[Halfcircle Text?]

I have used Paint.Net for many years, but haven't found a plugin that can do this.
I often need text that are not just in a plain line, but also not circular/wavy.
Mostly I need a half circle of text and I cant find a plugin that makes this easy. I would prefer not to have to set a lot of parameters.
Does such a plugin exist? 

Any help is much appreciated!
 

[Gold Metal]

My result with this tut.. it's simply awesome! Have been looking for a tut to make realistic gold text and finally found

this one! Thanks so much!

[Make some Gold Text!]

LFC - thank you soo much that did the trick

I think i did pretty well for a paint.net noobie

Def going to play around with this cool effect!

[Make some Gold Text!]

Thank you so much for the link! is it possible to make gold text with transparent background - without a black frame around the letters? i need it for a sandy-colored website, black is a bit dominant

[Make some Gold Text!]

Does aneone have the panelling plug in? i cant fint it for download anywhere.. i tried to do this tut without it but it looks bad