Lion Carving with Metal Coating

[garylmast]

My latest carving that I thought I would two-tone it with the powder metal coating I’ve been doing in previous projects, Bronze and Stainless Steel. It looks a lot better in real life than what’s in the pictures. I carved it using MDF. Size is 18” x 7” x 13” tall.
Gary

[jfederer]

Nice work Gary! I've been climbing the Aspire modelling learning curve this past week, I now have a clue how much work you put into this! How many slices/segments?

[garylmast]

Nice work Gary! I've been climbing the Aspire modelling learning curve this past week, I now have a clue how much work you put into this! How many slices/segments?

The Base was three slices, however I merged them together, so It was one cut on 1-1/2" thick material. The head was one slice on 2-1/4" material and the body was three slices on 3" thick material. It involved extra-long mills, so probably a better way would be more slices on thinner material. Of course, most cuts were double-sided. Although I used Netfabb for the slicing, everything could have been done in Aspire. Thanks for looking.

Gary

[Creation in Wood]

Great carving Gary

[Wayne Locke]

That looks great. Did you spray the resin metal mix? How much metal did you mix with the resin?

[garylmast]

That looks great. Did you spray the resin metal mix? How much metal did you mix with the resin?

The mix is 3 to 1 metal to resin. This model took 300 grams metal to 100 grams resin, using a $15 scale I got from Amazon. After the resin is set, usually the next day, I take steel wool to buff off the resin until the metal shows through.

Gary

[Wayne Locke]

Thanks for the info. Did you spray or brush?

[garylmast]

Thanks for the info. Did you spray or brush?

I have a cup gun with an oversized nozzle (2.3mm). It's similar to one you buy at Harbor Freight for 1/3 cost but only a 1.4mm nozzle. The body of this model I sprayed, but while the resin was still wet, I brushed the stainless-steel mix using just a small flux brush. Needless to say, you can do either way.

Gary

[Wayne Locke]

Thanks.