The Vampire and Desert Ironwood

[PaulSF]

These are the last two pens of 2009. The first is desert ironwood, using the Tycoon kit from PSI, with a BLO/CA finish. I'm still iffy about how the finish came out, but the wood is hellaciously beautiful.

The second pen, my last of the year, is The Vampire -- red and pearlescent acrylic, using the Tycoon kit with rhodium.

 

[AceMrFixIt]

The Vampire looks like a lava lamp, great job.

 

[broitblat]

It looks to me like the DI finish came out great. The Vampire looks sculpted/carved in place.

-Barry

 

[jbostian]

Very nice. The finish looks good to me.

Jamie

 

[maxman400]

Both Look Great.

 

[Len Shreck]

Great Pens... I think the finish looks great from the pic. I have not been able to get my BLO/CA finishes to come out right so I been putting a coat of CA and then use HUT Ultra Gloss on it, I put 4 or 5 coats of Hut on and the pens look awesome I dont know how it will hold up only time will tell.

 

[CSue]

They both look good from here. Nice photos, too.

 

[Bobalu]

Lovin' both of them. Great work. Is the Vampire a commercial blank or home brew?

 

[Scoots]

I mainly opened the thread because I like ironwood so much. That pen is great, but the vampire steals the show in my eyes. It has nice, crisp colors and looks great.

 

[PaulSF]

The Vampire is a blank I bought from either Woodcraft or Penn State. Probably Penn State. I haven't advanced to the stage where I can make my own blanks yet.

Thank you all, and have a happy new year!

 

[rjwolfe3]

Both are gorgeous and I agree that the Vampire steals the show!

 

[jasontg99]

Just like everyone else, the vamp pen is pretty cool. The DI would look better if the grain was lined up.