12fps

Apparently 12fps was a mistake :p Rerendering at 48fps for the lulz, but at least the transparency looks quite good.

Some improvements

I widened the base, dropped the sphere lower and also added another 3 castor wheels. Now it looks a lot less likely to tip over and start rolling down the street. I also added some tinted glass to the top parts, not to put in the final version (although I...

Comparison

The jump up from a half sphere seems quite a lot but lets figure out how much. Half Sphere = 6 Pentagons 5 hexagons 5 half hexagons The most recent version is 15 hexagons 11 pentagons 4 half hexagons So 16 parts verses 30 parts is virtually double. Add 6 half spheres...

New old sphere

I rebuilt the sphere using repeating patterns and filling in the gaps I have left playing around with the shape.