We haven't settled on the final finish - this will be decided in the next few weeks. There are actually four finishes for us to decide upon - the transparant rear part (which will be tinted like the current version), the opaque front part, the buttons and knob, and the aluminium handle.

Obviously clients will have a choice of the transparant tint, so we need to come up with an overall scheme that looks good with all the options.

The handle is likely to be sand cast (in one piece), with a very high quality textured finish. Current thinking is that we may not anodise it, as the finish is so good already. The company that are doing the sandcasting usually cast fittings for very high end luggage, so maybe that gives you an idea of what we're working towards.

Once we've decided on some basic ideas we'll get the SLA prototype painted up to give a better idea of the final product. The guy that will do the painting is a genius with an airbrush - he can even model the textures that we want for the production mouldings.

We were nervous when we chose such a non-conventional design, but I'm certain it's going to look great!

Rob