This 3D scan of a small elephant-headed statue of Ganesha is based on an old plaster figure. The original statue has since been lost due to water damage, but can be reprinted at any time using this 3D data. Cultural assets, mementos and works of art are always at risk of being damaged, stolen or…Continue readingSHORT POST – 3D Scan Ganesha
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Traces in the ground are usually the only remains of prehistoric buildings. For the most part, only traces of the former posts or their holes and ditches of varying depth have survived. These can be categorized according to their nature (diameter, depth, content, etc.) and assigned to different structural elements of the former building. This…Continue readingSHORT Post – components of a Bronze Age house animation
This statue of the Nereid Galatea is part of a group of figures on Brandenburg Cathedral Island. The water creature is accompanied by 4 Tritons and was created in the 17th century. The quality of the figures suggests influences from the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The group of figures was first erected in Brandenburg…Continue readingSHORT Post – Brandenburger Galatea 3D-Scan
The “Fisherman’s Boy” is a copy of a statue by the Brandenburg sculptor Gustav Metz. It was erected in 1912 at the pond in Humboldthain by the Richard Spittas Foundation and has been in the courtyard of the Brandenburg City Museum since the 1970s. I took the pictures for the 3D scan with my iPhone…Continue readingSHORT Post – 3D Scan fisherman’s boy, Brandenburg
Preview article on the progress of the 3D scan of the widow Bollmann (Galatea) and her tritons from Brandenburg Havel.Continue readingSHORT Post – Widow Bollmann and her Tritons in 3D
I know this is not a typical archaeological topic, but I am a massive fan of Star Trek and thought it would be fun to reconstruct a movie prop from the beginning of SCIFI movies. So please forgive me for not staying on topic and enjoy the model. Next time it will be archaeology again,…Continue readingReconstructing a 60s Star Trek phaser rifle
A quick attempt at reconstructing a medieval motte, a hybrid between a castle and a fortified house. Buildings like this existed throughout Germany and provided security for smaller villages. Everything was created in Blender 3D 2.79.Continue readingSHORT Post – 3D concept of a medieval Motte
These are the results of a short test scan. The object is a lion’s head as part of the decoration of a building. The head itself has a diameter of 5 cm and is made of brass. This 3D object is based on 39 images taken on a cloudy day with an iPhone SE. The…Continue readingSHORT Post – a lion in the List, Hannover
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SHORT Post – the mask from Uivar
This year I’m participating in the Sculpting January Challenge. The goal is to become a better sculptor by creating 31 models in one month. On January 2nd, the theme was masks, so I tried to recreate the mask from Uivar (Romania). The object was found in the early 2000s during an excavation by the Free…Continue readingSHORT Post – the mask from Uivar
Last week, I finally started using my automatic photogrammetry Rig, and scanned the first test objects. Right now, the rig is placed at my employers’ office, so the first scans are published by Formwerk 3D. Using this rig, we can get the needed pictures for 3D photogrammetry models in a clean and sharp quality in…Continue readingSHORT Post – fossils in 3D