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[Marauder_Pilot]

I recently came into access to what is admittedly a pretty bad-fuckin'-ass laser cutter. It's capable of comfortably doing up to 1/2" wood, acrylic, fabric, leather, pretty much anything but metal.

Something I've always wanted to build for myself were acrylic silhouettes of various vehicles and vessels from the sci-fi universes I know and love, and while thinking of that, I realized that I'm not alone.

So, I ran these two prototypes in wood:

http://imgur.com/wRZ5rHd http://imgur.com/g1nIHcV

My questions for you guys:

1: Would you pay money for those, done in either wood or acrylic? Wood, I'm kinda limited in my selections, those were done in maple plywood, I can get that or birch. Acrylic...pretty much any colour you can think of.

2: If you said 'Yes' to 1, how much would you pay?

3: Which style do you prefer?

4: The first one is done is rougly 7"x10", done just to save space. The second one was done in 31" x 12", which is the maximum size I can make a single piece of on the printer (Bed size is 32" x 20"). Which size would you rather have? Obviously smaller ones would be a bit cheaper.

4: What else would you like to see in this style? Right off the bat, I plan on doing at least the designs for the major ships in the ME universe (Both Normandys, a Reaper, a Kodiak, at least one iconic ship each from each race's armada-Turian Frigate, Alliance Destroyer, Asari Dreadnought, Quarian Liveship, ect), some of the more identifiable weapons and character profile silhouettes done in that character's 'colour'.

Also, just, some info on what I can and cannot do: 1: It won't create bevelled/rounded objects. However, I CAN etch onto round objects-mugs, glasses, ect can be done.

2: It can theoretically cut thicker materials than 1/2", however that would require multiple passes, which ramps up the chance of melting/burning.

3: There's no reason I can't make stuff from other universes, however since the cutter belongs to a local Makerspace, I don't have huge amounts of time on it to begin with, so I want to keep the offerings small to start.

5: I'm not planning on doing jewelry, since there's already tons out there. However, if there's enough demand for other stuff, it can be done.

[Lesbians in Space]

That looks super cool! I absolutely want one. I'd say depending on the time it takes you to make and the materials used (and the intricacy of the design, etc, etc) maybe $25-50 for the small and $50-$100 for the big one.