What your finger feels across the surface
The whole pin is a small sculpture. Light hits it from different angles and shadow pools in the recesses while highlights catch the peaks — rotate the pin and the image shifts. It doesn't read as a badge; it reads as a small medal, a small object. That 'this should be displayed, not worn on a shirt' energy is exactly why it costs more.
Molds are sculpted for true 3D relief — best for architecture, mascots, complex totems. The priciest craft — and the one least likely to read as 'a badge'.
What you get by choosing it
Nothing else renders 3D relief like this — architecture, mascots, complex totems
Strong visual weight — ceremony, memorial, gravitas
Ideal for flagship, memorial, 'meant to be passed on' pieces
With antiqued finish, still looks right decades later
Practical parameters
- Material
- Zinc / tin alloy die-cast + colored or bare metal
- Price tier
- High
- MOQ
- MOQ 100 pcs (higher mold cost)
- Lead time
- Mass production 25–30 business days (longer mold cycle)
When we'd recommend this craft
This pin should outlive the wearer — that's the energy of 3D die-cast. The priciest craft, and the one with the most emotional weight. Most common scenarios we ship:
Companies / associations · milestone anniversaries
10th, 20th, 50th anniversary — for those who got you here
HQ / landmark buildings · miniature-relief pins
Your HQ or campus main building rendered as miniature relief
Mascots / complex totems
Team mascots, family crests, complex totems — only 3D can carry it
Museums / galleries · shop editions
Collection-inspired, weighty enough to display, not just wear
Religious orders / temple insignia
Memorial and merit medals for orders, monasteries, temples
Family heirloom pieces
Family crests, clan-association pieces — explicitly meant to be passed on
