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Step 6Coat the outside of the filigree in Gold
You may choose to have your filigree egg case metalised using electroplating or dipping, or you may choose to paint it carefully with a brush, as the local Nepalese had been doing for centuries before we came to their mountainous land, but I set my heart on coating the piece using another of my inventions, my patent golden lacquer atomiser.
It must be borne in mind, that in our endeavours it was only necessary to make the filigree eggcase sufficiently close to the appearance of the actual Draco's Eggcase to fool the Lung while we made good our escape. It is widely known that the dragon has a very sensitive sense of smell, and by means of some strange infernal olfactory mechanism, can smell the presence of gold, many yards distant. In fact as you will know, the dragon's nose has been an invaluable tool employed by generations of gold miners using quenched and de-clawed juvenile dragons to find new precious metal seams in their workings. However for us, this strange ability is not to our benefit. Despite the fact that we were gaining a priceless return, I did not want to leave one ounce more gold on the mountainside than I needed to. I had learned that this particular Tibetan Lung was an old specimen and knowing that a dragon's sense of smell dulls with age, I had calculated that the quantity of powdered gold present in my lacquer coating preparation was going to be more than adequate to fool the aged beast for long enough for us to successfully work our treachery.
While I was waiting for the first coating to dry, Collinworth advised me that the party was nervous that we were not using pure gold. After some discussion I managed to quell their fears by employing an extra coating of the bright golden lacquer. Personally I think that a sprayed metallic finish provides an more than acceptable end result.
It must be borne in mind, that in our endeavours it was only necessary to make the filigree eggcase sufficiently close to the appearance of the actual Draco's Eggcase to fool the Lung while we made good our escape. It is widely known that the dragon has a very sensitive sense of smell, and by means of some strange infernal olfactory mechanism, can smell the presence of gold, many yards distant. In fact as you will know, the dragon's nose has been an invaluable tool employed by generations of gold miners using quenched and de-clawed juvenile dragons to find new precious metal seams in their workings. However for us, this strange ability is not to our benefit. Despite the fact that we were gaining a priceless return, I did not want to leave one ounce more gold on the mountainside than I needed to. I had learned that this particular Tibetan Lung was an old specimen and knowing that a dragon's sense of smell dulls with age, I had calculated that the quantity of powdered gold present in my lacquer coating preparation was going to be more than adequate to fool the aged beast for long enough for us to successfully work our treachery.
While I was waiting for the first coating to dry, Collinworth advised me that the party was nervous that we were not using pure gold. After some discussion I managed to quell their fears by employing an extra coating of the bright golden lacquer. Personally I think that a sprayed metallic finish provides an more than acceptable end result.
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