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Trying to make this crown a bit more metallic/realistic. I used rustoleum metallic gold, and it's not quite the effect I was looking for. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world to c/cosplay@lemmy.world

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What can I do for a more realistic metal finish?

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[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gold leaf, Can't get more real than real. I've always been told that you should put a red base under gold leaf, but I don't know if you really need to.

[–] ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like gold leaf would be reeeeeeeaaaallllyyy hard to put on abaolutely smooth. I'm probably gonna go with rub n buff first lol

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do it with a squirrel tail brush and it's easy.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The hard part is living with what you did to that squirrel.