Time for Barry to do the deep layered panel work. This is what seperates the great engravers from the good engravers. Buckle up....
The panel to be left behind is masked out...
The full masking and protective borders..
Look and you can see the initial layering has been accomplished..How many layers? Looks like three (3), now serious detail can be laid in.
Compare that to the earlier, single plane shot and the orginal sketches.
Not bad for a toe plate! This is the same piece of steel found on page 2, the protective tow plate on the undersaide of the stock butt. Man, does that look great. Set these with engraved screw heads into XXX Presentation wood properly finished and you've got something special.
Here is the heel of the butt plate...
For those keeping track, we can see that Barry is working hard on the piece and great progress is made in just over a week. Lots of hours in prep and work and, well, it looks like a simply fantastic start.