Slithy Toves Kinetic Sculpture

[aeh5040]

Here is my latest kinetic sculpture.  It won the award for "Maddest" MOC at BrickCon this weekend!  (The theme of the convention was "Madness"). Enjoy!

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by aeh5040

[JJ2]

Wow! Mesmerizing especially around 2:18

[JGW3000]

'Tis brillig! Excellent mimsy borogoves.  Will make a great desk sculpture.  Did you consider using different color connectors?

BY the way, I wouldn't mind having a peak at the gear box.

Edited October 5, 2016 by JGW3000

[BusterHaus]

Beautiful! I love that the top is only supported by the moving parts. 

[jono rocky]

I'm officially hypnotized and under you command. The perfect work desk moc. 

[tkatt]

That is so cool! Great job.

[MajklSpajkl]

I just can't stop looking at it!!! Gotta count my no.3 and no.4 connectors :-) Congratulations on the prize!

Edited October 5, 2016 by MajklSpajkl

[Victor Imaginator]

Meditative model. Great idea, almost simple)

[wissamms]

nice sculpture, bravo!

 

[2LegoOrNot2Lego...]

Kind of what happens below the surface of the ocean...very cool!

[legosamigos]

Freddie Mercury sang "It`s A Kind Of Magic" and this is like kind of magic But when I saw video, I feel a little drunk after this hypnosis

[berrys66]

Definitely gyring and gimbling in the wabe. Awesomely hypnotic and fully deserving of the prize I'm sure.

[Alex Ilea]

So cool !

[VKTechnic]

You made the video, nice!

 

[Leonardo da Bricki]

I saw this at BrickCon, congrats on winning! It is a hypnotizing MOC, and very well done.

[Chilekesh]

Mesmerizing. Great MOC, really.

[bonox]

I'm loving these out of the box designs. I'm turning this one into a screensaver :D

[aeh5040]

Thank you everyone for the kind comments!

On 10/4/2016 at 6:34 PM, JGW3000 said:

'Tis brillig! Excellent mimsy borogoves.  Will make a great desk sculpture.  Did you consider using different color connectors?

BY the way, I wouldn't mind having a peak at the gear box.

I did think quite alot about different colors, but it is very hard to find enough of them...

Here are a few pictures of the "gear box".  It's really very simple...

More here when moderated.

[AlphaZed]

Hello all,

This is fantastic, great work!

I've made the .lxf file of this, would you mind If I post it here?

Zed

[aeh5040]

5 hours ago, AlphaZed said:

Hello all,

This is fantastic, great work!

I've made the .lxf file of this, would you mind If I post it here?

Zed

Cool!  Absolutely, please do post it.

[J_C]

Beautiful! 

[Huaojozu]

This is absolutely amazing. More than that, it motivates me to try something similar. I just love discovering new things to do with Technic. 

[AlphaZed]

Once again aeh5040, this is absolutely stunning work!

I've decided to build one for myself, so first I've made an LDD version of it. This way it's easier to create a wishlist on bricklink, and building instructions can be made too from the .lxf file.

Download it here: http://bricksafe.com/pages/AlphaZed/alphazeds-ldd-files

There was only one issue, that I couldn't fit 4 of toves with the top, so I placed 4 axles separately, and also maybe the gear transformation from the motor is a bit different, but should work. Feel free to update the .lxf if you feel so.

Keep up the great work!

Z

[agrof]

Piece of ART.

p.s.: Thank You for sharing the lxf file AlphaZed!

 

[aeh5040]

On 11/30/2016 at 1:37 AM, AlphaZed said:

Once again aeh5040, this is absolutely stunning work!

I've decided to build one for myself, so first I've made an LDD version of it. This way it's easier to create a wishlist on bricklink, and building instructions can be made too from the .lxf file.

There was only one issue, that I couldn't fit 4 of toves with the top, so I placed 4 axles separately, and also maybe the gear transformation from the motor is a bit different, but should work. Feel free to update the .lxf if you feel so.

Many thanks AlphaZed for this - the LDD file is almost exactly right.

You have inspired me to make instructions!  They can be downloaded here:

http://rebrickable.com/mocs/aeh5040/slithy-toves-kinetic-sculpture

You are correct that the geometry is not mathematically perfect.  I had to do some faking to make it fit in the LDraw file...