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Posted 18 August 2015 - 09:51 AM
Three talented winners of the Insect Image Contest will be awarded a medal for their achievement.
That means there needs to be a medal!
Currently the plan is to 3D print the prototype, create a mold and cast it in actual metal of some sort.
First draft of a design for the Award Medal. Additional suggestions welcome, of course
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Posted 18 August 2015 - 10:36 AM
That's quite an ambitious award! I like the design, needs say 'Hash' or 'A:M' somewhere's... what is the translation for us who are not up on our latin?
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Posted 18 August 2015 - 10:49 AM
That's quite an ambitious award! I like the design, needs say 'Hash' or 'A:M' somewhere's
That will definitely get in there. I'm thinking something like ANIMATION:MASTER INSECT IMAGE CONTEST would circle around the edge.
... what is the translation for us who are not up on our latin?
e panni, elegantia... from patches, elegance
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Posted 18 August 2015 - 11:06 AM
ANIMATION:MASTER INSECT IMAGE CONTEST
If you drop the 'insect' in there the same mold can be used for future contests.
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Posted 18 August 2015 - 11:52 AM
If you drop the 'insect' in there the same mold can be used for future contests.
But then there is still the giant ant in the monitor... 
None-the-less, I haven't decided yet whether this should be a universal design or something specific and unique.
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Posted 18 August 2015 - 12:08 PM
But then there is still the giant ant in the monitor...
I suppose that could be a 'tip-o-the-hat' to the first contest that gave out a medal? 
that one guy
Posted 21 August 2015 - 08:14 AM
What a great idea... to actually give out a medal of honor! I can't wait to get mine(He says as he thrusts-out his chest, boastingly!)
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Posted 21 August 2015 - 08:47 AM
But then there is still the giant ant in the monitor...
I suppose that could be a 'tip-o-the-hat' to the first contest that gave out a medal?
Or... every future contest could be an "Insect" contest. Problem solved!
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Posted 21 August 2015 - 09:47 AM
Mock-up of some elements to test the placement. This is only a test...
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Posted 21 August 2015 - 12:36 PM
Arrangement to allow for a hole at the top to put a ribbon through...
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Posted 21 August 2015 - 07:30 PM
First experiment with creating low-relief, forced perspective sculpture...
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 11:14 AM
Looks good so far.
occasional smarty-pants
Posted 23 August 2015 - 05:52 PM
There isn't much room to move things in front of other things to suggest depth in a low-relief sculpture.
Everything is really on the same level which creates unattractive intersections in overlapping shapes.
To try to make the monitor frame appear to be behind the oval (the ant head) I make some cuts in it and slope it down to the background level before it contacts the oval.
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 05:20 AM
So far it looks more like ab ovo than e panni =)
A:M Bot 14309
Posted 24 August 2015 - 11:22 AM
Has a bouncing ball (through a window) look to it at present.
occasional smarty-pants
Posted 02 September 2015 - 07:53 AM
Here is an example of the work Ken Citron (pixelplucker) has done with casting medals from 3D-printed models.
On left is the fresh pewter, on the right is an antiqued version.
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Posted 02 September 2015 - 10:01 AM
I like the antiqued pewter...very nice!
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Posted 27 September 2015 - 01:30 PM
Here is an experiment by Ken on bronzing a scrap of pewter...
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Posted 02 October 2015 - 05:13 PM
To better understand the capabilities of the 3D printer I made this sample model that has small variations on shapes and sizes and slopes and angles...
... and I sent that to Ken. Ken's printer uses a liquid resin that is cured in place by laser beams. Ken printed it out using the finest detail possible. It took nine hours to "render" but the result is quite promising.
The spotting and ripples that appear are on the back, not on the modeled surface side, and get sanded off before the two halves are joined together.
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Posted 19 October 2015 - 06:07 PM
Ken reports some new success in bronzing pewter, which has turned out to be trickier than anticipated...
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Posted 09 November 2015 - 03:48 PM
The reverse of the medal will have a spot to personalize the winner's name and place.
Thumbnails of possible designs...
Any preferences?
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Posted 09 February 2016 - 08:53 PM
It looks like a 3D scroll...
But it's really just a low-relief sculpture!
This is the "reverse" of the award medal, where the winner's name will be laser-zapped.
It took me a long time to wrap my mind around how to make that 2D design work in splines but now it think I've got it.
Still need to find a better font for the text.
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David Simmons......me.
Posted 09 February 2016 - 11:56 PM
That is going to be a very nice looking medal, Robert!
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Posted 06 July 2016 - 12:37 PM
It's real close now...
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Posted 06 July 2016 - 02:41 PM
Impressive!
that one guy
Posted 07 July 2016 - 06:25 AM
WAY COOL! Forgive my roman ignorance--- what is MMXV, the year?
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 07:58 AM
WAY COOL! Forgive my roman ignorance--- what is MMXV, the year?
Yes, Roman numerals. We could Arabic numerals if the Roman numerals were too pretentious. You're the one who has to wear it, of course. 
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Posted 07 July 2016 - 08:02 AM
Here's an interesting puzzle... notice how "FORUM" is shaped differently in the last two pictures, even though I haven't changed anything about that piece of text. 
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