Thread: 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




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 ROUGH!

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

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?

lol...a bunch

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

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.