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I am having trouble with the head of the Woodland elf by Stephen Weiss published in the Jay Merril book "Fantasy Creatures" or something like that I left the book home. As most other models on this book the diagrams are terrible.

Could someone please give me some hints as to what is it supposed to be done here? The first step seems like a sink but i just can seem to know what to do
Thanks

I ordered the book from the local library just yesterday, so I hope I can help you

Cupcake wrote:I ordered the book from the local library just yesterday, so I hope I can help you

Thanks for the kind offer. This was an old topic (almost one year old). I got an answer from the O-list on this subject (from Wolf I think) and not even her got the head the way it is supposed to be.

If you bought that book, be prepared to ask a lot on these forums because those diagrams are really bad

Okay... better keep this post open because I am prone to mistakes

Actually if anyone could help me I'm in a bit of trouble I have absolutely NO clue what happens on the first 6 steps. Could someone give me either REALLY detailed instruction help or possibly picture help? I really want to fold this, I just don't get the first 6 steps....

I answered the pm you sent me on Flickr but I think the forum is the best way to discuss this topic so here I go. The Woodland Elf by Stephen Weiss is a great model, the diagrams for it found on Origami sorucebook are not. This most be the 100th time I've cursed that book, those diagrams are so bad.

Start with a 10" by 15" paper. Precrease the 16ths first,



then find the 2/3rds and crease


then find the half of the 1/3


This is what you should get.



Lift that half of a 1/3 you made at the begnning


Make new creases so that the model can be closed


Same from another side


When you close the "accordion" this is how it should look



this is how I made the stretch, the way that it is shown on the book is too complicated:


So I hope this helps you to start and I am sure you will be back with more questions because of those unclear diagrams.

Hey Man! Thanks! Yeah I agree that the diagrams are a little hard to understand. Is the "pushing" of the paper near the crotch the same as the push in the legs for the Origami Man In Hood on Youtube.com?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwBP4cG3OTI

Oh and when you reverse the angle on step 3 is it up to the existing crease, or about halfway up the existing crease?

Oh and can you possibly show pictures on the making of the head? Because I really don't get that thing.

redgator12 wrote:Hey Man! Thanks! Yeah I agree that the diagrams are a little hard to understand. Is the "pushing" of the paper near the crotch the same as the push in the legs for the Origami Man In Hood on Youtube.com?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwBP4cG3OTI

Yes but start from the third ridge on each side as shown in the diagrams.

redgator12 wrote:Oh and when you reverse the angle on step 3 is it up to the existing crease, or about halfway up the existing crease?

Align the original crease with the edge of the pleats and make new crease so that the model can be flattened. You can not actually see the small diagonal on step 4, that's an X-ray (another mistake on the diagrams).

redgator12 wrote:Oh and can you possibly show pictures on the making of the head? Because I really don't get that thing.

When I started this thread 3 1/2 years ago that was the point for it, I could not understand what to do there. Turns out the diagrams are correct on these steps and I just figured it out.

The paper I used is too thick so it won't work, but I am going to try to show you how to do it.

Don't do yet the rabbit ear for the arms on step 7, leave it until the end.

Step 10


Step 10a

Lift the paper and open a pocket

Introduce the lower paper into the pocket


Since you are already doing the head, I guess you understood step 6, but for future people coming to this thread searching for advice, here goes:

There is a big mistake at step 6. Diagrams forget to say that after you precrease those diagonals (fold and unfold), you have to turn the model so that the flap that was pointing up, points down and then rotate it clockwise 90 degrees, so the flap that was pointing up becomes the flap on the left and the flap on the left becomes the one pointing up. Then is that you have to do the reverse folds.

Good luck

How do you put pictures on this when they aren't on a website? Because I want to know If I'm doing this right. You said that when you do the angled reverse fold you bring the existing crease up to the edge of the crimp. Is the existing crease the crease made when you fold the raw edge of the half square to the edge in step 1? Do you fold that up to the upper edge?
If you can and do post pictures, please try to use a colored pen to show the existing crease.[/code]

Everything you said about the original crease is correct.

Regarding the pictures first you need to have them hosted somewhere that the BBcode can access. Then you need to know what their url is and then you just click on img about the text box, paste the url for the picture and click on img again.

Posting Pictures viewtopic.php?t=721

Under How to... , Look for the Sticky: How to Insert Pictures.

1. Upload pictures to your personal Web site hosted by your ISP... or
1a. Get a Free account on one of the public Sites, such as Flickr.
2. Figure out the specific link to your photo, including the http://.
3. Insert the entire link in your post between [img]Your%20Link[/img]
to see the photo.... or
3a. Insert the link in Your link to indicate a hot link to your pix.

(I may have left out a step in this summary, but the Sticky Post answers most questions.)

- Hank Simon