Comments on: HOWTO make a custom snowglobe of your house http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wizard.gynoid http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1313990 wizard.gynoid Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1313990 Qarl's website is worth looking at thusly:  http://www.qarl.com/menu/ Qarl’s website is worth looking at thusly: 
http://www.qarl.com/menu/

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1313766 FreakCitySF Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1313766 I love it! I did a HO scale model of my parents house this past Xmas. I spent an insane amount of time on the roof deck with scale lumber pieces.  I used a laser cutter to cut the walls and roofs and some other details, the rest was built with Northeastern scale lumber and plastruct scale plastic pieces. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/minihouse.jpg/ , final cost is well under $30. I love it! I did a HO scale model of my parents house this past Xmas. I spent an insane amount of time on the roof deck with scale lumber pieces.  I used a laser cutter to cut the walls and roofs and some other details, the rest was built with Northeastern scale lumber and plastruct scale plastic pieces.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/minihouse.jpg/ , final cost is well under $30.

]]> By: John Strong http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1313177 John Strong Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1313177 What was the final cost of this project? What was the final cost of this project?

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312944 lavardera Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312944 yup, I'm all over sketchup, and its available to anybody. Maya? Probably a free trial available, but you don't casually stroll into that interface, and start manipulating UV coordinates no less. yup, I’m all over sketchup, and its available to anybody. Maya? Probably a free trial available, but you don’t casually stroll into that interface, and start manipulating UV coordinates no less.

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312900 Kommkast Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312900 Qarl is a pretty awesome guy, he worked on the Matrix movies if I remember right, worked for Linden Labs for a long time and is now doing a commission to make a mesh deformer for Second Life. Qarl is a pretty awesome guy, he worked on the Matrix movies if I remember right, worked for Linden Labs for a long time and is now doing a commission to make a mesh deformer for Second Life.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312849 Ipo Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312849 With SketchUp?  Yes you can!  It's very simple and satisfying.  With SketchUp?  Yes you can! 
It’s very simple and satisfying. 

]]> By: duc chau http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312819 duc chau Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312819 Reminds me of the Steve Martin bit <i>How To Be a Millionaire and NEVER Pay Taxes</i>. "First... get yourself a million dollars." Reminds me of the Steve Martin bit How To Be a Millionaire and NEVER Pay Taxes.

“First… get yourself a million dollars.”

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312705 lavardera Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312705 Oh yeah, I was thinking "I can do this" till he took a trip into Maya and "UV Coordinates"... detour into WTF? Oh yeah, I was thinking “I can do this” till he took a trip into Maya and “UV Coordinates”… detour into WTF?

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312692 Art Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312692 Never mind.  I found it: http://timberlinelodgestore.com/timberlinesnowglobe.aspx Never mind.  I found it: http://timberlinelodgestore.com/timberlinesnowglobe.aspx

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312688 Art Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312688 I want a snow globe of  The Overlook Hotel :) I want a snow globe of  The Overlook Hotel :)

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312685 Art Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312685 Pretty creative.  Good effect!  Well done.  His wife will remember it always,  I am sure. Pretty creative.  Good effect!  Well done.  His wife will remember it always,  I am sure.

]]> By: Ryan David Jahn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312672 Ryan David Jahn Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312672 It's all cool now, but wait till his wife shakes that snowglobe, and life turns into a Stephen King story. It’s all cool now, but wait till his wife shakes that snowglobe, and life turns into a Stephen King story.

]]> By: jetfx http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/howto-make-a-custom-snowglobe.html#comment-1312667 jetfx Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137626#comment-1312667 Yeah, Google Sketchup is absurdly easy to make a model of your house in. You don't even need dimensions, just photos of the house. Yeah, Google Sketchup is absurdly easy to make a model of your house in. You don’t even need dimensions, just photos of the house.

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