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Milestone Projects April 2nd, 2024 Castle: Surface Design Study (Colour): Surface Design Study ( Laser Cut Sample ): Reverse Engineered Object : 3-D Printed Chess Set:
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3-D Printed Chess Pieces
3-D Printed Chess Pieces April 2nd, 2024 Idea Exploration/Sketches: I originally had a completely different idea, but when I started modelling the bases of the chess pieces I thought "huh, that kind of looks like a lava lamp", so I just sort of took that and ran with it. The pieces aren't the structure of the lava lamp, but rather the look of the bubbles inside as they float all around. I wanted to make sure every piece was different, not just in height but in structure as well, because you're never going to see a lava lamp produce the same results twice. Modelling: I didn't really stick to exactly what was planned in my sketches. I sort of just played around with it to see what looked good. For most of the pieces I constructed them in top view and revolved most of the elements, then went in and added a bunch of little spheres and bubbles to the outside of the pieces to give them a more "lava lamp" type look. << king << queen << bishop