Just fishing on this one, guys. I've had several people ask me about this so I'm not sure if it's worth doing or not.
Anyway, I'm curious if the interest is there for a very small run of finished grails. These would be cast off an original, wide-lipped grail.
This particular sculpt has been seen in Profiles auction # 24 and 32 ( as seen below)
I'm considering offering both versions. The cleaner of the two and my personal favorite, the weathered/heavy patina version.
I'll add a few pics below showing the finishing process w/ optional styles.
Price would be somewhere between 249.00 and 299.00 (really depends on interest)
-Rylo
Build-out:
Starting with the raw cast seen here (after clean-up)
First Coat:
Prepping for gold leaf:
Skipping ahead after burnishing...This is pretty much the finished (clean version) outside of just a very little bit of frosting.
Weathered version up, next. I really love this version above all the others. It just hits my mind's-eye with how a 2000 year old relic would look. The patina is very heavy on the original prop; more-so than most replicate properly. It's definitely an extreme patina w/ a heavy oxidized look.
NOTE: Because I'm geeky about finishes, I spent some time researching gold and oxidation. It can indeed take hundreds and hundreds of years for gold to oxidize. However, gold leaf (as the grail was rumored to have been finished in) would have oxidized in much less time. So, the original prop makers seem to have done their homework when they did the patina on this particular version of the grail. :thumbsup
More later, but you get the idea...chime in blow or PM me if you'd be interested. We'll see how this goes.
Let's call this option, Version # 1
Version # 2
Anyway, I'm curious if the interest is there for a very small run of finished grails. These would be cast off an original, wide-lipped grail.
This particular sculpt has been seen in Profiles auction # 24 and 32 ( as seen below)
I'm considering offering both versions. The cleaner of the two and my personal favorite, the weathered/heavy patina version.
I'll add a few pics below showing the finishing process w/ optional styles.
Price would be somewhere between 249.00 and 299.00 (really depends on interest)
-Rylo
Build-out:
Starting with the raw cast seen here (after clean-up)
First Coat:
Prepping for gold leaf:
Skipping ahead after burnishing...This is pretty much the finished (clean version) outside of just a very little bit of frosting.
Weathered version up, next. I really love this version above all the others. It just hits my mind's-eye with how a 2000 year old relic would look. The patina is very heavy on the original prop; more-so than most replicate properly. It's definitely an extreme patina w/ a heavy oxidized look.
NOTE: Because I'm geeky about finishes, I spent some time researching gold and oxidation. It can indeed take hundreds and hundreds of years for gold to oxidize. However, gold leaf (as the grail was rumored to have been finished in) would have oxidized in much less time. So, the original prop makers seem to have done their homework when they did the patina on this particular version of the grail. :thumbsup
More later, but you get the idea...chime in blow or PM me if you'd be interested. We'll see how this goes.
Let's call this option, Version # 1
Version # 2
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