The Crow and the Merganser are virtually finished

The Crow sits on the work bench, and the Merganser is sitting in my favorite chair. The Merganser has been covered in copper foil. The copper comes in packets of 4"x4" sheets and is handled like the gold that is used in gilding. The great thing about the copper is that it is very inexpensive and it's able to take a patina. One omission, was that I did not paint the bird first, so that if the copper did not stick, the undercoating would show. So now I have some bare wood showing.