Incointation: Behind the Scenes - building coins
Want to spend a lot of money on currency that you'll never be able to use in real life? Order sample coins from overseas.
To ensure that the samples I order actually work, I'm having to retro design them with the base puzzles built in. This is general route I am taking to make this process accurate, yet as simple as is possible.
Add the base symbols to a scaled up coin disk, cut on the laser printer. Photograph this and trace the shapes in Adobe Illustrator.
On the coin (red), place the cut-in markings (black) and then the symbols (green). Export this as an SVG.
Import then tinker with the heights etc in Blender. This will produce a coin (hurrah). For scale, this coin is 1mm thick.
Next stage will be to scale this up 200%, then 3D print it, to ensure symbol placement is correct. I can then coinify (technical term) the faces, and send the graphics to my coin manufacturer, where for the price of a winter holiday in the UK, I will get 18 coins.
I know this all sounds like a moan, but it really isn't. I love this crazy steep learning curve in a project.
If you are keen, please show some love by backing the prelaunch party - canapés are to the left - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1666104729/incointation?ref=4coq6g