Post 300 – looking back I am AMAZED I have only done one Llama:
This is Jim adams’ Llama, a tough fold really, not because there are any difficult techniques or numerous steps but because of the thicknesses of paper you end up working with – much more suited to thin paper (and not copy). Not really happy with the hind quarters – the tail is 12 layers thick, phew!
You too can have a go – it is not tricky: Jim Adams Llama
It was late, after a huge and busy day – 65 to go!!!
I thought I would try something simpler, so found what looked like a mostly harmless little Llama model designed by Jim Adams:
On paper, this model was straight forward – in practice however the thickness of layers at the tail end made this model impossible to fold using copy paper (I tried, breaking one of my own rules, it exploded – well, split and the tail broke off, so I started again) so I used a square of tissue foil – even then the tail was too thick to be elegant, pity – the diagram makes it look crisp and slender. I guess if one used large format foil it might be easier – not sure the overall model proportions warrant that treatment however.
Some interesting applications of sink, crimp and double-rabbit ears – it suggested double rabbit-earing the rear legs – already needle thin, I merely reverse folded them and think that is a better result. Pity they are so thick else I would have added hooves also.
Although it is diagrammed as a Llama, I think it is more like an Alpaca (mostly because I wanted to use “an” in the title and “An Llama” does not seem right – yeah, I know, tissue thin reasoning there but you get that)
