Get Patina On New Gold

[Moley]

Hi everybody, Looking for some help/advice here. New Gold is so shiny and looks like"bling". I have done a tiny restoration with it and now wish to darken it a bit so that it's not so obvious. Any ideas what I could use / (It's only a very small piece so I wouldn't want to do a lot.)

Thanks

 

Gwyn

 

[ROKUJURO]

This subject has been dealt with recently:

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/19672-old-red-gold-patina/

[Moley]

Great,

Thanks Jean.

[Johnny Barracuda]

Solid gold is shiny and inalterable by definition.

 

I you want to avoid reading the over-technical unpalatable other topic, try model weathering: light brown washes that can be obtained from model shops including Games Workshop. Another solution is light brown shoe polish. Both work great for model making.