Self-Made Man

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 23rd, 2008, 12:50 am

Has anyone here ever made this?

[img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/ ... n-gros.jpg[/img]

It seems rather simple due to the fact that the body portion is just a square bit of paper ... but something tells me it's probably exceedingly difficult to model.

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » January 23rd, 2008, 1:19 am

Hmm, well it's one of Joisel's, and just by looking at it, you can tell its box-pleated, which makes it easier to figure out. Really, the only thing that looks exeedingly difficult is making that face... Not many, if any, do it better than Joisel.

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 23rd, 2008, 2:03 am

I just got to thinking ... it almost reminds me of the dwarf base, only because of the waterbomb base that makes up the model in the middle. You can almost just wrap the hands around so it's holding the paper. Just a thought. I'd like to figure this one out, but it seems a little tough. Too bad he didn't put a CP of it out there.

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » January 23rd, 2008, 2:35 am

You're correct, it is a lot like his dwarf, just with different proportions. If you study the dwarf CP, it won't be hard at all to make a fairly accurate reproduction.

Trekker_1983 · Post by **Trekker_1983** » January 23rd, 2008, 3:36 am

that reminded me of this model by Tom Defoirdt

Beating Life Into Paper

The CP is here.

ori-gauthier · Post by **ori-gauthier** » January 23rd, 2008, 8:56 am

I folded it from photo:

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » January 23rd, 2008, 4:44 pm

Excellent ori-gauthier, quite an accomplishment.

A while ago we had a thread of folding models without diagrams or CP's, just from the picture and it was pretty cool.

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 23rd, 2008, 5:20 pm

Yeah, that is a talent all unto itself. Like I said, it can't be THAT difficult, but at the same time, I could be mistaken. I'll give it a shot, and perhaps post it if it's not too embarrassing.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » February 17th, 2008, 5:51 am

For those interested in this model, maybe these two photos could help:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephwuor ... 881537906/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephwuor ... 881538826/

klnothincomin · Post by **klnothincomin** » February 17th, 2008, 3:13 pm

Interesting, ori-gauthier, good job on folding it from only the photo!

rdrutel · Post by **rdrutel** » February 19th, 2008, 12:19 am

Don't change the proportions. I looked at this and it is exactly the same as the dwarf base with the difference that instead of forming a diamond shape in the center at step 4, you follow the same creases and make a square shape and then mold till it looks like the picture

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ROD

hobbestheprince · February 19th, 2008, 11:16 pm

rdrutel wrote:Don't change the proportions. I looked at this and it is exactly the same as the dwarf base with the difference that instead of forming a diamond shape in the center at step 4, you follow the same creases and make a square shape and then mold till it looks like the picture .

ROD

What do you mean "step 4?" In the Tanteidan magazine?

rdrutel · Post by **rdrutel** » February 20th, 2008, 4:17 am

Sent you an email...let me know if it helps..

ROD