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Post by wilmanric on Sept 13, 2014 19:20:23 GMT
So I had this wild idea. I don't know if I've seen it before here, but, this is what I did. I took two small nails and I laid them on parchment paper. I hit them with a blob of hot glue. Then I connected the two nails with an "arc" of hot glue. When it cooled, I peeled it off and flipped it over. I hit it with more glue. (It was flat on one side. I glued two of my molded power domes to cardboard and I drilled holes in them for the nails. I just eyeballed them. Worked out fine. Here it is before the paint. Here it is after. I might need to add some highlights of yellow or white to the arc for more visual appeal. Worked out well.
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Post by sadric on Sept 13, 2014 21:03:48 GMT
Cool idea. You should try to add withe highlights for a more glowing feel. Maybe some ambient light on the domes and floortile. Take a look at Miniature painting videos on youtube. I watched a video about glowing eyes or jet exhaust recently.
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Post by curufin on Sept 13, 2014 21:49:55 GMT
Very cool.
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Post by grandinquisitorkris on Sept 13, 2014 22:00:19 GMT
Cool idea. You should try to add withe highlights for a more glowing feel. Maybe some ambient light on the domes and floortile. Take a look at Miniature painting videos on youtube. I watched a video about glowing eyes or jet exhaust recently. agreed , it needs highlights at the least on the lightning (its kinda dark ) , but AWESOME idea , with AWESOME results ! or actually , what might look neat ; lightning is really thin , what about doing a 2 step process of tracing the lighning within the effect ? using a some what thin brush draw a lightning patter on the current arc in a lighter blue . THEN using a thinner brush draw a kinda jagged line of lightning within the lighter blue , using white .
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Post by wilmanric on Sept 13, 2014 22:24:39 GMT
Cool idea. You should try to add withe highlights for a more glowing feel. Maybe some ambient light on the domes and floortile. Take a look at Miniature painting videos on youtube. I watched a video about glowing eyes or jet exhaust recently. Might look for those. Thanks!
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Post by wilmanric on Sept 13, 2014 22:24:54 GMT
Cool idea. You should try to add withe highlights for a more glowing feel. Maybe some ambient light on the domes and floortile. Take a look at Miniature painting videos on youtube. I watched a video about glowing eyes or jet exhaust recently. agreed , it needs highlights at the least on the lightning (its kinda dark ) , but AWESOME idea , with AWESOME results ! or actually , what might look neat ; lightning is really thin , what about doing a 2 step process of tracing the lighning within the effect ? using a some what thin brush draw a lightning patter on the current arc in a lighter blue . THEN using a thinner brush draw a kinda jagged line of lightning within the lighter blue , using white . Might just try that. Thanks!
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Sept 13, 2014 22:29:04 GMT
Howdy,
Nice! This idea has the wow factor for sure. A little silver glitter on the plasma maybe?
EXALT BUTTON!!!
Kev!
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Post by sotf on Sept 13, 2014 23:51:27 GMT
A good highlight of brighter and lighter blue would probably enhance the electrical look of it, metallics as well.
If you're making more of them, with this sort of thing, it might work better not to paint it all. Before it dries, add a light dusting of blue glitter and then after drying it, give it a light highlight of a bright metallic blue.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2014 1:50:35 GMT
What also works, pipe cleaners. The only problem is the highlights, but if you can cover that in hot glue, that might work
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Post by DMScotty on Sept 14, 2014 6:31:37 GMT
Sweet!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2014 15:13:28 GMT
my previous attempt, so you can see what the pipe cleaner looked like
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Post by wilmanric on Sept 14, 2014 17:23:27 GMT
Here's my attempt at "object source lighting." The floor is made of metal, so I thought the light might be more bold and stark. (At least that's what YouTube says...) I painted in some "lightning" on the arc. Yellow and light blue. I think it looks better. I still need a lot of practice to get good at this.
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Post by brian68 on Sept 14, 2014 18:48:18 GMT
Here's my attempt at "object source lighting." The floor is made of metal, so I thought the light might be more bold and stark. (At least that's what YouTube says...) I painted in some "lightning" on the arc. Yellow and light blue. I think it looks better. I still need a lot of practice to get good at this. I like the highlighting. It's like you smacked my imagination in the face with the domes and arc, and then followed up with a highlighted throat punch.
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Post by sadric on Sept 15, 2014 7:01:19 GMT
Yeahh, now its look really like glowing arcs of energy. Better.
BTW: Links to the glowing eyes video: Another object source light video:
But this are all extrem good painters. I cant never reach this filigran lighntning like in the last video myself. :-)
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 15, 2014 7:49:47 GMT
It's looking pretty good, but I think a lot of the loss of effect is because everything's kind of... chunky. Maybe try some thin wire, bent randomly, embedded in the hot glue, before the paint stage? That would add the effect of small tendrils of energy - some aimed at the domes, some not aimed at anything in particular. Since you're already at the painting stage, maybe wrap some thin wires around what you have, and paint them your brightest color...? I'm kind of brainstorming on the fly here. I really like the proportions of the dome things. They have a great retro scifi flavor to them, which I've noticed a lot of your stuff has.
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Post by wilmanric on Sept 15, 2014 13:41:08 GMT
It's looking pretty good, but I think a lot of the loss of effect is because everything's kind of... chunky. Maybe try some thin wire, bent randomly, embedded in the hot glue, before the paint stage? That would add the effect of small tendrils of energy - some aimed at the domes, some not aimed at anything in particular. Since you're already at the painting stage, maybe wrap some thin wires around what you have, and paint them your brightest color...? I'm kind of brainstorming on the fly here. I really like the proportions of the dome things. They have a great retro scifi flavor to them, which I've noticed a lot of your stuff has. Yeah. I may fiddle around with the lightning some more. Maybe if I use wire to make the "bolt," paint it and then hit it with some hot glue. Then I could drybrush the hot glue. Dunno. We'll see!
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Post by skunkape on Sept 15, 2014 16:58:02 GMT
I like it, looks really cool!
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Sept 16, 2014 0:02:19 GMT
my previous attempt, so you can see what the pipe cleaner looked like I love that! Pipe cleaners are the best!
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Post by wilmanric on Sept 16, 2014 2:18:46 GMT
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Post by waynekarrion on Sept 19, 2014 2:24:40 GMT
I made an attempt similar for a mad scientist lab (actually mi-go from love raft lore) but mine failed because I didn't think to lay them down for the glue stage so the glue ran down the coils. It worked out though as I just painted the run down green and made it spires that ooze.
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