PICS of some recent work

Kronos Weretiger · Post by **Kronos Weretiger** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:06 am

Here are a few things I have been working on.Everything is 16g brass
These are elbow cops that I raised.Trying to figure out raising and thought this would be a good project for it.
before buffing
[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/kodyelbows.jpg[/img]
and after
[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/finishedknees-1.jpg[/img]

sculpted chest plate
[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/kodychest.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/finishedsymbol.jpg[/img]
sculpted symbol
[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/symbol.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/finishedchest.jpg[/img]

Pitbull Armory · Post by **Pitbull Armory** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:59 am

Howdy, Looking good Kronos, the outer lines of your patterns are crisp and nice looking. Keep up the good work.

Take care

Pitbull

Erin · Post by **Erin** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:34 am

oOo!
so shiney!

so is brass softer than steel? how do the to materials compare?

Kronos Weretiger · Post by **Kronos Weretiger** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:45 pm

I guess Tuchux symbol = dont comment

Or
My work sucks and is not worthy of comment

I thank you all for your support

Did I mention that this is my first time trying both sculpting and raising?

bkillian · Post by **bkillian** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:50 pm

i dig it

kaiÃ¶ · Post by **kaiÃ¶** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:02 am

Good job Kronos.. if only you could answer my pm from 3 months ago =/

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:03 am

You should be proud of your raising and sculpting effort.

Now quitcher fishin'.

Derian le Breton · Post by **Derian le Breton** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:44 am

Cool stuff!

It looks like you could clean up the outlines a bit, though it's hard to tell without detailed photos. Are you chiseling them? If so, I'd recommend many light, overlapping blows. This will give you more control and allow you to get the lines clean and with uniform depth. As you get a better feel for it, you can hit harder to speed things up, but it's best to start slow.

-Derian.

Kronos Weretiger · Post by **Kronos Weretiger** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:28 am

Derian,Yes I used a chisel to do the outlines.It is really small(about 1/4 in and rounded.Like I said I am new to the sculpting.Thanks for the helpful hints.wll try on the next attempt.I would love to hear more sculpting tips and tricks

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:22 pm

Well done! What soft material did you push the metal into? Pitch, wood lead?

Kronos Weretiger · Post by **Kronos Weretiger** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:48 am

I used wood fo most of it.the raised lines on the chest piece i did over the edge of my anvil

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:07 am

I've used pitch quite successfully but I'm always interested what others use. Thanks for sharing this.

Bran MacNiell · Post by **Bran MacNiell** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:30 am

Kronos Weretiger wrote:I guess Tuchux symbol = dont comment

Or
My work sucks and is not worthy of comment

I thank you all for your support

Did I mention that this is my first time trying both sculpting and raising?

Those are Tuchux symbols? Nifty.

Nice work. The lines look preety smooth. I have not tried working brass, I would guess it is softer than steel and easyer to move, but the way it shines up shows you did a good job of cleaning up the serfice to remove workmarks.

Baron Conal · Post by **Baron Conal** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:15 pm

Looks nice..... I like the hammer marks on the elbows...

Bras is kinda heavy though... What do they weigh?

Bernhart von Bruck · Post by **Bernhart von Bruck** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:40 pm

Chello!

Most excellent work! I heartily appear of cool-looking kit!

Tony

Vitus von Atzinger · Post by **Vitus von Atzinger** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:02 pm

Me likey!

Kronos Weretiger · Post by **Kronos Weretiger** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:45 pm

the brass works like butter compaired to 16g steel,right up to the point that it work hardens,then it works like mild IMO.

the oval chest piece is the customers personal symbol.
The rectangled one is the tychux symbol.

for 16g brass they are not to heavy,the entire arm probally weighs about a pound.but I did not have any kind of scale to weigh it.
here is a pic of the finished arms

[img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x184/kronosweretiger/brassarns.jpg[/img]

Erin · Post by **Erin** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:36 pm

o cool arms!
so, if work hardened, brass is comparible to mild steel? in hardness i mean? so you could expect 16 ga brass to do a good job for say, the nuckles in a gauntlet?

PICS of some recent work

PICS of some recent work

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