I've searched free stuffs and marketplaces and can't find a samovar or even a regular coffee urn (you know: huge metal pot for coffee or tea with spigot on the front). Does this exist? Thanks! Carolly

I think I saw one at Baumgaren or Lannie's, can't remember. Too many sites with so much to keep track. Tashar 59

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There used to be one at Catherina's site in the freebies section. She's just redesigned the site and I'm not certain if those freebies are still around.

TurboSquid has one in .3ds format; $47.50 seems a bit steep for a static mesh, but it does look nice.

Preston, I've joined her site so many times, and it has shifted so many times. Don't appear to be currently a member since she never carries membership over. There are no freebies there anymore as far as I can tell. I don't download willy-nilly (would need servers of my own in that case), but can sort-of understand why there are people who abuse bandwidth and take everything posted whether they need it now or not. Little Dragon, Basically, I need a really fancy spigot with handle, not the entire teapot, for an image which is pressing. Have you seen anything else with a handle like this? I hesitate to spend that much when I only need a subset of the mesh... but might if the source wasn't turbosquid. (I also hesitate to purchase if there might be doubt as to legality of the mesh and the 'Squid has been seriously tainted.) This is a nice samovar, though. Thanks, Carolly

Sorry, I know where to find a few spigots, but none with such a stylized handle.

3D Cafe : spigot in .3ds format (tap1.zip)

Laboratory 108 : spigot in Poser prop format (Downloads --> Miscellaneous)

if something like this will work, let me know & I can ship it over (133K zipped obj format)

Cooler, That will be perfect! {hugs} It won't look like a water faucet, but like something "designed" to be decorative as well as functional. And, darned you're fast. I got your IM and found some pics from the Sovietski site. For the lurkers: they have more than military gear... you can find fairytale boxes and antique spinning wheels as well as porcelain and linen and other good stuff... solid and well-made. :) Carolly

This is pretty simple but I couldn't resist giving it a shot. It's now available in Free Stuff.

Preston, Neat! That will need a transmap to add ventilation holes underneath as well as around the top and folks will have to make sure that the handles are wooden. Whether brass or copper these get pretty hot! Basically a samovar isn't a teapot... that was often set on top. A samovar burns wood or charcoal underneath and keeps water boiling all day long. (I think the name means "thing which boils water".) One fills the tea-kettle to make tea, and it is a smaller object to wash than the samovar itself. Tidy housewives will have trays and dripbowls to protect their furniture. Cooler's spigot is exactly what I need for the immediate image-in-mind. However, a samovar is such a central piece in the Russian home, and has such connotations of warmth and friendliness, that I'm sure that yours will be used, too... even BagaYaga likes a hot cup of tea! :) Thank you, Carolly

Baba likes elderberry pie too as I recall. Samovar, who knew? My 1947 American College Dictionary says that they are commonly made of copper - bet that leaves an aftertaste.