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Bird base in the middle of the paper
Posted: January 8th, 2012, 12:49 am
by topsu
Here's the problem. Whenever I encounter a bird base in the middle of a CP I know I'm going to have a headache with it. If you try to straightforwardly collapse one of these guys you'll soon notice the process requires some forcing of the paper in order to get it done. It usually leaves a weak, wrinkly result behind.
I'm simply asking for a solution to folding this cleanly as I can't come up with my own. Thanks in advance.
Re: Bird base in the middle of the paper
Posted: January 8th, 2012, 1:08 am
by Baltorigamist
Collapse it as a waterbomb, fold a rabbit-ear, and unsink the layers (1 open followed by 2 closed). Robert Lang uses this pretty heavily in his designs, and I've even used it a few times.
Re: Bird base in the middle of the paper
Posted: January 8th, 2012, 10:57 am
by topsu
Baltorigamist wrote:Collapse it as a waterbomb, fold a rabbit-ear, and unsink the layers (1 open followed by 2 closed). Robert Lang uses this pretty heavily in his designs, and I've even used it a few times.
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much : )
Re: Bird base in the middle of the paper
Posted: January 8th, 2012, 2:48 pm
by Baltorigamist
No problem. For examples, see Lang's Butterfly in Insects and Their Kin, Silverfish in ODS2, and Tarantula in Insects II.