Distant Screws II Challenge Coin

Heads: Logo + Distant Screws II Jan\Apr 3307 53.2K (light years)

Tails: A star for Evelyn's Light + The expedition route (Ross310 -> Evelyn's Light -> Colonia -> Qama)

About

• Evelyn's Story
• JelloWiggler's Frontier Forums Thread
  • Where FDev gets involved
  • FDev Delivers
• Expedition Page on EDSM
• Evelyn's Light Position on EDSM

13

The certificate accompanying the 13 original coins

I created a batch of 13 coins and (as of currently) have mailed 9 of those out to the following:

1. JelloWiggler - Expedition Founder
2. Volt - Fleet Carrier Commander
3. Crash - Fleet Carrier Commander
4. Manitook - Fleet Carrier Commander
5. M.A.D.Dogg - Fleet Carrier Commander
6. Exeider - Fleet Carrier Commander
7. Roy Cookson (Donated to Roy by Chig - Fleet Carrier Commander)
8. Dubbs - Fleet Carrier Commander
9. jnTracks - For leading me to the trap... I mean LSN group after I picked up Elite:Dangerous
10. (Pending) Lottery
11. (Pending) Lottery
12. RockyRavage - my boy
13. RabbiBob - Creator's rights!

As a former employee of the U.S. Government, I should have realized that postage was going to be the most expensive part of this endeavor!

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ReadMe

A how-to for printing the 3D LS DS II Challenge Coin for anyone that was on the 2021 Distant Screws II Expedition.

The front-side features the classic LS Logo, the expedition name, dates and the waypoint distances traveled.

The backside features the four points of the journey (ROSS310-EVELYNS LIGHT-COLONIA-QAMA) and a star to honor Evelyn Faye Roy.

Printing Suggestions

    Scale to 60mm x 60mm x 8mm (or 10mm)
    Super Quality

1. With trees: On an edge - will require sanding and clean up.
2. In halves:
   • Duplicate the STL on the bed
   • Sink both below the bed to 1/2 the Z width (-4mm or -5mm)
   • Flip one of the faces
   • Print
   • Sand edge as needed with 220g and 500+
   • Prime
   • Paint Black Gloss
   • Paint Blue acrylic
   • Dust paint Silver metallic
   • Glue together

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Created by RabbiBob 3/1/2021 w/ Blender 2.9.x

Download

• Download: Zip file 4.5MB

Directions

• Below are my steps for creating the coins. YMMV.

3D Printing

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Sanding

• Lightly sand the edges and any surface you can without damaging the raised items. You can see in some of the final coins the ones where a combination of sanding and primer worked well and others that didn't during testing.

Painting

• Someday I'll buy an airbrush kit. Until then, fun with aerosol cans!
• Requirements:
  • Krylon Sandable Primer
  • Gloss Black spray paint
  • Blue acrylic paint
  • Metallic Silver spray paint
  • Mod Podge® Clear Acrylic Sealer, Gloss
  • Modelling glue
  • Something to fit under the coin to keep if off the resting surface (washer, nut, etc)

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Primer

• Do two separate coats of prime where the first coat is close to a dusting.
• Second coat should fill in a lot of the printer lines

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Black Coat

• Apply a single shiny black coat

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Blue Highlights

• Lightly apply blue acrylic paint to various raised areas. I used a toothpick to do the coins. There are one or two green coins in the bunch, however blue seemed to be the best choice.

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Silver Dusting

• Lightly apply a dusting of silver. The goal is to try and let some of the gloss black poke through. Your call on the final outcome. In my batch, the 13 coins ran a range between almost full silver vs a moderate dusting.

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Glue

• Glue the halves together
• Only four or five dabs of model glue is needed. Don't let it ooze from the middle onto the edges of the coin.

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Seal

The 13

• Seal the coin with Mod Podge Clear Acrylic Sealer
• This helps not only protect the coin but also to seal in some of the paint smell

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Final

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Elite:Dangerous

• A few in game screencaps from my visit to Evelyn's Light.

Arriving solo at 6AM on a cold winter morning

Hanging out with Rocky during the group rendezvous.

One last look at Evelyn's Light before departing the system.