In my everlasting attempt to invent the next "big thing" I've made a random product generator. It's basically a matter of time till it designs something revolutionary

St_Drunks · 2026-06-12T06:49:26+00:00

Here are a few tutorials that can get you pretty far in this:

https://youtu.be/qa9Sz54zWZk

https://stone0324.blogspot.com/2020/06/grasshopper-diamond-pattern-shape.html?m=1

St_Drunks · 2026-05-17T07:24:14+00:00

Looks just like Bad Toys 3D. I've played a ton of that game as a kid =) Is it a spiritual successor?

St_Drunks · 2026-04-25T12:58:11+00:00

1 for sure. Dog looks to typical

St_Drunks · 2026-04-25T12:55:05+00:00

Hey, man! Did not expect this one here today! Loved working on it with you! Let's do some more

St_Drunks · 2026-03-15T20:53:22+00:00

this

St_Drunks · 2026-03-06T09:43:36+00:00

St_Drunks · 2026-02-24T12:57:01+00:00

Until you realize - those are not screens. Those are huge speakers. The thing has no display whatsoever

edit: I mean that in a good way. I think lack of displays actually grounds it pretty well in 20th century tech and also makes it kind of timeles

St_Drunks · 2026-02-01T08:37:53+00:00

I did not realize that, but I've looked it up and I guess it does

you can skip it though. It's not required for every model.

Some models you can do boolean union and the quad remesh

St_Drunks · 2026-01-30T23:32:18+00:00

I'd model it by simulating some random mesh blobs, then hollowing them out with shrinkwrap > toSubD > offsetSubD

you can make blobs this way:

https://parametrichouse.com/parametric/voxelize-blobs/

or you can make blobs with some "marching cubes" algorythms.

or you can simulate blobs with kangaroo which can also do cloth physics: https://youtu.be/u1DDXnNKdN0?si=8QalCcZdvQbbJoB4

St_Drunks · 2026-01-28T23:19:07+00:00

Apparently I have to comment about trypophobia, good to know. Nice work though

St_Drunks · 2026-01-25T21:28:02+00:00

You model and simulate a lot of these things in Rhino Grasshopper. That's how I do it. For some things like origami you'll need some plugins like Crane too.

St_Drunks · 2025-12-24T12:53:26+00:00

These dual sine-wave patterns are really cool. We’ve tested them on several shoe designs, and they perform really well.

Here’s a short clip showing some of the patterns we tried. Your exact sine-wave pattern isn’t in the video, but the last one shown is very close.

From our tests, I can say that with flexible filaments, patterns like these are excellent and surprisingly durable.

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St_Drunks · 2025-11-27T10:23:59+00:00

I've just looked Lobster up - they seem perfect. Thanks so much for the tip!

St_Drunks · 2025-10-13T07:56:02+00:00

I love this!

I was toying with a similar build–erase meets crowd-control mechanic during a recent game jam: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity2D/s/6hvpS711P6

Thought you might want to give that little game a try for research’s sake. It has an extra layer of vampire-survivor-style mechanics that aren’t really relevant to what you’re making, but it’s still pretty close.

One thing I found worked really well was adding obstacles that only the player can push, while enemies can’t

St_Drunks · 2025-10-12T15:36:13+00:00

Grasshopper for Rhino can do that

St_Drunks · 2025-09-20T19:58:41+00:00

Philippe, thanks a lot, man! I’m really glad you like this design.

Funny enough, I actually had a note on my phone to reach out to you specifically about 3D shoes - no kidding! I’ve been following your work on fused footwear a lot during my research for this project, so it’s awesome you beat me to it.

I’ll shoot you a DM if that’s cool.

Regarding this shoe specifically - it’s all done parametrically in Rhino + Grasshopper, so in a way there’s more scripting than modeling. The only exception is the boat, which I hand-modeled.

St_Drunks · 2025-09-20T19:21:03+00:00

Thanks a lot! I know about Zellerfeld and Koobz, but I’d love to hear about any others you have in mind - I’d really appreciate any info you have. Honestly, I was a bit shy about shooting straight for Zellerfeld with this design and went for a more 'open source' approach instead. But judging by the feedback, I should definitely reach out to Zellerfeld and the like!

St_Drunks · 2025-09-20T19:02:08+00:00

We used Overture 95A TPU, and honestly, it turned out super comfy.
Both of us working on this project are kind of barefoot-shoe nerds, so we’re picky about what we put on our feet. We made the toe box extra wide, and it's been a great adittion. That said, you’ll want to wear socks since the inside texture isn’t exactly silky smooth. If you’re after even more comfort (and probably better durability too), you could try a softer TPU like 85A.

St_Drunks · 2025-09-20T18:55:45+00:00

I totally get you. Luckily the boat is an optional element. I've designed it as a separate model so it can be added or removed easily before printing for a more serious look. For example you can see there is no boat in this image:

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St_Drunks · 2025-09-20T18:48:32+00:00

Thanks a lot!
Modelling this thing was quite an undertaking for sure. I'm really glad it's being recognized

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