Now Jo is researching Castles, we aim to stay in one when in England next year (for my Long Service Leave) and it occurred to me that a knight in armor was possible:
I would like to pretend this was my first-fold – in truth however, it is the first SUCCESSFUL attempt after long abandoning it as a younger Origamist. I have less than fond memories of this model – it is from the book “More Origami” by Robert Harbin, a fold I never prior was able to achieve – I had given it up as “too hard”. Interestingly, when I tried it today it seemed easy – my skill level must have improved I guess.
I admire this model, a Neil Elias classic, because the arms seemingly come out of nowhere, you crimp a flat flap and suddenly you have elbows, arms and hands – neat. It is also free-standing also which is nice.
This model is really interesting and important. I folded one for the exhibition of my colleague (). Note, that this is the first published model by box-pleating model.
i have Robert Harbins book with this knight patten in and ive tried over and over again but I keep getting stuck on the legs! any advice?
The stretch to get them wide (and small collapse to make that sit flat), thinning and then swivel to make them point down from the body is tricky but, with patience (looking carefully at the direction of the creases indicated in the diagram) it is doable – I remember the feeling of first getting it right. – see additional photos I will add to the post
can i have diagrams for this i cant find the book anywhere
This book is decades out of print, but was the second origami book I bought myself as a kid (There are 4 in the Robert Harbin Origami series I think – great introductions to paper folding pre-internet). You can find a PDF of the relevant pages here: Elias Knight in armor
Thank you so much I first saw this book in a library and I was fascinated by this model but unfortunately I wasn’t good at origami back then
The “Elias Base” is useful for figures – the “Skier” designed by Robert Harbin is also a classic
fun fact:- Robert Harbin and Neal Elias were both origamists and magicians (they probably wrote some books about magic too).