# The Tetrahedral Planetoid - after M.C. Escher **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** modeling, architecture, featured, texturing, characters\ **Created:** [August 30, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710 "2026-08-30T18:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/1 "2026-08-30T18:48:20Z")
![tetPlan19](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/a/1/fa17d37a5d49c3efeaf96703cfbf0a483dd129da.png) Started this last summer for a VR project and decided I should finish it. I spent way too much time on this one, LOL. Has all 56 inhabitants from the original. Still have to render to 6K which is gonna take somewhere around 9 hours. Hope you like! If you see anything off/missing/etc. please let me know. PS - this is a 2K render but BA is resizing to 1K for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![3dnotguru](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/eb8c5e/32.png) [@3dnotguru](https://blenderartists.org/u/3dnotguru)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/2 "2026-08-30T18:53:12Z")
how back side looks? ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/3 "2026-08-30T19:30:40Z")
![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/f/f/cff8c9a3f75d41529f6e3ce68483ec2e4cbb4ede.png) ---
**Author:** ![yogyog](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/yogyog/32/1028325_2.png) [@yogyog](https://blenderartists.org/u/yogyog)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/4 "2026-08-30T19:42:15Z")
Love it! Always loved Escher. You could copy the two existing sides to these two back sides and render a video of it rotating. ---
**Author:** ![alf0](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/alf0/32/828043_2.png) [@alf0](https://blenderartists.org/u/alf0)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/5 "2026-08-30T19:43:11Z")
that is 6D view ! amazing work ! ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/6 "2026-08-30T19:49:31Z")
Thanks, appreciate that. ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/7 "2026-08-30T19:50:40Z")
Oh hell no! It’s an hour a frame at low res… not really interested in animating it. And if I did the backsides would be agriculture and such. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![3dnotguru](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/eb8c5e/32.png) [@3dnotguru](https://blenderartists.org/u/3dnotguru)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/8 "2026-08-30T20:10:23Z")
great work ---
**Author:** ![yogyog](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/yogyog/32/1028325_2.png) [@yogyog](https://blenderartists.org/u/yogyog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/9 "2026-08-31T06:12:32Z")
Sorry… i didnt realise you were dealing with that kind of render time! I thought I was sugesting a quick way to add some movement. Ive also been rebuilding MCE in Blender recently. [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/a/c/8/ac8920a90e592e844456779fc4ff111ad4695cd5.jpeg "M C Escher - Relitivity II - 3D #Blender #Etching #StableSurfaceFractalDithering") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rchJS6hXmc) ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/10 "2026-08-31T13:13:46Z")
LOL, yeah my machine is a seven year old HP Z Book with no real graphics card. Have to CPU render. Blender has crashed on me twice this morning while I do tweaks. But my goal here is a wall hanging piece anyway, so it’s fine. Great work on Relativity II. Cool animation. I’ve done Relativity, among others, but not that one. ---
**Author:** ![vectorian](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@vectorian](https://blenderartists.org/u/vectorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/11 "2026-09-02T09:40:38Z")
Love this, pretty well made A friend of mine introduced me to Escher’s work, which I find fascinating to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Artivostudio88](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/artivostudio88/32/1494072_2.png) [@Artivostudio88](https://blenderartists.org/u/Artivostudio88)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/12 "2026-09-03T18:10:37Z")
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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/13 "2026-09-04T18:26:42Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2026-36](https://www.blendernation.com/2026/09/04/best-of-blender-artists-2026-36/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I'm putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation. ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/14 "2026-09-06T14:26:26Z")
Thank you Bart, although it wasn’t quite finished. Fixed a bunch of little things in the past couple days and rendering (hopefully) the final right now actually. Sorry - I didn’t realize there was a focused critiques topic. I probably should have put this there. ---
**Author:** ![dudecon](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dudecon/32/6267_2.png) [@dudecon](https://blenderartists.org/u/dudecon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/15 "2026-09-06T16:23:41Z")
Looks nice! Unfortunately for you, the back side is identical to my Tetrahedral Planetoid Blender model which has been available for download for over a decade and a half here: [https://tetpln.tryop.com/](https://tetpln.tryop.com/) I don’t mind you building on it, and you’ve certainly added some textures and figures, but you really shouldn’t have passed my work off as your own. That said, I’m interested to see your vision for completing the back side! I have a download of my version of the completed planetoid at the link above. You’re welcome to work from it if you like, though of course I suggest that you are honest where your work starts. ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/joseph/32/1433056_2.png) [@joseph](https://blenderartists.org/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/16 "2026-09-06T18:34:38Z")
Yeah, no it’s not. Don’t be a dick ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/17 "2026-09-06T21:41:38Z")
![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/c/f/9cf46c0f1cfd141239b2b8dd6dd5f1e23feae5e9.png) Well, here’s my base model, I have a few incremental versions of this. It is the same model so it’s gonna look similar, LOL. That being said, I was commissioned to make this for a VR app about Escher and your model was given to me to improve on. The Escher foundation is very picky and yours wasn’t close enough to the original. It’s nice but it’s missing a lot of detail. I didn’t just ‘add a few textures and figures’. So yes, your model provided some initial guidance. “Thanks”. I have no plans to finish the back. ---
**Author:** ![dmen](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dmen/32/948598_2.png) [@dmen](https://blenderartists.org/u/dmen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/18 "2026-09-06T21:48:56Z")
I explained, but thanks for that. I actually did sort of use his model. It was given to me as a base to improve on. I’d have said if anyone asked… I also didn’t mention it was for a VR app for the Escher Foundation. But it’s not really his model. I did use parts of it though. I don’t care at all what dude thinks though, I’ve spent over a thousand hours on this thing. Don’t put it on the internet for DL if you’re gonna bitch about people using it. ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/19 "2026-09-19T17:00:03Z")
You’re on the #featured row! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![archit](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/archit/32/1495798_2.png) [@archit](https://blenderartists.org/u/archit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710/20 "2026-09-20T08:50:54Z")
This looks fantastic !! thankyou for this breakdown [Next page](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-tetrahedral-planetoid-after-m-c-escher/1651710.md?page=2)