World Cup Sputnik

With the World Cup now underway I wanted a Russian themed football sculpture to hang over the desk. What better than a football styled Sputnik! The base model of Sputnik on a Stand by ottaross was scaled up around 400% to fit a Size 5 football, that's around 8.25". At this size it is about 1/3 scale and the antenna are 80cm long cut from 6mm wood dowel and sprayed silver. This keeps the cost down and from a distance look fine. I cut out the antenna base mounts and then scooped them to fit the ball.Printed with supports the rough underneath surface then provided a good key to glue them to the ball at 90 degree seperation, just like the original.

The antenna bases are sprayed grey and screw heads picked out with a molotow chrome pen. To get coverage on the ball it was first sprayed matt black before some silver car paint was laid on. The booster seperation flange forms a hanging point and another hook is used for the top. This allows it to hang flat otherwise the antenna drag the r