Wow. Lots of activity here. Andrew, thanks for the description of how you painted marble 1:1. Perhaps tonight I will practice on some scrap styrene. My original thought was to try applying silver and gold to gloss black via a "mini sponging" effort. That is, to try to apply say gold to a dry course sponge, just enough to lightly coat the very top edges of the sponge, then use the sponge as a rubber pad to transfer the paint, like rubber pad printing. Or the old flick the toothbrush idea may be tried as well. A very tiny brush with half the bristles cut off may require more talent than I possess! Ken, one of these days I should get a good printer so I can try some of the things people do, like print brick paper and maybe granite and marble walls. And pirate logos too. My 8 year old $50 printer ain't going to help me here. Speaking of pirate logos, many thanks to both Ron and Blake. Blake, I like that logo, can you add the word "cement" to the bottom of the circle? Looks a lot like a logo used on the nose of FA's, doesn't it? Maybe a cement hopper owned by Ragnar Cement will need to be built. Are you able to print it so I can sand and apply it? Val, I too thought of the laminates used for counter tops. I mentioned it to Blake, who thought the material would be difficult to work with. I'm not sure where I would be able to get a small (say 7x14") piece not laminated to a counter top already. My rectangular piece with just two good sized openings might not be so difficult to cut from it. Hey, I'll try anything once, twice if I like it. Thanks for the compliment on the trestle Woodie. I spent a lot of time on that and I'm happy with the way it turned out.
If I get anything done in regard to the wall I'll post a shot. I'm going away for the weekend (Nearfest festival in Trenton-anyone else here going?- tremendous "progressive rock" artists, there may be tics being sold even tho sold out- check
www.nearfest.com ) so if I haven't accomplished anything by Thursday evening, it will be next week.
Thanks everybody!