Lesson 7 – Shoulder scales

This lesson demonstrates the collapse of the scales on the upper leg or “shoulder.” These scales
collapse differently than those on the body from Lesson 4. Also included are the dorsal spines
above the legs (also somewhat different than those in Lesson 5A) and a demonstration of the
optional shaping of the scales.

The area in this guide is the upper part of the right back leg. In a future test fold, the left back leg
will collapse in mirror image and will not have its own dorsal spines.

Although the starting grid is 20x20, this covers only 10x10 units of the full 96x96 grid, similar to
Lesson 4. The 96ths of the full Ryujin sheet are divided into 192nds in the area of the scales.

The paper used in this guide is 15” (40 cm) duo kraft. It is oversized for purposes of picture
clarity, and I recommend a sheet around 8” (20 cm) as this will be closer to actual size.