Harry Potter - Golden Snitch - DH version, Opening snitch modelling

[Monkey540]

No worries, I'll have it up there for a bit, not forever, but a bit.

 

[bchambes]

Thank you for ordering, I know she'll love it, I'd love to see some pics when you get it in, gotta see what that finish looks like http://www.therpf.com/images/styles/smilies/smile.png
I see you went with the one with the text, gonna have to see how that turns out. casting is likely a better process for it than printing.

I'm just happy this project got finished. Yea!

I had to go with the text. Thats the only reason the snitch would open like this lol. the details matter

 

[Snowfire]

Gone with the gold steel with text. Shapeways conversion prices are stupid, so price difference for UK is massive

 

[Monkey540]

that really sucks, sorry about that, did you message shapeways about it?

 

[Snowfire]

Yeah, haven't had a response back yet. Isn't too much of a worry, will still be a nice piece to add to the collection

 

[Monkey540]

I'm surprised no one has gone for a plastic one yet, I'd love to see someone finish one of those. I'm terrible at finishing kits.

 

[Duncanator]

Nice work! That's been a tough engineering challenge.

 

[Monkey540]

Nice work! That's been a tough engineering challenge.

Thanks, Being in the Engineering line of work makes it a fun challenge, eventually, I may figure out a way to get the ring to pop out.

 

[The Valeyard]

Wanr to order it but can't afford it at the moment. How long will it be on Shapeways?

 

[Monkey540]

Wanr to order it but can't afford it at the moment. How long will it be on Shapeways?

Not sure at this time, I understand that money is an issue for some, and so, I'd like to keep this open for perhaps a couple months, not sure exactly.

 

[The Valeyard]

Not sure at this time, I understand that money is an issue for some, and so, I'd like to keep this open for perhaps a couple months, not sure exactly.

Fair enough. Maybe give a coupld of weeks warning?

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Not sure at this time, I understand that money is an issue for some, and so, I'd like to keep this open for perhaps a couple months, not sure exactly.

Fair enough. Maybe give a coupld of weeks warning?

 

[LeonsCollection]

Love to buy one, if I save the money from now can I order in a few months? I get paid on 25th each month

 

[Monkey540]

Love to buy one, if I save the money from now can I order in a few months? I get paid on 25th each month

I plan to keep it open for awhile, but not forever, haven't figured it out yet. I will let everyone know when I would be pulling the listing.

 

[Snowfire]

Just a warning, shapeways won't print this in gold steel

 

[lemondrop394]

Love this. I went with the plastic to finish myself as the cheaper gold one isn't on there :/ I'm excited to get it in a couple weeks!

 

[Monkey540]

Just a warning, shapeways won't print this in gold steel

i'm very sorry about that, it's really quite disappointing, looking at the report there may not be a way to fix it but i will try to see if i can fix to model to allow it to print. i believe it has mainly to do with the way that metal is printed. similar to home 3d printers, it just couldn't handle the small features and text.

Love this. I went with the plastic to finish myself as the cheaper gold one isn't on there :/ I'm excited to get it in a couple weeks!

Thanks for the purchase, i can't wait to see it finished, i'm trying to get the gold steel working again.

 

[Monkey540]

I'm afraid, after looking into the issue, the snitch will not be able to be printed in gold steel. The shell's wall thickness is just too thin, among other small features, and the method shapeways uses to print in steel. I appologize for this disappointment.

 

[Monkey540]

The moment you were waiting to see....

Thank you to bchambes for the photos, here it is in Cast Brass, just amazing:

 

[Kabeiroi]

Truly beautiful!

 

[ultraman]

it's almost too good

should we start a poll on how long it will take before some nut job tries and sells one on ebay as a screen used one?

lol

it took all of a week for someone to do that with hotshot's skele gro bottle before we busted him:cool