Stuff I Drood: 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

z-brush muckl'n

a much needed upgrade to my skill set moving into the future of games and art and all that. Trying to do 30 minutes a day with no goal in mind other than to learn tools,menus brushes.I was shown a skull as a tutorial last month at work it does seem to be a nice sampler of problems/solutions etc plus even abstracted its familiar to everyone .

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Nerf mod/repaint- Recon CS-6 and Spectre Rev-5

painting materials:

Krylon fusion for plastics spray paint black
Krylon fusion for plastics spray paint cappuccino
cheap Hair spray
Ceramcoat -Burnt Umber 2025
Ceramcoat -Trail Tan 2435
Testors matte spray paint of your choice for the main color .i used a matte sand fpt the guns and medium green for the clips.
sand paper
big cheap brushes
water cup
big sheet of card board or some place safe to paint
old never to be used again towel

some basic steps:

buy Nerf guns
buy some Plastic airsoft scopes or gun bits off the internet.
apply black spray paint to everything .keep all parts and accessories apart. let dry
mask off areas of choice .
Spray masked areas with cappuccino paint
spray heavely with hairspray to easy paint removal.
spray with your color of choice .Tan in my example .let dry
remove masking material
wet sand paper and gentally scour the newly painted surface (the non black area) .it will fall apart and turn to pulp in your hand but it should add cool nicks and scratches .Its really easy to go over board here .wipe off extra grim after this is done .
Apply a liberal coating of thinned down brown paint to the newly painted and weathered areas .Let dry and then wipe of raised areas with a damp towel leaving the recesses brown and worn looking.
Apply a liberal coating of thinned down tan paint to the black areas.Let dry and then wipe of raised areas with a damp towel.
assemble.
destroy your enemies.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Personal Comic Book Project officially begins today

I think It's time to focus my often divided attention on a single project .The people who know me know i have been chewing on a graphic novel idea for years now and the fact that i still think about it means its probably worth doing and so ......