I wanted a rich "cozy Victorian library in a Georgian manse" feeling and instead I got meat.
Well, you'll see....
Instead of leather bound books, a crackling fireplace, and a glass of dry sherry, I get a really creepy look.
It's like decaying flesh.
Like the cadaver lab at a medical school.
I think mattifying it, which I ended up doing here, made it less like "body found by the wetland behind the hunting lodge" and more presentable.
I didn't keep it on long after I photographed it. I'd only done 4 fingers and trying to water marble more of this monstrosity was too daunting. Remember, I hold the banner for craft challenged and the payoff wasn't twinkling my bell.
Here are the polishes I used: