DeadTed's Pirate Wharf

**Jackielantern** · 10-28-2008,10:04 AM

I also am late in checking out this thread. I've been missing out!

I'm too late, I'm sure but thought I'd post anyway. I used dyed cheesecloth for a spanish moss effect and I'm sure it would work for seaweed as well. I bought Rit dye, not sure the actual color name but it was basically army green. In low lighting I think it would work excellent.

Had I known earlier DT I would've mailed all my green pieces of cloth to you. Maybe you could've used them.

**LT Scare** · 10-28-2008,10:21 AM

Awesome work Ted!! Hope the TOTs appreciate it!!

**DeadTed** · 10-28-2008,11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Jackielantern

I also am late in checking out this thread. I've been missing out!

I'm too late, I'm sure but thought I'd post anyway. I used dyed cheesecloth for a spanish moss effect and I'm sure it would work for seaweed as well. I bought Rit dye, not sure the actual color name but it was basically army green. In low lighting I think it would work excellent.

Had I known earlier DT I would've mailed all my green pieces of cloth to you. Maybe you could've used them.

Hey thanks anyway. I may try that next year. In the meantime I've got a ton of spanish moss just naturally falling onto my yard. Less work for me!

Here's an update. These are two of the four flats I'm painting - I haven't started the other two but they don't take as much time. This did take me a long time.

I'm actually pretty stoked that I even did this - it's my first large scale mural. It took me... oh geesh... maybe 10 solid hours of painting. I dry brushed the hell out of it. I'm sure there's a simpler way, but it got that dirty effect I was looking for. I'm also not sure if these pictures do it justice or injustice. Some pics look better than in person and some the other way around. Oh well (it'll be dark)

Here they are leaning against my garage (so a slight slant to them)... just pushed up against each other - this is how they sat as I painted most of it. The separation is on the right side of the door (obviously). A piece of wood chip, chipped off on the door - that's the light spot.

Top right of the window - here you can see the outline of the stones that will be on the other two flats -- they are going to form a stone entry.

That's a bullet hole in the wall (a couple of them throughout).

Under the window. Did my best to make that lower half as real as possible - one of those things were you have it in your head but can't quite get it out -- turned out fine though.

Left side of the door. More bullet holes.

Again... far left. This end of the flat is furthest away from the view--- nothing will attach to it.

And the top of the door... you can see here and on the right side of the door pieces of square wood. The one on the left (shown here) will have a pole sticking out and a sign (blacksmith?) hanging from it. The other side will have a shorter pole holding a lantern.

**Push Eject** · 10-28-2008,02:13 PM

HOLY MOTHER!!! Would you like to come paint my bedroom?! That RAWKS hardcore, DT!!!

**the black pirate** · 10-28-2008,02:40 PM

Nice Pics! I wish I had the artist abilities you have. I just completed my Pirate's Cove last weekend. You can view at "Pirate's Cove Finished"

Thanks!