Painting the lid

Now that the lid is completely dry I started to paint it.

I gave it two layers of gold acrylic paint.

I then got a flat brush and dipped this in black acrylic. With hardly any paint on the brush I went over the lid (dry brushing) as Andy told me to. I liked the effect this gave but it wasn't obvious enough so I gave it a second coat.

I faintly added detail such as Queen Mary's face and a few shadows such as underneath the sword.
I then scratched over the lid with some sandpaper.