This is very light weight, it looks like foam injection molded with a mold and then primed. The surface was very smooth and worked well with my latex and oil paints. It would have been beautiful in all metallic colors but I wanted something more dramatic because of the ornate chandelier I have. This project took 3 days but I'm very detail oriented, I went back and fixed all the overpainting that no one would ever see. I thought some people might want to see what one of these looks like in color, hopefully this helps to show the details better. I will post the installed photo.