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Flag, Eagle and Lady Liberty


rafairchild2

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Okay, here's day two.  The eagle has landed! 

As I was arranging the elements of this, I decided to put Lady Liberty on a riser, rather than having her at the same level as the eagle.  Aesthetically, I believe it looks better with three levels.

Oh and the score... 1 broken crown point broken and repaired.  1 broken eagle tail feather repaired.

Now I have a dilemma on how I will finish this.  I was going to do a rattle can finish, Of course, Red and blue for the flag, and if I add an accent backer that would be white.  The eagle was going to be gold, and for Lady Liberty, I was going to do a mix of 3 rattle colors and simulate copper, her original finish. 

I have included a photo of one of my multi-rattle can finishes.  As you can see it comes out well. The thing is, in order to get the desired effects, I have to lay multiple, THICK, coats of paint.  I am afraid that those will clog the small line veining in Liberty and the Eagle.  This would mean going in by hand and clearing them all out.  Because of how many and how fragile the pieces are, I am having second thoughts.  I do not want plain wood or stain.  I am thinking of bringing out my airbrush, as that is thin paint, but the effect will not be the same as I had planned.

Any thoughts on that for finishing?

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