Modular lock. Ancient castle in the technique of modular origami. Tools for the job

Origami castle is one of the most popular paper origami. If you do not know how to make an origami castle, then on this page you will find everything you need to assemble this simple paper figurine.

In the first photo you can see what you get if you follow the assembly diagram below. The second photo of the origami castle was taken by one of our site users. In fact, his craft can hardly be called origami, rather it is a paper carving, but the castle turned out great. If you have photos of the origami you have collected, send them to the address This email address is being protected from spambots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view.

Assembly diagram

Below is an origami castle assembly diagram from the famous Japanese origami master Fumiaki Shingu. If you strictly follow the instructions, then the assembly of the origami castle will not take much time, and the result will be the same as in the picture. After doing what is described in the diagram several times, you will understand how to make an origami castle quickly and without peeping into the diagram.

Videos master class

Assembling an origami castle for beginners can seem like a daunting task. Therefore, we advise you to enter the query "origami castle video" on the largest video hosting site on the Internet, YouTube. There you will find many different videos about the origami castle, which clearly show the steps for assembling the castle. We hope that after watching the video of the assembly master class, you will have no more questions on how to make an origami castle.

After watching this video, you will learn how to assemble a modular origami Priory Castle:

Symbolism

The castle in almost all cultures is a symbol of safety and security. Such a symbolic meaning came to the castle from ancient times, when the walls of most castles were impregnable for most enemies. The inhabitants of the castles felt more secure than the inhabitants of the villages.

Hello dear masters and craftswomen. I present to your attention a master class on making such an origami swan, and I called it “Swan in Pink”. How to make an origami swan? We will make a pink drawing, highlight the swan with pink modules around the perimeter and put it on a round stand, and also glue small eyes. Please watch this video on making an origami swan. IN […]

Hello dear masters and craftswomen! Today I bring to your attention a master class on making a tricolor Swan from triangular modules. It would seem, what else can you think of, what other options are there for making Swans using the modular origami technique. But it turns out that there are still options and this is not the last thing in my arsenal. The tricolor swan is so simple […]

Hello dear masters and craftswomen! I bring to your attention a new master class on making a Swan in black from 3D modules. In the last lesson, we made a Swan in red, and now I decided to change the style a bit and make a Swan in black. The scheme is not complicated and will suit anyone, even a beginner in modular origami. Specially […]

Hello dear masters and craftswomen! I bring to your attention a new master class on making a Swan in red shades. On the Internet, you can find a huge number of different schemes and master classes for making Swans using the modular origami technique. I am sure that you have never seen such a swan. This scheme is quite simple and even […]

Swan in blue. Video tutorials and diagram. Part 3. In the third part of the master class, I offer you two video tutorials and a detailed origami diagram of how to make a swan. The first video shows how to make a swan neck and how to make a small stand. The second video talks about how to glue a swan better and faster. Lesson 6 (neck and […]

Swan in blue. Video tutorials and diagram. Part 2. In the second part of the "Swans in Blue" mater class, we complete the torso. I have prepared for you two video tutorials and a detailed origami swan diagram from modules. To assemble the swan, you will need 1438 1/16 size modules, of which: 317 - purple modules 471 - blue modules 552 - blue […]

Swan in blue. Video tutorials and diagram. Part 1. I bring to your attention a new master class on making an origami paper swan from 3D origami modules. The scheme is rather unusual and the appearance of the wing is not quite classic. In the photo you can see small through holes and a mesh pattern. Frankly, the scheme is quite complicated! Especially for this scheme, I […]

“Rainbow Swan” scheme and video tutorials (part 3). The third part of the "Rainbow Swan" master class consists of three video tutorials on assembling the stand. And I also decided that a video tutorial on gluing the "Rainbow Swan" would be very useful to you. Lesson 5 (stand part 1) Lesson 6 (stand part 2) Lesson 7 (stand part 3) […]

Hi all! I am glad to show you my new craft from the modules - CASTLE! It took me about a year to make such a miracle :) The castle was mainly made last winter, autumn, and from the beginning of winter until today! Let's enter this castle and take a closer look!

let's start! This is the tower of the castle, there are two of them. All work on the manufacture of the castle began with them.

This is a fortress wall with a tower, the fortress wall is the easiest to do, just put your fashion in rows and that's it :)

And this is the Castle Gate, I made them yesterday, and the castle itself was put together today. If you look closely, you can see that red modules are worn on the middle teeth - only two orange modules were missing :)

And here is the most beautiful, the most difficult and the longest to assemble - the main tower of the castle! For a long time I could not collect the very bottom where the door is ....

And now you can safely climb to the observation deck of the main tower!

