Stellation of Rhombic Triacontahedron
Stellation of Rhombic Triacontahedron
This model is a stellation of the rhombic triacontahedron. There is only one type of face in this model, but I have used two colours. Orange for parts visible on one side of the face, and purple for parts visible from the other side. I probably should have used a lighter colour for the more hidden parts, since they are usually in shadow.
I started by using the nets created by
Great Stella,
but realised after making a start that it was very difficult to glue
them together. By default, it puts the four orange parts at each
convex vertex into a single net.
I decided to change direction half way through, and used
"Selection>Mouse Selection Mode>Cut/Uncut Edges"
to cut the nets into nets with only two pieces in them. Then it was
much easier to reach inside with tweezers.
For the rest of the model, I made dodecahedral parts, and used
"Selection>Mouse Selection Mode>Create Facets"
to create kites to fit inside the opening of each part.
I used a hole punch to make a hole in each kite, so that tweezers could
fit half in and half out to glue the kites in place.
Now the parts can be glued together, dodecahedron style, with the
kite from one part being glued to the kite of another part.
