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on August 05, 2019

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The Null Shard - Part 3

After adding more detail to the engraving by hand, I went for it and popped it all together for a silicone mould. Only to face several more challenges.. mainly surrounding one simple issue TOO MUCH DETAIL! Allow me to explain - this was a kind of cascade failure situation. The level of detail in the engraving had meant that I needed a thicker piece of acrylic to laser (I'll just sand that back, right?) but this in turn would wreak havoc on the pyramid frame. The detail was so fine that it just attracted and clung to the minute bubbles in the silicone (regrettably this is easily overcome with degassing and pressure casting - of which I have access to neither) and the cast was not as perfect as I had hoped. There were also issues with my resin attacking the mould after some dodgy environmental conditions when I cast the first run, and I lost chunks of detail. Back to the drawing board on that phase. So... I dumped the pyramid edging and 3D modelled a pyramid skeleton instead, tha

The Null Shard - Part 1

Not so much of a "how to", more of a "how did".... I don't usually do much in the way of turning game assets into models, but occasionally something really tickles my fancy and presents me with a real challenge to my skills. Having played the whole series of "the Room" games, and loved them all, always taken in by the beautiful items you come across (most would be impossible in real life unfortunately) and then came...The Null Shard! wallpaper from https://www.fireproofgames.com/downloads Having made my own take on the Hellraiser Cube a few years back, I thought this would make a wonderful companion piece in my "Geometries of Hell" shelf, and so I set about trying to make one as a side project. Where did I start? The usual research - gameplay, screen grabs and thankfully, Fireproof even do their own downloadable papercraft version of the Null shard - https://www.fireproofgames.com/downloads This got me started on a long and often hea

The Null Shard - Part 6

The last step to round everything off was to add my maker's mark. Laser time again to etch in my newly designed mark. The first item I have made to recieve it. The completed piece looks even better than I had hoped, and with a bit of an equipment upgrade it could be another level entirely!

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