I love sculpting small, practical items. Dice are a particular obsession as the limits of fairness and the materials used pose interesting challenges for me.
I also enjoy replicating spaceships from my favourite game, Oolite, as miniature Airfix-style model kits.
As a programming and design challenge I've also created a small suite of OpenSCAD modules that can help me create bespoke heraldic designs. Basically, you choose the design and I can probably create it for you in a few hours as a pendant, key fob, ear drops or cufflinks.
The model comes as a six piece kit, easily assembled with a few dabs of polystyrene cement, and ready to paint. Finished on its stand, it is 65mm wide and 45 mm high.
A five piece kit to assemble a 1:2000 scale model of a Python Class Cruiser from the computer game Oolite.
This version of the Python first featured in the Space Traders' Handbook, accompanying the game 'Elite', but wasn't actually included in the game. I initially modelled it for Oolite, then decided it would be fun to have one I could actually paint with the shark-face design. The model's been through a few iterations since I originally made the model walls too thin. Thickening them has increased the price somewhat, but it's still good value for the level of detail achieved.
A seven piece kit to assemble a 1:1000 scale model of an Asp Mark II from the Oolite space sim game.
The model features three reversible panels, to display the model as a pirate or a navy vessel as illustrated. The photos show a printed model assembled as a pirate, the renderings show the alternative navy version too.
Nine Oolite ships (and a small group of three cargo containers) mounted on round bases for use in a board game.
The models are: Cobra Mk3, Anaconda, Python, Boa, Moray, Asp, Mamba, 3 cargo containers, Gecko, Viper. Each (except the cargo containers) is at 1:5000 scale. The bases are mostly just under 3/4 inch in diameter.