Ancient Guardian: Second attempt at casting

[maxman400]

This is my second time casting so I thought I would try an idea that I have been toying with since I first read about casting blanks. These are skulls that I got at a party shop, I drilled them and glued them to my tube. I knew that my tube would show, so I polished it then used GUN Blueing to darken it. I used Cristal Clear Alumilite 1 1/4 oz X 2, and 1/16th tsp. of silver powder (just for some sparkle) at 60 psi. It is mounted on a Guardian kit (because of the size of the finished blank) it has been MM'd to 12,000 and two coats of plastic polish. I played with diffrent lighting for effects. As always any comments or suggestions are welcome.

 

[DurocShark]

I like. A lot.

 

[smitty]

Thats cool.

 

[artme]

Well done! Be a hit with the teenagers.:tongue:

 

[rjwolfe3]

Wow that is bad***. I like it a lot.

 

[sefali]

I really like that blank. Are the skulls small enough to turn the guardian bushing to bushing?

 

[BLLEHMAN]

Very cool. I like the lighting in the 2nd pic.

 

[maxman400]

No they are a little big for that, I turned it down until I touched the top skull in the back then tapered in from there. I put the clip over the touched spot. I am still looking for smaller skulls.

I really like that blank. Are the skulls small enough to turn the guardian bushing to bushing?

 

[el_d]

I Like it Mike. Cool Idea.

 

[Jim Smith]

Kinda morbid, but very cool idea. I'm sure that it would be a hit with a lot of younger folks. Thanks for sharing.

Jim Smith

 

[bitshird]

That's the first Guardian pen I've seen that I like, Cool work.

 

[ngeb528]

Wild!

 

[VisExp]

I am still looking for smaller skulls.

You'll find the smaller skulls in Borneo :biggrin:

That's a wild looking pen, with some cool pictures.

 

[CSue]

Thats cool. Not my taste, but I appreciate your creativity and execution (if I can use that term here.)

I know a bunch of kids that would really fight over that pen!

Can you use a bit of an orange color when you cast - and still see the skulls?

 

[maxman400]

I am sure I could, I am just learning how to cast. In my first one I used 40 drops of red when 1 or 2 would have worked. I used some silver powder to kinda hide the tubes.

 

[cnirenberg]

Great idea. That is very cool.