Peace on Earth...

I don't really know how I stumbled on this angel, but I remember I was just trying a preliminary base with inside reverse folds on each flap. Then I made the head with a sink and a squash, and it all went from there. The CP below includes the head and wings, but it doesn't show how the arms are made. Thats for you to figure out.


As you can see, its fairly simple. It actually ends up quite a bit like the Frog Man that I folded from a frog base quite a while ago.

Reindeer

For me, its quite a challenge to fold something thats somewhat complex yet not boxpleated. However, I'm still trying my best to not use boxpleating, and I believe that I am learning something from it. It certainly makes the models look a lot nicer. Now if only I could figure out how to design from CPs this way...
Anyways, I did end up folding something that looks like a reindeer. The only problem is that the head is huge compared to the body. I guess that it must be a bit cartoonish...


That up there is the CP for the reindeer, as you probably guessed. The right and left sections, around the middle, are a bit strange. I drew them on how it looked, but it still doesn't seem quite right.

Happy Holidays

Seeing as the holidays are fast approaching, I had to do my part by folding that Christmas tree that I wanted to fold. I didn't quite get as many decorations on it as I would have liked, but it came out incredible cleanly folded. In fact, this is one of my first times with tissue foil that I didn't really mess any of it up with wrinkles. The model also came out incredibly simple, but thats okay.


The little things in the corners can be however big you want them to be. They are the little ornaments. It is possible to make it with more ornaments, but I really like how this ended up.



And this year, as a late Christmas gift, here are the Diagrams.

Squirrel

Yesterday, I decided that it was time to design something. I'm halfway through the month, and I've only already folded two things. I started folding, trying to fold a christmas tree with decorations, but I just couldn't get it. After about a hours worth of folding and getting absolutely nothing, I gave up. Then, after calming down, I tried folding something else. Something rather random. I ended up with a squirrel. I just thought of Komatsu's squirrel, and decided to try something like it. Starting with the tail, I folded my way up the the head and voila. I had a squirrel.
The CP is a bit hard to understand. The inner line by the middle diagonal is 1/8th from the middle. The line just after that is 1/4 away from the middle.


As you can see, the top right corner and the bottom corner are paper not used. You can just fold them under the model (in case you didn't already know that).



Oh, and for those of you who are wondering: I'm still going to try and fold that christmas tree. I don't know if I'll be able, but I'll try my best.

The anger of the skies

I've always though of a thunder and lightning storm to be the anger of the sky. It just starts shooting down streaks of energy and making loud sounds because of the heat. Even if you don't think that its anger, it certainly isn't happiness. Anyway, this month's challenge is emotion, on the english origami forum. The idea is to be able to express emotion through art, like some painters do. Personally, I think it may be a bit hard in some ways. But I won't get into details.
The CP is a bit random, but you should understand it after a while


The top part is the cloud. You just have to fold it down and crinkle it until it looks like a cloud. The bolts need a bit of thinning and shaping done afterwards.

Soaring high in the sky

A long, long time ago, I told a person from the BZFlag forums, by the name of eagle, that I would try and fold an eagle. I was in luck this month, because I didn't have any ideas for the french forum's challenge, to fold a model with color changes. Well, I could probably have very easily folded something, but I wanted a nice model. Then, once I saw eagle on the forums once again, I knew what I could fold.
After a very short time folding, I made a base that worked well:

The red lines are the reference points, at 1/4 from the center to the corner. The other line just bottom right of the red line is 3/8 from the center to the corner.

This base required quite a bit of shaping, but after some time you should get a model that looks something like this: