The diagrams stop here. Shaping is artistic.
Using a ruler and bone folder, crease every single line of the 3.5cm grid. Ryujin requires a grid of roughly 48x48 divisions. You will spend 4 hours just making tiny mountain and valley folds across the entire sheet. Put on an audiobook. This is where most people quit. origami ryujin 3.5 tutorial
You will only get the rhythm after 20 scales. This model has roughly 200 scales. The diagrams stop here
The Ryujin 3.5 features thousands of individual scales. These are folded by "tucking" the paper at the grid intersections to create a layered effect. origami ryujin 3.5 tutorial