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Day of the Tentacle diorama

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Creating my own .stl files

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Everything so far in this little project came from Thingiverse – the characters, the little handbell on the counter, the doorknobs for the doors etc.

But there was one thing I was unlikely to find, and that was a stylised, cartoon grandfather clock (though I did spend quite a bit of time looking!). So I figured I’d have a go at making one myself.

Creating my own .stl files

It’s little more than a few basic primatives mashed together, then “edge-edited” – where I selected an edge of a cube or rectangle, and just nudged it away from vertical/horiztonal.

The result doesn’t exactly match the artwork in the game, but looks close enough as a “cartoon-style distorted perspective” grandfather clock to fit in the scene.

Creating my own .stl files

This cactus was my favourite find on Thingiverse. I simply added a cylinder, scaled the top face of it up a bit, then duplicated and squashed the cylinder to create a lip around the top of what had become a plantpot.

Creating my own .stl files

With the walls and floor now cut and assembled, and the “window dressing” printed and in place, it’s time to crack out the paints and bring this thing to life!

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