Monthly Folding Challenge - June 2010

juston · Post by **juston** » June 1st, 2010, 8:57 pm

Dimetrodon is cool with me since he's a pelycosaur but I'm hesitant about Acanthostega.

Razzmatazz · Post by **Razzmatazz** » June 1st, 2010, 9:02 pm

I'd like to see Barney the Purple Dinosaur xD

But Joshua, maybe you should fold all the dinosaurs and then choose your best, lets say 5, dinosaurs then enter them into the contest because then your clogging up the whole entry board.

Fishgoth · Post by **Fishgoth** » June 2nd, 2010, 3:45 am

I like this challenge already

Some fishy questions:

1) Classic interpretations only? Or modern interpretations? How about a feathered deinonychus?

2) Are Triassic mammal-like reptiles excluded? I have a rather nice Cynodont in development.

3) Can we have a limit of ten entries per person? That way, Joshua might spend a bit more time making his creations a little neater.

juston · Post by **juston** » June 2nd, 2010, 6:18 am

1. Classic and modern reconstructions are both fine by me. In fact, I really like some of the super-outdated dinosaur reconstructions... they've got character. So, a feathered deinonychus is cool with me, as is a non-feathered one.

2. I guess I'd be okay with any of the mammal-like reptiles (I'm already accepting the pelycosaurs so I guess I shouldn't discriminate against the therapsids)... cynodont is fine by me.

3. I tend to agree, though I'm hesitant to encourage any rule that targets one user specifically. And I'm not sure anything is going to make him slow down... I mean, he's been told point-blank to slow down by several users here and it's had no effect.

origamimasterjared · Post by **origamimasterjared** » June 2nd, 2010, 11:55 pm

Here's some prehistoric stuff I have:

Mamenchisaurus

Plesiosaurus

Diplocaulus

Eoraptor

Click on pictures for more info.

paperlion · Post by **paperlion** » June 3rd, 2010, 3:34 am

Oooh, I really like the Eoraptor. I especially like the angle.

Post by **Daydreamer** » June 3rd, 2010, 12:12 pm

@Jared - Those aren't new models though

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 3rd, 2010, 2:40 pm

baby stegosaurus.

Post by **origami_8** » June 3rd, 2010, 2:43 pm

Hedgehog?

origamimasterjared · Post by **origamimasterjared** » June 3rd, 2010, 6:51 pm

paperlion wrote:Oooh, I really like the Eoraptor. I especially like the angle.

Thanks a lot! Diplocaulus is still my favorite. But the angle on that Eoraptor is unbeatable.

Daydreamer wrote:@Jared - Those aren't new models though

Yeah, but they're newly uploaded, and I think they're appropriate for the topic. Don't worry, I still have one I'm working on. And seeing as I need it ready by the NYC convention, it better be ready for this challenge!

redheadorigami · Post by **redheadorigami** » June 4th, 2010, 7:08 am

Just wondering, can anyone start the competitions and can they choose anyone to be the judge?

Post by **origami_8** » June 4th, 2010, 2:37 pm

Theoretically every member can start folding challenges and give a set of rules. However the Monthly Folding Challenge's set of rules states that the winner has to be chosen from the winner of the previous month, who is also responsible for deciding and starting the topic for the following month. The judge (previous month's winner) and the winner aren't allowed to win the next challenge.

Donya · Post by **Donya** » June 4th, 2010, 8:46 pm

Paleo-origami is one of my favorite topics as well. This will be a fun month to watch!

Here is a pair of Parasaurolophus (I thought perhaps female and male colorings respectively), each one from a 15cm square:

The left one has 31 steps if I counted right. I still find the August 2009 challenge inspiring as far as fold count.

Diagrams I just uploaded:
http://donyaquick.deviantart.com/art/Or ... -166442190
(or http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/ ... aQuick.pdf if the other URL causes problems)

Razzmatazz · Post by **Razzmatazz** » June 4th, 2010, 9:37 pm

@Donya,
your great at coming up with models and diagrams so quickly. Your awesome at making simple but elegant folds that are clean and admirable.

dinogami · Post by **dinogami** » June 4th, 2010, 9:43 pm

Here's my Mymoorapelta (yes, the dermal armor extends too far over the hips -- I know):

...and here's my Iguanodon:

Both wet-folded from elephant hide. I really ought to redo them at some point with MC'd unryu or tissue... The Mymoorapelta was really generated more as an exercise in spike generation from pleats; the basic principle could be used to generate any ankylosaurid, nodosaurid, polacanthid, or any other spiky-bodied animal, like an aetosaur. This model actually stemmed from a Stegosaurus I invented but that I don't much like (and so won't show here). I also have some untested ideas about how to make the dorsal osteoderms look more like actual ankylosaur osteoderms, but didn't express them in this model.