USS Montana turrets for naval miniature ship, scale model 1:1800
USS Montana turrets, 16-inch (406 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns.

Note; The color of the turrets on the photo is hand dyed White Strong Flexible material. (not Dark Grey Strong Flexible)

Roll a Ball on Plastic Rails Inside a 3D Cube. Reach the Exit to Solve the Maze Puzzle. Rolling Ball Maze Puzzle & Brain Game for Kids, teens & Adults.

Color and material options are in the "Select Material" drop-down list on the right. If you want an option not shown or would like a quantity discount, please click on the "Contact Designer" button to write me an email.

Zig Zag Zog - You will learn to zig zag in three dimensions to solve this 5x5x5 maze, but watch out for the pitfalls! The dimensions of this maze are 24mm by 24mm by 24mm and the ball is 7mm in diameter.

Ethereal Maze Puzzles are mazes that you solve by rolling a ball through an innovative new three dimensional lattice structure which forms the maze paths. The goal is to roll the ball through the Labyrinth Maze from the entrance to the exit. An additional challenge is to navigate the ball from the exit back to the entrance.

Start by pushing the ball into the spring loaded entrance ( it looks like a backwards “J”). Tip the maze in different directions to roll the ball along the paths through the maze. Don’t worry, if you make a wrong turn, the ball will not fall out of the maze. If the ball runs into a dead-end you can just roll the ball back the opposite way and try another path, that’s all part of this fun brain game. When you reach the exit there is a spring loaded button to press to release the ball from the maze. The exit is in a corner of the 3D maze, where you will find a bar with the little button sticking out from the side of the maze.

Each maze game come with the ball attached by a little chain link cage for shipping. This needs to be cut off and cut open with scissors and the ball will fall out. Note that each larger size maze comes with a larger ball. The balls can quickly and easily be colored with a highlighter or marker. Let the ball dry for a minute after applying then roll between clean white paper to remove excess color so it does not rub off on the maze. Paint for plastic models can also be used. The orange, green and black balls in the pictures were colored with highlighters or markers. Coloring the ball makes it easier to track in the Labyrinth maze.

See for yourself how Ethereal Maze Puzzles take maze puzzles to a whole new level of challenge and fun. With their convoluted lattice structure they can also be enjoyed as captivating and intriguing sculptural works of art.

For updates, news and reviews please visit the Ethereal Maze Puzzles YouTube channel and Facebook Fan Page

A 125% scale version of the Die4, Die6, Die8, Die10, Die12, and Die20 models.

Bram's Cube is an idea by Bram Cohen to add eight gears to a 2x2x2 Rubik's Cube. When the top is turned by a quarter, the gears turn by one eight. For solving this puzzle, not only the 2x2x2 has to be turned to its correct position, but also the gears. This gives a classical puzzle a whole new dimension.

Watch the YouTube video
Read at the Shapeways forum
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum

Please contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.

Gear Shift is based on an idea by Bram Cohen. This puzzle has eight gears around a cube. All gears can turn together. But it is also possible to pull the gears apart in two sets of four. Each set of four can be turned individually. And there are three ways to split the gears. The object of this puzzle is similar to Rubik's Cube: scramble it and then try to solve it.

Watch the YouTube video
Read at the Shapeways Forum
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum

Please contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.

Or buy the mass-produced version of this puzzle is mefferts.com.

Truncated Sphere D11 with 3-fold symmetry.

This die is inspired by the repulsion force polyhedra. Nonetheless, the underlying polyhedron (not rounded) is very different from the shape that can be obtained through this technique with 11 points repulsing each others.

Actually, I calculated the positions of 11 points to have a maximal radius for the circles resulting from the intersection of this underlying polyhedron with a sphere with the following constraints:
- 2 poles (upper and lower face - parallel to the horizontal plane)
- 3 points around each pole
- 3 remaining points corresponding to 3 faces perpendicular to the horizontal plane

The result is a truncated sphere with 11 circular faces of same radius.

It is numbered from 1 to 11: 2 numbers are on faces (poles), 6 between vertices and face and  3 on edges. The sum of the numbers on the 3 upper vertices surronding the North pole is 18.  Same thing for the sum of the 3 numbers on the lower vertices surronding the South pole and the sum of the 3 numbers on the edges of the equator.

This die is made of a shell of 1.5mm that contains support material to make it heavier. The engraved numbers have a 0.75 mm depth. They are quite big since they overlap the surrounding faces and thus should be very easy to read.

See this thread for more informations.

