My First Dragon

As I was studying the different bases that appear in Origami, I realised that bases could be a quick shortcut in the process of creation. At that time, I was trying to create simply (and rather vaguely) a monster, and thus I fiddled around with the paper until I arrived at a cute little base derived from the waterbomb base. Here you go...


Upon further analysis, I found out that this is essentially a blintzed bird base.

Subsequently, I folded my monster out of it, but it wasn't terribly satisfactory and thus I have forgotten how to fold it due to lack of practice.

It wasn't long, however, when I strove to improve on this base. It appeared that bases could evolve into more advanced ones with many more points through the process of blintzing, which invloves folding the 4 corners of the square to the centre and using the new folded square to fold the base. The flaps that come from the blintzing can be pulled out abd after some reshaping, a new base emerges.

Well, I tried the blintzing method on the Monster Base and it worked well, transforming my boring little base into a much more interesting one: the Super Monster Base. (Please do not criticise my naming, I'm just sticking to the name I gave it literally years ago. =)



Okay, so it looks pretty but it also looks pretty different from the monster base. However, with a little experimentation, you'll find out that it is indeed a blintzed monster base.

Of course, I simply must find something good to fold from the base, and my first choice was Monster mark two. It turned out really nice, with claws and wings and many other things and I was very satisfied with it. However, I still forgot about it.

So, quite naturally (many other folders will agree with me), my next choice was a dragon. It was grand and majestic, with claws and wings and many many many other things. Here's a photo of it:






Just look at those huge spikes. Wow.

Admittedly, the head looks more like one of an eagle or griffin than that of a dragon. But with those huge wings and big spikes, what could be better?

I bet you're itching to fold this beauty, so here's the CP:


Just to help, the edge grafts are as wide as 1/8 of the side of the starting square.
Unfortunately, I'm a very lazy guy and I neglected to put any creases on the edge grafts. Just treat the paper as unfolded after the edge grafts, it'll work out right.
Stretch your imagination when folding the squares allocated for the head and tail!
Just for an interesting challenge, can you reverse-engineer from the photos to find out how I folded my head and tail?

It looks horribly complicated and doesn't seem to have a connection with the super monster base at all... Still, I would encourage experienced folders to try folding the dragon from the base.

Even the CP looks beautiful...
Good luck folding the CP!


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