Glut Ring of Spikes - c++

Question

I am trying to create a ring of 8 spike-plates using freeglut. Every plate should be rotated/tilted by 30 degrees relative to the center ball, and all of them are supposed to be ordered in ring-form. Here is an example:
Here is my attempt:
void Larvitar::drawTail()
{
// Create tail ball
glPushMatrix();
glColor4f(0.2, 0, 1, 1.0);
GLUquadric *tail;
tail = gluNewQuadric();
glTranslatef(0, 0.2, -3.0);
gluSphere(tail, 1, 100, 30);
glPopMatrix();
double xrotate = 30;
for (int i = 0; i < 360; i += 45)
{
double rnd = ((double)rand() / (RAND_MAX));
glPushMatrix();
glColor4f(rnd, 0, rnd, 1.0);
glRotatef(xrotate, 1, 0, 0); // kippen?
glRotatef(i, 0, 0, 1); // Kreisform
glScalef(1, 0.4, 2);
glTranslatef(0, -2, -2.1);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();
xrotate -= xrotate;
}
}
The problem is that the plates are in ring form but not each one is tilted by 30 degrees outwards, only the first one is. What am I doing wrong? How can I solve this in a loop without having to create every plate by hand?

Answer 1

Solved it myself.
void Larvitar::drawTail() {
// Create tail ball
glPushMatrix();
glColor4f(0.2, 0, 1, 1.0);
GLUquadric *tail;
tail = gluNewQuadric();
glTranslatef(0, 0.2, -3.0);
gluSphere(tail, 1, 100, 30);
glPopMatrix();
glColor4f(0.58, 0.655, 0.482, 1.0);
for (int i = 0; i < 360; i += 45) {
glPushMatrix();
glRotatef(i, 0, 0, 1);
glRotatef(30, 1, 0, 0);
glScalef(1, 0.5, 2);
glTranslatef(0, -2, -2.1);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();
}
}