Paper Strandbeest Mk 2

I made the Paper Strandbeest a while ago(It was my first instructable) And I finally updated it with a real working version! The old one had only 2 leg segments(4 legs total) and it could not walk well. The new one now has 3 leg segments(6 total) and can walk well. The old version is now going to be outdated to this version, but I will keep it up for people who linked to it, it being my first instructable, etc

Anyways, to the instructable! 

Step 1 Supplies Needed

You need:

• Scissors
• Printer
• Pliers
• Wire Cutters
• Tack or Pin
• At least 4 big paperclips
• Thick Paper(The paper used in my other instructables)

Comments

[Hume]

This is lovely and amazing. I actually have Jansen's little kit for the mini Strandbeest -- absolutely fascinating.

I was thinking of trying to make a "domesticated" version of one of his beasts, that could be ridden like a bicycle. I got the idea when I watched his TED talk, and he spoke about the legs on these as being a new version of the wheel, and I thought, wouldn't it be something to have a bike with legs instead of wheels? Can you imagine? Incredible. No idea if it would work, or even if I could make it at all...

Again, really cool instructable.

[fail]

Pure genius! Quite amazing really...
My science class is trying to build a big one like Jansens out of PVC pipe, and its very hard!
Yours looks great though...

[Kikketer]

This thing looks really cool, I was thinking of using popsicle sticks. It may be a bit tricky to make the triangles, but it may provide the nice sturdy supports and be just as cheap to make!

[hintss]

would cereal box work? its what I normally use for these things...

[dombeef]

It might, though you would have to doublle layer it

[hintss]

how thick is this material you're using?!

[dombeef]

Whoops, kinda late

But it is about half a milimeter, if that helps

[dombeef]

I don't have it with me but if you reply in 30 minutes I will reply with th answer

[yardleydobon]

"Thick Paper(The paper used in my other instructables)"

What do you mean by this? You should either describe what sort of paper you are talking about in this instructable or provide a link to it's description in one of your other instructables. If it is just regular thick paper that needs no further description then you shouldn't have qualified it with the remark in the parenthesis leading the reader to believe it was a specific type of thick paper.

[dombeef]

Sorry about that, I am on my mobil phone right now so I can't edit it now, the paper is a type that you probably couldn't get, it is used originally to separate X-ray films. You could make a subsitute out of construction paper, just glue together 3 to 4 layers, it should work

[killersquirel11]

Card stock would probably do the trick then, I think

[dombeef]

Trust me, I've done many tests before I made this, card stock is too thin if you want it to walk

[killersquirel11]

Posterboard? Might be a tad thicker than necessary but would be plenty thick, although at that point you could just use corrugated cardboard

[Kiteman]

I'd add a pulley wheel to the handle you cranked, and mount the drive motor above - looking at the friction involved, it will need to be geared down for more torque.

Good job.