Hey, I'm usually a lurker here but no more. I uploaded this skin to the workshop after spending about 100 hours on it and must say am very pleased to be in No. 1 spot for today by popularity.
I used Photoshop and Blender to texture everything and painted it all by hand. It is a patina finish. I also created a silver version just in case this one infringes too much on Valve's no gold preference.
workshop link: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=363967072
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The brighter parts of the colored barrel also look like pearl or something and not correct somehow, try making the blue tone more subtle and overall the barrel more metal-ish
nice work !