phasersonthrill
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Re: PAINTED SAMPLE PICTURE!! Extra Life coin from Ready Player One
Looks great, I would like to purchase 2 please.
Looks great, I would like to purchase 2 please.
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I've had some discussion on this subject privately but I want you to know I've been thinking about the finish for awhile, and current approach is what I thought to look best and retain the feel of the coin in the film. Since it was CGI and not real, everyone has their own idea when they saw the coin.
For example I've been debating to put the ridges in, since it increase quite a bit, but I think it was worth it to add that little detail in there making it closer to the CGI model.
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What's the next step for it?
I've tweaked the head side mold slightly which cost me a week, but I think it'll be worth it. Right now the coins are being pressed, and then the back is carved out (individually carved for best result). then it will be plated black before painted gold. As you can see there's a lot of steps and I can't wait to show you the final result and send them out!
I'm really excited to show you guys this!! I'm carving a jade key, I went with aventurine because it's hard enough to survive the machine carving and polishing process. Aventurine is all natural and un-dyed material, this size is harder to acquire, also CNC machine needs two days to work on one key so price may be high, polishing has to be done by hand as well, but it will turn out very, very nice.
https://youtu.be/m3V7bzNItCI