peacock of jun maekawa

[HankSimon]

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[alocasia]

Here's my go at the extended version. To be honest Step 56-57 confused me a lot. I'm not sure I got it correct in the end but I just continued with the model. It's not essential to the completion of the model.

Thank you Deutsch, just a question: have you simply skipped step 56/56/58 and have you got anyway the model (very good tessellation as I can see)?

[alocasia]

I've redone this and am back to step 56. I took two pictures. For temporary I just have them on my gallery http://web.mac.com/burtner/iWeb/Site/Photos.html I don't intend to leave them there. Any suggestions where else?

In the meantime, step 15 is not clear to me from the diagram. My notes are that you almost turn it inside out and you reverse the internal diagonals. Between step 56 and 57 I actually pulled out the colored side and put a colored triangle over the left side with its vertex on the mountain fold on the left. That ended up with a colored triangle inside the white triangle hanging on the right side of 59. It all turned out okay with the reverse fold in 60. I wonder if the diagram is accurate?

Thank you DeeBee, the photos are very helpful for me. I`ve got the same result as your first photo on step 56 before "pulling apart the layers" as described. Can you maybe take a photo of the "pulling apart", I mean, do you pull only the colored triangle or do you opened the whole position? I really can not get the triangle hanging on the right side, which in the diagram white is and in you photo half colored.

[alocasia]

Bad news. I did a fairly bad job of folding the Peacock.

I re-did steps 14 - 16, performing the wrap, so that it worked a little better. I had trouble with Steps 17 -18, but forced Step 20 and appeared to make progress to Step 32 OK.

I did the tessellations from Step 31 - Step 54. I used 15 cm Kami, and the paper was too weak and too small for my first attempt, so Steps 43 - 54 were not sharp creases, ruining the the integrity of the tessellation and the peacock tail.

I opened the model at Steps 56 - 57, closed it back and forced Step 58 and 59 to work ... possibly incorrectly. But it turned out recognizable, although not perfect. I followed the precreases on the closest side and tucked everything just into the closest side.... as I said, I forced it.

My plan is to is to make a few more when I have the time, and then use some nice, multicolored paper. So, my suggestion to you is to go to the end, then try again with a little more effort do get Steps 14 - 16 correct, and then see if you gain new insight when you get to Steps 55 -59.

Sorry,
Hank Simon

Hallo Hank Simon, what do you mean with "I opened the model at steps 56/57? I think the gap is in this action. Let mi know, thank you

[DeeBee]

My first drawing is step 57 and if you simply collapse the drawn on mountain and valley folds you get my second picture which shows step 59 but different colored. I think you are making too much of the transition from 57 to 59. It just collapses. The pulling out occurs in step 56

[striker]

Hi!

I´m in the step 58 too. Looks like impossible...
But... you know... we can do that! We can!
When I finish this peacock, I´ll make a video.

Striker

[HankSimon]

It'll be another week before I get time to do something about Step 56 - 59. I think I agree with DeeBee that something is left out in the diagrams. BUt these steps only serve to lock the tail. That is why I say to "force" something from the bottom, following the diagrams as best you can, and then just keep moving forward.

I think you can get an adequately first attempt if you go all the way through. Then, in the second model, you might see a better way to lock the tail.

- Hank Simon

[striker]

I gave up and just decided to ignore steps 56-59.

BTW, I´m following Tanteidan #61 and Genuine Origami (english and japanese version).

[HankSimon]

For the most part, I also ignored 56-59, I'm not sure what they do, perhaps increase the length of the legs.... but the model looks OK.



- Hank Simon

[DeeBee]

I wouldn't be surprised if you ARE doing those steps. you have to collapse the tail feathers and the body to move on, and you clearly did.

[alocasia]

thank you everybody for so much help. this week I just went on with the model skipping those steps and the result was acceptable, the legs are just a little bit shorter as in the picture but the tail looks ok. alocasia

[HankSimon]

Alocasia: We still want to see pictures, the results of all of our help....

- Hank Simon

[striker]

Hey!

I did it.

Thanks for the support, all of you.

[HankSimon]

Nice Model.

The legs look like they turned out well... probably due to more expert folding of Steps 56 - 59.... Any epiphanies to share ?

- Hank Simon

Added: It looks like 56-59 result in an increase the length of the legs and of the neck.

[alocasia]

Dear friends, I didn't forget the help I've got. My pc is out of order, I'm just using a phone, as soon as my computer is ok I will post my photo.
For Hank Simon: I like the paper you used!
For Striker: congratulations you was much faster and accurate as me!javascriptemoticon(':roll:')