silver dragon on my web site is loosely based on this...
Another great dragon base is Sebastian Cerveses dragon (apologies spelling), which essentially uses a partially streched blintz frog base, with the centre of the model as the dragons model. Add a couple of strip grafts into this to create toes, frills, teeth, horns, etc, and you can get some preety impressive dragons.
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Try this one...
http://www.zingman.com/origami/zingoridragon.html
http://www.zingman.com/origami/zingoridragon.html
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There is a great dragon offered in this post
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