Golden Snitch from Harry Potter (made in metal!)

Zlurpo

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I made a Golden Snitch! And since I have access to a bronze foundry, I made it out of bronze, which looks rather like gold when polished.
I started with a ping pong ball.
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Draw on the lines, and start gluing half-round styrene.
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All the styrene glued on. Also all my fingers had glue on them.
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Make a mold...
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Cast in resin.
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Coat in clear nail lacquer my sister had.
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Cure the lacquer.
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Made a mold of the new, smoother ball.
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Here it is cast in resin, painted with primer, black gloss, and gold.
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And here it is cast in bronze, and all polished.
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It's so shiny! And heavy!
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That's amazing. As much as I love Harry Potter its always been the wands I wanted as props, until now. Now I want a metal snitch :D If only I knew someone who had a bronze foundry. How heavy is it?

If you ever decide to do more castings to sell, let me know!
 
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