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Star Wars Origami
Obiwan Kenobi writes "This has to be the strangest thing I've run across in quite awhile. Star Wars Origami features about a dozen pieces of Star Wars vehicles and characters complete with diagrams on how to make them yourself. And just when I thought this was an anomaly, the links section includes all kinds of great Star Wars Origami, such as this one (dubbed Stare Wares) and this one featuring a wicked Destroyer Droid complete with the shiny metal finish."
I tried simple oragomi once..Wasn't easy once you get past the "I can fold a boat!" level..Now, try a folding an Ewok.. :)
Fuzdout
..My sig ran away. Has anyone seen my sig?
everyone knows that Lord of the Rings Origami is where it's at! Stop supporting Lucas and Lucas-oriented origami!
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"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
So now I can outfit all them Gungans with mathces and have a re-creation of an even more unlikely battle scene than the one in EP I? ;)
And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth, but prefer lies
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Slashdot City Spaceport. You will never find such a ruthless hive of Star Wars nuts. We must be cautious.
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I want to see footage of hard core Star Wars nerds trying their hand at this while being mocked by Triumph the Insult Dog.
Dude, where's my packet?
Children will build up fleets of paper tie-fighters to play with only to have them go up in flames as soon as a jedi with a lightsaber challenges them.
... he who made Star Wars origami or the guy who recreated Episode IV using ascii animation.
Tor
Origami has freaked me out since I saw Blade Runner.
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Use it to annoy co-workers I can! Take it to useless meetings I can! Imagine talking backwards with a Yoda finger puppet. Much fun and hilarity I guarantee.
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they had the procedure for making a Jar Jar Binks.
i'd make one, then throw it in my fireplace and enjoy the show.
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"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
...that I was browsing the Google directory out of boredom, and I came across a full category of stick figure deaths. Kind of silly to find out about some apparently "widespread" hobby when you haven't had the slightest clue ever that such a thing existed in the first place.
"We can confirm that Debian does *not* ship the version with the trojan horse. Our version predates it." [CA-2002-28]
Star Wars Origami features about a dozen pieces of Star Wars vehicles and characters ... the article gets slashdotted, yet they left out the only character who helped salvage the past two episodes...
What a disappointment
I now officially join the ranks of confused and irate Slashdoters who scratch their heads daily trying to figure out why their submission was rejected for this kind of material.
instructions here
Your in denial?
I do security
You also may want to check out:
http://ftmax.com/Origami/
Marc Gutman has been doing some amazing Star Wars origami for years, and has a dollar-bill Yoda to die for.
God is real unless declared integer
This would have the virtues of combining two deranged, inexplicable geek activitives into one, AND keep those obsessives off the streets for years to come!
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Personally, I like the geometric purity of Unit Origami by Tomoko Fuse. The unit origami creations make great desktop conversation pieces. The objects don't need any explanations about what "real world" object they are trying to look like since they are just geometric shapes. Try a google search for other unit origami resources.
"oragami" is the last word I was expecting in that particular context (not that I'm knocking it, I can just think of a few better...)
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I dunno, the image of a paper death star just doesn't inspire the fear and awe worthy Darth Vadar.
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I have images of him striding down the hall with a noisy crunch-crunch-crunch as he negotiates the flimsy corridors. Or worse, accidentally putting someone through the wall like a re-run from a 70's sitcom when jacking up a fail'd officer by the throat.
Though with a bit of lighter fluid, and a fire-cracker
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when are they going to get sued? lucas has been looking to corner the japanese market for years ;P
I know you are psychotic, but please make an effort.
Excellent use of the Anti-Noid Stilt as an origami display stand in the last link! Bravo! I've been wondering what to do with those things. Also makes a good cantina table for your Han and Grito figures to sit at. I suppose it's no accident that someone who makes sci-fi origami eats alot of pizza.
I fold a lot, so I have a decent idea of origami difficulty levels (Simple, Low/(nothing)/High Intermediate, Complex). These models are around low intermediate difficulty - anyone should be able to fold them after a few tries.
The subject site tries to install the GATOR spyware program. I would recommend nobody go there.
Slashdot should check their links to make sure they don't contain malicious programs.
Bad journalism yet again...
Stanley Feinbaum, professional journalist and master debater! God bless the USA!
hey baby,guess what, i can create a star wars origami.
really? i used to think you were a major loser geek dork. but,now, wow, you are 2KOOL, you are a an 37337 haX0R, take me now you big stud. give it to me like you never have before.
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
What got me hooked was the dude in Bladerunner.. I thought it was so cool how he would be so quiet and create these little origami masterpieces to taunt harrison ford's character! That's when I started to learn origami and now I place little dragons, unicorns, peacocks, etc.. all around my university in inconspicous and sometimes conspicous places! =) It's fun, you should do it too!
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No no no, you're going at it all wrong. If you try to treat Slashdot like a respectable news site or a place for intelligent discussion, you'll only get frustrated. Instead, set your reason modifiers so that anything modded "funny" gets +5 and everything else gets -5. Then, treat Slashdot like a humor site. It turns out to be one of the best!
At last! Something useful to make with all those Enron share certificates!
Here. A bit hard, but wirth it. And you need a big square of paper.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Star Wras , an origami recreation of the Battle of Yavin.
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Sorry.
"Hmm, it seems many people have a lot of spare time on their hands. Perhaps it's time to start on that pesky little world hunger problem...."
Wow, you're full of ignorant comments today.
Some people just don't know a joke when they hear one.
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"Some people just don't know a joke when they hear one."
Sorry, "Put down origami and solve world hunger" doesn't quite earn a rimshot.
The slogan of all comedians... ``It seemed funny to me at the time."
Look through my past comments and I think you'll see my average is pretty damn high. Most of the jokes I make get to 4 or 5, so an occasional bomb doesn't concern me much. ie. It happens, get over it.
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" ``It seemed funny to me at the time.""
Heh I get what ya mean.
It seemed funny to pick on ya yesterday, today I feel like an ass. Go fig. Sorry man.
Cheers.