A few traditional toys have caught my eye lately for things to model. I spotted some like this, so I had a go. Its modelled accurately and I’ve kept the colours basic and vibrant. Gave me something to do on my usual late Saturday night. There’s a few others I might have a go at too.
The next addition “4 In a Row” is an absolute classic. I remember it only with the blue plastic look, but have seen a lot of wooden types around the internet. I’ve kept it pretty simple as with the others, using just a dowel rod that slides through the dividers to hold the counters in place. It stands just over a foot high and the counters are 40mm in diameter.
I did enjoy this gallery so I’ve eventually got back to it after some months. Todays addition is “Double 6 Dominoes”, one I meant to do a while back.
I made the dominoes by starting with half of one with all the dots. I made 7 copies of this “template” then made them unique then turned those into numbered halves 0 to 6. Then it were just a case of copying and joining the correct halves together to create a full set of dominoes.
I added joinery to the box and used a teak texture that isn’t brilliant, but I think it looks ok for this.
I used Curve Maker to draw the helices for this “Wire Bead Puzzle”. I found it quite challenging not only to draw the paths in such a way to make sure the beads would pass all the way around, but also making sure the curves all blended nicely. Its a good exercise I recommend anyone to give a go.
I knew I’d have to avoid the small faces issue throughout, so I modelled the whole thing at 1000x scale then scaled it back down after I’d finished.
I thought I’d use Kerkythea to present this one, I haven’t used it in this gallery so far and just fancied a change.