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At one point in 2008 I started to fiddle around with some cosmetic alternatives for Ions. I never actually produced any of them since the market was/is WAY oversaturated, but it was still fun practice for future cosmetic projects.

Most of these designs were made only by making lofts. These bodies would have been plastic if I actually made any, so any further complexity would create problems for the molding process.

Style 2.1

Style 2.2

I became bored of those "silly putty" designs so I turned to some that would be better suited for an aluminum machined body. The curvy one is a variation of a design I made in 2004 for Shockers of the time. I was originally planning to produce a batch of my own private label markers with a similar milling style, but the cost for producing the markers from SP was a little too high for me to afford at the time. However I was able to apply a similar milling style to this new Ion body concept...

I also tried a more advanced design that consists of lofts and bisecting extrustions to break up the monotony. This milling design was actually quite a bit more promising for a cheap machined body compared to the basic silly putty ones at the top of the page. With a little refining this same method can actually be used for some highly intricate curves.

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