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Post by WeAre138 on May 11, 2014 14:51:52 GMT
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Post by Brainbot on May 11, 2014 15:33:43 GMT
Follow the first link here. Abaroth has some great tutorials on doing faux marble patterns. It's how I painted this. As a note the surface of the polystyrene had a single layer of toilet paper glued to it in order hide the beaded texture. Also I'm fond of using fine sand to disguise/cover the beads.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 19:00:17 GMT
I second that. He has a good technique.
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Post by WeAre138 on May 11, 2014 23:21:48 GMT
Follow the first link here. Abaroth has some great tutorials on doing faux marble patterns. It's how I painted this. As a note the surface of the polystyrene had a single layer of toilet paper glued to it in order hide the beaded texture. Also I'm fond of using fine sand to disguise/cover the beads. I looked at that thread before I posted, no idea how I missed the marble one. Thanks for bringing this back to my attention. It looks very promising.
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Post by skunkape on May 12, 2014 17:34:18 GMT
I was going to say to look for marble painting guides as well. Abaroth's is a fantastic one!
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Post by sgtslag on May 13, 2014 16:33:33 GMT
Quick & dirty method: textured spray paints from Wal-Mart. Very quick, very simple, though not nearly as nice. Cheers!
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Post by gnomezrule on May 30, 2014 23:28:12 GMT
Another option and its quick is to take 2 colors what ever you want your marble to be. Sompe people like green with black. Some like white with shades of grey or blue. Put the two colors on either side of the pallet. You won't need a brush use a plastic bag from the grocery. Take small piece and ball it up and use it as your brush. Dip it in both colors and smear in on in circles, change direction make a second pass and just dab in a few places. It will dry pretty quick and you should have a good mix. Lastly take a small brush dip it in a third color. Perhaps white if you picked the green and black, or gold if you want again marble has considerable variation. Dip the brush in the paint and just do a few sparing random lines but twist the bush as you do so that moves irregularly.
If you want more detail do a search for Christopher Lowell's faux marble technique.
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