How to make those cool looking globes

[tchuk-norst]

I've seen recently, mostly in surreal MOCs, the use of a SNOT globe. Does anyone have any idea of what I'm talking about or how to make these awesome spheres?

[DLuders]

"Philo" (Phillippe Hurbain) has posted instructions on how to make a "Lego Sphere Sculpture": http://philohome.com/sphere/sphere.htm . If you want it to be "Studs Not On Top" (SNOT), just roll it 90 degrees.

[Big Cam]

I've seen recently, mostly in surreal MOCs, the use of a SNOT globe. Does anyone have any idea of what I'm talking about or how to make these awesome spheres?

Do you have a picture of what you are talking about?

[DLuders]

Here are some spherical footballs ("Soccer Balls" in the USA) made of Technic Plates and Hinge Plates: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43397 .

[davee123]

I believe he's talking about the "Bruce Lowell" sphere design, which originated back in 2003:

http://bruce.kus-numa.net/lego/miscellaneous/sphere68.html

The idea was so popular that it was used by Legoland model designers, and other AFOLs all over. In 2005, Bram Lambrecht made a program to facilitate the process for other sizes of the sphere, seen here:

http://lego.bldesign.org/sphere/

That, in turn has been used to generate lots of SNOT-style globes, like the one seen here by Eric Harshbarger:

http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/globe2.html

DaveE

Edited July 2, 2010 by davee123

[tchuk-norst]

davee123 thanks, that's what I was looking for. but do you know how to make it?

[davee123]

davee123 thanks, that's what I was looking for. but do you know how to make it?

Use Bram's tool in combination with your favorite LDraw utility like LDView, MLCAD, LeoCAD, or what-have-you. That'll give you the instructions needed to build 1/6th of the sphere. Build 6 identical copies, and then place them around a central core of studs-out bricks (the core's shape and size will depend on how large of a sphere you have).

DaveE