Burning coals! Serendipity!

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#1 Post by Tim Casey »

I'm building the most excellent Aurora Box Art Witch model kit, and I was trying to make the coals around the kettle look good. I bought some Luminous Orange paint (from Blick Art Supplies):

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But when I applied it to the inside faces of the coals, it looked like Cheetos. Then I decided to maybe but some grey around the edges of the orange, like real coals would look. My attempts at straight painting made it look even more fake. Then I got a bit on the orange accidentally, and I decided to lightly drybrush the orange to tone it down a bit. It immediately looked like real coals on the grill!

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I immediately thought "I'm going to do this to every model I have that includes coals" - until I realized I don't have any other models with coals...

But if one of your kits has coals, this is a great way to make them glow. It's much more dramatic in real life, since the orange reflects so much light back at you.
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#2 Post by billikenmonster »

This looks good you have the straight color and the muted it looks hot
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#3 Post by overspray »

Don't you love it when a plan comes together? Looks great! Nice tip.
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#4 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Tim Casey wrote: . . . I immediately thought "I'm going to do this to every model I have that includes coals" - until I realized I don't have any other models with coals . . .
LMAO - there was nearly some tea spat all over my monitor Image

Loves me a WIP thread - please keep us updated if you can Tim.


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Nice tip. I guess I need to find a kit with some coals. Hmm... 8)
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#6 Post by tay666 »

That turned out really well.

I still have plenty of kits to build with fire/coals, so this should come in handy.
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#7 Post by v338241 »

Tim, very well done!!!! The coals look great!!!!!
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#8 Post by Big Daddy Dave H »

Lovely effect! Thanks for sharing!
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#9 Post by Tim Fortuna »

That does look awesome. Got to remember that one. Will also use on models that have Cheetos.
Thanks for the tip.
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#10 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Tim Fortuna wrote:That does look awesome. Got to remember that one. Will also use on models that have Cheetos.
Thanks for the tip.
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#11 Post by scuzzfink85 »

It did.
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#12 Post by Scooke123 »

I got this kit so I'll be trying this out for sure!!! Looking forward to your build!
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#13 Post by Timber »

Works great, thanks for the tip !
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#14 Post by JMCFAN »

Awesome... will use this trick on my "Kiss the Cook"!!
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