dargrin Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Quickie. About 4 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Interesting. Never thought of doing that even though I used to collect coins. Good way to practice faces that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Wow, never even thought of doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twjolson Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Of all the coins, I sure wouldn't have picked the dime! Awesome though, my father-in-law is a coin collector. I should be able to do a set by his birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercius Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thats a great idea, and very cool. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twjolson Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twjolson Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Didn't that mess with the already laid down paint? Or did you do the letters first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Didn't that mess with the already laid down paint? Or did you do the letters first? I didn't seem to have and issue with it. I did the blue first then the letters. Come to think of it I may have used the same technique with the blue area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez5767 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 neato!~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twjolson Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Ok, last question. Did you prime, or just paint it bare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 I cleaned the dime first and then two thin coats of spray primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 So when are you going to do all 50 state quarters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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