The 1/16 red pieces are all used in the upper section of the head (three at the front and four at the back). Overall, the dragon’s head uses 7 1/16 red, 60 1/32 red and 4 1/64 white pieces. The body can be kept straight for now, or you could try to form its final shape. Two red 1/128 pieces are later used to connect the body to the head. The 1/128 yellow pieces are inserted afterwards to make the dragon spikes. This is repeated along the length of the body. However, it is the simplest to construct.Įach pair of red pieces are joined by a single yellow piece. The body of the dragon takes the longest to make, since it consists of 90 1/32 red, 45 1/32 yellow and 44 1/128 yellow pieces. An extra four red 1/128 pieces are later used to connect each foot to the body. This makes it easier to connect togther.Įach of the dragon’s feet uses 15 1/32 red and 3 1/64 white pieces.Įach foot is identical. It is best to start from the base, and try not to compact the pieces together until the body has been made. The tail requires 3 1/16 yellow and 8 1/16 red pieces. Pieces are rotated at each connection to produce a stepped effect. To make the horns, 36 1/32 yellow pieces are required, 18 for each horn. A summary of all the pieces used is given at the end of this post. Instructions can be found here or here.Ĭonstruction of the dragon is shown below with the number of pieces required for each component detailed alongside. Keep bisecting the paper by its longest edge until you get the desired division.Įach triangular piece is constructed in the same way, irrelevant of the size. This makes it harder to assemble.įour different sizes are used to create the pieces and are represented by ratios. However, this is not recommended as it is too heavy and the pieces can bulk out easily. For this particular origami, I used 150gsm red paper and 160gsm yellow paper.
Normal printer paper at 80gsm is perfect. I have tried to keep the design and construction as close to the original as possible, but inevitably there will be differences. That photo is the only reference, so here is my version. I have been wanting to create a modular origami dragon for a while, but have never found any instructions or good references until I came across Samuel Ferreira’s dragon.
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