Bindrune designs made as a gift for MGMags on dA, with his username and initials. Engraved in glass with a Dremel and diamond burrs; coloured in with porcelain paints.
[Image description (because apparently at some point I adjusted this in the old editor and can no longer add alt text on the image itself?) starts here: Two decorative glass stones, black in colour. The one at lower left is teardrop-shaped, oriented with the small point up. The one at top right is oval in shape, oriented vertically. Each one is engraved with a different bindrune design. The one at lower left is coloured with metallic silver paint, and the one at top right is coloured with metallic copper paint. End description.]
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Omega has a tattoo.
On the inside of his recharge panel was an Eggman Empire logo. He didn't know about this until one day Rouge told him. Omega's proposed solution was to tear the whole panel out of his head and have Tails make a new one, but Rouge came up with a better idea.
One trip to the hardware store to buy a dremel tool later, she sands the Eggman Empire logo off and engraves the words "NOT YOURS" in its place.
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Thinking about Ifrit spending his free time in the smithing house that is on the property, working on large wrought iron pieces. Benches that curve along paths in the garden. Hand forging ritual daggers for each new antipope, creating intricate hilts that reflect each pope's rise to power.
When he's not working on major projects, he spends his spare time working with Dewdrop's jewelry making supplies. The fire ghoul carefully casting and engraving intricate coin charms, effectively breathing life back into an old tradition. One evening Ifrit was curled around Zephyr in bed, listening intently as the air ghoul recounted memories of his past life. There was a particular theme to that evening, Victorian love tokens, Zephyr had a habit of mentioning them whenever Ifrit was in search of a new project to take on.
Victorian love tokens were smoothed coins, engraved with images or a lover's initials. The tokens were bestowed upon a partner for multitudes of reasons, be it relationship milestones, commemorating a vacation, or as something to be remembered by while their other half was away. Zephyr recalls ones he had in his past life fondly, the coins on a chain bracelet that commemorated each of his roles in the theatre. Bestowed upon him by an admirer at the end of the final show in a run of performances.
This recollection sparked the idea in the fire ghoul's mind, setting out to the smithing house early the following morning to cast coins in gold and silver. Spending hours hunched over the small work table, engraving intricate designs before including his name on the back side. "Ifrit" engraved in the effortless, airy script of the air ghoul he called his mate. The delicate strokes that took the air ghoul seconds to scrawl onto a gift tag, but upwards of a half hour for the fire ghoul to mimic with a dremel tool.
Later that afternoon, he returns to the main grounds of the abbey with a simple box in hand. The box was hand carved from two pieces of silver ash, the inside lined in a pale blue silk. Ifrit had carved the box months before, when he had decided to take up learning wood working from Ivy. The fire ghoul knew exactly where his mate could be found, basking in the warm sunshine that settled on the garden. As he approached the winding path he laid eyes on the air ghoul, the sun glinting off his gold and silver jewelry, a halo cast by the few flyaways of ice blonde hair escaping his braid.
Each afternoon the pair would rest and recharge in the sun, something that Ifrit referred to as "lizard time" for the air ghoul who has spent his morning in the cold of the infirmary for pain management treatment. Zephyr would sit, eyes closed as the sun warmed his aching body, heating the black clothing and heavy flannel lap blanket he used when in his wheelchair.
Ifrit cleared his throat, alerting the air ghoul to his presence as he settled into his favorite spot. The warmth of the sun had heated the iron bench, allowing for the fire ghoul to find relief of the pain that found itself settling into his spine from being hunched over for hours.
"I knew it was you my flame" Zephyr smiled, opening his eyes slightly to take in the sight of his mate.
Ifrit laughed softly, "You never know, those pesky jackdaws might have evolved to shape shift and we just haven't seen it happen yet."
"Even if they have evolved that ability, I doubt they'd be able to mimic scents. I'd know it wasn't you because they would smell of Sunny's wineberries and not of the charcoal used in the smithing house" the air ghoul jested, turning slightly to face his partner.
"One of these days I'm going to find a way to smell like wineberries just to trick you" Ifrit grinned, watching the sunlight dance off the air ghoul's jewelry in mesmerizing waves.
The fire ghoul placed the small ash box into the hands of his mate, the exchange of gifts were always wordless between the pair, as all that could be said was already known. He watched as the air ghoul carefully lifted the lid of the box, lithe fingers caressing the silk lining before lifting the bracelet from the box. No words were spoken as the air ghoul studied each of the tokens, only four had been placed upon the simple chain bracelet.
