Metal!
Last night I got some useful advice on the easiest way to get rotting flesh off an animal skeleton...from a guy working at Petco. Says he does it all the time. Filed under: Things that make ya say, "Hmmmm?"
Sometime next week, Hedwig (mostly decomposed and bare calf skull, vertebrae and ribs found en route to trailhead) should be ready for a boiling bath-n-scrub.
I want to coat his skull in metal (possibly dipped in bronze) and then engrave it with designs. And if I can figure out a decent way to do this, I'd like to use thin copper wire and melt it into some of the design grooves. My intent is to fashion a beautiful weapon out of it. I'd like it to dangle it from a chain and also have a slot for inserting a handle underneath. You know, depending on what use my mood fancies at the time of necessity.
Anyone have prior experience with metal? Will the skull be too heavy if bronzed? Other metals that could withstand a good pounding, but not be too heavy for me to swing? -Yes, you know I will be swinging the thing!
Concerts: Sunday, Devildriver @ Studio 7. And thens there's the upcoming Danzig show in Nov. Who all's going and are there any other metal shows I should know about?
Sometime next week, Hedwig (mostly decomposed and bare calf skull, vertebrae and ribs found en route to trailhead) should be ready for a boiling bath-n-scrub.
I want to coat his skull in metal (possibly dipped in bronze) and then engrave it with designs. And if I can figure out a decent way to do this, I'd like to use thin copper wire and melt it into some of the design grooves. My intent is to fashion a beautiful weapon out of it. I'd like it to dangle it from a chain and also have a slot for inserting a handle underneath. You know, depending on what use my mood fancies at the time of necessity.
Anyone have prior experience with metal? Will the skull be too heavy if bronzed? Other metals that could withstand a good pounding, but not be too heavy for me to swing? -Yes, you know I will be swinging the thing!
Concerts: Sunday, Devildriver @ Studio 7. And thens there's the upcoming Danzig show in Nov. Who all's going and are there any other metal shows I should know about?