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Stonehenge replica

The Stonehenge stone circle is the most famous Stone Age monument in Europe and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For a special exhibition of the LWL Museum of Archaeology in Herne, a full-scale Stonehenge replica as naturalistic as possible was to be produced as a monument that can be walked on and touched. We participated in the tender for this gigantic project and finally received the order. A total of 21 Stonehenge replicas on a scale of 1:1 were ordered, ranging in height from 4 to 7 m and up to 5 m wide.

Gigantic tasks

This literally gigantic order also presented us with some technical, time and logistical challenges. The 3D data of the giant stones provided by the customer first had to be divided into feasible sections. The individual elements were CNC milled from Styrofoam. Then, the large elements were merged together to form the stone replicas on a 1:1 scale.

The next step was to achieve the most realistic-looking surface possible for the stone giants. First, the “soft” Styrofoam was coated with a layer of polyurea hotcoat. This plastic coating significantly increased the compressive strength of the surface. The basis for the further coloration was then formed by freshly processed sarsen or bluestone optics. On the basis of photographic material and small original samples from Stonehenge, various types of sand were matched to each other and a suitable mixing ratio was determined. Because the replica stones should also
haptically resemble sandstone, the special sand mixture was sprayed onto the stone surface in combination with a dispersion adhesive. The details of the stone surface, as well as the color nuances, were finally worked out by airbrush painting.

Due to the large dimensions, the stones had to be precisely divided again for transport and assembly. The last hurdle was the assembly of the stones on site at the LWL Museum of Archaeology Herne. This was done by our team over two days. The huge stone models had to be assembled like a puzzle with the help of several scissor lifts and fixed to a substructure. The seams at the connection points were reworked by us after the assembly.

The impressive special exhibition about Stonehenge in the LWL Museum of Archaeology in Herne was opened on 23.09.21 and can be seen until 25.09.22.

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Custom-made balls for advertising

By order of Departmentdeluxe we made three balls for the famous TV channel SAT1. These decorative balls in a size from 40 to 150 cm imitate the rainbow colored SAT1 logo. They consist of an inner white ball and seven colored slats above it. The special challenge for us was to place the colored slats on the white ball at an even distance from each other so that they “float” about 5 mm above the ball. They are only connected to the sphere at the two poles. We precisely mastered this tricky task over the course of three weeks. The beautiful 3D logo now interacts with well-known actors such as Dr. Carola Holzner, Jörg Pilawa or Ralf Schmitz in various commercials of the station.

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Riesige Goldene Enzensberger Sterne

Huge stars

It would be hard for customers to imagine a department store during Advent without Christmas decorations, glitter and shine.

For the Christmas atmosphere in the Ernst-August-Galerie in Hanover, we were allowed to make our contribution. According to a design sketch of First Christmas by ROSENAU we made three huge Enzensberger stars.

For this project we designed and built a mold with a diameter of two meters. Subsequently, the stars were implemented in the hand laminate process from FRP and painted with a metallic color in gold. The company Firma Homeier-Lichttechnik in Nienstädt was responsible for the illumination with more than 160 light points.

A special challenge for us was to lay the optical fibers through a small flap in the body of the star so that they could be bundled in front of the light source. Just in time for Advent, the three golden Enzensberger stars shone in their sparkling glory and contributed to the pre-Christmas joy of the customers.

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Laughing gum

Our customer commissioned us to produce two popular advertising figures from GRP in XXL format for a new opening of his candy world in Oberhausen.

The figure “Dickie” of the Super Dickmann’s Foam Kisses in a height of approx. 1m with changing headgear should sweeten the entrance to the store. The children as well as adults should get big eyes at the 2.5m high laughing gum standing in the back. His big googly eyes move in a certain rhythm. However, until the eyes got big and the desire for sweets a few things had to be done.

The Dickie as well as the laughing rubber were carved out of Styrofoam. For a firmer and paintable surface, the styrofoam was covered with GRP. Dickie was thus ready for the “chocolate coating”. The special feature are the original Chucks in shoe size 56, but the white shoes still had to be colored in orange.

The laughing gum had to be stripped of the styrofoam after the coating to make room for the technology. After this and the finishing touches were completed, life could also be breathed into the laughing gum with the bright colors using the airbrush process. The separately laminated/painted eyes were then inserted on the axles in the eye sockets and wired to the technology inside and programmed with a Siemens logo at the desired rate.

We would like to thank Guido Leifhelm for the photographs · Exclusive event photography,  www.leifhelm-eventfotografie.de

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Beach party with Malibu

ADVERTISING FIGURE MADE OF GFK – FLAMINGO, PINEAPPLE, COCONUT

Malibu is the world’s best-selling rum-based liqueur with natural taste of coconut. This popular drink is an ingredient of many cocktails. In combination with orange, passion fruit or pineapple juice, it creates many wonderful drinks with a dash of the Caribbean.