And this is the top of an ordinary tower :)

And now, of course, you need to take a picture with the castle :)

Well, I would like to end with the words from Tatyana Nikolaevna's book "Funny Figures" - Mountains of paper, hours of folding, creative efforts, and now ... A fairytale palace appears like a mirage in the desert. It seems now the heroes of the tales "A Thousand and One Nights" will come out of it. You can continue construction further, surround the palace with palm trees, depict the surrounding landscape, populate the inhabitants. There are no limits to your imagination when you have such a magical paper material in your hands!

Round tower: 1. Prepare 108 pieces for the first three rows. Start assembling two rows, connecting the modules, as shown in the photo. 2. When there are 4 modules in the first and second row, start collecting the third row. Each row has 36 modules. Close the finished chain into a ring. 3. Complete two rows, placing the modules with the short sides out (ksn). 4. In the ninth row, reduce the number of modules by 3. To reduce the row by one module, put on a pair of adjacent modules not on 4 corners, but on 6. Do the same operation in three places. In the tenth row, again reduce the number of modules by 3, securing 30 modules. 5. The next six rows (from 11 to 16 rows) consist of 30 modules each. The modules are fixed with the long sides facing out. Do not forget to form even cylindrical walls of the tower during the assembly process. 6. There are 4 windows in the tower. Here is how they are performed. Put 2 modules (ksn) on the tower blank. (ksn - short sides out). Fasten 2 columns on the sides, each of 6 modules put on top of each other. Make an arch connection. To do this, put 2 modules on the left column one after another, inserting only the right corners into the pockets. Put 2 modules on the right column, inserting only the left corners into the pockets. Connect the semi-arches from above with a module. 7. Now you need to complete the walls between the windows. Right pier: seventeenth row - 3 modules, eighteenth - 3 (extreme modules are put on the corners of the last and penultimate rows), twentieth - 2, twenty-first - 3. 8. The left pier is similarly performed. It is a little wider: the seventeenth row - 4 modules, the eighteenth - 3, the nineteenth - 4, the twentieth - 3, the twenty-first - 4. 9. Perform 3 more windows in the same way and make piers between them. Next, we will collect the walls between the arches. Rows from 22 to 24 rows: right wall - 4,5,6 modules (extreme pockets are put on the corners of the arches), left wall - 5,6,7 modules. 10. In the 25th row put on 30 modules. B 26 - 30 modules (short side out). In the 27th row - 30 modules. 11.Now take a compass and measure the inner diameter of the tower. Draw a circle on the cardboard, cut the circle along the contour and insert it inside the blank. This is the top platform of the tower. 12. Make supports for the arches. Put 5 modules on top of each other. Insert such columns around the entire circumference, leaving 4 corners between them. 13. Perform arched ceilings between the supports. On the left support, put on 3 modules one after another, inserting only the right corners into the pockets. Put 3 modules on the right support, inserting only the left corners into the pockets. Connect the semi-arches from above with a module. 15 . Between the arches, lay out colored diamonds from five rows: 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 module. 16. Finish the tower with a jagged edge. There are 7 modules on each tooth, in total there are 70 modules in the last row. Fortress wall: Flat walls made of modules are very easy to make. You can choose any width of the wall section. In order for the wall to follow the shape of the tower - and the tower has a ledge at the bottom - you need to start with fewer modules, and then expand the wall. 1 . Prepare for the first two rows of walls with six teeth 32 modules (16x2). Connect the modules of the first and second rows in the same way as at the base of the tower. 2. Make seven rows of 16 modules. In the eighth row on the left and on the right, put on one additional module. Do the same in the ninth row (in the eighth and ninth rows, 18 modules each). 3. In the tenth row there are 17 modules, in the eleventh - 18, in the twelfth -19 (added one at the edges), in the thirteenth - 20, in the fourteenth - 19, in the fifteenth - 20 (short side out). 4. In the 16th row, fix modules of a different color - 19-20 pieces. 17 row - windows. Alternate: a support of 5 modules put on top of each other, 2 modules (short side out) ... 