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I think I'll just make the scan of my Henry for the OP as the 73' you posted is better than what I can do right now. In fact I just painted my 73' frame gray primer to scan it better. The 1860 Henry...
I assume gold and SS will not discolor the skin and do not tarnish. Other than these metals are there others which make good pendants that do not discolor the skin or tarnish?
You're right, Doc, that if you scan at 300dpi and print at 300dpi then you'll maintain the physical size of the item as it was scanned. And it's good to note that.
Nobody mentioned anything about scanning resolution yet so I figured I'd mention it. I scan at 300dpi resolution to get a 1:1 image which is the same size as the original. A good way to check this...
I still have to stroke these into outlines and vectors, but here are 1873 scans if they will help anyone. The top and bottom are sketchy, but after outlining and fine tuning by hand, they will work...
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25121 Some stone mason did this in Ithaca NY in...
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Gargoyle 06-19-2013, 11:45 PMSome stone mason did this in Ithaca NY in 1976.