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Hourglass Model

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Every once in awhile I decide to pick a random new tool and see what I can do with it, either in RL or on the computer. In this case I picked the 3D modelling software called Blender. Using that, I built my own version of the big hourglass that was in the Starswirl wing of the Canterlot library, in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon. The first image is what appeared in the show (here for reference), and the next two are two different camera angles on the one I modelled.

I changed a few things as my engineering sense was screaming out that the support bars on the side really needed to contact the top and bottom properly (doubled up for strength) and set up so that it could actually spin on those pivots. Oh, and yes, that's the seal of Rassillon etched into the top. For Reasons.

There were several things that frustrated me with this program, but I eventually figured most of them out. The one that still eludes me is why this thing looks like a desktop toy. I wanted it to look like it was 8-10 feet tall, and I couldn't get it to work, even when I put the camera right at the base of the thing. The textures and whatnot just looked wrong. It's probably something to do with focal length or such like, but not being an actual artist I haven't figure out the rules for that kind of thing yet.
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The seal sealed this.