#mr30

WIP of the sculpting process, the golden symbol at that point was a resin cast I had made of the resin print- since it was such a thin piece I didn't want to risk it warping while I worked on the sculpt, so I made a quick mold of that and cast it in some spare resin.

Then the finished sculpt - I'm still super satisfied with how the slate turned out, doing all the stone texture was really fun.

And lastly the raw cast. I added some gold mica to the mold and then cast the resin in it, so all I had to do was paint the slate itself.

I'd honestly love to revisit this in the future and remake it a bit in a way that makes casting them a bit easier, plus I ran out of the mold making silicone I was using while making the mold and had to use some softer silicone just to fill it up all the way which has caused the mold to warp over time D: Plus there's some minor imperfections in the MR30 logo that I'd love to fix up. Idk when or even if I'll get a chance to redo this though tbh since at the time there wasn't really much interest in these.

I did however end up getting the slate I kept signed by everyone from DE I met at Tennocon (including Alad V's voice actor :D)

Completely hand embroidered with a finished edge! Using lots of directional stitching and two ever-slightly different gold threads to keep the depth and breaks in the design. Oh, I could blabber on and on about it but I digress, I am genuinely proud of this one.