first up is the "rhombicuboctahedron"
This is another one of Tom Hull's creations, made from 24 units designed to do exactly this. by far the most frustrating thing i have assembled to date.
This is a dodecahedron made from "hackey sack units"
which i spray painted black...
...and then painted green and white
This one is actually for someone's birthday, since i have no money to buy useful gifts with. I think it turned out alright. made of 30 hackey sack units, and some paint.
this is the same as above, but very tiny
bonus mini-dodecahedron for you :3.
edit: whoops forgot all about this one:
is it a cube?
or a rose!
Useful Links (for konadora)
General:
first of all note that the hackey sack unit and PHiZZ unit are very similar in that you can only make shapes in which all vertices have a degree of three, so the following videos apply to both.
Tom Hull on large buckyballs, part one
Tom Hull on large buckyballs, part two
PHiZZ units:
PHiZZ unit part one
PHiZZ unit part two
Rhombicuboctahedron:
The only material i could find
Hackey sack units:
All you need to know
Helpful video if you get confused
you can make everything but the rose with those links, the rose is somewhere on youtube .