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Hi all,

BOS convention this weekend was great! Nick Robinson has twisted my arm to write a report for the magazine, which will be ready soon. I've got a memory-card full of photos, which I'll stick on fishgoth.com in the next week. In the meantime, here are some photos of models that I designed recently, and have kept under wraps until after the convention, where they were first shown. All models are folded from a single uncut square, unless stated otherwise.

To start: Preying Mantis

Designed last year, I've found a way to thin the legs even more. Folded from a mulberry/foil composite.

Medusa - A brute to fold! Inspired by Joisel's Siren model, cramming that many snakes into the head was a real pain.

Great Wyrm

I've posted an earlier version of this model on this forum. Inspired by Satoshi Kamiya's dragons, I felt that they lacked scales, teeth and a tongue, so I've designed a supercomplex model with all of these thrown in. Next year, I'll try for eye-lashes, too.

Badger, badger, badger, mushroom and snake

This model will make no sense unless you look at http://www.weebls-stuff.com. The badger is folded from two squares.

Magical Trevor

Another Weebl's stuff inspired model. I wrote to Jonti, creator of the badgers and Trevor, and he wrote back, saying the models were cool. Folded from three squares.

Leo

Named after a doctor colleague called 'Leo' for reasons explained during the convention, which were a bit rude.

Neptune Beetle

Modified from an earlier design from 2002 to give it a more 3-D body.



I'll post a few more a bit later. I'll post other people's photos later on in the week.

Fishgoth.

And a few more...

Stag

I spent a lot of time trying to get a seamless closed back effect.

Styracosaurus

Another modified design - by adding a couple of strips on the edge of the model, I created another set of horns, a mouth and toes.

Black Widow

Folded the square into an octagon, and each corner became a leg.

Pureland Wizard

Folded from two squares, which lock together. A 'Pureland' model is folded from mountain and valley folds only - no reverse folds/sinks/crimps, etc. And no cuts or glue. This restrictive technique is sometimes a harder challenege than supercomplex origami!

Wow! Nice models! What type of paper is that?

congrat! Your wizard folded in such strong restriction is simply genius.

badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom snaaaaake

Tee hee! I used to be obssesed with that video