Compsognathus by Dr J.A. Wagnar

[btingley]

I have no experience with doing origami except for the standard bird that I have making for friends and family for years. Recently I attempted to do a dinosaur for my grandson and found a Compsognathus by Dr J.A. Wagnar at http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/diagram ... nathus.pdf. I struggled a little over the first 11 steps but am stumped at step #12 which says "petal fold to one side". I know what a petal fold is but do not understand what needs to be done to get it to look like the diagram in step #13. I think I should have started out with something a little simpler but this one only had 2 stars so I thought, "What the heck!" If anyone can help me with this one I would really appreciate it!

[phillipcurl]

crease a right triangle with valley folds, and from the tip of that, crease straight down. collapse it, and fold it to the right.
hope it helps.

[origami_8]

That step is named wrongly, it is no petal fold but a rabbit ear. To make it, do the shown valley folds, pinch the tip together and fold it up to the right.

[btingley]

By George, I think I have it! Thanks!

[Fishgoth]

Who on earth is Dr JA Wagner? He's a palaeontologist. I'm the paperfolding medic. Here are some forthcoming photos from the revised version of my website...









Regards,

Fishgoth aka Dr Stephen O'Hanlon