swivelsphinx Report post Posted July 29, 2009 This is a photo of a set of saddlebags I did with a golden dragon inverted carving design. The design was adapted from a piece of tattoo flash. The leather was leftover vegtan/latigo. -swivelsphinx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted July 30, 2009 Looks good swivel. Nice clean construction, and great job on the dragon carving. What did you use to color the dragon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swivelsphinx Report post Posted January 22, 2010 (edited) What did you use to color the dragon? I believe I used a several thin layers of Cova gold paint over a layer of Delta Ceramcoat copper with a supershene over top. I like to layer metalics over flat colors, or other, darker metalics to keep them from looking flat. I usually prefer dye to paint, but for gold, I only know about paints and gold leaf. I've seen some people use paint markers, but that seems like a half-baked idea. Once that cured, I put Atom Wax over the whole thing. The panels the dragons are on are veg tan which I dyed to match the latigo that came pre colored. The latigo, interestingly enough, was bought by another vendor I know while he was in Amish country. I actually like Delta's Ceramcoat line better than Cova because the paint base seems deeper. I am playing around with using Delta's fabric paint mix as a thinner instead of water when I use it over a dye for leather projects. Thanks for the compliment! Edited January 22, 2010 by swivelsphinx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dscott Report post Posted January 22, 2010 nice job great carving Dscott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swivelsphinx Report post Posted August 12, 2011 nice job great carving Dscott Thank you! This was my first inverted carving... had Stohlman's Inverted Carving book open the whole time by the bench! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
