Skateboard Update II
22 May 2006 01:54I'm hoping this day concludes the most difficult part of the process.
Made an arrow stencil on the computer using the proportions of the skateboard from the first Hunter x Hunter musical for reference. Screwed up several times and ended up taking almost two hours on something that shouldn't have been that hard.
Next, cut out stencil and tape onto skateboard. I was really nervous about this part because if the tape isn't exactly right, then the arrow won't come out straight, but it actually wasn't as difficult as painting the yellow.
As for the yellow itself, we had to by an aerosol version since the liquid acrylic was much too bright. Tried to spray some of the aresol into a cup and then paint it on like the teal green only to discover that aerosol paint is very hard to control with a brush because it's so thin. In the end, sprayed it like spraypaint is actually supposed to be applied using newspapers to protect the other surfaces.
The yellow looks decent for not being liquid acrylic. However, we still don't know if the tape around the stencil kept the line even and prevented the paint from seeping into the green until tomorrow morning. Very nervous about this, but at least we still have extra green so we can fix any big mistakes.
Buying varnish tomorrow so we can varnish the bottom once we make sure the top's set. Final varnish should go on by Tuesday night and the skateboard should be dry by Wednesday.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about the top of the screws for the wheels; they're black and will probably show up horribly on the yellow. Might just give the tops a quick paint with each colour [six with yellow, two with green] after varnishing.
The skateboard with the stencil taped on with masking tape.
After the yellow paint. The only part of the skateboard that's painted (in theory, anyway) is that inside the stencil lines; the tape keeps the paint from spreading and the paper (which has been coloured yellow by the spray, thus making this picture very hard to see) prevents the aerosol from getting on the green.
Made an arrow stencil on the computer using the proportions of the skateboard from the first Hunter x Hunter musical for reference. Screwed up several times and ended up taking almost two hours on something that shouldn't have been that hard.
Next, cut out stencil and tape onto skateboard. I was really nervous about this part because if the tape isn't exactly right, then the arrow won't come out straight, but it actually wasn't as difficult as painting the yellow.
As for the yellow itself, we had to by an aerosol version since the liquid acrylic was much too bright. Tried to spray some of the aresol into a cup and then paint it on like the teal green only to discover that aerosol paint is very hard to control with a brush because it's so thin. In the end, sprayed it like spraypaint is actually supposed to be applied using newspapers to protect the other surfaces.
The yellow looks decent for not being liquid acrylic. However, we still don't know if the tape around the stencil kept the line even and prevented the paint from seeping into the green until tomorrow morning. Very nervous about this, but at least we still have extra green so we can fix any big mistakes.
Buying varnish tomorrow so we can varnish the bottom once we make sure the top's set. Final varnish should go on by Tuesday night and the skateboard should be dry by Wednesday.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about the top of the screws for the wheels; they're black and will probably show up horribly on the yellow. Might just give the tops a quick paint with each colour [six with yellow, two with green] after varnishing.
The skateboard with the stencil taped on with masking tape.
After the yellow paint. The only part of the skateboard that's painted (in theory, anyway) is that inside the stencil lines; the tape keeps the paint from spreading and the paper (which has been coloured yellow by the spray, thus making this picture very hard to see) prevents the aerosol from getting on the green.
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