Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted August 23, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted August 23, 2018 There's another A:M Image Contest flying your way. Which means I oughta' get back on track and get out the prizes for the last one! Here are some handsome, so-suitable-for-framing-you-get-a-dollar-to-buy-a-frame runner-up certificates waiting to hit the road. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 23, 2018 Admin Share Posted August 23, 2018 Nice! And I'm not just saying that because I like seeing my name. High quality stuff there Robert. Thanks for all you do for the A:M Community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Wow. Those are really nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I am SO floored by the quality of the prizes Rob makes for this forum- really heartfelt! I look at my medallion and plaque on the shelf all the time and think - a LOT of time went into that! Priceless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted August 24, 2018 I will note that Ken Citron's expert casting skills raised the level of everything. My original notion was to 3D print a simple plastic award that we could spray paint with gold or silver car paint and you'd get it in a little gift box. But then I saw some of Ken's work making cast pewter souvenir coins from 3D prints and realized this could be a real medal with classic detail. So the medal got better then.But then i thought, do they just look at it in the box and put it in the drawer? How about if it was on a ribbon? How about if it came with a plaque that would display it? I went to the hobby store looking for pre-cut plaques that I could stain and varnish but none of them were the right size or shape so that began a long process of designing a plaque that would A) fit the medal B ) hang the ribbon C) be practical to make D) collapse to fit inside a flat-rate international box if it had to. I also wanted to make the certs more than just something out of an inkjet printer. My first thought was a foil seal that we could 3D print an embosser for. I thought about a wax seal but I was afraid it would break in the mail. Then I found this stuff that you shoot out of a glue gun and stays flexible so it won't shatter.Of course a seal needs to seal over something, so I had to find ribbons in the right color and the right width... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks it was a nice surprise I had almost forgot the contest.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fae_alba Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 so...Flying....Back On Track....and Hit the Road. Perhaps all clues to the next topic? Already the wheels are turning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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