What people commission · Cars & Vehicles
The Car You Actually Owned
Not a generic model of that make. Your actual car, with your plate, your wheels and the modification you spent a summer arguing with.
Send a reference, a rough idea, or a photograph. We will tell you honestly whether it will cast well.
The whole argument, in one line
One of one. The design retires after casting.
1 of 1
No mould survives to make a second
Approved
You sign off before any metal is poured
.999
Fine silver, hand-poured in the USA
.999
Fine silver. One grade, every piece, every size
1 of 1
The design is retired after casting. Genuinely
USA
Hand-poured here, not imported and rebadged
COA
Certificate of authenticity with every piece
Scale fights detail
A car has a great deal of fine detail — grilles, badges, mirrors, spokes — and silver has physical limits at small scale. Below a certain size, wheel spokes and wing mirrors stop being castable and start being suggestions. Getting the scale right at the start is what determines whether the piece reads as convincing.
What we work from
- Photographs from every angle, including the interior if it matters.
- The specific year and trim, since bodywork changes between them.
- Any modification that makes it yours rather than a stock example.
- Plate number if you want it, which we can carry at larger scales.
- Your view on scale, because it determines what detail survives.
Hard edges, hard subject
Vehicles are among the least forgiving subjects in sculpture because the eye knows them so well. A proportion that is fractionally wrong on an animal reads as character; the same error on a recognizable car reads immediately as incorrect. Straight lines, symmetry and consistent curvature leave nowhere to hide.
The specific difficulties are scale-related. Fine elements — mirrors, aerials, badges, grille detail, wire wheels — become fragile or unresolvable as the piece gets smaller, so scale is a design decision rather than a preference. We would rather discuss simplifying a detail than cast something that snaps in the post. Reference photographs matter here too, particularly of the specific variant: enthusiasts notice the year, the trim and the wheels immediately.
How we handle it
- 01Establish the scale honestly against the detail you want.
- 02Sculpt from your photographs, including the details that matter to you.
- 03Show you the sculpt before anything is cast.
- 04Cast, hand-finish and X-ray verify.
- 05Retire the design.
Bigger solves nearly every problem here. Wing mirrors, spokes and badges all become possible at larger scale, and the piece gets heavier and more expensive as a direct result. That trade is the main decision on a vehicle commission and it is worth making deliberately.
Said plainly
Where we stop
If you want a specific manufacturer's badging reproduced, be aware that is their trademark. We can make your car; we are careful about reproducing brand marks and we will discuss that with you.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can you do my exact car?
- Yes, that is the point. Year, trim, wheels, modifications and plate at larger scales.
- How big does it need to be?
- Bigger than most people first suggest. Fine detail like spokes and mirrors needs scale to survive.
- Can you include the badges?
- Manufacturer marks are their trademarks. We will talk through what is appropriate.
- Motorcycles and boats?
- Yes. Bikes are harder because almost everything on them is thin.
How it works
The Brief
Send a photograph, a reference, or a description. This stage costs nothing and it is where we tell you the truth about what is possible.
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The Sculpt
We build it digitally first and show it to you. Nothing is cast until you have seen it and said yes.
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Casting & Finishing
The sculpt becomes a mould, the mould becomes metal, and then a person finishes it by hand. That last part is why no two castings are identical.
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Delivery & Certificate
It is heavy, it is valuable, and it ships insured. The certificate travels with it.
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The Buy-Back
Because you own a solid silver object, you can sell it back to us at any time at 95–98% of the current silver spot price for its metal weight.
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More what people commission
Pets
By a distance the most commissioned thing we make, and usually the one that means the most. Often it is a memorial, which changes how carefully we handle every part of it.
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Mascots & Logos
Companies commission these for milestones, retirements and the kind of award nobody throws away. A solid silver version of your own mascot is difficult to put in a drawer.
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Characters & Original Art
People ask us for characters constantly. Here is exactly what we do, and what we do not, without the vagueness this subject usually attracts.
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Next step
Run it both ways before you decide.
No credit check and no obligation. Tell us what you hold and what the money is for, and if selling is the better answer for your situation you will be told that first.