King Neptune Door

I have been waiting and waiting to post this project but I wanted to post the final pictures before I put anything up... so here it is! A client came to me with a boat themed home office in his f.r.o.g. and he has a door that looks like a boat door going into his bathroom. He wanted to do a 2d carving of king neptune (Norse god of the sea) and I convinced him that he had to go all out to make this project look right... so all out we went! I sent some pictures of the 30 ft tall statue of King Neptune in Virginia Beach to Todd Bailey at Vector Art 3D and he made me a gorgeous model (pictures 1 and 2). I cnc'd King Neptune and hand carved the details (much thanks to Mary May and Izzy Swan for helping with the carving). I cnc'd a hole to fit the client's port hole and added the "bolts" to both sides. I had a sceptor forged at a local blacksmith shop.
And then the magic! I sold the client on using Luminore copper for the finish. (http://www.luminore.com). It is hard as heck to use and quite expensive but it is unparalleled in performance. He wanted a weathered verde green patina over the whole door. I wish he would have left it polished.. but his bill, his will! I hope you enjoy this project as much as I enjoyed making it! Thanks, -Chris
P.S. Shout out to Aspire software and the Vectric team.. what an incredible product at a great price...