Sunday, October 28, 2018

Belt Buckles, GSR Ranch

A bulk order of belt buckles for a ranch in Texas.  I think they might've turned out a bit cleaner with a light stain but the client requested maximum contrast so they've only got a clear finish on them.





Friday, October 26, 2018

Spellbook, Draconic

The spellbooks have always been available with a few different alphabet choices.  Draconic (aka
Iokharic) is proving to be a pretty popular option.



Thursday, October 25, 2018

Coins, 5e Waterdeep

WotC has a couple of published adventures coming out set in Waterdeep (the richity-rich city of Forgotten Realms fame).  The client saw my 5e coins and was wondering if I could do the same thing with the Waterdeep-specific coins now that those new books have given us the details on them.  It took a lot of modelling and experimenting but I think I got about as close as I could for mass manufacturing.  I could've included more detail if I were making the coins to their specified scale (the crescent coin is described as 3" wide) but that's just not practical when printing a metric gajillion of them.  I'm going to tighten up the printing parameters a touch more and add them to the store next year.






Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Spellbook, Woodsy

The recipient of this spellbook really like elves so the client wanted a more forest-y color scheme.  Which worked out great because I've been waiting to try out some of the brown goatskin for awhile.  I really like how it matches the green.






Thursday, October 18, 2018

Binder Tome

This order's been on my docket in one way or another since June.  The client wanted a binder in the same style as the old spellbook-y toolboxes I used to make.  I'd figured I could utilize the new printer to improve on the old pattern quite a bit but, among other things, that meant doing a lot of tight-tolerance modeling.  The print bed is just shy of 11" square and since letter paper is 11" tall the binder needed to be just a bit larger than that.  So any of the structural parts needed to be printed in two parts that would then fit together to build the whole thing.

The order was paid in installments so it wasn't fully purchased until August and when I got down to production I kept running into problems that forced me to start over.  I had to remake or tweak the models a few times or trim them down to fit nicely.  I'd originally intended to stitch the perimeter for some added durability but then I found out that 2mm of pla isn't strong enough to withstand the tension inherent to a saddlestitch.

The good news is that after all those trials, setbacks, and headaches the final result doesn't look half bad.  The walls have a little "chop" on the outside so they actually look kinda paper-y. And when the binder's closed you can't really tell it isn't all one piece.  The structure's stable and durable enough for every day handling.  Not too bad all told.







Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Evil Dead Holster 2.0

I'm not sure what it was about this fall but I had a whole bunch of orders for the Evil Dead Holster.  Since it isn't something on the shop it was a little odd to keep getting requests for them.  One of those was from an actor who'd been playing Ash in a stage version of the movie and wanted to recreate his costume (because who wouldn't?). 



Because each order was ad hoc there was always a lot of back and forth trying to work out sizing information and details like that.  I figured I could provide a better experience and save a fair bit of time if I just developed a production version that was adjustable.  So I picked up some sliders with a supply shipment and got to work.  I'm waiting on some feedback from the client and hoping to add this as a new listing later this year.