5. Make arched ceilings between the supports. On the left support, put on 3 modules one after another, inserting only the right corners into the pockets. Put 3 modules on the right support, inserting only the left corners into the pockets. Connect the semi-arches from above with a module. 6.Put 2 additional modules on the connection module. The wall is ready. You can attach it to the tower. Main tower. Lower part: The colors used for our turret are blue, cyan and lilac (all of them are indicated as blue in the build description). Also for finishing you will need modules of white and light yellow colors. For the front door - brown, for the roof - a mixture of red and orange. If you have paper-based foil, then make some golden modules. 1 . Collect the first three rows and lock them into a ring. There are 42 blue modules in the first row. In the second - 5 brown, 2 white, then alternation (5 blue + 2 white) X 5. In the third row - 1 white, 4 brown, 2 white, then alternation (1 blue (ksn) + 4 blue +1 blue (ksn) + 1 white) x 5. Fix all brown modules strictly one above the other, this is the future door. 2. In the fourth row, 2 white modules, 5 brown, then alternation (2 white + 5 blue) X5. Follow the fifth row as the third, the sixth as the fourth, the seventh as the third. 3. Let's make the upper, tapering part of the door. Put on the brown modules of the seventh row 3 more brown, 2 brown on them and 1 brown on top. Now make a white door frame: 1 white module, 5 white diagonally from left to right. The same on the other side: 1 white module, 5 white diagonally from right to left. 4. Lay the eighth row to the left of the door: (2 white + 5 blue) x5.2 white. Run an arch above the door: 5 golden modules obliquely from left to right, 5 from right to left, 1 from above. 5 - Lay rows from the ninth to the fifteenth from the golden arch to the left. Ninth row: (1 white +1 blue (ksn), 5 blue + 1 blue (ksn)) X5, 1 white module. 6 “Tenth row: (2 white + 5 blue) X5.2 white. 7. Eleventh row: 1 white (ksn), (1 white +1 blue (ksn) + 4 blue +1 blue (ksn)) X5, 1 white, 1 white (ksn). 8. Twelfth row: 1 white (ksn), (2 white + 5 blue)x5, 2 white, 1 white (ksn). 9. Thirteenth row: 1 white (ksn), 1 white, (1 blue +1 white +1 white (ksn) + 2 blue +1 white (ksn) +1 white)x5.1 blue, 1 white, 1 white (ksn). 10. Fourteenth row: (1 white (ksn) +1 white + 2 blue +1 white +1 white (ksn) + 1 blue) X 5.1 white (ksn), 1 white, 2 blue, 1 white, 1 white (ksn). 11. Fifteenth row: (1 white (ksn) + 1 white + 3 blue +1 white +1 white (ksn) + 1 blue) X 6. 12. Sixteenth row: (1 white (ksn) + 1 white + 4 blue + 1 white + 1 white (ksn) x6. 13. Seventeenth row: (2 white + 5 blue) x6. 14. Eighteenth row: (1 white + 6 blue) xb 15. Nineteenth row: (2 white (ksn) + 5 blue) X6. 16. Twentieth row, perform as eighteenth, twenty-first as nineteenth, twenty-second as eighteenth. 17. Twenty-third row: (2 white (ksn) + 5 blue (ksn)) x6. 18. Twenty-fourth row: (1 white +1 blue + column of 6 white + 2 yellow + column of 6 white +1 blue) x6. Between the columns, make arches, each of 7 yellow modules. We got windows. 19. Now fill the space between the windows. Twenty-fifth row: 2 white (ksn) xb. 20. Twenty-sixth row: (1 blue +1 white +1 blue) xb. 21. Twenty-seven 2nd and 29th rows as 25th, 28th and 30th as 26. 22. 31st row: (1 blue + 2 white (short side forward) + 1 blue) x6. 23. 32 row: (2 blue +1 white + 2 blue) x6. 24. Thirty-third: (2 blue + 2 white (ksn) + 2 blue)x6. 25. Thirty-fourth: (2 yellow (ksn) + 2 blue + 1 white + 2 blue)x6. 26. Thirty-fifth: (1 yellow + 2 blue + 2 white (ksn) + 2 blue)x6. 27. Thirty-sixth: (6 blue + 1 white) x6. 28. Thirty-seventh: (5 blue (ksn) + 2 white (ksn)) x6. 29. 38th: 42 whites. 30. Run the thirty-ninth row as the thirty-seventh. Further, only over the white modules, fasten 3 white ones. Put on 3 more modules on these triplets. 31. Make white arches, each of 13 modules, between the resulting posts. Main tower. Upper part We begin the upper, thickened part of the tower. Row numbering will start from the beginning. You can experiment with color, with details, come up with different tower designs. You can make a more fabulous or more realistic version. 1 . Fill in the space between the arches. In the first row there are 2 blue modules x b. In the second (1 blue +1 yellow +1 blue)x6. In the third 4 BLUE X 6. In the fourth 7 BLUE X 6. 2. Make the windows. In the fifth row (2 blue + a column of 4 white + 2 yellow (ksn) + a column of 4 white + 2 blue) x6. Between the columns, make arches, each of 7 white modules. 