I was overwhelmed by the positive feedback I got on r/Bitcoin when I posted
about the Bitcoins I rendered in Blender and thought the people here might enjoy it too.
Here is an album with the renders:
http://cybrbeast.minus.com/mbc5sy1T0j5v1DThe Bitcoin logo was traced, but the rest of the design was my own. The binary strip on the side of the coins spells "Bitcoin", and the diagram on the back of the coins is supposed to represent a p2p network. The image on the screen in the background may be familiar to some if they can see through the blur. The 5BTC coins has the "Vires in Numeris" ("Strength in Numbers") motto on the side as many people requested. The art on the 5BTC is supposed to symbolize the blockchain.
I've made the models of the coins
freely available on Blendswap. Anyone can get them there and you can also
get Blender for free which I used to make and render the coins. For people who use other CAD programs I've also exported the coins as
Collada and
OBJ files. This should make it compatible with nearly every 3D package including Sketchup I think. However if you don't use Blender to open them you only get the model and not the shiny textures.
So everyone feel free to use them or share them with someone who knows 3D CAD software and I hope you enjoy it. Crediting me would be nice, but not required. If anyone feels like tipping me you're very welcome to do so at: 1BmSFrbDDYT46W6aLpRNk72yA57RvkJgDP
As an aside, I also emailed Ton Roosendaal, the original developer of Blender to ask if the
Blender Development Fund would accept Bitcoin donations. He replied that he was looking into it and it was already on his long list of to-do things.
