Sandcast aluminum Decepticon symbol

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September 18th, 2009 8

Vrogy, whose cosplay work we featured recently, poured this Decepticon logo in aluminum from his home foundry. He’s also done an Autubot logo. I wonder where he got that idea? :)

8 thoughts on “Sandcast aluminum Decepticon symbol”

wackyvorlon.myopenid.com says:

September 18th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

One thing I want to quickly mention, it looks like he has a gassy casting. There are degassing tablets that one can buy that will help to get those bubbles out. Other than that, awesome work!

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SKR says:

September 18th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

My GF and I thought the exact same thing about the gassy casting when we first saw the image. Actually, she said, “that’s a gassy cast,” and I said, “ugh, he has a lot of filling to do.”

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Juan Garcia says:

September 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

If he was going for high precision, then yes, some kind of degassing is going to be necessary for future work. Personally, I like the gritty, battle-damaged look of this piece. I say keep it as it is and use/wear it with pride.

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1. Rob pool says:
  
  September 20th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
  
  i agree i like the way it looks with the grassy stuff.
  
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