I finally managed to start on the laser cutting/etching last week, onto gloss black acrylic.
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Before peeling off the protective paper I coloured in the etching using Posca paint markers (white, blue, and orange/yellow):
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Once it was dry I removed the paper and was left with this:
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It looks great, except that I really didn't like the gloss black. It's very reflective and hard to photograph, and I don't really want what's essentially a mirror at the back of our booth at conventions.
So I sanded it with 800-grit sandpaper and it now has a slightly brushed-metal look to it, which I really like:
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Next up I'll be cutting/etching the lower panel, hopefully on Thursday night this week:
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Still no new photos or videos of the original prop at the Medici Museum in Ohio, there was even a really good news report about the exhibition but they didn't show this one:
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Before peeling off the protective paper I coloured in the etching using Posca paint markers (white, blue, and orange/yellow):
Once it was dry I removed the paper and was left with this:
It looks great, except that I really didn't like the gloss black. It's very reflective and hard to photograph, and I don't really want what's essentially a mirror at the back of our booth at conventions.
So I sanded it with 800-grit sandpaper and it now has a slightly brushed-metal look to it, which I really like:
Next up I'll be cutting/etching the lower panel, hopefully on Thursday night this week:
Still no new photos or videos of the original prop at the Medici Museum in Ohio, there was even a really good news report about the exhibition but they didn't show this one:
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Statistics: Posted by prodestrian — April 7th, 2025, 5:42 pm