Bubbas fun in the sun summer contest entry

[barten]

Jun 10, 2015 15:49:05 GMT -5 bubbajoe said:

While i wait for the oven cleaner to clean up the mess i made of diggers helmet, i decided to work on his arms and hands. i copied this idea from a builder who used athletic tape to cover seats on car build, to imitate cloth. So i thought i would try my hand at it and try to imitate denim and give digger a worn denim jacket...it takes a bit of work to get the tape to fit. i stretched the tape where i could and where two pieces meet i rub the seam with an embossing tool to work the fibers from both pieces together and hide the seam as much as possible... then i painted with cheap dark blue craft paint...once dried i used a coarse piece of sandpaper to give it that worn look..













also did some work on the hands..tried to copy how scotty does his figures..(great tutorial by the way,very helpful).

THIS IS A GREAT idea and looks fantastic! ! ! ! I will be trying this one. Thanks for thinking about this technique.
GB
barten

[TooOld]

That looks sooooooooo cool !

[Starryeyes]

This is a great alternative It looks very realistic !! Very cool !!

[bubbajoe]

thanks for the kind comments.