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YoshioKun13
Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Sacramento
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: Gaff's Origami(Chicken, Matchstick Man, Unicorn) |
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Hello all,
These are my recent attempts at creating 1:1 scale replicas of the origami figures made by Gaff as seen throughout the film.
I put the quarter there as a size reference to see how small these actually are. I've studied the figures from the film very carefully to figure out what size my figures should be to measure very closely to the ones seen in the film.
Through trial-and-error and many, many made figures later I've determined that by using two 2.5" pieces of silver foil paper for the unicorn and a 3.5" piece of white paper for the chicken, it matches very closely in scale to the origami figures seen in the film.
And of course, the match is the size of a regular match. |
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Gaff87 Community Member
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1727 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Those look great! I especially love the chicken. |
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Very well done.
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Nexus6 Community Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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BRAVO!
Any chance of a tutorial on how to fold the chicken? That's the only one I've never seen instructions for. _________________
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jfuste Community Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Nice work!!! Any plans to offer a complete set, or so? _________________
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BeastMaster Community Member
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 994 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:23 am Post subject: |
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good work! is there a guide for making the chicken? _________________ "F*ck it, it's just a movie. Let him worry about it" Harrison Ford |
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Gaff87 Community Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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I'd love to know how to make the chicken aswell. |
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temponaut Community Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful job! _________________ "Your old titles mean nothing here... Captain!" |
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YoshioKun13
Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Sacramento
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:13 am Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone!
Sadly there does not exist a tutorial for the origami chicken as there is for the unicorn. I myself had searched long and hard for one to no avail, and then a few months ago I found this video on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRqfUlWBWvE&feature=channel_page
Unfortunately you can't see a damn thing he's doing, but he has a site where you can purchase his origami figures here:
http://gaff44.web.fc2.com/
I really didn't want to buy the whole set just for the chicken, but I was banking on the hope that by taking his chicken apart I might be able to figure out how he made it.
And I've done just that.
I asked the guy beforehand if he would be able to write up instructions or a diagram on the chicken for me, but told me that it would be too difficult and that he only knew how to do it in his head. Having figured it out myself now, I would concur. It is kind of tricky.
jfuste wrote: | Nice work!!! Any plans to offer a complete set, or so? |
I'll be putting up sets on eBay, in fact I think one is about to end very soon. But I'll be listing more if there's enough demand. |
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temponaut Community Member
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 440 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for the link, YoshioKun13!
"I am slightly ashamed that I give glory to this."
Gotta love it! _________________ "Your old titles mean nothing here... Captain!" |
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jfuste Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Nice! Just ordered a complete set. The stick man is impressive! _________________
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:15 am Post subject: |
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His price on the website for the set is $10, but if you follow the payment link it is $25.
Hmmmmm.
Andy |
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Nexus6 Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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I think that video showed me just enough to figure out the chicken. I'll have a lull in my schedule next weekend, we'll see what I can do. _________________
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BeastMaster Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: |
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really?? all I could see was his big hand most the time _________________ "F*ck it, it's just a movie. Let him worry about it" Harrison Ford |
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Gaff87 Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:18 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't see what was going on most of the time either.
I think at the start he did a little "here's one i mad earlier" aswell, lol |
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Rick Deckard Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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I also placed an order for a set.
Thanks for the link. |
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temponaut Community Member
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 440 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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I placed an order this afternoon. I've already received an e-mail confirming that my set is on the way.
Thanks again for the link! _________________ "Your old titles mean nothing here... Captain!" |
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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His fingers are going to be cramping now.
Andy |
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temponaut Community Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah. He must have had a sudden flurry of orders from around the world today. _________________ "Your old titles mean nothing here... Captain!" |
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YoshioKun13
Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Sacramento
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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andy wrote: | His price on the website for the set is $10, but if you follow the payment link it is $25. |
Yeah, that's how much I paid for my set. If he lowered it to $10, well that kinda sucks for me!
Having the set myself, I must warn you all that his figures are not exactly 1:1 scale. His unicorn is slightly larger, and it looks like it was made out of a thicker, dull silver kind of paper rather than chrome foil. His chicken is well done, but very tiny. And I honestly think I did a better job on the stick man(his is a regular small paper match, mine is wood).
But I have to say, it was worth it just to take his chicken apart to figure out how he made it. Now I can make my own at various sizes, here is a larger 2:1 scale version I did.
I'm currently working on a Blade Runner-themed base stand for the figures, which would then make things totally complete. |
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