simonharris1

Thanks Frosty. I dont do animals normally, I am a Kinetic sculptor. I enjoyed doing something different though so might do another bird. You are right about the music. I have done a lot of video so am conscious of the fact that no one likes too much volume..... me especially! Cheers

Guys, thank you so very much for your help, especially you Das! The pictures are great and pretty well cover what I need. Das, do you put linseed over your VHT? I would have thought the hot sun would make short work of the Linseed? Over where I am from we get some pretty hot summers, that's for sure. You seemed to like my Eagle, if you wish there is a short video of it here.

Mate I forgot to ask you a question.... Does that VHT clearcoat darken the metal much?

Thanks very much. That's great information. I will see if I can source that locally here in Aus. Do you have to apply heat to set it or can a hot day in the sun set it?

Hi All, My name is Simon and I am from Western Aus.... Perth.

Sorry about that. More information would be helpful of course. As you can see in the image, my Sculpture is of an Australian Wedge Tail Eagle. He is made from Mild steel than his beak which is Stainless steel. It is all thin steel really. His "Under body " is about an 1/8 of an inch but everything covering his body, as in feathers is 1mm. Sorry I am not good with converting metric to imperial. He is intentionally rusted but I dont want him to rust away completely. Too many hours of work for that! If there is no fix for this, I guess I have to accept that he is an indoor Eagle.

Hi All, A quick question..... Can anyone recommend a clear coat to put on my intentionally rusted steel sculpture? My other question is, do all clearcoats darken the steel? I suspect they do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Simon.