These models are a selection of one of my favourite topics, dinosaurs. Some of the designs for these are in the diagrams section of this webpage. Others may be posted at a later date. Please note that any similarity between this pages logo and that of an overhyped Steven Spielburg film that spoilt a perfectly good book is entirely coincidental. Click above to see image Once again, I've been playing around with my old designs. The lambeosaur design has the same front as the one in the diagrams section. I have changed the back to give it much longs legs and a longer closed back tail. The model looks a lot more 3D. The troodon incorporates a lot of box-pleating into a base similar to that used for the deinonychus model. More attention has been spent on creating the front claws and the raking claw on the hind limbs. Click above to see image I have modified the original base for the Triceratops model below to create other types of ceratosaurs. The first model here is a Torosaurus. I have allowed a bit more paper to create the head and frill, with much longer horns. The body becomes a little smaller, but this suits the torosaurs overall build. A method of dividing the paper used to create two long horns can create six smaller horns, especially when trapped paper is pulled out from the head. This has led to a new styracosaurus design. Click above to see image I have been recently re-working some of my earlier designs to incorporate better use of the 'closed back' technique to give the models a more 3D appearence. I have made a few changes on the coelophysis design (see below and the diagrams section) to give this much smoother looking model. Click above to see image I have been recently re-working some of my earlier designs to incorporate better use of the 'closed back' technique to give the models a more 3D appearence. I have made a few changes on the coelophysis design (see below and the diagrams section) to give this much smoother looking model. Click above to see image Likewise, I have re-engineered the T-rex design. This one now has better toes, a rounded back and a much better defined head. If only I could get it to stand up better... Click above to see image This is a Fumiaki Kawahata design from his book Origami Fantasy. The design is supra-complex and a real brute to fold. The eventual model is a multi spined dinosaur and wee worth the several hours and many failed attempts. Click above to see image As regular site views know, dinosaurs are one of my favourite subject to fold, and I am always designing new models. Here is a scene from the late Cretaceous period where a pack of Utahraptors are attacking a lone Parasaurolophus. Click above to see image This is a close-up of the above scene. The model is similar to the Deinonychus model diagrammed in the dinosaurs section on this website, but I have changed the tail and leg design to give a more pleasing 'closed-back' model. This model has been posed so that it attacks the Parasaurolophus. Click above to see image I have recently been redesigning some of my prehistoric designs, this being one of them. For display purposes, a 'closed-back' model looks more 3D and more attractive than some other designs - this is the style that Yoshizawa, Brill, and other great folders use, so I am trying to adopt it more. This Allosaurus is folded from a sheet of foil, backed with two sheets of thick crepe paper. Although this loses some of the definition achievable with normal foil backed paper, it allows a much more natural shape, and is closer to wet-folding. Although it doesn't give the model the permenence of wet-folding, it allows for contant re-positioning and modification. Click above to see image There are two other new models folded with a crepe-based foil-backed technique. This new Styracosaurus is based on the Triceratops model diagrammed in the dinosaurs section of this site, but I have released more paper from inside the model to create more horns. It has a 'closed-back' design, so has a good 3D feel to it. The Parasaurolophus is based on the saurolophus design, but has an even longer spine on its head. Click above to see image The Triceratops is an early attempt at closed-back model design that seems to have worked well. The sink fold in shaping the back seems to position the model nicely, and gives it a good 3D feel without too muck need to further sculpting. Having said that, it is not and easy fold, as you will find out if you look at the diagrams! Click above to see image I have made several modification to my various Manaraptora designs; this is my latest Veloriraptor design. Like the others, I have tried to give it a more 3D structure, and I find the tail shape more pleasing that the earlier one, with is diagrammed in the deinonychus instructions on this website. Click above to see image With the showing of 'Walking with Beasts' on BBC recently, I have moved on to other more recent pre-historic creatures. The Smilodon is the most well known Sabre-toothed cat and I have created a closed-back model which has a nice colour-change for the fangs. Although they don't come out very well on this photo, I am rather pleased with the ears on this model - creating flaps for them was not easy. I also like the way that the beast stoops slightly, as if stalking some prey. In further designs of this models, I would like to get the hind legs slightly longer, and a much longer tail. Click above to see image In this photo, we see a confrontation from the Jurassic period. An Allosaurus, one of the largest carnivores of the period is attacking a Lexovisaurus, one of the first Stegosaurs to be discovered. Both designs are by myself, the background flora are based on Montrollian designs. Click above to see image The Coelophysis is one of the best known dinosaurs from the Triassic period, the earliest period in which dinosaurs existed. It was a slim agile hunter that could run much faster than the ancient reptiles of the period. The BBC series 'Walking with dinosaurs' attributed a whole program to the lifestyle of these creatures. I have designed this model from a form similar to a frog base, but divided into thirds along the angles rather than halves. Click above to see image The Styracosaurus was a well-known horned dinosaur with a spiny frill. The function of the neck frill has puzzled dinosaur experts. In some species, it may have served as a defensive function while in others, it may have been brightly coloured in order to attract mates. This model was designed during an immunology examination! Click above to see image Here is my version of one of the most well known dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus rex. This 14 metre long beast is the largest land carnivore discovered. As well as having fantastically powerful jaw and neck muscles, recent evidence suggests that grooves in its teeth may have contained colonies of bacteria, giving it a poisonous bite as well. Some creatures today, such as the Indonesian Komono dragon have similar bites. Click above to see image Triceratops was one of the largest Ceratopsia and lived at the end of the Cretaceous period. Here we see a titanic battle between a Tyrannosaurus and a small triceratops. Like most hunting animals today, dinosaurs probably only hunted the young, the old and the weak as a mature triceratops could easily fend off most predators. Click above to see image The deinonychosauria were a family of dinosaurs rather like wolves of the modern area. They were fast, intelligent and hunted in packs. Velociraptor, one such dinosaur, was made famous in the film Jurassic Park. This design is one of my more simpler models and is folded from a bird base. Click above to see image This is a multi-piece model designed by Issei, diagrams are available in his book 'Supercomplex Origami'. All the units are folded from same size squares of paper, and the model is held in place with florists wire. Finally, I nailed the whole model to a wooden base spray-painted black. The entire model is about a foot long. As well as this Triceratops, Issei has designed a T-rex skeleton, which I hope to get my grubby little hands on soon.