Desparate Deals
Painting Starts
Started to paint the scene I discovered that Fimo and spray paint don’t mix, the paint goes tacky and doesn’t cure correctly.
Joy.
I had primed the whole thing in brown, for it to start tacking after an hour or so. A week indoors did nothing, and most crafting sites suggested either stripping it or redoing the clay part.
not wanting to do either unless I had to, I coated it in cheap artist paint from B&M.
This removed the tacky-ness.
Adding more browns to form a dark wood, as well as darker colours for the mushrooms added to the walls, so as to not draw attention away.
The stone summoning circle was coated a medium gray before a home made black wash was applied to the whole piece.
Everything was brought back up to the muted colours with drybrushing and selective highlights before work started on the magic circle.
A diluted white paint was applied twice to the markings of the circle, before a florescent green was applied.
This immediately draws the eye to it, so I consider it a success.
I painted the mushroom men/women and forgot to take pictures, but used similar reds and muted oranges for them too.
Before gluing them in place I added some moss flock around the crevices, as well as selective green washes around the floor of the diorama
If you are interested, the ratio I used for the was is as follows:
- 1 ink
- 2 medium
- 12-15 water
- Smidge of dish soap
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