: Use very thin, strong paper like double tissue or sketching paper under 60gsm.
Before diving into a "tutorial," you must understand the beast you are hunting. The Ryujin (Japanese for "Dragon God") 3.5 is a composite model featuring over 1,000 scales, a serpentine body, six legs, branching horns, and a flowing mane. It is folded from a single, uncut square of paper.
If you ask any veteran folder what the hardest part of the Ryujin is, they will likely say the . The dragon is covered in hundreds of tiny, individual scales.
Preparation and mindset