After a long wait I have finally applied the first few lays of paint to the costume I have been working for the past few weeks. the first layer was brushed on white gesso and now a few layers of spray paint. This is a drastically different costume idea that I've done in the past, and I'm still deciding if I want "copper" incorporated into the costume; test paint on other surfaces look promising but I want to test the acrylics first before I make that kind of commitment and I still need to make decisions on the accessories. As you could imagine "space cowboy" isn't something that's fixed; I really could do about anything. I've even had this idea for a "crystal"...something. I don't want to give too much away because I haven't found what I've been looking for but I assure you, dear reader, that it will be worth the wait.
Such a rich shade of violet and purple! Montana Black had this great colour called "galaxy" and it really did wonders, looks like I'll need to head back to arts supply shop for more!
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| Here are the pants with the first layer of Gesso, Gesso is used for creating canvasses so paint doesn't soak through the fabric. With hopes this will aid in my costume creation. |
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| Now with the paint applied. |
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| So far I've used the Montana Black brand spray paint and a few tubes of acrylics. The blue was not used unfortunately do to a clog that happened immediately after the first application,and I will be returning the can for another. Its a nice shade from what I did see and I will have to apply 'lightly' for the right effect... or not, we'll find out. |
