Patina 
Holy mackerel! You’ve been leading us on saying you have ‘limited skill’ and ‘budget build’…. this is awesome!
Thanks pp! I might just go and ruin it now in the ammonia tank 
worst case scenario I rub it all off and repolish.
Those cheap ass lights really pack a punch for $2.50! It surprised me how powerful it is for a 2x aaa.
Group buy!!! 
Great work G0OSE! That looks terrific 
Yeah that came out nice ! 
It’s not quite done yet, this is just where I am at the moment. Just to be clear- the one below isn’t mine lol, it’s what I’m trying to do.
I have some off cuts of bras in an ammonia tank with salt on sealed up overnight to see how it pans out.
I’m gonna o a few tests before I jump on the main event and do the main light. I am going for something like this maybe… and I may put some glow elements on before lacquering if I go that route.
Even more interesting
If you manage to fixate that patina, it will be very nice!
The flashlight looks awesome, especially the switch. 
Good luck with the patina, I like the blue-brown-gold pattern.
Nice light be interesting to see how the finish comes out.
Marvelous!
Well been having some patina fun today, still not done, check out the progress so far Here above
It is still not finished yet but looking pretty sweet so far. The copper is pulling ot the brass really well, more blue needed though. I think I will end it late tonight and just let it dry somewhere warm. Tomorrow I can lacquer it as it will need sealing.
Nice work G0OSE. I have to agree with djozz’s comment. Love what you are doing and have done. 
Oh my G0OSE You have been very busy !
I’m still looking thru your pictures and this is a very well planned build. The tail cap lights are beautiful and the lathe machining came out very nice. Small parts are harder to make, Good Job !!
The finish is a surprise I was not expecting, but you pulled off a Great Finish. We are looking forward to see it completed
Well, it’s completed……. phew enjoyed that a lot. Here are some bigger photo’s. You can view more here
Don’t forget to click on all the photo’s to see full size (in that link) , and to get max resolution you have to click the ‘load full resolution’ or is will appear blurry.
Nice work there 
Wow , that came out really nice !
Absolutely beautiful! 
Even more blue than I was hoping for.
Impressive bit of work there
That copper had a hard time! Very nice