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Hi!
I'm trying to make a crane...
I want it with feet, but have some problem to find a good way to fold them.
The legs are like the 2 bottom part of a bird base, offcourse they have to be thinner...
Hope you did understand.
Any Idea?

thanks

bye
Dioniso

that was pretty easy took me only 5 Minutes to fold.



maybe I will fold it again with better paper, when I'm at home (right now, I'm at work).

it's easy:

1. begin with a square
2. fold the 4 corners to the center line
3. now make a birdbase with the 4 courners inside
4. pull out the four courners. the model will look like this:


5. reverse fold 4 times


6. reverse fold 8 times


7. fold the wings up, while stretching the little corners


8. form the feet


9. finish the crane

I'll explain me better!!!
adding some photo.

this is the crane I'm doing. Bad folded, but it doesn't matter now.
It doesn't have feet...
[img]http://www.tuttuben.it/img_1188.jpg[/img]

this is one try with feet
[img]http://www.tuttuben.it/img_1185.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.tuttuben.it/img_1186.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.tuttuben.it/img_1187.jpg[/img]

but I have trouble folding them and thinning the legs..
have to find a nice way.

this is the crane half unfolded to show how is the leg before folding it.
On the left, the right leg.
[img]http://www.tuttuben.it/img_1189.jpg[/img]

thank you
Dioniso

That´s the sweetest dog-crane I´ve ever seen, thanks for the instructions RealChris

You mean something like this: [img]http://design.origami.free.fr/bestof/na ... %20Max.JPG[/img]
This is a crane with feet by my friend Daniel Naranjo. you can find the Cp at http://design.origami.free.fr/bestof/na ... Grulla.htm

Try it it is very easy and the result is worth the effort

Hey Chris or someone that knows:

Is there a name for the base you obtained in step 8?

I've seen it used several times and I have used it myself for some insect and I would like to know the name and original author if possible

Use blitS fold! ... feet so crane the centa

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Rock

to Brimstone: I know that crane, but it doesn't have the feet like I want...
if you look at the pictures I posted you can see how I want the feet, the problem is that it is a trouble to fold, and I had to made them go.

to Rock: what? sorry but my english isn't good enouth to understand.

thank you...
Dioniso

to Rock: what? sorry but my english isn't good enouth to understand.

you are "probably" not alone with that
I'm pretty sure, that Rock could speak a better english, if he only would like to do.

Use blitS fold! ... feet so crane the centa

use blintz-fold... feet so crane to the center????


Christian

yes, the crane base is center, blintz flaps legs

......though this methids betta! /
http://img195.echo.cx/img195/2622/cw4fleg2mq.jpg
http://design.origami.free.fr/bestof/na ... %20Max.JPG

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a name for the base you obtained in step 8?

blitz bird base

<<Rock n robot>>

wrong!
take a look:

stretched birdbase
[img]http://img178.echo.cx/img178/2492/strbb2bs.jpg[/img]


Christian

haha, is stresh bird base + rabit eir

the stretched birdbase includes the collapse at the end (what is basically not a real rabbit ear, I think). the result is a birdbase with a stretched center... a stretched birdbase.
maybe somebody with manners can approve or disprove. oh, btw: those diagrams are from engel's "from angelfish to zen" and even Peter Engel calls it a "stretched birdbase".


Christian

Of course it is not a stretched bird base. I wouldn't have asked if it were so

If you like a crane with feet you could also try Vong's Crane.


Diagrams are here on his site.