Pinch me!
Homarus gramus,
Blue Lobster. A rare beast at one in a million.

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Hot torch patinated Lobster.
Copper nitrate key coat with titanium oxide white highlights form the undercoat. Approximately 5 hours with the torch so far.
Final chemicals applied, ready for sealing with microcrystalline wax. 7 hours.
Antennae and flagella with wax, all done in 12 hours.
Some photographs of real blue lobsters used to model the patina: