Although this year is not the Year of the Dragon, every New Year, everyone will send or receive blessings in the "Dragon and Horse Spirit". Such beautiful blessings must be paired with suitable and appropriate handmade products! The origami triangle Chinese dragon I made with you today is definitely one of the more creative ones among the triangles. Of course, since it is a triangle-shaped insert, it is not as complicated as origami making, so if you also If you like making origami triangles, you might as well try it!
Different from the previous production of origami triangle swan (for tutorial details, see: Origami triangle swan production tutorial), the production of origami triangle Chinese dragon requires some simple assembly to complete the appendages of the dragon body and head, so It is necessary to use some items for adhesion including white glue.
1. The first step is to prepare enough triangular inserts. Here you need to make 811 triangular inserts through simple origami. For detailed tutorials on making triangular inserts, please refer to: 3D Origami Introduction and Tutorial
2. First, start with the upper part of the dragons head. Here, a triangular plug is used to fix the two triangular plugs.
3. The first row requires 6 origami triangle inserts, while the second row requires 5 origami triangle inserts.
4. Then alternate like this, continuously increasing the number of rows, up to the ninth row, as shown in the picture.
5. At this time, continue to insert a dragon horn composed of 7 triangles in the middle.