Dragon

My design. Folded from a ~20" square of laminated florist's foil. Someone gave me this 'paper' for free at the OUSA convention. I had my doubts about it, but it turned out ok. The foil starts to wear after the paper undergoes stress, but the plastic holds up well. The creases completely disappear if you smooth them out, so pre-creasing is not very helpful. Luckily, this model has a good folding sequence and requires very little pre-creasing, although it certainly helps to do more.

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brdparker says:

Nicely done, what with the material used, and the color looks awesome :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Petr Stuchly says:

i completely agree
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Quentin Origami says:

Yes, Ilike the proportions: long neck and tail and large wings. The paper fits the model well.
What about putting a curve in the neck?
Anyway, well done.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thank you, everybody! I did curve the neck, but I didn't like the angle of it so I curved it a different way. Looking back at it, it doesn't really have much, if any, curve to it. I like it how it is, though. I wanted to elicit a kind of anticipation rather than fluid movement with the neck-like the dragon is swooping down toward something. You can get a better idea of what I mean from the side view.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Angrydemon says:

Nice! This is the kind of dragon that everybody wants to design! How did you make the spines?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Kwan says:

I really like the spines combined with the segmented look you gave it on the neck and tail...

Also, the simple looking head seems fine... It's suitable for the pose + camera angle you put is in for this photo where it's kinda diving in flight... The head isn't really the focus of attention like it might be for a sitting down dragon.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thank you-I think is the plated dragon that I was looking for. The spines are made from 3 triangular flaps that are sunk thinner. A few more points are then Elias-stretched out of them. I am working on a CP for this, but Inkscape has some pretty severe limitations in what it can do (gahhh I want Autocad or something like that).
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Quentin Origami says:

John, TurboCad may be cheaper and possibly more user-friendly than Autocad. They have different versions, eg deluxe, Pro, etc, and you may find something affordable.
www.jr.com/imsi/pe/IMB_TCD15/
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thanks for the tip, Quentin. Autocad is really the only drawing program other than Inkscape (and, well, MSPaint) that I have any semblance of experience with (and by any semblance of experience I mean I messed around with it a little bit to see what kind of stuff it could do). I am sure any good CAD program would fit my needs.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Kwan says:

I could bring an AutoCAD install-CD with me to the next convention so you could install it on a laptop or something, but I have a feeling you don't want to wait that long =P...

AutoCAD's plenty good for things like CP's and testing out some potentially complicated things... Almost every new model I've designed in the past few years involved using AutoCAD to help me plan out stuff (especially for finding good approximation reference points, since I have NEVER used reference finder xP). I would imagine that for you, it would help in planning out circle packing, since you would have an accurate manifestation of your idea as opposed to potentially not-drawn-to-scale sketches (like your WETA lol)...

However it's a terrible choice for diagramming... I've used it for my diagrams because I'm too lazy to get/learn something else, and my models don't require anything hardcore in the diagrams... I know there are many better choices when it comes to diagrams... And for that matter, there are even more options for CP's... Not sure what would be best in terms of freeware though...
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

No, preferably not. I don't know if there would be an adequate freeware, and I am certainly willing to invest a few bucks. My weta was a nightmare-I made more stupid math mistakes on those references than I ever made on any math test (okay, maybe not). Maybe I will stick to something like an old version of Freehand (cheap and known to work).
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

blue paper says:

Hey! I was wondering when (or if) you were going to finish your dragon, I didn't think you would use the florists foil though.... Good job though. But I noticed that there seems to be a strange 'bulge' on the leading edge between the base of the wing and the thumb-finger thing, and that seems a little off to me.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Moonspinner1 says:

Wonderful dragon
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thanks-I used the florist's foil partly because I liked the color, partly because it would actually work for this model, and partly because I am probably going to fold this again-especially if I want to fix some things (I would like the legs to be just a little bit longer).

There is a little bit of a bulge-it is just the outline of the wing. I mountain-folded part of it behind to hide the pleat-sunk, angular edge, and it created that little bulge. I took note of it and worried about it for a while, but I eventually decided it looked OK. Now that you bring it up, though, it could be better. You are envisioning a smoother, more streamlined edge, no? The bulge does give a little bit more volume to the wings and gives them a more rounded shape, so I might keep it. Or maybe I could even pull out those pleats for more paper to give it a smooth, rounded edge, yet retain the bulkiness of the bulge?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Rhox.inK says:

i love it!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thank you.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

baka-yaro says:

I can't wait for the CP i hope you will finish it sucesful good luck ;)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

YAGORIGAMANIA says:

wonderful dragon!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

J0nB0n says:

Thank you!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Petr Stuchly says:

hi John! again here!
i have to say this is my fave origami drgon of all!
the spines make it really unique!
i completely agree with angrydemon. i have been waiting for a nice dragon design for ages and i am still waiting =D
i have to admire your job on this model!!! well done!!! the color and shape reminds me of a dragon Saphira from my favourite book =P (and this is probably the reason why do i like it so much!)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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