saximus
Almost Legendary
I was inspired by the thread that Treg made a while ago and that Jax reposted recently. Today I had my first attempt at trying to emulate (copy) what was in that thread. Unfortunately I didn't get a photos of a couple of the in-between steps (too busy rushing into it).
Anyway all I did was buy a couple of those aquarium thingys made from resin (I think) because it was too much work to make my own and they were on special. I then sprayed them with some cheap stuff I had leftover in the shed and dipped them in sand to get a bit of texture. I then painted them with black pond sealer. I used the black because I hadn't intended on trying this and I was originally just gonna chuck them in black. After seeing how awesome Treg's wall looked I thought I'd try it for myself. So anyway these are the pics:
The other side showing the base black
After the bright colours have gone on with the brown to tone them down
I'm relatively happy with it but I think the black background mutes a fair bit of the more subtle colours. I'd love some tips on how to improve. For the next one would it be worth repainting the whole thing white or grey to make the other colours stand out more? I guess it's kind of ironic that I'm putting all this effort in to basically make it look like it did when I bought but it I think it looks quite a bit cooler with the rough textured look.
Anyway all comments are welcome. If you have something you've done using this technique feel free to add it here too so I can be jealous of what you have been able to achieve.
Anyway all I did was buy a couple of those aquarium thingys made from resin (I think) because it was too much work to make my own and they were on special. I then sprayed them with some cheap stuff I had leftover in the shed and dipped them in sand to get a bit of texture. I then painted them with black pond sealer. I used the black because I hadn't intended on trying this and I was originally just gonna chuck them in black. After seeing how awesome Treg's wall looked I thought I'd try it for myself. So anyway these are the pics:
The other side showing the base black
After the bright colours have gone on with the brown to tone them down
I'm relatively happy with it but I think the black background mutes a fair bit of the more subtle colours. I'd love some tips on how to improve. For the next one would it be worth repainting the whole thing white or grey to make the other colours stand out more? I guess it's kind of ironic that I'm putting all this effort in to basically make it look like it did when I bought but it I think it looks quite a bit cooler with the rough textured look.
Anyway all comments are welcome. If you have something you've done using this technique feel free to add it here too so I can be jealous of what you have been able to achieve.
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