02-13-2010, 06:41 PM
Byron,
That is how Brian does them. However, as Jurjen pointed out its not exactly how the Romans did theirs. It is easier using foil metal since it can be hand worked as opposed to having to punch/emboss/use a die in the same fashion that is described in B&C 2 about the belt plates with animals chasing each other in a circle.
However, back to Jurjen's idea, I plan when I can muster up the courage to make the Pompeii plates in silver using the same thin silver sheet then backed onto brass. I think that this is one instant in which this backing may seem plausible (some pictures show a backing while others do not) but even here, the decoration and figures are stamped out first so the silver could not be too thin either.
That is how Brian does them. However, as Jurjen pointed out its not exactly how the Romans did theirs. It is easier using foil metal since it can be hand worked as opposed to having to punch/emboss/use a die in the same fashion that is described in B&C 2 about the belt plates with animals chasing each other in a circle.
However, back to Jurjen's idea, I plan when I can muster up the courage to make the Pompeii plates in silver using the same thin silver sheet then backed onto brass. I think that this is one instant in which this backing may seem plausible (some pictures show a backing while others do not) but even here, the decoration and figures are stamped out first so the silver could not be too thin either.
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Paolo
Paolo
