Project #15, Rune Wheel

-

Lots of little details go into creating a LARP game like Empire and this project works within the complexity of the new Rune system they have invented. There are 26 (actually 27) runes which correspond to each letter of the alphabet which means they'll be handy for writing coded messages. Each rune has an affiliation with something and most belong to one of the 6 realms (3 don't). Beyond the basic 27 runes there are 6 additional runes that correspond to the realms, and each of those runes has a human 'race' affiliated to it, and those races in turn align to one single rune (except 1 that aligns to all 4). Got it?

So actually there is an awful lot of information to remember and instead of writing it down on a piece of paper and wafting inkjet prints around at a medieval re enactment I decided to display that information in a form much nicer than a list and on a medium much more appropriate for the setting. Laser cutting is a very modern thing but it will do for a nice representation of pyrography. (svg here)

Project 15/ 22 Weeks



I mentioned there were 6 realms each realm has 4 runes associated with it, this leaves 3 remaining runes and led me to believe that subdividing the wheel by 6 was a good place to start. The outer ring has 24 runes grouped by realm, each rune has it's name left and association to the right (picture below rotated). The next ring in has the 6 realms, Summer, Night, Spring, Autumn, Day and Winter. These are laid out in order as it possible to push an item that is aligned to one realm into the realm next to it. The realm runes have the realm to the left and the lineage to the right. Finally the last 3 runes are on the inner ring, they are not realm aligned, this leaves a nice big space in the middle for a group logo.





Custom logos for other groups as requested


I had the power set too high on the first wheel I cut so now I have a large jigsaw puzzle that I need to figure out.

Popular posts from this blog

Wiring the Ruida Controller

-
Image
The RDC6442G controller from Ruida This is going to be quite an image heavy post describing the rewiring needed to convert between the Leetro controller and the Ruida controller. It is also pretty straight forward on the old Just Add Sharks laser cutters because all of the wires are clearly labelled. The controller was prepared in the previous step in order to make this conversion process as smooth as possible. The Leetro (Pad03) panel on the left and the Ruida panel on the right The view from inside the laser looking up at the control panel The control panel is an easy place to start, both panels have just a single cable that runs down to the controller, both panels are a very similar size, with the Ruida panel being slightly smaller underneath so it will fit in the hole left behind easily. The Pad03 panel clips into place so you'll need to reach up inside the machine to work the clips loose. The cable runs down the inside of the laser and is cable tied onto mounti
Read more

Rainbow Puzzle Box

-
Image
This is a binary sequence puzzle box built from 3mm birch plywood, it uses a Gray code pattern to ultimately align all the dials into a rainbow pattern before the lid can be removed. It's actually a redesign of a puzzle inside Loki's box of Tricks  because I thought it would make a cool stand alone puzzle box. The files are available for sale in my Etsy store . ( svg here ) The puzzle consists of five interlocking disks that can only rotate when the disks either side of it are in the correct position to allow it. The large wheel in the middle and the disks on the underside of the lid further restrict the rotation of the disks. The large wheel must be pointed to the disk that is being rotated and the large wheel is in turn restricted from pointing to the smaller disks depending on alignment. Once all the disks are aligned into the full rainbow the large wheel is completely free to rotate and can be turned to the edge of the box and allows the lid to be removed. There is a very
Read more

Laser Cut Cryptex

-
Image
This is my laser cut cryptex. It features 28 different characters and 9 rings, giving a total possible 10.5 Trillion different combinations. I took a bit of time developing the design so that I could add some nice features. This cryptex file is laid out so that you can have any number of rings in your own design. The best feature is that the codeword is changeable, each locking ring has an outer letter ring that can be placed in any one of the 28 different positions. Once the rings are back in place the ring locking bars can added and they prevent the rings from being modified until the box is open again. It's a bit hard to explain so I made a video showing how it all work ( svg here ) It took a long time to assemble this so I lived with my initial design choices but if I were to remake it I would adjust the file to make the ring locking bars out of 6mm ply and maybe put some blind holes onto the code rings to prevent the code being brute forced.
Read more