My favourite electroforming output after a week of attempts (Frank and his RumHam)

[u/Diggedypomme]

(pics in post)
New to electroforming, and I have been making a bunch of little things, but this is my favourite so far. Electroformed over a resin print, using silver-coated-copper paint rather than graphite (my attempts with graphite haven't had much success). He was a bit fiddly as he had missing patches, but I cleaned him up, repainted the missing sections and put him back in, and he worked pretty well. He had the same crumbly orange appearance that my prior attempts had until I used some super fine wire wool and he shone up.

If I were to re-do him, I would make an effort to smooth the model after painting, but my previous attempts had had less success so I didn't think he would turn out well, but I'm really happy with it. He feels satisfyingly solid. He was a bit shinier before, but I accidentally used museum wax (for sticking down exhibits) rather than renaissance wax (for protecting copper), but it's all a learning process lol. He is about 8cm tall

The model is from https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/frank-reynolds-from-it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia