A way to better enjoy coin designs, and a question My main problem with the coin collection has always been that it's hard to enjoy on a day-to-day basis since you've got to stop and get close to them. Here are a few shots of various stages of a project to remedy this. The idea is to use a print of a coin as reference in order to sketch a large-scale representation of an attractive coin design. From there, an equal-sized model would be sculpted, then a few casts from that model which would ultimately be finished in silver or gold leafing. I haven't touched this stuff since I started working on the project car.. I tried to stay true to the style of the originals (that's the point), so any errors in perspective or proportions are intentionally retained. Most of the subjects chosen have writing on the original- I'm not sure whether to replicate the writing or not. Would you?
I liked this Commodus so much that I ended up going back to vcoins several weeks later and buying the denarius. If I ever finished this, I'd have a matched set!:thumb:
Vespasian, the closest to finished I have. His hair drove me to go work on the thracian lion. The detail is better when light isn't blasting directly down onto it like this. But any less light and it would be blurred.. Really, I wish I could just do a few more fixes, stuff this in a kiln and harden it, but I used sculpey and I don't think I have any such option.
Not sure of the material your using but I suggest you try something that could be put outside. Now this may sound like a joke but those could well be a fantastic yard, shop, household, street decoration. If you think this is rediculous, you should just take a walk in the downtown area of Chicago. There are things all over the place that people basically laugh at but the City paid millions for. If you can do work like that, you should think of making a business out of it. An example is coppercoins with his artistry of some items that he sells. I seriously think your missing a calling.
