MAGFest badges

[tugrik]

Figured I'd share another Monoceros Media job with the LJ crew here.

The folks who run MAGFest, a gaming-and-music party held on the east coast right at the start of the new year, saw the glowy-acrylic badges I'd done for AC last year. They wanted something similar for their sponsors and super-sponsors.

The badges were done earlier in the month and shipped out. Clear for supporters, neon-fluorescent green for super-supporters, chrome (mirror) for staffers, all in 1/8" acrylic. They just got the box today and seem to be quite happy with the results. Having clients happy with work I send them is a huge ego boost, and as such is one of my guilty pleasures.

iii_demon, their staff member who contracted me for the work, took a nice artsy picture of one of the clear badges as he unpacked them. The sunlight was just right coming in his window, making for an excellent image.



(the name and number are made up for that image; he took a pic of the spare test-badge I put in the box for him)





(similarly, the info on these badges was just a template. The final ones said "access: Green" on the sponsors, "access: Supergreen" for the super-sponsors and "access: Chrome" on the staffers)

If you need any specialty badges or other fun trinkets for your party, convention or function, give me a holler. These are a blast to make!

Comments

[albus-draconis.livejournal.com]

Those are ...AWESOME... Where'd you get a LASER!? O___o

*grins*

[athelind.livejournal.com]

He mugged one of Dr. Evil's sharks and ripped it right off his frickin' head!

[tugrik.livejournal.com]

Mugged?

:9

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Sashimi!

[zeeth_kyrah]

Mako, Tako, and Nagah wouldn't be surprised.

...with "LAAAASERS"...

[albus-draconis.livejournal.com]

LOL


But, but Tugrik is too cool to mug somebody! Maybe he asked nicely? *chuckles*

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

Is it one color when you look through it one angle and another color at another angle? What's going on there?

Pretty cool.

[selasphorus.livejournal.com]

Those are incredibly cool.

[vanst.livejournal.com]

That is awesome in ways science has yet to name.

[giza.livejournal.com]

I worked security for MagFest (under the Dorsai Irregulars) the last 3 years. They're a great group to work for, and the con's only gotten better.

I regret that I won't be able to make it to this year's MagFest due to a prior commitment. :-(

[pseudomanitou.livejournal.com]

Damn all the cool things you can make.

I really need to think of some project to send you, but I'm terrible at deciding one what sells :P

[tugrik.livejournal.com]

It doesn't always have to sell. A lot of what I do is just because it's interesting to do. If you come up with cool ideas you want to share I almost always return in kind by trying to make those ideas for free. I only start charging when it becomes a 'now make 300 of these' situation, or something incredibly over-the-top labor intensive.

If you get a 'wouldn't it be neat to try...' idea, always feel welcome to nudge me about it. Prototyping is the fun part.

[klandagi.livejournal.com]

Wow. You make the coolest stuff omgosh :D

[zrath.livejournal.com]

More neat stuff!
So the access levels are green, supergreen, and chrome?
Wow, it's almost like a Multipass. :)

[rbradakis.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes!

I need something like this for my primary ConCom and GoHs for Penguicon in May. I'm hoping to have some Howard Tayler art to use, so I'm not sure how to make that all work with the cool etching and cutting.

[tugrik.livejournal.com]

Got a mock-up you can send me or other info? I can help get you started down the right path. :)

Oooh,

[animakitty.livejournal.com]

Very neat indeed, :K)

[carlfoxmarten]

Wow, cool stuff!

How much would it cost to print, say a dozen or two dozen badges like that?
(not that I have the money, but if I got it)

[tugrik.livejournal.com]

It all depends on the size, thickness and type of material (for the raw costs) and then the complexity of the artwork (for the lasering time / labor).

If you're looking for a range-estimate, for badges of the size done for MagFest it can run anywhere from $2/ea to $5/ea depending on the specifics of what you need.