Original Origami Designs, Tabletop RPGs, and Everything In Between
Listening to Venture Maidens, I got inspired to make a pseudodragon model based on the familiar for Arrnodel. I had a long strip left over from making a square from 8.5″ x 11″ printer paper, so I used that, taking advantage of techniques I’ve seen used a lot on dollar bill origami to create the legs and wings.
Tonight’s sushi buddy is a weasel!
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On my origami tour of the Campaign podcast, the next stop is Leenik, the Rodian who wears an eyepatch and wigs. If the Rodian of your choice in the Star Wars universe doesn’t happen to wear an eyepatch or sport a wig, just mirror the instructions for the left eye on the right, and tuck away the flap at the end that gets used for the Clark Kent curl.
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Sometimes models are born out of silly conversations on Twitter! Kalum, of the Rolistes podcast, and I were talking about origami models and the T-16 came up. Fast forward a bit and here we go:
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I’ve had Y-Wings on the brain lately because of Star Wars play-by-post game I’m in where we’re finally getting to some space combat!
I ended up using the tearing technique again. You can see the slightly ragged edges of the engines in the picture above.
While technically this little guy counts as a Ramen Buddy (we went to Menya Ultra) I like the sound of Sushi Buddy better for some reason. Anyways, the red color got me thinking along lobster lines. I used the same technique from the scorpion claws: tearing it in half partway down.
This is actually a relatively straightforward design challenge. You need a pair of long flaps for the bottom and top/cockpit and a pair of short flaps for the side wings. In this case, that means the classic Fish Base. It uses an open sink to narrow the flaps, then proceeds about the business of styling them into the recognizable bits.
One of my favorite things to do when going out for sushi is to make something fun from the inevitable chopstick wrapper. This evening I went for a scorpion, eschewing my usual rule against cutting/tearing. For a very long time, I stuck to notions of “pure” origami being a single uncut square. Then I got over myself. I still prefer an uncut square, but really, sometimes it just makes sense to make the most of the material you’ve got.
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In Young Justice, M’gann has an awesome bioship. I couldn’t resist trying to make an origami version, and I think it turned out rather well. Interestingly, the design actually has a lot in common with the way many butterfly models are folded, which I thought added a nice bit of depth to it.
Failsafe is a fantastic episode of Young Justice, and I got inspired to try my hand at making a model of one of the scout ships.
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