So my Wife is very much into crafting with resin at the moment , and she has learned a lot about the art of it and the processes involved. I wanted to have a go at it too, so with her help on the resin side , I have decided to combine my Blender skills and job as an Engineer to try and create a few unique objects in real life and maybe even sell a few along the way.
My first project I have named "Sunk" . The idea was to create some sort of lamp , that mimics looking through the porthole of a sunken ship , and seeing something swim past. My first version will feature a mechanical style fish which will be cast in resin. A strip of hidden LED lights will illuminate the fish (hopefully)
So , I threw together a fairly quick visualisation of my idea in Blender and this is what I came up with :
Thanks 
blanchsb - It is hard to say how much this cost us exactly , as we did all of the work ourselves so we only paid for materials , but I would estimate that it cost us about £10-15K roughly. That includes windows , doors , the concrete base and all the wood you see to build it. Its also fully insulated and soundproofed with mass loaded vinyl too which was fairly pricey. A contractor friend of ours estimated that to pay someone to build it for us , it would have cost about £30-40K for labour and materials. As for the tools and CNC , we are still buying them as we go but I think we will have easily spent another £10K+ on those too.... I keep telling myself it will be worth it when its done.....