In lieu of fabricating a model, the planning and preparation stages were in place early to begin fabricating and giving myself extra time to assemble to create. I was planning on completing a representational/scale model for the original deadline because the topography that I had selected and created, it was very unique to the narrative and gives the location of outpost significance in relation to the ruins.
When preparing files in Task 5: Tiny World Prototypes, I really wanted to CNC my topography and majority of my structures created in the previous task. By CNC-ing, it would have produced the smoothness topography and would have given me definitions of the slope that I wanted in. The rest of the pieces, such as the ruins and larger structures and the outpost itself, I was planning on 3D printing because a lot of structural components such as columns and arches that easily be made through that process since the CNC cannot drill horizontally.
An obstacle during this task was the trees I imported into the file. Due to the mountainous topography, I wanted conifer-like trees like pine or spruce but a file that looked like a Christmas tree. They were really beautiful and complimented the surroundings on the landscape, especially when rendered in V-Ray. However, the file had a lot of naked edges that even when I closed them, it was still an open poly surface therefore it would be able to be 3D printed or CNC unless they would only come out as a simple cone instead of the desired shape. Laser Cutting would have created much too complicated of a shape to cut and fold since there are many of varying sizes. Thus, I thought it would have been a good idea to fabricate the trees myself to add hybrid fabrication methods to the project by using card stock or a chipboard to make them. Similar to the following inspirational images.
