Little update
I've prapared some concepts about colors of planks. It all fell apart because of stiffnes of exotics. First I'll show them and later ask about your opinion to some solutions
Matching with plans(loosly)
From top
1.Pear stained to black+padouk with linseed oil + pear with linseed oil
2.Ebony with linseed oil +padouk with linseed oil + pear with linseed oil
3.Padouk with clearcoat + ebony with linseed oil + pear with clearcoat
4.Padouk with clearcoat+pear stained to black + pear with linseed oil
I have my likely favorite but i want to hear your opinions.
The problem
As you've already guessed african exotics are very hard to bend and I wasn't able to do it without braking planks
Solutions
1. Multiple veneer layers. 0,6mm
That would be a little cheeting, but for the exotics looks I wouldn't mind to do it
2.Making all planks in pear and staining it till I find satisfying colour
3."Classic" - Pear stained to black + pear with clearcoat/multiple veneer layers of peer 2mm* -> much brigher than pear with clearcoat.Very similar to the video version
Soo. What do you think about it?
*Of course I would adjust thickness to the plans