The tin man/dark lord returns

Will Jones - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 5:53am

Tin ManDark LordAs promised a coupla pics of my finished sculpture, back from galvanizing, before and post etch. He's attracting a lot of attention and slowing down the traffic passing my garden, sdo hopefully he'll sell. The one show I'm doing this year is on Monday so fingers crossed !

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Which is which???

SteelyJan - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 7:02am

Will, he looks amazing but....which is the galvanized version..I'm hoping it's the dark lord. (My preference)
No matter...he's wonderful. Thank you for not rusting him.
SteeltJan

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No need for finger crossing

Paula - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 7:18am

I would be surprised if he doesn't sell! You did a great job!!! not so scary once he has been galvanized...;) GREAT JOB!

Paula
Guthrie, MN

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Very Cool. The Tim Man is

R L Sidebottom - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 7:59am

Very Cool. The Tim Man is impressive, but I have to go with the Dark Lord. They sort of have an Aztec feel about them. Good luck with the show.

Rick Sidebottom
Aspiring Metal Artist

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Hi Will, Dark Lord seems

Frank Castiglione - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 8:04am

Hi Will,
Dark Lord seems more sinister,and he's my choice. He looks great in either color though, well done.
Frank

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Both ways

warren - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 10:10am

Will,
It looks great both ways, the shiny before the big battle, the dark after the fight. So what do you do to galvanize, they just dip it? Do you have to worry much about the interior of the piece being cleaned? If not too personal what did it cost for the galvanization?

Any how great piece of work!!!

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Wow, he looks fantastic. I

eligius1427 - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 10:21am

Wow, he looks fantastic. I really like both versions. He kind of reminds me of the robots from an old disney movie called The Black Hole. I'm sure you wont have a problem selling this piece.

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

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Thanks everyone. The shiny

Will Jones - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 3:27am

Thanks everyone.
The shiny version is him fresh from galvanizing. Although quite striking in it's way, I always planned to darken him with an acid etch, as I think it suits the design better.
The galvanizing took really well - often when I send gates/railings for galvanizing there are patches revealed on etching where they've painted areas with galvafroid, normally around forged features with a bit of millscale. But coverage seemed perfect on this piece. They did ask to drill a couple of small holes in the top of his head to prevent an air trap.
As I understand it, they dip into a vat of molten zinc. Most often I pay about £85.00, the minimum charge for less than 100kg, BUT you have to be carefull with this kind of stuff as they base their carges on dipping 4 or 5 items at a time. If it's an awkward or large shape and they have to dip it on it's own it's more like £350.00.
I was a little worried when they rang to tell me this fella had to have a bath on his own, but as it turned out they cut me a deal because they liked him so much. apparently he spent a while outside the managers office wearing full safety gear before being dipped and became a bit of a mascot during his brief stay. They charged me £ 130.00 in the end, collected on Wednesday, and returned on Friday. Not bad at all - but I'll have to factor in the real cost of galvanizing if I do any similar pieces in future..
Will Jones

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