Burning coals! Serendipity!
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Burning coals! Serendipity!
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):
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!
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.
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!
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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This looks good you have the straight color and the muted it looks hot
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Don't you love it when a plan comes together? Looks great! Nice tip.
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LMAO - there was nearly some tea spat all over my monitorTim 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 . . .
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...
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That turned out really well.
I still have plenty of kits to build with fire/coals, so this should come in handy.
I still have plenty of kits to build with fire/coals, so this should come in handy.
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Tim, very well done!!!! The coals look great!!!!!
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Lovely effect! Thanks for sharing!
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That does look awesome. Got to remember that one. Will also use on models that have Cheetos.
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the tip.
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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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It did.
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I got this kit so I'll be trying this out for sure!!! Looking forward to your build!
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Works great, thanks for the tip !
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Awesome... will use this trick on my "Kiss the Cook"!!