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Casting ancient Greek bronze

June 25, 2010

Hello,
I am planning to cast (not hammer) bronze armor consisting out of helmet and breastplates, imitating Ancient Greek bronze armor.

What I would need to know is what kind of bronze should be used to make it kind of dark liverish or dark grey-black color, and not yellowish golden by any means. I heard somewhere it should be high in tin content like bell metal around 20% tin.

And other thing is how thin bronze can be when casting? Can it be less than 5mm in thickness.

Thank you

Vojkan Selakovic
hobbyist - Belgrade, Serbia
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