Neocube - Hollowed Cuboctahedron

1116 balls (all mine!) - 20 Minutes

Music: Equinoxe Part 4 & Part 5 - Images, The Best of - Jean-Michel Jarre

Definiton of cuboctahedron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuboctahedron

This is hollowed because faces are actually hollow and not flat :-)

In my opinion, my best creation so far; but I need definitely a new webcam (and a good video editing program as well)

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[RomanNumural9]

5:49 if u ask me its an upgrade... Jk

Im gonna buy some in the near future and i was wondering if neocubes 6x6x6 alpha cube would work or would omega be smarter? More the merrier?

[psionic0]

@RomanNumural9 The more the merrier for sure. Besides, Omega is cheaper. I just wonder if you'll get lost with so many balls at once. I started with a single 216 pack...

[drumstyx6464]

the crazy thing is that 1116 balls all still fit easily in your hand

[psionic0]

@drumstyx6464 It's not so crazy... I've got 2000+ now and still fit (but not so easily) :-)

[oED209o]

gr8 work and music ;)

[zackster909]

nice balls

[ledwatchman]

@psionic0 I found finishing my icosidodecahedron version of your idea very difficult also, but perseverance paid off, you could well find a way.

I have just uploaded a quick phonecam video of my shape on my channel page just to show you, quality not good enough to post here, (the low quality camera is all I got right now but you can get an idea)

[psionic0]

Yes, I found the module really versatile too.

It would be great if you make your own video to link with this one!

About the other solids... I can't remember right now, but it's funny to explore the module variations: you can change the amount of rhombuses, or their, let's say, "sizes ratio", make them become hexagons rather than rhombuses.

With a 5-rhombus module you can create an icosahedron frame, but apparently it doesn't fit at the end. I'm still figuring out how to make it work

[ledwatchman]

@psionic0 I took both ideas here, and first made the Rhombic dodecahedron dual solid version, looks pretty cool and the 3 and four sided rhombus modules work very well. Now I have built an icosidodecahedron (20 triangle 12 pentagon solid) using the smaller rhombus unit suggested above (tricky to finish but I got there). It looks quite amazing, almost organic, kind of like a spherical cactus. I'm really impressed with your rhombus module idea, what other solids have/can you make with it?

[jasonbbb711]

I just finished making this! It took almost every ball I had but I did it! Great job man! Really ingenious.