keepcalmcostume
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I already posted here about how I fell into this and the Elsa costume I'm making, but I decided to make the Grail a separate thread since it's a standalone project too (or at least started that way). I'm already calling this Version 1 because I'm inevitably going to make a more accurate second version down the road.
This is the base I started with. The shape isn't perfect, but it's decently close and I already had it so it made things cheap and easy.
I did a sandable spray primer to cover the glaze and prep for Bondo, which I used for the little bubble pits in the original glaze. I liked the texture of the Bondo so I ended up spreading a rough single layer over the whole cup to make it more like an unfinished plaster/ceramic again. I didn't take a photo of the all-over Bondo on its own, but you can still kind of see it under the first coat of paint on the right.
Base paint was Ceramcoat Old Gold, and the second color was Ceramcoat Metallic Gold. The "Old Gold" is really more of a weird rotten pea soup or mustard color, but it worked well as a base to cover up the Bondo and make the second paint go on easier.
After paint I did a coat of Rub 'n Buff in Antique Gold. In retrospect I should have used Gold Leaf or Grecian Gold instead, but my local craft store was out of both of those (naturally) so I went with what I could get. (I really should have used actual gold leaf, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money on a cup that doesn't have quite the right shape. ~*STANDARDS*~) For anyone who hasn't used it, I highly recommend wearing gloves when you apply it. The package says you can just use your fingers, and some people say bare fingers work better, but I didn't notice any problems with gloves and it made the whole thing a lot less messy.
So now before I move forward to a second coat of Rub 'n Buff and the final paint, I need to decide whether to continue with this coppery gold color, or wait until the craft store has another gold in stock and switch to that. Chances are I'll get antsy and want to finish it as-is before I have a chance to get new Rub 'n Buff, but we'll see.
This is the base I started with. The shape isn't perfect, but it's decently close and I already had it so it made things cheap and easy.
I did a sandable spray primer to cover the glaze and prep for Bondo, which I used for the little bubble pits in the original glaze. I liked the texture of the Bondo so I ended up spreading a rough single layer over the whole cup to make it more like an unfinished plaster/ceramic again. I didn't take a photo of the all-over Bondo on its own, but you can still kind of see it under the first coat of paint on the right.
Base paint was Ceramcoat Old Gold, and the second color was Ceramcoat Metallic Gold. The "Old Gold" is really more of a weird rotten pea soup or mustard color, but it worked well as a base to cover up the Bondo and make the second paint go on easier.
After paint I did a coat of Rub 'n Buff in Antique Gold. In retrospect I should have used Gold Leaf or Grecian Gold instead, but my local craft store was out of both of those (naturally) so I went with what I could get. (I really should have used actual gold leaf, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money on a cup that doesn't have quite the right shape. ~*STANDARDS*~) For anyone who hasn't used it, I highly recommend wearing gloves when you apply it. The package says you can just use your fingers, and some people say bare fingers work better, but I didn't notice any problems with gloves and it made the whole thing a lot less messy.
So now before I move forward to a second coat of Rub 'n Buff and the final paint, I need to decide whether to continue with this coppery gold color, or wait until the craft store has another gold in stock and switch to that. Chances are I'll get antsy and want to finish it as-is before I have a chance to get new Rub 'n Buff, but we'll see.
