I'm afraid I couldn't get the gold texture right in GIMP. I'll put that down to lack of experience with what all the effects can do. I gave it a really good try, though, so I'm getting more and more familiar with the software all the time, even when I fail to achieve the desired outcome.

Instead I used Genetica to blend a couple of free gold foil textures together to create one, and I've used it as a CC3 fill. This has made the drawing of the compass considerably easier than it would have been in GIMP - dozens of rotated precision vector shapes, and one rather complicated folded poly.

I'm hoping its not too much with all this gold on it now. The only other place I'm thinking of using it is around the edge as part of the frame.

Errispa Decorative 7.JPG