Available Truncated Sphere Dice: D4, D6, D8, D9, D10, D%, D11, D12, D14, D15, D16, D17, D18, D20, D24, D32, D33
Alternative shapes: alt D8, 3-fold D10 (rounded), 3-fold D10 (pointed), 4-fold D10, 5-folded D10 (pointed)
Coming soon: D22, D50
Related dice: Concave D4, Concave D6, D4 Shell, D8 Shell.

Unlucky Twist is a 1x2x13 twisty puzzle, related to the Rubik's Cube. It is a tribute to Ola Jansson, who found a telescopic mechanism to create extremely long twisty puzzles, including his own 1x2x5 design.

Watch the original YouTube video.
Watch the new YouTube video.
Read at the Shapeways Forum.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.

Please contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.

Transformers Wrecker Ironfist. Specifically designed to fit the DOTM Deluxe Ratchet figure. I highly recommend getting one of the detail prints. This one comes with NO bullet hole.

The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon, but nicknamed Der Fliegende Holzschuh ("flying clog"), from the side-view shape of its fuselage) was a World War II German flying boat that functioned as the Luftwaffe's main long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

Outline Chess - Pawn

Available in;
White Strong & Flexible
Black Strong & Flexible

Geared Mixup is a twisty-puzzle design requested by many people. When playing the original Gear Cube (Caution Cube), players can only make half turns because of the gears. Many people tried quarter turns in vain. Now it is possible, by combining the Gear Cube and Mixup Cube concepts. Geared Mixup has eight geared corners that drive twenty small 4-teeth gears.

Watch the YouTube video
Read at the Shapeways Forum
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum

Please contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.

I've also designed a slightly less expensive version that's the same size, available here: 

Now you can carry a fortune telling I-Ching die with you wherever you go!  
This 8-Sided die is hollow and can be worn as an attractive pendant, will you need to provide your own cord or chain.

Rolling the die while concentrating on a question or problem reveals the Tri-grams that will lead to your answer.

Recommended in Stainless Steel, gold, Silver, Alumide or Bronze.

Reading your fortune using the I Ching: Roll the die twice (or once with 2 die) make a note of the trigrams from each roll, when stacked over the top of each other they create one of the 64 Hexagrams that will answer your question. This website is a handy resource for interpreting the hexagrams.

my second test at color 3d printing catan tiles.Still work in progress but not for long.

Version 2.0

A pair of show-accurate blades and replacement smokestacks for the Transformers Prime First Edition voyager Optimus Prime figure! These are meant to replace the soft versions the original figure came with, and are not meant to be toys or given to children.

Of course, the blades use 5mm peg handles, so they are compatible with most figures.

If you own the RID voyager mold and wish to order only the swords without smokestacks, click here.

This model is tested in Frosted Ultra Detail.

Flickr gallery here.

TFW2005 thread here.

• 60-sided die with faces numbered from 1 to 60.
• This design is based upon the geometry of the Pentagonal Hexecontahedron

• A variation of this design could be seen here: http://www.shapeways.com/model/148752/the_rosetta_dice__1__60_.html

See my New Spring Loaded Dice:
Spring-loaded 30-sided die.
Spring-loaded Icodie.
Spring-loaded die.

• Note: The unique construction method that I have used in assembling (piece by piece) this model is based upon a Theorem on the Duality of Regular Polyhedra that I have demonstrated in 1981– while creating and building, by hand, a series of polyhedral sculptures. For more info, see:
http://www.cascador.com/RegularPolyhedra/PolyhedraH.htm
http://www.cascador.com/RegularPolyhedra/PolyhedralSculptures/PolyhedraSculptures1.html
http://www.cascador.com/RegularPolyhedra/PolyLamps/PolyLamps1.html
http://www.cascador.com/RegularPolyhedra/sampleimages.htm

6d6 dice set modeled in a Steampunk theme.

  The Ossuary set of dice piles together skulls with large flat numerals (or pips in the case of the four sided die).
They're intended to add a hint of the mortuary madness of the Paris Catacombs to your die rolling, while remaining pleasant to handle and roll.

Set of six dice, fifty (count 'em) skulls.

Twenty sided, from twelve skulls.
Twelve sided, eight skulls with side bones.
Ten sided, with another twelve skulls.
Eight sided, built from six skulls.
Six sided, built from eight skulls.
Four sided, a simple tetrahedral pyramid of skulls.

 

 A set of ten 1:200 scale miniatures scaled for the Formula D (was Formula De) boardgame.

The ten models represent four Grand Prix winning marques that made up the field for the 1957 Pescara GP: the Cooper T43 driven by Jack Brabham and Roy Salvadori (2 models), the Ferrari-Lancia 801 driven by Luigi Musso (2 models), the Maserati 250F driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and most of the field (4 models), and the Vanwall VW57 driven by Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks and Stuart Lewis-Evans (2 models).