ACCENTFORM made giant pineapple and coconut fruit and funky flamingo Mali. These aesthetic objects are a real eye-catcher at any beach party and help create a casual and fun atmosphere.

The 2.5 m high flamingo was carved freehand from STYROPOR based on a photo template and then the surface was coated with a 2 mm thick GRP layer.

The outfit of the hip bird is completed by the blue glasses and colorful bathing slippers. The giant fruits – coconut and pineapple were modeled in CAD and then CNC-milled from Styrofoam.

The coconut was given a surface with a natural fiber look, while the pineapple enjoyed a fruity airbrush finish.

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JCVD - Skulptur XXL

Oversized sculpture of JCVD

At the end of 2017, the new streaming series “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” started exclusively on AMAZON. For the worldwide film premiere on 12.12.2017 in Paris, we were commissioned by the event agency GRAL to create an oversized sculpture. The statue is to represent the famous action hero Jean Claude van Damme, who plays himself in the JCVJ series.

Part of the order was two columns including pedestal under the feet of the monumental figure. The columns were made of styrofoam and the pedestals were made of wooden panels and finished with marble look.

We first roughly milled the 2.7 m wide figure from Styrofoam. All details, such as facial features and muscle parts were modeled manually by the artist Waldemar Neumann according to photo templates. The Styrofoam surface was then given texture and gold patina. Our sculpture literally went down well in Paris, cut a fine figure next to the action hero at the premiere and even made it into the “Bild” newspaper.

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Styrofoam sports car

By order of the company Neulant van Exel we were allowed to produce a fancy sports car model in original size.

Based on the supplied 3D data, a 1 : 1 replica was milled with high precision from a large-sized polystyrene block. The 4.8 m long model was produced on a 5-axis portal milling machine (10 x 4.5 m) in one clamping.
The car tires were milled separately and later movably attached to the model. The open-pored Styrofoam surface was closed with a mineral putty by manual processing and painted black/red. Further adjustments, as well as the mounting of the lamps were done by the customer.

The luxury sleigh was first used as a stage backdrop for the performance of a well-known German rapper duo.

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Giant meat cheese roll

YOU WOULD LOVE TO BITE INTO IT

We were commissioned by Globus Homburg-Einöd to create a giant meatloaf roll. This collos is now part of the walk-in exhibition in the popular shooting location – the Fancy Pop Up Gallery in Saarbrücken. Visitors are allowed to flash off there with this unique piece. Even the popular Saarland superhero Captain Maggi found the XXL “Fleischkäse Weck” to be a bite and has described it as “the dream of every Saarlander”.

The roll model consists of three parts. These were first individually milled from Styrofoam using the 3D data and then coated with a polyurea hotcoat. The surface was sanded and primed by hand. Afterwards, the graffiti artist BeNeR1 provided a “tasty” look.

As these shots attest, you can even make yourself comfortable on the robust surface of the giant huge bun.

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Advertising logo – 100 years of Haribo

100 Jahre Haribo - Werbelogo aus GFK

Who doesn’t know it, the fantastic, colorful and delicious world of HARIBO sweets! The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the world-famous confectionery company.

For the big birthday image campaign ACCENTFORM was allowed to produce some 3d-images of the 100 years HARIBO logo. A unique logo copy of about 3.5m in size welcomes visitors and employees in the foyer of the Haribo headquarters in Grafschaft. More than forty smaller copies (approx. 50cm high) were delivered to the various Haribo sites in Germany and abroad.

For the XXL copy of the logo, the prototype was first made from Styrofoam using the 3D data supplied for illustration purposes.  The negative shape of the logo was then milled into PU sheets and subsequently molded with GRP using the hand-laminate process. The surface was sanded by hand and colored using airbrush according to exact customer specifications.

For the smaller logo replicas, negative molds made of silicone were produced for the individual letters in a series, which were poured out by hand with resin. The full-size “sweet” letters and the “licorice number” hundred were then also given a true-to-the-original airbrush paint job. For these logo sculptures, we also made matching pedestals with a GRP surface, on which they stood to effect.

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Fascinating projection sphere

At first glance, it looks like a conventional white GRP sphere – but this impression is deceptive! Thanks to a special surface coating, this 2.5 m sphere can have an infinite number of “faces” by means of beamer projections and create breathtaking effects.

A sphere of this kind – produced by ACCENTFORM – was used at the large Garbicz Arts & Music Festival 2019 in Poland. The customer (Armin Sachs) projected visual effects onto the surface of the sphere using a beamer. With a magical and fascinating effect! Even the black colour is reproduced brilliantly.

Such spheres are also well suited for scientific purposes, e.g. for a realistic, very plastic 3D representation of planets or our blue earth with its atmosphere. Here you get a real astronaut feeling!

 

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