about a month in the works... my version of the "returns" kryptonite

[hydin]

shortly after seeing the movie, i went a little insane learning about dyeing crystals and painting crystals and generally looking up and reading any and all info about crystals i could find. ironically kinda like luthor in the movie :lol

but.. a few months later i have finished my pieces, and have some kind of neat looking rocks.

these are dyed selenite.

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3 different pieces. the last one went through the dyeing process twice, so its a little darker. my camera blows, and doesnt take great shots in sunlight, but those are pretty close to the color it actually is.

im happy with em

chris

also, a pic of the quartz test i did.

the quartz still has a few "clear" spots left on it (dyed also), but it helps give a pretty cool sheen effect to the rock. damned if it doesnt look natural in person. especially with the matrix near the bottom.

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nifty

chris

 

[replicaprops]

Chris you have to have the largest Kryptonite collection I have ever seen

 

[hydin]

and youve only seen the highlights of it

chris

 

[Kal-ElofKrypton]

Looks great chris. What paint did you use for the selenite and dye for the quartz?

 

[teecrooz]

Looks great Chris.

I think a "group" photo of your whole collection is needed.

 

[hydin]

i finished this piece off a day or so ago

i think it came out pretty nicely.

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chris

 

[Darth Detroit]

PM'd

 

[Kal-ElofKrypton]

I think you should do a run of dyed quartz. Each person would get something different. Just a thought.

 

[DuneMuadDib]

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I think you should do a run of dyed quartz. Each person would get something different. Just a thought.
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I would so be in if you did. That would be awesome.

 

[dropshipbob]

Nice work Chris. That looks like the stuff you see in those "New age" catalogs, and that's a compliment. :thumbsup

 

[hydin]

:lol i appreciate it.

if i would have known something like this existed in a catalog, i would have picked it up a long time ago. it would have saved me a month or so of working

thanks guys. no plans for a run just yet, but i do have several test pieces i may part with. ill think about it today while at work.

chris