"Ifrit... you did all of this just for me?" Zephyr spoke after a long moment spent in awe. Each thin coin was cast from silver and gold, the intricate designs that represented milestones to the pair of ghouls.
"Of course, it was the way you were describing them last night put the idea in my head and I had to see it through" Ifrit spoke, carefully clasping the bracelet around Zephyr's wrist, ensuring the fit was perfect.
Zephyr turned his wrist slowly, getting a feel for the material of the bracelet. "It's far lighter than I remember them being" the air ghoul chuckled softly, the jingle of the charms accenting the love brimming in his tone.
"I made sure to cast the coins thinner than usual, which does make engraving a bit more difficult. But I wanted it to be a piece that was comfortable for you to wear," Ifrit said, his hand finding one of the charms and turning it to the back to show his name.
Zephyr smiled, the light jingle of his bracelet as he moved his hands to the wheels of his chair to test his movements, "And they don't hang too low so I can wear it when I'm in my chair"
"I made sure to keep mobility aids in mind when I made the charms and attached them, I wanted you to be able to carry a piece of me everywhere you go. No matter what" the fire ghoul explained, watching as his mate marveled over each of the coins.
Zephyr pulled Ifrit closer by the lapels of his thin jacket, lips capturing the fire ghouls and stealing the words away from his mate. No other words were needed, just an expression of love and gratitude.
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Me, a fool: I can fix these miniature patterns via engraving with a dremel, even though I have zero skill or experience!
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Heey, sorry if you already got this question a bunch of times, but which machine would you recommend for people who want to learn metal engraving?
Hey, no worries at all. So, it's a common misconception that hand engraving is done with a rotory machine, like a dremel to take away part of the metal kinda like how a cnc milling machine would.
I use things called gravers (also sometimes called scourpers). They look kinda like wood chisels but real small, and come in a variety of shapes.
When starting I'd recommend googleing a local jewellers suppliers and getting yourself a No. 2 flat graver in steel (youll occasionally see it marked as HSS which stands for High Speed Steel) and a wooden handle like the pictures below.
The steel graver bit should cost somewhere between $6-15 and the handle should be somewhere between $3-6. Just need one of each starting off.
DO NOT CHEAP OUT ON THE STEEL BIT OF THE GRAVER!!!
I've seen the cheap ones shatter. And when they do you'll seriously injure your hands. DO. NOT. CHEAP. OUT. ON. THE. STEEL.
You'll also potentially need a hand vice or at least some way to hold what you're working on. A very basic hand engraving vice looks like this:
They run anywhere from $25-35.
And grab a copy of this book:
It's from way back in the day so it's out of copyright. Don't pay for it, just get a pdf copy. The writing is kinda old fashioned and hard to follow but the information is still as relevant today as it was back then. Again, great book, don't pay for it. The person who wrote it and their kids are dead and only amazon or whatever will get the money.
With those you can get started. The information you need is in the book. You don't need the fancy ball vice like in the book and you don't need to bend the graver like it says in the book, just put the steel lengthwise in a vice with maybe an inch sticking out, and use a hammer to drive the wooden handle on to it by hitting the wood. Don't leave it sticking miles out cuz it could shatter when you hit the wooden bit with the hammer.
Start with copper or silver, other metals are too hard or expensive. Silver is nicer than copper.
MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY ANYTHING 'GRS' BRANDED.
They sell pneumatically assisted gravers, they're good but astonishingly expensive and the price doesn't match the quality. (if you ever do go work up to pneumatically assisted gravers you should go with Steve Lindsay stuff).
I use pneumatic assisted gravers so I don't destroy my elbow and shoulder by engraving all day, I've tried both GRS and Lindsay gravers and the Lindsay stuff is far better, both are about the same expense. At the professional level your equipment can be up in the $5-15k range cuz you're using microscopes, special vices/work holding, gravers made of special metals etc. However you can get started for about $40
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I've been watching a ton of tattoo-related videos on YouTube (I have no tattoos nor plan to get one) but I think they're cool. So naturally I have to think about, like. Cybertronian tattoos.
I think the most obvious method would be engraving, either with a dremel-type tool or even with hammer and chisel. Maybe also melting a thin wire of gold to fill the engraved channels.
Acid etching could be an option, too. Laying down a stencil and coating the area in acid so it eats away and any bare metal.
For small tattoos, maybe there could be something like a metal punch stamp to create fancy repeating patterns.
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