>>626616
Cheapest possible printer paper (also marketed as "drawing paper for kids") is usually very thin, and it's not that bad for origami, it's not that tough but I've folded many many complex origami out of it. Because I'm a cheapskate and I really don't want to pay the paper jews when I'm just fiddling around and not making some superduper exhibition pieces.

tldr thin cheap perinter paper works for many many many complex models (it's the size that is more limiting than the paper itself)

Grocery stores have print circulars/coupon paper that work, are in new condition, and are free. The colors are pretty loud though.

>>626616
I always enter this board by mistake
But never regret it.

See if you can get a roll of parchment paper at a grocery store (the stuff people use for baking -- not the waxed paper stuff), it's pretty cheap, easy to get, and you can cut big squares from it.

Also some wrapping paper can work pretty well, but it's kinda hard to tell which ones are nice for origami without opening up the roll and testing it

I have this problem as well living in Ausfalia.
It'll cost a shit ton to import decent paper.

Hijacking this thread to ask a question

I'm working on the gear heart paperwork and the instructions say this about what paper to use

16 pieces of 0.25 mm-thick A-4 size (210 x 297) paper.
(The original gear’s heart is using Lesac 66 in red, with weight of 175 kg.

what is that in gsm? Is Lesac 66 a thing you can buy? the pictures seem to be normalish paper but I'm not sure

>>628077
Gsm is grams per square meter. It is basically the thickness of the paper. The weight of the paper is how stiff it is. I think at 175 kg it starts to be cardboard