a suggestion...short tutorial... when you are cutting circles, use the straight slice method, especially on thick card.
my question is how did you make the "wet palette" I have looked at them on the web and just can't justify the cost.View attachment 168488 View attachment 168489
More painting in progress! Delta Ceramcoat acrylics and my homemade wet palette. I get really good results. Maybe not competition quality, but results that still look good on the gaming table!
my question is how did you make the "wet palette" I have looked at them on the web and just can't justify the cost.
Okay thanks Sudsy, now I have items added to my shopping list.Obtain a plastic food container. Mine is a fancy "Rubbermaid" with a sealed lid (gasket, and hinged locks). Take a paper towel and wet it. Use good ol parchment paper, and there you go. Wet palette! In fact, see first picture in Post #44 a few posts up...
I learned it from this guy:
I have really enjoyed watching this build. It is refreshing seeing someone painting their papermodel.
Man, that finished model really popped. Looking at it, there is no way to tell what it was made out of, but it looks expensive!!
Today's progress on "Bimp 2" Main hull assembled with the first grebbles! I attempted to do a vent like I've seen some you all do it, but I don't think I got the bond paper soaked enough, and so it'll be a might messy (and likely painted like rust or brush in the next few phases). Most of the grebbles will be done using the ceral/cracker box material for thickness, but I added some index card details to the vent, we'll see how that turns out after paint. I plan on 100% wood glue rivets with this model. Already, if I get it done (without toddler destruction), this one will come out better than "Bimp 1"
You didn't! Did you use BOND for the vents? and with water? Not a good idea if that is what you did... you mean BOND as in typing paper or COPY paper? TOO THIN MAN!
I wouldn't use anything under 100lbs m/2. The stuff I use is 199 lbs m/2 about the thickness of your index cards, that you could dampen with a touch of water, but I wouldn't... just burnished into shape. I wish I could do a video but I only have an SLR and it's a bit hard to hold and work at the same time. It does look like it will be just fine from your pix, but be careful with the paint...if they do warp, let em dry and then burnish back into shape...