Large Bases(Updated)
Intermediate | Rating: 8.25 Votes: 8
Views: 11751 | By: lostsoul  |
| Category: General Subcategory: Misc | Date: 2005-05-10 11:55:54 |
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Don't know if you will find this useful but I have tested it and it seems to work fine.
Do you have old cd's laying around from failed copies or old data backup cd's not needed, why not use them ?
Ok, first of all use cd's with hard coating on label side
Spray both sides of the cd with cellulose primer spray paint(it don't melt the plastic)
As the paint dries it cracks but stays on cd, recoat with as many layers as you like.
The final coat should be the finish you require, black is good for marble effect.
Once the last coat has been put on paint the cracks with darker colour or incase of marble effect use a lighter colour. On this pic I washed it with a light green, waited for it to dry and then washed it with black. I then picked out the cracks and paint them with a light green again.
I don't have any further pics but what you would do next is black wash it and then add layers of varnish with black washes inbetween them
This can now be used to place a large figure on by drilling from bottom of cd into its feet or adding scenery.
This provides a large base which is quite sturdy but yet can be cut quite easily if you want a different shape, I bet you could even layer the cds to make it look like broken slabs etc
To make a scenaery base, paint cd with primer, then black and add scenery to it as follows :
Here i've glues flat pieces of polystyrene to cd then roughes the edges with grit.
Then paint the polystyrene what ever colour you want but here I painted it brown
And for final touches i've added flock, stones and more grit to make it look better
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Cesar
07 May 06 |  |
Rating: 7
Sweet atricle. Made good use of a CD already. Thanks for sharing.
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fingolfin
02 October 05 |  |
Rating: 8
cooolio 
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Ludicrous
20 June 05 |  |
Rating: 8
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
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konskrypt
14 June 05 |  |
Rating: 8
I really like this idea. The only use i found for my stuffed up cd's was to use the shint side as a paint pallette.
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ilynx2k4
29 May 05 |  |
Rating: 8
A 7, plus a bonus point purely because I have a pile of CDs that didnt burn properly and I really didnt think of using them like this!
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supervike
19 May 05 |  |
Rating: 8
The very first pic would make very convincing 'cement'. Now I know what to do with all those AOL disk.. Clever.
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