pzarkov Report post Posted January 5, 2014 At first my project looked like this.It showed all the shadows and highlights. After I painted it over all the effects were lost.What can I do to prevent that? Tnahk you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted January 7, 2014 Hello, For this particular project I'm not sure there is much you can do. What did you use to paint it with? If you like the shading on a figure carving and don't want to change it with a paint or antique, you could try just oiling the leather. The oil would darken everything a bit but it would leave the burnishing much the same as it was after tooling. You could try it on some scrap and see if that gives you the effect you are after. Hope this helps, Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLSleather Report post Posted January 7, 2014 Is that tooled? Looked like maybe burned in ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pzarkov Report post Posted January 7, 2014 It's tooled....After that I used "Eco-Flo All in one stain & finish" acorn brown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted January 8, 2014 The Eco-Flo all in one is acting like an antique, so it's getting the dark pigment down in your tooling impressions and making them all equally dark. That's what is interferring with the shading your tooling created (which looks really good by the way.) I've had that happen sometimes too with figure carving which I don't do very much of, partially for that reason. You could just oil it, which would give a more uniform result and still leave your tooling shading intact, or you could actually paint it with either dyes or acrylic paints, which ends up giving you a completely different effect. Maybe some of the others here that are more experienced with figure carving pieces like this have suggestions on how they antique or color their pieces for the best results... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pzarkov Report post Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolerlass Report post Posted January 9, 2014 Superb work! I've been wondering the same thing as you since i started a few months ago which has put my off carving. I ended up making lesser tooled things because of the disappointment it caused when adding dye. All i've found useful is oiling and adding colour to the border instead but i'd also love to be able to stain 'and' keep the shadows somehow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
