bronze skull pics

[blindluck]

Has anyone spray painted their bear skulls in a bronze or copper hammerite type paint and got good results? I'd love to see peoples pics.

[j_h_nimrod]

It would probably be a bit difficult to get it to look good and not peel. There is a lot of oil in a skull and the paint would probably have a tendency to lift.

[runamuk]

I paint bones ummmm and skulls....and stuff not sure I have any good pics but let me go dig around and see if I have any pics

[bugs n bones]

I'm donating a wolf and wolverine bronzed at the sci banquet in lynwood in january

[trophyhunt]

I paint bones ummmm and skulls....and stuff not sure I have any good pics but let me go dig around and see if I have any pics

hmm, I'd like to see some pics!

[blindluck]

I have a few bear skulls I'm currently degreasing, thought when they are grease free I'd try my hand at painting a copper or bronze look. Any pictures or tips would be awesome.

[runamuk]

Mine are more artsy screwing around with what I can do..... the one little skull I am working on a patina that looks like old worn leather and in person its darn close.  I use lots of different things when I make sculptures so my paints arent something specific often I use all sorts of pigments, been having good luck with walnuts on bone and plaster.

[Pygmy]

Here's mine.  I macerated, peroxided and dried the skull, taped the teeth and then painted the skull with Sculpt Nouveau's Bronze metal coating.  It's real metal flake in the paint which when dried is a true layer of metal over the object - skull in this case.  The C type coating allows you to sand and polish as you would any metal casting.  Pretty cool stuff.  I bronzed and put a patina on this skull.  I was a little heavy on the patina - I'll thin and use less next time.  Providing a link to a site that has done alot of this using copper, nickel, bronze etc.

http://www.sculptnouveau.com/
http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/brnzskulls.html

[runamuk]

bone is very porous so I am finding it takes almost anything I can do with plaster, I intend to try some more metallic stuff some day when I can afford the mediums I want to work with.  that is cool I will have to look into that coating but still wanna work with more traditional metal flake as well...

[Annette]

those are cool! I have been beading one, (interrupted by hunting season) ...must get back to it..

[Pygmy]

Annette, are you glueing direct to the skull or using the wax base method?  The first time I saw that done was by Jana Waller who I believe uses the wax.  Make sure to post a picture when you're done - would be great to see.

[teanawayslayer]

Pygmy the method you used look great!!

[Pygmy]

Pygmy the method you used look great!!

Thanks.  Nice cougar in your avatar.

[sirmissalot]

That looks fricken awesome Pygmy