Large Icosahedron Megaminx (Gigaminx core)

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

Hi All

I made this large version of the Icosahedron Megaminx by truncating a Gigaminx, several of the internal pieces were then glued together and capped with 1mm plastic sheet, some building out was also neccesary. All the visible joins were filled with milliput and then smoothed and sprayed.
20 different colors were used for the stickering, which were handut from vinyl sheets.
This was a fun puzzle to build and I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Thankyou.

Size - Point to point : 11.3cm
Size - Edge length : 6cm
Weight : 290gm

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some pics

Sigurd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:52 am

Nice! I like this build very much!
Have you concidered making the other version where you have a small corner instead?

X-TownCuber · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm

Very good build! I like the piece size a lot better on this than on the original. Was this built from a MF8 or C4U gigaminx?

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:01 am

Oh wow how beautiful! I love the color scheme on this puzzle a lot.. it just leaves me in awe every time I see these self made beauties.. gorgeous!

Oh mind.. couldn't help but notice that stand.. how pretty.. can you tell where you got those?

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

Sigurd wrote:

Nice! I like this build very much!
Have you concidered making the other version where you have a small corner instead?

Thanks.
No I hadn't considered that, I don't have anymore gigaminxes now though.
This one actually lay unfinsihed for quite a while in my garage, I truncated it a while back and then left it

X-TownCuber wrote:

Very good build! I like the piece size a lot better on this than on the original. Was this built from a MF8 or C4U gigaminx?

Thankyou, Yes I prefer using this larger one now than my smaller one.
I used a C4U Gigaminx.

Kattenvriendin wrote:

:shock: Oh wow how beautiful! I love the color scheme on this puzzle a lot.. it just leaves me in awe every time I see these self made beauties.. gorgeous!
Oh mind.. couldn't help but notice that stand.. how pretty.. can you tell where you got those?

Thankyou.
The stands are 'Acrylic Sphere Stands' I get them on ebay, they look good when used with Skewb balls and Masterballs, but they also support many hexagonal dipyramids in an upright position, which makes them look nice on the puzzle shelf.

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:45 am

Thank you very much! :mrgreen:

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

This is a very unique way to make a large megaminx.
How innovative!

-Doug

mitchblahman · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:07 am

Looks awesome!
Here's to hoping it doesn't turn like a gigaminx :lol:

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

Thankyou.
No it turns much better now

its nice to turn an unused puzzle into something else.

Hungab · **Joined:** Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:35 pm

Amazing puzzle

merlintocs · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:57 am

That really looks great.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:44 pm

SunnWinder wrote:

I made this large version of the Icosahedron Megaminx by truncating a Gigaminx

That is ... creative.
I would never have thought about that.

Konrad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:56 pm

What a beautiful puzzle!

Vadim · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:28 pm

I wish they would produce this puzzle in a megaminx size.
Vadim

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

Vadim wrote:

I wish they would produce this puzzle in a megaminx size.
Vadim

It wouldn't be hard at all. All you would need would be extensions on the edge and corner molds and new center caps.

-Doug

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:26 pm

Very nice work, thanks for sharing!

Dave

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

Thankyou, everyone.

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

Great craftmanship. Do you cut the stickers by a plotter?

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

clauswe wrote:

Great craftmanship. Do you cut the stickers by a plotter?

Thankyou.
No, stickers 'always' cut by hand. I spend many hours doing this, I try to make good stencils first that I can draw around.
On this puzzle though I just cut lengths of vinyl 5mm width for the edge pieces, and marked them off to size with a pencil, these same strips were also used for the points (centers). I used a stencil for the triangles

MiSenIn · **Joined:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:33 am

It looks like a lantern from China.

MiSenIn · **Joined:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:33 am

also like this

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