Hey guys,

I though I needed to make at least 1 mod so here it is!

I extended a rainbow to a dino cube, but then, I though, the dino was... too classic, so I decided to make a non-shapeshifting variant, cross between a dino and a rainbow cube. So here it is



I know it's not the best, but I don't have any experience



The sun is annoying, when you have the puzzle in your hands, the inmperfections are hidden



Video

Enjoy!

- Greg

I really love your idea.
Very Good.
Ill try to make one.

-JEC-

Very good idea Greg, very cool.

Could also be known as "half truncated dino". Nice.

Interesting idea. I'm not really into mods but this is really cool.

That's a nice puzzle. It looks like it turns well.

Nice!

But you're killing me with those stickers! Good stickers can make a mediocre puzzle look great, but can also make a great puzzle look poor. Send a PM to Dr. Sticker or Olivér, or (as you noted) practice a bit for experience. It will be very worth it.

Dave

I actually hand cut the stickers with a template, so all stickers are the same size. I'm quite surprised you don't like them From my point of view here they look pretty good actually.

- Greg

I was giving you a bit of good natured encouragement, no offense meant

Two easy issues that could make a great difference:
1.) Round the corners. This is as simple as using your knife to trim them. Even one cut makes a difference, rounding with three is usually good enough. It worked well for me with my Square-2.
2.) Sticker placement! Your pink triangles are cut OK, but crooked on the piece! It is these subtle off angles that grab the eye and pull it away from the beauty of your puzzle.

But the important part of my post was the first part: Nice!

Dave

I definitely agree with Dave here. The difference between stickers with rounded corners and those without rounded corners can really make or break a puzzle's appearance.

Also, another small point to consider for next time would to make the surfaces a bit flatter, so the sticker looks less "bumpy", which isn't really that big of a problem in this case but I would recommend trying this. I would say first sand the faces (and fillet the edges) with very fine sand paper (800-1500), working your way from lower grits to higher grits. Then, if you are spray-painting (it looks like you might have), only spray a light mist from far away your puzzle (60+ CM) for a few seconds, let that coat dry, and repeat until the entire section has been covered. Don't rush it.

But besides all that, great job on this first mod! Much, much better than my firsts!

OMG I forgot to mention that in the topic: once I made it I decided to change the bad pink stickers and remove a good part of the bumps.

I was almost sure I had put that on the topic. It does look much better than on the topic now

I'll upload new pictures for the auction (as of yet I'm reluctant to let it go ^^)

- Greg