Found Dreaming

Anubis, the Egyptian god of death.



The only problem was in the tail. The tail fed the vent rather than the vent feeding the tail. Oh well, a little welding.

Richard

Looks good Richard. Do you intend to Patina the casting ? Am guessing a nice rich darkish red / brown almost burnished through to the metal on the high points would look amazing. Cheers Trev.

Your another very skilled individual Richard, that looks fantastic

Mike

Can't see it up close but from a distance looks like it come out very nice!! Good job.

that looks great

Quite impressive Richard.

Thank you kind Sirs.

Richard

I like the Patina, is it a commercial type or a home brew?

I use first a Birchwood Casey product called "Brass Black". (It's sold in gun shops. They use it for brass gun sights.) Anyway, I dilute it heavily with distilled water to about 20 to 1 and brush on a number of coats cold.

On top of that I use a solution of cupric nitrate and distilled water, brushed on hot. I heat the bronze with a torch until the solution sizzles a little when I apply it. Then I apply wax with a Scotchbrite pad. That abrades away a little of the regularity. I use transparent shoe wax.

Here with another piece, on his face I used a more dilute solution of cupric nitrate and stopped when the green was just beginning to show up.



When I applied the wax it turned a very dark bronze green. On the helmet I used only the "Brass Black".

Richard