My Trunkated V-skewb-X

Vadim · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:55 am

Hi all,
This is my first simple skewb mod in quite a while.
I haven't touched puzzles for ages.
I wasn't sure what to call this, but decided on X-skewb due to all those exes on it's sides.

See what you think.
Vadim

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

Looks nice. I really love those stickers. They are like smaz's yet with a twist.

X-TownCuber · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm

PuzzleMaster6262 wrote:

Looks nice. I really love those stickers. They are like smaz's yet with a twist.

+1. Those stickers are great.

I really like the name too. A very interesting puzzle.

otischeng · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:48 am

Good looking!

Gus · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:25 pm

Nice mod, but the name X-Skewb is taken

QuirkyCubes · **Joined:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:19 pm **Location:** PA

That's beautiful, Vadim. I love the stickers as well. What inspired the pattern on the square faces?

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:54 pm

That's a great looking center sticker. I like that it has the same 2-fold symmetry of the piece even though it looks like the piece has a 4-fold symmetry.

Dreiser · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:23 am **Location:** CH

Beautiful Skewb-Mod! I like the stickers.

Vadim · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:43 pm

Gus wrote:

Nice mod, but the name X-Skewb is taken

Oh dear... I'm sorry.
Any name suggestions then?
I'm a bit stuck...

Jared · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:45 pm

It is almost a perfect rhombicuboctahedron... So, I suggest Rhombiskewboctahedron.

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

PuzzleMaster6262 wrote:

Looks nice. I really love those stickers. They are like smaz's yet with a twist.

Hahaha. I get it. A "twist" :lol:

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

Hmm pretty random, but why not X-Skewb X (or maybe with a trunkated somewhere) :oops:

?

Vadim · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:53 pm

Hmmmm...
In fact... I might get my initial V there.
Like V-skewb-X or V-Skewbex...
I'm not sure how to change this topics Title.
Can't find this option anywhere...
Can someone help?
Vadim

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

Vadim wrote:

Hmmmm...
In fact... I might get my initial V there.
Like V-skewb-X or V-Skewbex...
I'm not sure how to change this topics Title.
Can't find this option anywhere...
Can someone help?
Vadim

Edit your first post and at the top change the title. Like for this post I can even change the title.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:27 am

Edit your first post and at the top change the title. Like for this post I can even change the title.[/quote]

Thanks, mate!
Vadim

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

Vadim wrote:

Gus wrote:

Nice mod, but the name X-Skewb is taken :(

Oh dear... I'm sorry.
Any name suggestions then?
I'm a bit stuck...

Great puzzle Vadim. I still remember your original V-Cube and how a greater power forced you to change it's name!

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:55 am

Thanks, Tony.
To be honest they didn't make me to change my puzzle name, they just adopted it after having different name for years.
Oh well...
Thanks for the comment though.
I like that you still appreciate even simple mods, made by hand.
I enjoyed making it... from YOUR invention!
Thank you, Tony!
Vadim

Anthony · **Joined:** Sun Jul 21, 2002 1:07 am

Excellent puzzle.

Keep up the hand mods.

Anthony

SunnWinder · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:56 am

Cool puzzle, it reminds me of my Truncated Skewb Kite, with additional cuts on all the corners.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:33 am

SunnWinder wrote:

Cool puzzle, it reminds me of my Truncated Skewb Kite, with additional cuts on all the corners.

Thanks,
That's exactly what it is...
Vadim

Vadim · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:52 am

Quirky-Cubes wrote:

That's beautiful, Vadim. I love the stickers as well. What inspired the pattern on the square faces?

First of all it was Smaz's "hollow" stickers.
I used rims off the blocks of 3x3x3 stickers from China.
applying stickers around the edge of the squares, I had some more of them left.
I decided to use them up.

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