MrV
Sr Member
I know. A big ball.
I wanted to do this years ago until i got a price for a perspex sphere. It was going to cost $350. Too much. Goodbye idea.
Back streets of Carlingford (Sydney). There it is on the side of the road. A big perspex sphere (looks like it was an old pool light).
I Will probably sneak it into the lounge once complete as it is 400mm wide, so perfect for a corner lamp.
This space station will be the ultimate in ambient mood lighting.
Maths was never my strong point but now that i can apply it to a Star Wars project....
Trying to scale measurements form a sphere is really hard. I imported some screen shots and book images into photoshop and overlaid a circle.. I was surprised how many of the images were distorted. This also made me realize why so many Vader helmets in images can vary so much. I wonder if an actual Vader helmet (From the films) actually looks quite different in the flesh? Anyways....made a jig to mark some lines.
Cut the sections.
I wanted to do this years ago until i got a price for a perspex sphere. It was going to cost $350. Too much. Goodbye idea.
Back streets of Carlingford (Sydney). There it is on the side of the road. A big perspex sphere (looks like it was an old pool light).
I Will probably sneak it into the lounge once complete as it is 400mm wide, so perfect for a corner lamp.
This space station will be the ultimate in ambient mood lighting.
Maths was never my strong point but now that i can apply it to a Star Wars project....
Trying to scale measurements form a sphere is really hard. I imported some screen shots and book images into photoshop and overlaid a circle.. I was surprised how many of the images were distorted. This also made me realize why so many Vader helmets in images can vary so much. I wonder if an actual Vader helmet (From the films) actually looks quite different in the flesh? Anyways....made a jig to mark some lines.
Cut the sections.
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