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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1443030, member: 12007"]Nice - I once made 12 of a similar Chinese Chippendale model to refurbish an 18thc chest. Mine weren't cast, I cut and pierced them all, antiqued them with gun bluing and beat them about and burnished them a bit too. Looked original when I got finished. </p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think of it they might be more valuable than the chest today<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1443030, member: 12007"]Nice - I once made 12 of a similar Chinese Chippendale model to refurbish an 18thc chest. Mine weren't cast, I cut and pierced them all, antiqued them with gun bluing and beat them about and burnished them a bit too. Looked original when I got finished. Come to think of it they might be more valuable than the chest today:wacky:[/QUOTE]
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