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a.) Surface Design Study b.) Reverse Engineered Object Oh no I spilled my pills! c.) Outsourced Ring d.) 3D Printed Chess Set
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Crystal my Crystal (it's all gone wrong)
So for my chess set I decided I would do a crystal design, given my fascination with crystals. I have a huge collection of odd crystal bits and I figured I would make each piece a different shape. I made the pawn a cube/octahedral inspired shape, sort of short and stubby to make it seem a little more mundane. Source: PhysicsOpenLab [http://physicsopenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pirite.jpg] The Rook is a hexagonal cylinder, something like a natural Beryl. Source: Geology.com [https://geology.com/minerals/photos/beryl-emerald-irocks.jpg] The Bishop is a smooth cylinder, again inspired by some Beryl formations. If you can't tell, I find beryls very attractive in their natural form. Source: Collection Arkane [https://collectionarkane.com/beryl/707-beryl-aquamarine-variety.html] Meanwhile, the Knight I decided to make more angular, as an homage to the hunched over horse-head of the original knight design. I chose a form of quartz as the inspiration. ...