3. Start filling in the space between the windows. Sixth row: (1 blue + 2 white (ksn) + 1 blue) x6. Left and right - free corners of the blue modules. Seventh row: (2 blue + 1 white + 2 blue) X6. Perform the eighth and ninth row as the sixth and seventh. 4 . In the tenth row (2 blue + 2 white (ksn) + 2 blue) x6. In the eleventh (3 blue + 1 white + 3 blue) x6. In the twelfth (3 blue + 2 white (ksn) + 3 blue) x6. In the thirteenth (4 blue + 1 white + 4 blue) x6. 5. In the fourteenth and fifteenth rows, fasten 54 white modules each. 6. Measure the inner diameter of the tower. Draw a circle on the cardboard, cut the circle along the contour and insert it inside the blank. This is the top platform of the tower, on which the roof will stand on supports. 7. Perform the teeth: put 2 white modules (ksn) on the workpiece, 2 columns of 2 white ones on them. Skip 5 corners and repeat the same steps until the end of the row. 8 . Let's start with the roof. First, make 6 identical supports from blue modules. In the first row of the support there are 2 modules, in the second - 3, in the third - 2, in the fourth - 3. The extreme modules capture the corners of the last and penultimate rows. 9 . In the next four rows of the support, the alternation continues: 2 modules - 3 modules. In the eighth row there are 4 modules, in the ninth - 5, in the tenth - 6. 10. Connect 6 supports to each other, completing a total row of 36 white modules. Above it, complete a row of 36 blue modules (ksn). 11. Next, lay out a row of 30 red modules (ksn). Between the supports, put 2 modules on 3 corners. 12. Work the next four rows of 30 pieces each. 13. Further, with each row, reduce the number of modules by 6 (24 red modules, 18.12). 14. In the last row, fasten 7 golden modules, skipping 1-2 corners each time. 15. The finished roof should taper evenly. The supports should be of the same length and shape, stand well on the plane. Make a flag, glue it to a wooden skewer and insert the skewer into the hole in the roof. 16. Put the roof on top of the tower. You can glue it, or you can leave it removable. Gates of the castle The method of assembling the gate is similar to the method of assembling the fortress wall. But in order to get the gate, you must first make the left and right parts of the wall, and then combine them. 1. Prepare for the first row of the left side of the wall 1 white, 7 orange, 1 white module. Put on the second row: 2 white, 4 red, 2 white modules (put the extreme white modules on 3 corners). Third row: 1 blue, 5 red, 1 blue module. 2. Fourth row: 2 white, 4 red, 2 white modules. Extreme white modules are put on the corners of the last and penultimate rows. Fifth row: 1 blue, 5 red, 1 blue module. 3. Repeat the same alternation until the fourteenth row. From the sixth row, mix red modules with orange ones. 4. Fifteenth row: put 1 white module with the left pocket on the right corner, fasten 1 blue, 5 red, 1 blue module in the usual way. 5. Sixteenth row: 1 blue module (leave the white corner free), 1 white, 4 red, 2 white. 6. Now make the right side of the wall. Rows from the first to the fourteenth, perform in the same way as on the left side. 7. Fifteenth row: 1 blue module, 5 red, 1 blue, 1 white with the right pocket on the left corner. 8. Sixteenth row: 2 white modules, 4 red, 1 white, 1 blue. 9. Make an overlap over the gate. To do this, take 7 white modules, fasten 6 white ones on them and put this chain with left pockets on the free white corners of the left and right parts. 10. Continue the seventeenth row to the left (it will be common): 1 blue, 1 white, 5 red, 1 blue module. Also continue the seventeenth row to the right. 11. Eighteenth row: 2 white modules, 5 red, 1 white, 1 blue, 1 white, 3 blue, 1 white, 1 blue, 1 white, 5 red, 2 white. 12 . Continue laying out the wall, alternating 22 and 23 modules in a row. Follow the color pattern from the photo. Make twenty-six rows. 13 . In the twenty-seventh row, lay out 23 orange pieces (ksn). In the twenty-eighth - 22 blue. 14. Complete the battlements of the gate in the same way as the battlements of the fortress wall. The middle arch is 2 modules larger than the others and the distance between its supports is not 2, but 3 modules. 15. And finally, you can put all the elements of the castle together. Exciting moment. Mountains of paper, hours of folding, creative efforts, and that's it... A fairy-tale palace appears like a mirage in the desert. It seems that now the heroes of the fairy tales "A Thousand and One Nights" will come out of it. You can continue construction further, surround the palace with palm trees, depict the surrounding landscape, populate the inhabitants. There are no limits to your imagination when you have such a magical material in your hands - paper!