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Origami Pukeko Chick v1.1


Change log:
  1. Longer legs
  2. Rounder body
Diagram can be downloaded here.

Design & Fold

The first version was popular. Bunch of people commented on the post and requested for instruction. Many pointed out that the bird should have longer legs. I agree. So before it is diagrammed, that proportion got to be fixed.

I spent some time experimenting with changing the reference, but ultimately what's working is this old proportion. To make the legs longer, a strip of paper for the bird's body is donated to the legs. Some more tweaks are done to the bird's head or body.

The diagram sequencing was straightforward. The trickiest part is the leg, where the thickness can easily cause uneven width. So the sequence tried to minimize possibility of slippage. It is a faithful replication of how I fold this model.

The fold uses another scrap of unryu, 30 cm.
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