origami metalic insect

philipinorigami101 · Post by **philipinorigami101** » July 8th, 2010, 1:12 am

yay, almost done with the cp(and i just started today)!BTW, i'm using gift wrap paper. maybe not a good choice, but worth a shot

philipinorigami101 · Post by **philipinorigami101** » July 8th, 2010, 3:30 am

ok, so it took me abot 2 hours to make the base, and now, how do i form it into the real thing? i can't make those spike sor where they come from?

Finward · Post by **Finward** » July 8th, 2010, 10:45 pm

Its very easy. Central point its abdomen, simmetrical middle flaps are the short pair of legs, long points between these and the abdomen are the rear legs, the heavy point at the front its the head, the remaining (and more complex) points at the front are arms, and... theres a small split point remaining, that would be the spikes of the hip... Where are you stuck at?

philipinorigami101 · Post by **philipinorigami101** » July 8th, 2010, 11:06 pm

the big triangles that are sticking out.

Finward · Post by **Finward** » July 8th, 2010, 11:11 pm

Uhmmm, you mean the fish base-like squares and rectangles? just sink them several times till you can work with them

philipinorigami101 · December 13th, 2010, 12:11 am

ah, such memories how i remember this topic. well anyways, using gift wrap was a HORRIBLE choice, so i got used to making foil back paper. not sure if thats a good choice to, but its worth a shot. my question is what size of paper is recommended?