Blue resin cactus Gent

[MesquiteMan]

This is a Titanium Gold Gent made with prickly pear cactus cast in transluscent blue resin. It is a different look then clear resin with the tubes painted. What do you think?

 

[LanceD]

What do I think ? I think I should have ordered a blue one from you also. Looks great.

 

[johncrane]

l like the blue Curtis looks great[]

 

[turned_for_good]

MY favorite so far, I really love the translucency (is that a word?) of the blank and the gold sets it off real nice. Is that the tube twords the nib end of the pen or is that glare. All in all it looks great.

 

[airrat]

Looks great, another idea is bury the cactus under the blue. It would look like a shadow.

 

[Fangar]

Great Curtis. Are you doing a CA a finish over these?

Fangar

 

[Ligget]

Fantastic, I like the blue the best![]

 

[MesquiteMan]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

TFG, you are seeing a glare, the tubes are not visible at all.

Fangar, I usually just polish the resin with no finish other than a final wax with TSW. You can easily apply a CA to these blanks, I have done that and it worked fine. A CA finish does give a higher gloss but I prefer the gloss I get without on these.

 

[jaywood1207]

That's my favourite out of all the colours but I'm partial to blue. Looks like lightning.

 

[NavyDiver]

I agree, the blue looks stunning!

 

[Tangboy5000]

Curtis that is my favorite one to date. Excellent work.

 

[wdcav1952]

Originally posted by Tangboy5000
<br />Curtis that is my favorite one to date. Excellent work.

I agree with Charles!!

 

[Jim in Oakville]

And I just got 5 clears!!!!! You are killing me man, I have to STOP looking at your posts[8D] They are going to drain my bank account....again...!

Awesome looking blank!

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[gerryr]

I haven't seen a "bad" one yet. They all look great.

 

[jscola]

Looks great!

 

[Radman]

You never cease to amaze me. I really like that one too. Keep 'em comin'[]

 

[kf4knf]

Nice work! So how much does a blue cactus blank run these days?

 

[TBone]

Curtis, the blue looks great and the gold just makes it pop.

 

[broitblat]

It looks great!

I assume the tube is painted nonetheless, but is it with a matching blue or something slightly different?

 

[bananajeep]

Curtis, the blue looks awesome. I have a large beavertail cactus near where I live, I'll have to visit it and give your technique a try.

Great Job,

Mike

 

[wags54]

Very Very nice I love the differing shades of blue lines running throughout. Looks sharp!!

 

[Snazzypens]

GORGEOUS and BEAUTIFUL&gt; yes it is gorgeous
bye Toni

 

[Skye]

This may be my favorite one so far! I'd love to see a black with red cactus.