Pleated Origami Pawn Which Transforms Into a Queen

by sid.gorey in Craft > Paper

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Pleated Origami Pawn Which Transforms Into a Queen

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I noticed that in chess kingdom, a pawn quickly turns into a Queen when it reaches the final space.

I wanted to create a similar structure through Origami.

And in doing so, I came up with this idea, since in Origami, there are multiple folds which can be hidden through the paper, I hid the lower section of the Pawn, and during promotion, it will turn into a queen.

Supplies

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  1. Paper printout of the diagram as shown above.
  2. Printer.
  3. Scale. -to fold the lines.
  4. A4 sheet of paper - to printout the design.


Printout the Design

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  1. Print out the design and start folding along the lines.
  2. Fold the first symmetrical piece as shown in the diagram, the lower edges are on-off to hind the section of the Queen.

Make All Necessary Folds

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  1. Start folding as shown, first fold as per the diagram.
  2. Start curving the design into a Pawn.
  3. Stick the last and the first designs together.
  4. Now, fold the design again to give it Pawn Shape.
  5. Open and close the design to mimic a Pawn turning into a Queen and back.

I Promote You, My Pawn.

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