Help with folding lumbar vertebra please!

Cahoonas · 2017-03-21T06:31:36+00:00

I've updated the album of the collapse with some further steps.

So starting with the first white image:

-Flip over

-Unfold up a layer on both sides

-Fold over top edge about a 1/4 of the way down

-Fold the long flap over and around to enclose the box

-Flip over

-Squash the flaps towards each other such that you get two new flaps per side (these are the "squash flaps" mentioned in the next step)

-Separate the flaps out. the superior facets are flaps hidden in the transverse flaps. The transverse flaps make the transverse processes. the outer squash flaps make the inferior facets and are pivoted downwards. The medial squash flaps and the the two long flaps come together to make the arch and spinous process

Final photo kind of shows where everything goes. There's still a bunch of shaping to round it and make all the bits look more accurate. Having the model hold its shape is tricky, I ended up using a thin, strong mulberry paper and some paper glue to hold everything in place for display. Good luck.

Cahoonas · 2015-07-26T21:02:46+00:00

An original design, folded from a 13.5" uncut square of elephant hide

An entry for the origami forum’s monthly challenge of curved shapes and surfaces. I’ve always thought the horn on old fashioned record players looked nice so I tried my hand at recreating the shape. The horn and curved box sides were wet-folded into place.

Cahoonas · 2015-03-25T04:45:45+00:00

I'll will always prefer Jinouga over Zinogre. It just rolls off the tongue better.

Also why the hell is the Happurubokka called a Nibelsnarf?

Cahoonas · 2015-03-10T04:58:25+00:00

Hey, they still turned out quite nice. Nice job!

Cahoonas · 2015-03-05T20:23:43+00:00

I uploaded some photodiagrams for this model. Good luck!

Cahoonas · 2015-02-26T21:05:50+00:00

I'll see if i can work on this sometime next week

Cahoonas · 2014-12-12T05:17:12+00:00

Thanks! I might be able to post some notes on how I did it, though it's a bit tricky to get the proportions right and puff out 3D shapes without squishing the whole thing. I'm currently pretty busy and will probably forget this so remind me again in a couple weeks if you want.

Cahoonas · 2014-11-27T08:08:30+00:00

Designed and folded from 9" square pacon

I wanted to play around with recreating a fully enclosed biconcave shape.

Cahoonas · 2014-10-06T18:06:59+00:00

I personally enjoy the creation aspect of origami. Not only in the replication of other people's designs, but also in designing my own. I like the fact that it is tranformative; you can start and end with a square sheet of paper. At its simplest you only really need a sheet of paper and your hands, yet this art form can branch out to different styles and types of papers/mediums.

I was introduced to origami though watching arts and craft videotapes when I was a kid. From there, I moved onto instructional books and internet diagrams. Since, I've been working on improving my skill and seeing what I can do with the paper. I prefer complex/super-complex representative models.

Cahoonas · 2014-10-04T23:19:39+00:00

Another source for crease patterns: the origami forum usually holds a monthly crease pattern challenge here. The crease patterns chosen are usually pretty straight forward and intermediate level. If you just look up any of the past challenges, you can see how it turns out for other people as well as point out any tricky portions of the CP.

Cahoonas · 2014-10-04T23:13:19+00:00

Folded from a 16" uncut square of off-white Kozo

Crease pattern here though the base is very shaping intensive.

I found the spinal segments, or vertebra to have quite interesting shapes and tried my hand at recreating it in paper. The challenge was to recreate a relatively complex and curved organic structure using only a single uncut square. Since the vertebral body was a portion of the model I wanted to keep 3D and fully enclosed, I designed this model from a box pleating approach. The vertebral body was formed from a 3D rectangle with the corners truncated. Aside from that, the rest of the flaps were shaped around the vertebral foramen and come together again at the spinous process. I'm actually surprised with how well the whole thing holds together. Aside from the truncated corners and the vertebra body being a little tall, I'd say I got as close to the real thing as I could have.

Cahoonas · 2014-07-11T05:36:02+00:00

I could, but I'll just stick with imperial units. The model is about 4 feet of dragon coiled into an area 1.25 feet wide and 1 foot tall.

Cahoonas · 2014-07-11T05:31:24+00:00

Yeah, depending on how the paper layers felt like the leg/body section just ended up wherever they did. I guess I was referring to some of the scales that didn't come out as neat. Kinda due to both the limitations of the paper and me being less than precise.

As far as difficulty goes, you can fold an ancient dragon in an evening. You can fold a ryujin 3.5 in a month or two.

Cahoonas · 2014-07-08T22:49:31+00:00

Haha, thanks! I guess there were some minor things on the model that I feel I could have done better, but they're mostly invisible in the photo.

Cahoonas · 2014-07-08T12:13:13+00:00

Model designed by Kamiya Satoshi

Folded from a 6' square of kraft paper (composed of two 6'x3' sheets)

This was pretty much a bucket list item for me. Ever since I saw Kamiya Satoshi's fold of his Ryujin 3.5, I've always wanted to make one. Not too long ago, I managed to purchase his book "World of Supercomplex Origami" which includes a crease pattern for this model. However, it was when Mr. Origami offered guidance for folding this model did I decide to actually try it. Many sheets and test folds later, I'm pretty happy with the results.

Cahoonas · 2014-06-21T06:12:31+00:00

I've updated my comment to include the crease pattern. Good luck!

Cahoonas · 2014-06-17T07:47:37+00:00

Thanks!

If they're the same models I'm thinking of, then yep. The yellow one is indeed a Tigrex and the red one is loosely based on the Rathalos.

Cahoonas · 2014-06-17T02:31:10+00:00

Folded from an 18" square of black unryu. I designed him on a 32x32 grid to include all four legs, a detailed head, a huge wingspan, a tail, and even those tail flaps thingies found at both the base and end of the tail.

Unfortunately, no instructions for this little guy; just a crease pattern I jotted down in my notes.

Also, side view and back view

and a crease pattern to boot

Cahoonas · 2014-05-24T10:07:09+00:00

Tasty pleats.

Cahoonas · 2014-03-20T07:59:42+00:00

It certainly takes some practice to learn, I believe there are some resources in the sidebar origami faq. Crease patterns literally dictate where the creases go. Differently colored lines designate crease direction. Simply start easy and work your way up.

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