Baltorigamist

[Baltorigamist]

My newest design: Acrocinus longimanus


Acrocinus longimanus v1.0 by Me by Baltorigamist, on Flickr

A close-up of the back


Acrocinus longimanus (Close-Up 1) by Baltorigamist, on Flickr

[bnm70]

Woah. Cool bug

[Baltorigamist]

Thanks. I'm glad two months of design paid off.

[papagimp]

that thing would give me the heebie jeebies for sure. Nicely done

[bnm70]

How do you make that beutiful crane on a crane on a crane?

[Baltorigamist]

I'm glad you like it. It's pretty simple, actually. Just fold a grafted frog base and then sink and unsink for an hour and a half.

[OrigamiGeek]

I rely like the Acrocinus longimanus It looks so hard to make

[diego-origami-brasil]

Nice bug. Good proportions, really good proportions

[Baltorigamist]

Thanks guys! It's actually pretty easy to fold, just time-consuming. And a good chunk of that is final shaping, getting everything in the right position.

[bnm70]

Actually, whats the point of sinking and unsinking if you don't even use those creases?

Please make diagrams!

[Baltorigamist]

What do you mean what's the point if the creases aren't used? The sinks and unsinks are used to create enough points for the two smaller cranes.

[bnm70]

Never mind.

[Baltorigamist]

I finally drew up the CP for my Cyclommatus imperator. For anyone who wants to try it out, here it is:


cyclommatus imperator by Baltorigamist, on Flickr

[loganorigami]

Is it thirds?

[Baltorigamist]

Not even close.
Going up from the bottom left:
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Up from bottom right:
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And that doesn't even factor in the grafts for the toe splits, which I didn't draw due to laziness (Oripa needs a "bring-point-to-edge-from-a-given-point" feature).