Gold foil leaf in progress

[gone fishin]

What base did you use for the gold leaf? Did you leave the netting in place & leaf over it? Nice job with a difficult medium.

[gldnbear93]

sealed w/ valoil/mineral spirits
primer is an auto sandable primer from pep boys -the varigated and one of the scaled has black primer the other scaled has grey. I primed before i decided to foil these, otherwise I would not have primed. I used 3M spray adhesive to apply the netting. let it set for about 10 minutes.
The leaf and size (basically another spray adhesive) are the Mona Lisa brand. I got them at Michaels crafts. Sprayed the size, let it tack up for a couple of minutes and dumped the flake on. Then lightly pressed with a foam brush. Messy as he**. The leaf I did the same thing but just laid it over the tacky plug, then pressed with the foam brush. This leaf is VERY VERY thin and delicate, tough to work with and I don't have steady hands for it. Should get better and Hopefully a little easier the more I do it.

[Slipknot]

Cool, bring some to the fest

[Gunpowder]

that is really nice. i cant wait till its epoxied and all finished. make sure to show those pics too? btw..... does the gold leaf increase its market value