My First Prop. Xavier's School Plaque. Finished Pics Page 5.

[kodofett]

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Great job would love to see more... :thumbsup

 

[madrobot]

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I'm going to try to post some pics later tonight of the wax positive, and the cold cast test castings.

 

[troopermatthew]

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That would look great on my house wall :lol

 

[outlander]

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Looking forward to seeing work in progress shots, Madrobot! :thumbsup

 

[Jerseydevil]

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How'd I miss this? Beautiful stuff. Can't wait to see the final project.

 

[madrobot]

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They said about 4 weeks on the bronze. Might be sooner. I'll be posting some pics of the cold cast pieces late tonight or early tomorrow depending on what I get done.

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[madrobot]

Re: My First Prop. Xavier's School Plaque.

Here's one of the test casts. Finished pics coming later on the finished stuff. This plaque is bigger than the other one I saw, and please make note of the thickness of this piece.

Thanks for looking!

 

[outlander]

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What material is that test cast made of? How much will these weigh in cold-cast bronze?

 

[madrobot]

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The test cast was made of just plain old black polyurethane resin.

The cold cast bronze pieces have a bronze powdercoat on the face, then backfilled with mixture of bronze powder, resin, porcelain frit, and alabaster.

I'm guessing in the neighborhood of 6 to 7 lbs. Maybe more depending on how much bronze powder I toss into the mix. I wanted the castings to be substantial.

My client only wanted 5, plus the full bronze.

 

[darkchylde80]

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That looks fantastic, real nice job! This is for is one lucky SOB.

 

[tripoli]

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Beautiful, a real work of art!

 

[madrobot]

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I've been laid up with some kind of wannabe Pneumonia. Horking up things I can't explain. It's delayed my progress a bit.

 

[outlander]

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Horking up things I can't explain.

Well, if we see any unexplained bronze blobs, we'll know what they are! :sick :angry

 

[madrobot]

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I'm up and about, I'll take some pics in a bit.

 

[madrobot]

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This is one of the wax positives, and one of the first cold cast bronze test pieces. There was some winnowing from the mold release, but should clean up nicely.

I think I'll actually get all of my work accomplished tomorrow as I'm feeling much better.

 

[madrobot]

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Final pics in a bit.

 

[00MrNotWrong00]

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Man that is great work. Your stuff always looks so clean and professional. Amazing work man.

 

[outlander]

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Lookin' great. How do you get the background dark and leave the raised letters brighter? Isn't there a smudge factor?

 

[madrobot]

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thanks. More pics before too long.

 

[madrobot]

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The 5 my client asked for, prior to patina and finishes. They weigh in at 3 and 1/4 Lbs each.

Not sure what the full bronze will weigh just yet.