Koi Carp by Nick Robinson
This is modeled after a type of carp mostly found in America. You’ll need to fold carefully and accurately. Try to round the body at the end to give it more life.
1 Crease and unfold both diagonals.
2 Fold lower edges to the vertical center.
3 Fold the white section behind, crease and unfold.
4 Fold corner to corner, crease and unfold, in both directions.
5 Unfold the flap on the right.
6 Reverse the corner inside as you fold the flap over.
7 Fold the upper triangular flap behind.
8 Fold the upper white flap down while bringing the white corner to the top, folding it to a point.
9 Make two precreases.
10 Fold down two flaps.
11 Fold behind, crease and unfold.
12 Fold paper inside — the lower corner moves to the right.
13 Fold the upper flap to the left.
14 Repeat step 12 on the right side.
15 Open and squash the top flap.
16 Fold the upper square in half.
17 Fold the vertical edge to the crease, and then unfold.
18 Ease open the lower layers on the left.
19 Fold over the short valleys to form a (white) point then flatten the paper upward.
20 Now focus on the circled area.
21 Fold the white flap over.
22 Fold over between the circled points.
23 Fold the flap down.
24 Repeat steps 17–23 on the right side.
25 Fold the top corner to the circled point.
26 Tuck the corner behind an edge.
27 Fold and unfold between the circled points.
28 Reverse the corner inside.
29 Fold over between the circled points.
30 Repeat steps 27–29 on the left.
31 Fold in half and rotate.
32 Fold the tail flap down.
33 Fold the same flap back up.
34 Fold the flap to the dotted line, crease and unfold the tail fully.
35 Open out the layers on the right.
36 Fold the tip over.
37 Reform the body using these creases.
38 Fold the tail in half.
39 Reverse the tail in and out on existing creases.
40 Open half of the tail.
41 Make a pleat.
42 Fold layers inside on both sides.
43 Make similar folds toward the rear.
44 Fold the fins down and gently flatten the head.
45 Fold the front corner inside and gently shape the body.
