Final touches, at last. This was actually done in the last week, so now I’m caught up on blogging.
This was only two things. First, weathering; bottom layer 5×7 and 7×7 units got grime. I played around with acrylic pastels for the grime. First with a makeup brush, which is going to be GREAT for figures that need a dusting to blend into their bases better but really isn’t enough for the grime I was going for. Then I just rubbed a line on the outside corner of the base and rubbed it with a finger. That came out great.
Second, graffiti. Tried to go for different styles, played around with the airbrush settings a little. After I spent half an hour cleaning it because I’d let it dry dirty without knowing and the nozzle was blocked. 9_9 So, a white base for Doge and cum, then an attempt to get letter shapes with just a fuzzy airbrush spray- mimicking actual graffiti style, but I don’t think they spray quite as diffuse. cum was easier because it was just one colour. Doge took a little more squinting and squirting to try and get a blend, which I more or less managed. Good enough for “graffiti by end stage capitalist hellscape punk teens” vibes, at least. The skull I tried for a more detailed background but didn’t have the fine control with ink, it spiderwebbed if I got too close. Ended up just hosing some bright colours in and then sketching a skull. All the black- letter outlines, scribbles- were just a sharpie. The All Cats Are Beautiful was way fuzzier than I wanted but looks okay for a first try. The boogie bag… eh. I was aiming for “someone had a can of black and 30 seconds,” so I nailed it, but I’m not an artiste of the line variety. I did manage to get the height just right so when it’s covered by a building lip it ends at the important part- same as the cat sketch.
Then I stacked ’em up, put some SF minis on ’em, and was impressed for 30 seconds before I started thinking about what to make next. These are good enough and I like ’em, I’d do a lot of things different if I restarted from scratch, but that’s the point. Onward!
