Just started my latest patina last night, here's some progress shots. My first go trying the dragon scale/snakeskin method. It's an Ameravape Manhattan clone (I don't call them clones any more though after they've been patinaed, to me they're now unique genuine items)
I'm trying something to try and not get the 'eye' that people usually get at the 'back' of their dragon scale patinas
Right at the start
One hour in
Three hours in (2 hours after previous photo)
11 hours in (8 hours after previous photo)
Not sure how much longer to leave it but will probably leave it until I get home from work, making a total of about 24 hours. hoping for really dark 'lines' and bright blue scales although I did like it right at the beginning at 1-1.5 hours in, maybe I'll try it one day with a short patina time, people seem to get some good results with short time patinas but I've never tried it less than 4 hours on brass and never less than 20 hours with copper