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[Simomatra]

Two elegant beauties in my home brew. Both came out of the same stick but one got more gold in it an looks like nugget. polished to 12000mm then brasso, cornflower paste and then PlasticX polish.

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http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l369/simomatra/HB3.jpg
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http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l369/simomatra/HB7.jpg

[gawdelpus]

Elagant is the word, possibly a little too dark a blue ,but that may be the photo as well with some of these things, your attention to detail and finishing is immaculate as usual :2tsup: .One question , the "gold" in these things like you have done and the truestone with gold lacy work, is that real gold or some composite , just curious, I have done a couple of these in truestone and am not sure how its constituted . :) Cheers JD

[PenTurner]

Doing very well Sam, producing some beauties for sure, Amos:2tsup::)

[artme]

:o:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup: What else can one say?

[bdar]

Sam nice work as I always expect, the Copper Elegant Beauty is very nice. Who is supplying them. Brett, GPW or Carrolls? Love the colours in the blank may have to see you about some casts if you are willing to do some for me.
Cheers
Darren

[Big Shed]

Looking very good Sam, love the variation between the 2 even though they came from the same stick.

Those EB's are a good loking pen, very well executed fit and finish:2tsup:

PS In the side by side shot there appears to be quite a difference in size, is that an optical illusion?

[timberbits]

Hi Sam

They are great looking pens.

How did you find the corn flower paste?

Timberbits.

[gawdelpus]

Hi Sam

They are great looking pens.

How did you find the corn flower paste?

Timberbits.

I think in the kitchen cupboard where his wife hid it :D

[eisbaer]

great looking pens. I don't do too many acrylics myself but really like those ones. :)

keir

[poulso]

Nice pens Sam :2tsup:

[Sawdust Maker]

What they :aro-u::aro-u: all said
nice pens :2tsup::2tsup:

have a couple of eb's in the shed, am waiting for the right bit of wood to talk to me :B

[BoomerangInfo]

EOne question , the "gold" in these things like you have done and the truestone with gold lacy work, is that real gold or some composite , just curious, I have done a couple of these in truestone and am not sure how its constituted . :) Cheers JD

If it's same as I have, it's a gold metallic type powder/pigment. Certainly not true gold, and not glitter either. When I mix mine is resin on it's own, it ends up looking almost like liquid metal, or gold paint. When set in the resin, it can have a two-tone effect as the light hits it differently.

I too am interested how the cornflour went, and whether you made gravy with the leftovers? :D

Russell.

[ciscokid]

I love that kit more and more and the blue is perfect. That deep blue you sometimes get on a really clear summer day. Nice pens! :2tsup:

[Simomatra]

Thank you everyone I will try and answer the questions

John

The gold I used in this in this is gold pearlex I also used two other colours. The pen is much better in the hand hard to capture the colour. My wife called it electric blue

Darren

The pens cane from GPW and they carry the copper and rose gold. My personal belief is the Dayacom EB's are better than the Berea especially with castings as the amount of material remaining on the tube is greater. I am stilllearing with this casting but willing to give it a go if you wnat tis a lots of experiment and I need to document the casting ingrdience as Fred said

Fred

It is an optical illusion ans bothe pens are identicak in length i obviously did not get the gold mixed properly in the lower part of the cast, They were cast in 25mm electrical conduit

David and Russell

The cornflower worked a treat once I got the slurry mix right part of my finish now. Russell you have the hang of what is going on in the mix

Al thats the colour mate

Once again thanks for all the kind words more experimenting next week.

[Buzz]

Great looking pens Sam. Perhaps a shade darker than Royal Blue. Great match of blank and kit.:2tsup: