As tired as I’ve gotten of my trash builds, I have been able to test a great many techniques. I started basing my Frankenstein’d egg crate with a bronze dry-brush over the black prime. I had a vague idea about verdigris, but it was boring and I wanted to try something new.
The still (for lack of a better term) was re-based in rust variations. I soaked it with a spray bottle of water, half of which I dried from above with a hair dryer, and then dumped black sand over the top and let it adhere where it may.
I airbrushed over the top with thinned blue acrylic, followed by a couple shades of Army Painter Speed Paint in successively darker blues to shade. The result, once the sand was stripped, was too subtle to balance the OSL I had planned for the output of the still. In places it also pitted the paint through the rust coats and down to the black primer.
Seemed like the perfect excuse to bust out the Vallejo Earth and Oxide Pigments. I added some GSW soot with a dropper too, but I should have used a brush and kept the drips thinner. Finished with OSL on the pipes, cause OSL is always cool. I’m not crazy about the flocking in general, and the reflections in particular, but I have a few ideas for next time.
I tossed together a few random egg crates cones to break up line of sight on the table before I put everything away.
I thought I’d try the reverse on the next edible tin. I layered paint in several colors and styles, finishing with an oil wash. Once it was dry, I hit it with an emery board and sanding sticks until I got bored.
I also put together a 2′ x 2′ folding cardstock board to define the play area. I haven’t decided how to finish it yet, but it went together simply enough.
Juan Sanz with the translation of the week, compliments of his Patreon. That dude is seriously magic.
