Louis Luu Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Very painful.....a lot of work went into this. First....not all the badges were the same. Due to stamping error. Ealier ones had pristine edges! Later ones were really bad when you zoomed in. Second, there were different designs. Some protruded....extended outward in some areas and some inwards....I have no rational for this. Third, the "Mysto" had a slightly crude by different design. My hurdle: Getting it to be able to print with pristine edges and depth. The originals were extremely shallow and narrow groove. O I need to cut the back and smooth out a bit. That will take about 3 days. My eyes are tired from squinting at the screen! Here is an image of what I have so far. I took the best from all the designs and came up with this. * The Mysto badges are a bit bigger...I will adjust later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Louis Luu Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Finished with the first version....small size. Will finish the Mysto tomorrow....a bit bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Bouthiller Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 That looks great Louis!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 (edited) Both done. The one on the left is for the Mysto and the one on the right is for the regular Polar Cub fan. Both tabs on the back were made a bit longer to ease in installation. Edited June 23 by Louis Luu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 One last badge from this fan size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 Order placed. Will post when it arrives 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 (edited) Proceeded anyway....should be interesting. I know the original ones were really thin. If the print is horrible, I'll fix it in the next print. Always good to do a prototype print. Edited July 12 by Louis Luu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 This one passed printing inspection and should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Durbin Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Dang nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Costello Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Beautiful job Louis, as always! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Morris Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Great work as usual Louis. Looking forward to getting my hands on one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 I'm hoping the numbers provided indicated adjacent lines....lines next to each other. If that is the case, collapse of those lines should not matter. The original badge had a lot of lines merging together anyway. My main focus is the other parts of the drawing....I want to make sure they stand out. Give you an idea how small this thing is....about the diameter of a nickel. I had to squeeze all them details in there. If I made the lines too thick....that would have look ugly. Most of the badges I have seen have lines that were not detailed due to thin lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Prototype badges on their way to me. Should be interesting to see how the details show up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Luu Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 Never give up. These badge will look very nice once polished. The depth is deep enough so it will look great. The top two are my own special creation...raised badges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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