Fallout Nuka Cola Bottle Caps
After drinking a few Angry Orchard ciders, I thought that the bottle caps would make a good base for making some Nuka Cola caps.
I saved what caps I could from the case. Funny enough, it was from a case of cider that I brought to a hotel during a local convention.
Trying to be really cheap on these caps, I got a little creative.
I got out my old model painting sets, and put some red paint on the caps over the Angry Orchard text, and let that dry for a couple days.
I have a silver gray metallic sharpie that I've used on some other props, and I thought I could pass it off here, but it ended up being way too dull for this delicate work.
So, I got out a correction fluid pen, thinking that since it was at least white, it might work. However it's really for paper, and not painted surfaces. The first two attempts were rough, looked terrible, and this pen was old, so I ripped it open, then tried to use the correction fluid straight, however it proved to be way too thin.
After those attempts, I went back to my model kits, and prepared the white paint. I had to cut down one of my paintbrushes severely to try to get it small enough to do the detail and it was still too thick for hand work. But after hand painting a few caps, I started to get better at it. I haven't painted in years. Still, these tools are too thick for such delicate work. But for the sake of background props, and small trinkets, it's something.
I did a search looking for a finer tool that I could use, and I ended up back at the sharpie option.
The 'Sharpie Extra Fine Point Poster Paint Marker-White' to be exact. Does anyone have experience with this? Would it be the right tool for the job?
With the "extra fine" tip, it might be right for this delicate logo, right?
By the time I get this shipped to me, it'll be about $14, which really ups the cost of a bunch of bottlecaps.
http://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Extra-Point-Poster-Marker-White/dp/B0026HL1EO/
TOP ROW, LEFT: Untouched Angry Orchard cap
TOP ROW, MIDDLE: Bottle cap painted red
TOP ROW, RIGHT: Silver sharpie used
SECOND ROW: Correction Fluid attempts, left to right
THIRD ROW, FOURTH ROW: A few of the bottle caps that I painted, better and worse.
After drinking a few Angry Orchard ciders, I thought that the bottle caps would make a good base for making some Nuka Cola caps.
I saved what caps I could from the case. Funny enough, it was from a case of cider that I brought to a hotel during a local convention.
Trying to be really cheap on these caps, I got a little creative.
I got out my old model painting sets, and put some red paint on the caps over the Angry Orchard text, and let that dry for a couple days.
I have a silver gray metallic sharpie that I've used on some other props, and I thought I could pass it off here, but it ended up being way too dull for this delicate work.
So, I got out a correction fluid pen, thinking that since it was at least white, it might work. However it's really for paper, and not painted surfaces. The first two attempts were rough, looked terrible, and this pen was old, so I ripped it open, then tried to use the correction fluid straight, however it proved to be way too thin.
After those attempts, I went back to my model kits, and prepared the white paint. I had to cut down one of my paintbrushes severely to try to get it small enough to do the detail and it was still too thick for hand work. But after hand painting a few caps, I started to get better at it. I haven't painted in years. Still, these tools are too thick for such delicate work. But for the sake of background props, and small trinkets, it's something.
I did a search looking for a finer tool that I could use, and I ended up back at the sharpie option.
The 'Sharpie Extra Fine Point Poster Paint Marker-White' to be exact. Does anyone have experience with this? Would it be the right tool for the job?
With the "extra fine" tip, it might be right for this delicate logo, right?
By the time I get this shipped to me, it'll be about $14, which really ups the cost of a bunch of bottlecaps.
http://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Extra-Point-Poster-Marker-White/dp/B0026HL1EO/
TOP ROW, LEFT: Untouched Angry Orchard cap
TOP ROW, MIDDLE: Bottle cap painted red
TOP ROW, RIGHT: Silver sharpie used
SECOND ROW: Correction Fluid attempts, left to right
THIRD ROW, FOURTH ROW: A few of the bottle caps that I painted, better and worse.