3D-Model Coaster Concepts

 I plan to model a set of coasters using Rhino.  Before I started anything, however, I first created some concept sketches for the various ideas for sets I had, shown below.



The concepts, in order, go as follows:

1- Toaster Coasters, shaped like slices of bread.  Though they all have the same shape, they'd assume varying levels of done-ness and some might have spreads on them to create variety within the set.

2- Honey coaster, each a yellow/orange hexagon shape with a risen border.  On their own, they don't look like much, but when arranged together they form a honeycomb pattern.

3- Coaster tree, each green and shaped sort of like a flower but with a small hole in the center.  Although they are identical in size, when stacked one on top of the other on a pole, they'd presumably resemble an evergreen tree, especially with a green cone on top.

4- Tic-tac-toesters (I'm so hilarious for these names), each an ordinary square, but half of them have x's printed on them and the other half o's.  Can be used as coasters or to play tic-tac-toe with.

5- Cookie coasters (No silly name this time, just acronyms), circular, and each resembling various types of cookies that you might have alongside whatever drink sits on the coaster.

6- Cup coaster (For a cup!), resembles a coffee mug from the top view, a circle with a little rectangle coming out of one side.  Some variants look like a latte inside, while some are plain espresso.  Drink within a drink or something, I dunno.

7- Christmas (or Xmas) coasters, each spherical but with a rounded rhombus on top, like a Christmas ornament.  Rhombus will have a small hole so that a hook can fit through for a hook so that it can actually be hung from a Christmas tree.  Perfect for hot chocolate and egg nog over the holidays.

8- C-O-A-S-T-E-R (I couldn't think of a better silly name), ordinary squares with every letter of the alphabet printed on them, so you can insult your friends with coasters as you serve them drinks.  Might have number variants.  Maybe.  We'll have to see about that one.

9- Sun/Moon coasters- Coasters patterned with a half-sun, half-moon design.  The moon half is entirely circular, but the sun half has exactly five points resembling rays coming out of it.

10- Emoticoasters- Circular yellow coasters resembling emoticons.  Rather than copy-pasting existing emoticons found on a device, however, I will be designing them myself and perhaps adding some unique ones/

11- Flower coasters, shaped like flowers of different colours.  They don't do much, but they sure are cute.

12- Sudoku coasters, square coasters each with one-ninth of a sudoku puzzle printed on them.  Coasters can be rearranged to create a plethora of different puzzles using the same handful of squares.


The ideas I am most excited for would be either the tic-tac-toesters, because I think they'd be fun, the honey coasters, because I find them cute, or the Christmas coasters, because I think I'm very clever for that one.  The one I am least likely to do and have the most doubts about 

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