Sona Progress: Designing and Painting (Etwahl - Part 3)
Sunday, April 20, 2014
After you have sanded it as smooth as you can, you are ready to add the designs on the instrument. I am using craft foam to give it that 3D design. I drew the designs in pencil, free-hand, directly on the plaster. It was a pretty great canvas to work on. To copy over the design, I traced it on tracing paper. I only have to do one side, and then mirror the other side.
Using the tracing paper stencils, I drew and cut it out of foam. Small detail, but for the center pieces I gave it a 3D look by overlapping the music note (as you can see in the yellow and black)
I used a glue gun to attach all the foam designs to the instrument. This is the end result:
Same idea goes for the wings. Draw out the design, make the stencils, and cut it out of foam.
Use a glue gun to attach the foam.
Next, you need to prime the plaster and foam for the next step (spray painting). I used Mod Podge.
All done sealing the instrument!
And here is the instrument after adding 2 layers of Rustoleum Gold Spray paint. Can be found at Walmart for about $4. I had just enough with 1 can for the entire costume, without giving a second layer on the bottom side.
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