I been pretty busy recently.

These are the last 2 models from Satoshi Kamiya’s second book “Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2”, folded with 27.9 cm squares.

The first is the Minotaur, from Greek mythology. He’s really more of a prop, but I’ve always thought of him as a tragic dude. He’s half bull, because Poseidon cursed Minos, king of Crete, for not sacrificing his best bull. At least he should have, but he cursed the king’s wife to fall in love with the bull. I suppose making the king fall in love with the bull is more of a limerick than a myth.

 

 

Kamiya’s minotaur seems to have some body aspects in common with the Bahamut. His head and arms are very distinct.

 

    

The final model is the Phoenix. This is actually his 3.5 version of his phoenix models. He also has the 3.0 version’s crease pattern on his website. I like both models, but, while they have distinct tails, he only included one because they are so similar. It’s a fun model to fold by both diagrams and crease pattern.

 

That’s all for this book, and he doesn’t have another one (yet, he has many more models). I wonder if I should do another book to scale.

 

 

Kamiya’s next two models (from Works 2; square 27.9 cm) are both mythological creatures. Actually, the next four are, but I have to space these posts out. I’ve always liked all kinds of mythologies, and, apparently, so does Mr. Kamiya.

The first is Sleipnir, Odin’s eight legged horse from Norse mythology. Sleipnir is traditionally grey, but I think I should have added some silver, or gone with a different grey, or something. Now he seems kind of normal, in spite of having eight legs. Sleipnir is supposed to be the fastest horse ever, but I always thought all those legs would get in the way. Maybe he rotates them or something.

   

Norse myths are great. Sleipnir came about from a complicated story, which I’ll try to abridge. Early on, the gods wanted to make Asgard great, so they found some random dude to build a wall. They agreed that if he finished on time they’d give him all the things (they didn’t have many things at the outset, so these were the sun, moon, and Freya). Loki brokered this deal, setting an impossible time limit. However, the dude could use his horse, Svadilfari, to help. The horse basically did everything (imagine hooves placing masonry blocks at lightning speed), and the gods were going to have to pay. So, Loki turned into a horse and seduced Svadilfari away. In the end, they went racist (or specist? He wasn’t god or human) and had Thor kill him anyway. Later, Loki gave birth to Sleipnir. Loki was a female horse “at the time”, but did he have to stay a horse the whole time? Anyway, I can’t wait for the Marvel movie of this.

The other model is Cerberus, the three-headed dog from Greek mythology. Not to be confused with Cerebus the aardvark, who is an aardvark and not a three-headed dog. Everyone knows bringing Cerberus up from the underworld was Heracles’ last task, but Heracles also encountered Cerberus’ brother, Orthus the two-headed dog, while stealing cattle, one of his earlier, heroic (?) tasks.

   

I had made this Cerberus model before when the crease pattern came out in Tanteidan Magazine. Either I got a little better or there are some subtle locks holding this in shape, because the previous one kept flattening out (like cartoon road kill). By the book, Cerberus is properly 3D and looks like the middle head is trying to stay professional, while both side heads want to party/get belly rubs.

The next two Kamiya Works 2 models are both bugs but quite different from each other. Scaling is 27.9 cm an edge. I feel remiss when I don’t mention that.

   

First up is the Cicada Nymph. I didn’t think I’d enjoy folding this model much (mainly because it’s a cicada) but I probably had more fun with this than any other model in this book. It has lots of features, is very well proportioned, and looks great. It doesn’t make me want to find out more about cicadas, but I’ll probably make this model again sooner or later.

 

   

Our other bug is the Cyclommatus metallifer, a type of stag beetle. Were there a series of tiny beetle car crashes that eventually caused these beetles to adapt their mandibles into the Jaws of Life? No, that’s not how evolution works. Kamiya’s Cyclo-beetle-dude has the little spines on the inner jaws and the curve on the outer part of the jaws.

 

I just had a lot of bugs in the last one. Is having more bugs here good for a thematic connection, or is it annoying with the overbugging?

There are 3 models this week from Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2 (with squares of 27.9 cm a side), as two of these models are pretty similar.

 

Turban Shell, the eighth model of the book, is based on the horned turban gastropod. That’s why there’s a swirly inside the shell; that’s the little animal that built the shell. Apparently, they can become demons according to Japanese mythology (sazae-oni), but I don’t really know about them.

 

After they die, hermit crabs can use the shell for protection. I can’t think of any other animals that do that, but there must be some.

 

I initially made the Hermit Crab from the thicker paper (not a great idea), so some of the details were lost. Since I was going to have to make it again, I decided to use larger, medium-thick paper to get all the details right. I guess that kind of goes against the theme of this whole series, but I don’t really want to make it again again at the moment.

     

All the images with the crab alone are not to scale (above), but the two pictures with the chocobo have the thicker, 27.9 cm paper and show the size of the hermit crab with the consistent scale (below).

 

Model 10 is a Tree Frog and does not share similarities to other models in the book like the previous two models. (That is, unless some frogs use gastropod shells like hermit crabs. But that seems unlikely, as it would hinder their legs. A frog could wear a tiny shell as a hat, though, to be fashionable. It could happen. What was I talking about?)

 

This model also uses 3D more extensively. It also has great toes on all four feet. The nose looks different from the original because I changed it a little to fold something in there as a lock. This also makes the eyes look a little odd, but I think he still looks ok.

 

I’m almost out of models from this book. Too bad. I wonder if I should do another book. All the models in these posts are made from a square that’s 27.9 cm and are shown in a picture with the model “The Yellow Bird” for easy size comparison to each other.

The first model is a Coelophysis, the dinosaur most likely to be crazy or curse you out for stealing its girl.

My first thought is, “How do I not have more pictures of this one?” He’s pretty sleek though, so I suppose this few covers it. It’s a little hard to get some two legged models to stand on their own, but the Coelophysis can relax on his tail if necessary.

The other model is the Wizard. Besides looking cool, the model has unique asymmetry to make its different aspects. He’s quite Gandalf-ish from the one side but more whirling dervish from the other. Front on, he’s Gandalf to the max. I guess you have to learn to dance to keep sane with all that hobbit singing.

“You cannot pass.”