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.
Draw on the lines, and start gluing half-round styrene.
All the styrene glued on. Also all my fingers had glue on them.
Make a mold...
Cast in resin.
Coat in clear nail lacquer my sister had.
Cure the lacquer.
Made a mold of the new, smoother ball.
Here it is cast in resin, painted with primer, black gloss, and gold.
And here it is cast in bronze, and all polished.
It's so shiny! And heavy!
I started with a ping pong ball.
Draw on the lines, and start gluing half-round styrene.
All the styrene glued on. Also all my fingers had glue on them.
Make a mold...
Cast in resin.
Coat in clear nail lacquer my sister had.
Cure the lacquer.
Made a mold of the new, smoother ball.
Here it is cast in resin, painted with primer, black gloss, and gold.
And here it is cast in bronze, and all polished.
It's so shiny! And heavy!