Brooks Dragon's Lair

[bjbear76]

I had a request for a nouveau sceptre fountain pen made with a dragon's lair blank from Jonathon. I went through 4 different reverse painting trials before getting it right. This was back painted with jet black paint. I was afraid the black would darken the light colors in the blank, but it actually brought them out and really has great contrast. Naturally, my amateurish photo skills don't do the pen justice. But I learned a lot about the effects of different paints. The first attempts were with buttermilk cream (too washed out, not much contrast) platinum (somewhat darker, but not much) dark brown (got closer, but the colors didn't pop).
I think my tendency in the past has been to paint the tube with a similar color in the blank. This was a great learning experience to try new ideas experiment with different paints.

 

[terry q]

Beautiful pen. What type of paint are you using?

 

[plano_harry]

Yes, that is definitely good! Beautiful combo.

 

[bjbear76]

Beautiful pen. What type of paint are you using?

My wife's hobby is craft painting, so she has 100+ colors of acrylic paints.

 

[Band Saw Box]

Beautiful blank and a great match with the kit. Top notch fit and finish.

 

[leslie hines]

Beautiful like the colors

 

[Dalepenkala]

Everything flows well! Great job!

 

[Brooks803]

Looks great Bill! I never would have thought black would have been the color to go with. Sorry to have mislead you on the silver! :redface:

 

[lwalper]

Very nice.

 

[OZturner]

Glorious Pen, Bill.
Love Jonathon's Blank, Ideally Matched to the Nouveau Sceptre Kit.
Superb Fit, and Fantastic Finish.
Outstanding Craftsmanship.
Brian.

 

[bjbear76]

Looks great Bill! I never would have thought black would have been the color to go with. Sorry to have mislead you on the silver! :redface:

No need to be sorry Jonathon. I needed a starting point and I learned a lot from this project. The other blanks came out looking great too, but this is more what my customer was looking for. I'm keeping the one painted dark brown for myself