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Here is the crease pattern for my Box Pleated Swords.
I'll upload some photo diagrams to help illustrate some of the finishing details.

I was experimenting with making birdbases on a blintzed fish base and ended up with what I think is the same base as the blintzed bird base I use for my gryphons.
Anyway, this time I found the impression of an echidna in all those many spiky flaps.

Echidnas are a tricky subject for Origami. They have so many spikes, and the spikes are so long and thin. It would be very hard to produce a highly realistic model from one square.

I've seen another echidna model which was had many spikes and was very nice, but the spikes were very short.
Having met a couple of echidnas in real life, I feel that one of the defining characteristics of them is the shape and length of the spikes.
So here is my model, with nowhere near a realistic number of spikes, but with a shape I find more satisfying.

Legionzilla asked if I could colour change the blade on my previous sowrds, so I had to give it a go.
This is from 15cm paper blue on one side and cyan on the other.

To be more correct, I actually colour changed the hilt and left the blade alone, but the result is as desired. A blade of one colour and a hilt of the other.

While working on box pleated designs for human figures, I stumbled upon a configuration that I think makes quite a nice sword.
I think this is the first time I've done a box pleated design with diagonal symmetry.

Another entry for the October challenge.
Box Pleated from 8cm x 8cm paper.
16 x 16 grid.
I was trying to see how much detail and sculpting I could create from a relatively low-resolution pleating.

I'm pretty happy with the result. I managed to achieve hair, fingers (Only 3 though), bust, skirt and feet.
I tried to put some detail into the face but it was just too fiddly at that size.