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Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 2nd, 2013, 8:10 pm
by hobbestheprince
I came across this box pleated model and would like to try folding it:

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It seems to be a rather simple variation of this model:

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I'm not positive but would like any feedback on what the forum thinks the best way to get to a base and I'll just shape to get close to the model.

Thanks for any replies :)

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 2nd, 2013, 9:04 pm
by Fluffy
I dont know if they are variated of each other because look at the proportions.
Jake

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 2nd, 2013, 9:13 pm
by hobbestheprince
Yeah it seems you're right. I'm a bit stumped but it looks almost like a standard box-pleated human base.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 3rd, 2013, 2:58 am
by bethnor
try tominaga kazuhiro's soldier in origami tanteidan #13. it seems closer to the base of the megaman. looks like you would have to graft on some fingers though.

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Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 4th, 2013, 12:28 am
by hobbestheprince
Thanks for the reply! It looks almost exactly like the mega man model. I will certainly give it a fold. I knew it looked familiar and that soldier model rang the bell in my scrambled brain.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 4th, 2013, 3:53 am
by origamibeast
ive have designed somethink like megaman but i cant post of photo of it sorry


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Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 4th, 2013, 7:47 pm
by hobbestheprince
Lol, well, thanks for letting me know that.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 6:41 am
by Langko
I designed and folded this for you...
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It doesn't look exactly like the mega man you posted above but it is pretty close. My fold isn't the greatest because I used a 24cm square... I'm sure if you used a bigger piece of paper you could get something that looks better. I hope this helps :D

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 3:11 pm
by hobbestheprince
Langko: What is the grid for this model? I'm not the best at crease patterns, do you have a photo diagram by any chance?

Lastly, did you just modify the soldier model? You're model looks really close to Mega Man, it's very impressive.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 5:23 pm
by origami_8
The grid is 32x32 if I counted correctly.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 9:58 pm
by hobbestheprince
Thank you :) it's hard for me to tell by looking at it.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 11:33 pm
by origami_8
That's why you have to count. Take a part where the grid is almost complete (in this case the middle) and start counting from one side to the other. When you reach the middle you can stop counting and just multiply the number by two.
Another possibility would be to take a ruler, measure the lenghts of the Square and the lengths of one segment, then divide the first number through the second. Should give you the same result.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 5th, 2013, 11:47 pm
by Langko
Yes the grid is 32. I don't have photo diagrams, sorry :(
No, I didn't modify the soldier model. Don't have cp or diagrams for that...
I designed it myself from scratch, I just tried to make it look as as close to mega man as possible :)

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 6th, 2013, 3:03 am
by hobbestheprince
Well it's very cool. I'm not great at deciphering CPs unfortunately. I've done Joisels dwarf but the valley and mountain folds were pretty laid out and there was a thread on the base and advice.

I'll try to sort it out.

Re: Origami Mega Man

Posted: January 6th, 2013, 4:57 pm
by hobbestheprince
Am I correct that folding the longer lines in a CP are more important to get to the base, and that the smaller ones are for details? That's what I gathered from searching google.

It seems some lines are fairly short and zig zag back and forth. Is there a technique to fold that or is it more of a manual fold and being very careful?