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mock up
After watching John work like a creep for a moment and a half too long, he stopped sculpting to come up to me and see if I had any questions. We got to talking about how they do the planning for these massive floats (made of styrofoam).
Here is what I learned: They make a smaller scaled mock up, free hand first. Then it is cut into a grid of interlocking pieces. The big chunk of styrofoam has a similar grid drawn onto it and then you sculpt row by row using a projector to help blow the 2d plans up to scale.
mock up
After watching John work like a creep for a moment and a half too long, he stopped sculpting to come up to me and see if I had any questions. We got to talking about how they do the planning for these massive floats (made of styrofoam).
Here is what I learned: They make a smaller scaled mock up, free hand first. Then it is cut into a grid of interlocking pieces. The big chunk of styrofoam has a similar grid drawn onto it and then you sculpt row by row using a projector to help blow the 2d plans up to scale.