1. Hey guyz. Welcome to the All New Phlatforum!



    Sign Up and take a look around. There are so many awesome new features.

    The Phlatforum is a place we can all hang out and

    have fun sharing our RC adventures!

  2. Dismiss Notice

Sphinx Project

Discussion in 'Slice forms/Sculptures' started by kram242, Oct 16, 2011.

  1. kram242

    kram242 Administrator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    6,311
    Trophy Points:
    13
    Location:
    NJ
    Hi guyz,
    The kidz came over this weekend with a request to create a model sphinx for their school social studies project.
    Trish helped them find the info they needed for the sphinx report and they helped her put together what they found interesting and wanted to add to the project.
    We went to work and the result turned out pretty cool and kidz love it!

    Materials used:
    (5) Sheets of Phlatprinted fanfold foam
    (1) Can of dark brown spray paint
    (1) Can of light brown spray paint
    (1) Can of enamel spray paint
    (1) Can of 3M adhesive spray
    (1) 5lb bag of reptile aquarium sand (Comes in different colors @ petsmart)
    (2) 3/8 wood square dowel (Lowes)

    Take part #1 from Sheet 5 and hot glue the wooden alignment dowels in place. I cut mine down to 10" so that I could work with them, and later cut them down even with the foam using a hacksaw.
    Start stacking the pieces from #2 though #38 as shown in the SU file. Leave #39 until last after you cut the wooden down even with the top of #38 you can glue #39 as the last piece to cover the dowel and complete the head and the build portion of the project.
    Another thing to notice is part #24 does not have an alignment dowel and just glue to the center of the body onto #22 when you reach that point.
    The dowel holes are a little tight so it takes a little fussing to line them up, but they make for a great alignment system and I will be using them for future slice form projects like this.
    For painting I set up a fan, and used a light misting of the dark brown first then moved on to the lighter brown. Then we sprayed the entire body with the 3M adhesive and let the kidz go to town covering it with the sand. Dumped the sand and repeated this process until almost the entire bag of sand was gone with the exception of a handful for touch-ups. Covered the entire sphinx with enamel spray several times until the entire can was done.
    This is where I should have stopped it was perfect! but I ended up spray painting the brown over that again and it turned out too dark. So we had to spray the light brown to try and tone it down. All in all the kidz loved it so that's cool! :D
    If you use this project please post your pics!
    Thank you
    Mark and Trish Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] tp://www.phlatforum.com/PhlatforumVB/converted_files/31285=12709-DSC02432.JPG">[​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] Sphinx.skp (4 MB)Â Sphinx1.cnc (134.7 KB)Â Sphinx2.cnc (27.7 KB)Â Sphinx3.cnc (41.5 KB)Â Sphinx4.cnc (47.9 KB)Â Sphinx5.cnc (42.6 KB)Â The Sphinx (1).pdf (392.9 KB)Â
     
  2. 7up

    7up Moderator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    1,090
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Kentucky
    It turned out great! Very cool idea, using the sand and the "stepped" look makes it look even more authentic.

    I love it.

    :pharaoh: I knew I'd get to use this smikey someday. :dance3:
     
  3. jovian

    jovian Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    208
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Thats awesome
     
  4. 3DMON

    3DMON Moderator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    2,380
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Sebastian, Florida
    :doubleup: Cool Mark!
     
  5. thunder hawk

    thunder hawk Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    287
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    G.H. Boyd Systems, P.O. Box 235 Griffith, IN 46319
    Nice one Mark. :cool:
     
  6. kram242

    kram242 Administrator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    6,311
    Trophy Points:
    13
    Location:
    NJ
    Thanks guyz, we are really happy with it to. Its amazing to see the layer build in the real one.
    Mark and Trish
     
  7. SilverFox

    SilverFox Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Location:
    Charleston, SC
    I don't see any "kids" in those photos, unless we count you! Are you letting them have any of the fun? :D
     
  8. theothers

    theothers Administrator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    761
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    New Jersey
    Hey guyz. Just wanted to update you all on the school project. The school put together an Egypt "museum" which included all of the kidz projects. The sphinx took home a blue ribbon. Only 10 of them were awarded!

    Here are a couple more pictures. We made sure we took one of the boyz to "prove" that they were involved ;) Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  9. thunder hawk

    thunder hawk Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    287
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    G.H. Boyd Systems, P.O. Box 235 Griffith, IN 46319
    Good Job.
    That diorama was well presented. Well worth the Blue ribbon. :cool:
    :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup:

    Congratulations.
    George :D
     
  10. 7up

    7up Moderator Staff Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    1,090
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Kentucky
    Way to go guys and gals! :good:
     
  11. SilverFox

    SilverFox Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Location:
    Charleston, SC
    Nice, they look like they had some fun!

    P.S.

    You know I was just giving you guys a hard time, it's what I do. :D
     
  12. PAULE

    PAULE Member

    Offline
    Messages:
    79
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Location:
    FL
    THAT PRETTY COOL MARKTRISH-WELL THERES ANOTHER BLUE RIBBON AWARD :dance3:
     

Share This Page