Always pay homage to the source material... SOUNDTRACK IN VIDEO: I was watching a Twitch stream of somebody playing through Pokémon SoulSilver before editing the video. Seeing perhaps my all-time favorite Pokémon game again after a couple of years led me to remember my favorite track from it: the battle theme that plays when you face off the Pokémon League Champion Lance. COLOR CHOICE: Apart from gathering a variety of colors to use, I've also been gathering unique paper/paper-like materials to try and make into butterflies. I've been putting off using the latter for no good reason, so I decided to pick something out from that category. I settled on a repurposed brown envelope I carefully cut apart. DIFFICULTY: The designer of this model touts this butterfly as a "simple" design, and they're mostly correct. It starts with the easy-to-make waterbomb base, and there aren't any particularly complex folds to speak of. The only thing that's remotely challenging about this model is when the diagrams ask you to make two simultaneous valley folds (to the uninitiated, this just means I fold the paper inwards, or towards me); not only is keeping everything symmetrical when doing so a little tough, you run a very tangible risk of tearing the paper if you overextend the folds. INSTRUCTION SOURCE: This is another one designed by Hyo Ahn. Check the instructions here. OTHER THINGS: I mentioned in the previous section that there's a risk of tearing a paper when doing the simultaneous valley folds. The latter two of these steps where you need to perform this (it's the part where I form the angle between the upper wings) have an annoyingly high chance of tearing. I practiced this design several times, and I almost always ended up with torn paper. There are two possible solutions that I explored in a couple of my trial runs. The first involves folding the model vertically in half and outside reverse folding the right angle corner, which forms the required double valley folds as a consequence. This, however, is not a reliable solution. For one, outside reverse folding, which is already challenging as it is (especially for newer folders), is even more difficult to pull off with this particular model. More importantly, the few trials I attempted this method, I still ended up with a fair share of torn paper. My second solution is the one you see in the video: I concede, take out a pair of scissors, and just cut the middle line that's gonna tear anyway if I force the valley folds. If you want to do things as the designer intended, by all means, but I would honestly just spare myself the frustration. Besides, you don't even see the cut part in the final product. THE WALL'S PROGRESS: - end -
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