Terra
Terror of the Cul de Sac
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Terra,

Have you ever tried a Spayer? I'm talking about using a Windex Sprayer for the Actone. Just a thought.

I showed my husband your tutorial videos. He thinks you are so talented, too! Although he wished you lived closer so he could take a class from you! Like I said before I think of the ideas and he makes them better. I can't wait til I get to finish my first tombstone using your method...though I am making it using those foam panels I got from the insulation place that closed. I hope they'll still turn out great! I'll be sure to post pics soon!

Terra,

The airbursh technique didn't work. My guess is when it vaporizes it to spray, the concentration is too low to work. I used it undiluted too. Cleaned the heck out of my airbrush though!

Went to Rite Aid and they didn't have any eye droppers! So I will have to check tomorrow at another place.

Terra, I didn't try to make any cracks, it occurred to me after wards. All the dents and worn out areas were done by dripping acetone onto it from the paper towel. I'm going to get an eye dropper from Rite Aid and test it on an extra piece of foam. I wonder if it (acetone) would work with my airbrush?

Terra,

Working on my next tombstone and I remembered something you said on weathering. You use acetone. I tried this and it came out ok. I soaked a paper towel in acetone and squeezed it so the acetone would drip onto the foam and eat it. My goal was more of a "natural" look. I'm thinking of using a dropper next time to better concentrate the fluid. Have you tried this technique? My reason for it is: I'm just not happy with the fake cracks, they look fine, but they could look better.

This will go with my Zombie Chef. The Tombstone is suppose to be shaped like his hat.

Anyway here it is, I still have moss to apply and a little more weathering.

Your welcome, one of these days you should do a tutorial on the different wild fire paints and their effects if you ever get the time. They are pretty expensive and there are no locale dealers near me to demo them. I made the mistake of using tempera fluorescent paint once and I probably dont have to tell you what happened when the sprinklers accidently went off!

Thanks for the tube tutorials Terra. So nice to find a sight where artists are willing to share what they know.

Hi to you, I also like your name, some kind of spiritual, terra (one of the elements?!)

Greetz

Peter

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it. I was hoping it didn't sound corny lol.

sure. It was innerseek. Changed it to something to match my haunt theme. Well, when I finally have one lol