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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)
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What can I do for a more realistic metal finish?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

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