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Ye artfully painted and coloured crest

ByKoen van Velzen 23-02-201409-02-2026

To my great joy the family crest of Duitgenius was polychromed in full glory, which means painted in multiple colours. Rómulo has had quite a bit of work doing all the, guilding, base coats, silver plating and several coats of colour.

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He added depth to the colour by several layers of paint with accents in a slightly different hue. He also added a patina to the layer of silver, giving the relief more visual depth.

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For those who haven't followed the story before: I carved a family crest in limestone for a client, which after that went to Rómulo Döderlein de Win at or polychromed them as it's termed by him.

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