A more Grungy take on my steampunk scales + attempt 2 at colored copper

I made this set with a bit more "grunge" than the others.
I used white vinegar + salt on the hammered copper to get the patina. I usually sand most of it off which leaves the "darkness" in the hammered areas. This time I left it as it "grew" before washing it and putting on a sealer coat.

It doesn't look like it in the photos, but there is more of "wedge" shape to my spacer this time :)

http://antiquemilitaryshooter.com/forums/steam4.jpg


This is my 2nd attempt at heat treating copper to bring out various colors in the metal. I didn't opt for a CA finish on these but put an oil based sealer with urethane on instead. I wanted to keep the "geography" of the hammered copper intact.

The blade is one of my first restores. I picked it up at the flea market and it looked ROUGHhttp://antiquemilitaryshooter.com/forums/pipe2.jpg!


http://antiquemilitaryshooter.com/fo...ammercolor.jpg

Nice! How many times did you have to put the penny back on the train track to get ot that shape?

There's clearly a lot of work thats gone into those ones. I think each one is an improvement on the last. Very nice.
Grant

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Originally Posted by Wintchase

Nice! How many times did you have to put the penny back on the train track to get ot that shape?

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lol...a bunch

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Originally Posted by baldy

There's clearly a lot of work thats gone into those ones. I think each one is an improvement on the last. Very nice.
Grant

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Thanks Grant. It's hard to tell when I'm working on my own.

I dig that. Big fan of that style.

Excellent work, love the look. I really like the colours you managed to create on the copper with the heat treat.

Those are incredible. I love it when people think out of the box and come up with things like you did. That's transforming scale making into art.