Post by spindoctor on Jun 12, 2013 21:22:46 GMT -5
I posted a thread a couple days ago asking about methods on how to make stone doors colorization and texturing. I got some great feedback, and gave it a go.
I used some texture spray paint and DM Scotty's dry brushing and wet-black tricks. I wanted the metal banding to look older, so I mixed the gunmetal with black to darken it. Then used the watered black to cause a stain effect, almost as if water had been dripping over the stone for a long time, rusting the metal frame out and causing discoloration.
A lesson I learned is that when using the watery black, ensure you are consistent with where you dip, as my banding shading on one door is a little darker than I'd like, but I put my paints away for the night because I found myself continually correcting and adjusting then readjusting. Just...gotta...put...it...down!
Anywho, the doors are 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide. I varied the banding for each side, I'll likely use the one with the "Z" pattern for the outside, but who knows. The flavor text behind the doors is something akin to:
"As you peer up at the massive stone doors, their overall refined shape and the metal banding holding the two stones up and able to open and close is a dead giveaway that some rather intelligent person, or group of people, created these doors. As you near, you hear the echoing of dripping water. Both the doors have small trails of water running down them, causing rust to form on the --what appear to be-- very old metallic support. Upon closer inspection you can tell that the banding is actually what is supporting the weight of the stones, and that breaking it would only cause these massive doors to drop to the ground and be unmovable - breaking the banding would not be smart, though they already look ready to give."
I used some texture spray paint and DM Scotty's dry brushing and wet-black tricks. I wanted the metal banding to look older, so I mixed the gunmetal with black to darken it. Then used the watered black to cause a stain effect, almost as if water had been dripping over the stone for a long time, rusting the metal frame out and causing discoloration.
A lesson I learned is that when using the watery black, ensure you are consistent with where you dip, as my banding shading on one door is a little darker than I'd like, but I put my paints away for the night because I found myself continually correcting and adjusting then readjusting. Just...gotta...put...it...down!
Anywho, the doors are 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide. I varied the banding for each side, I'll likely use the one with the "Z" pattern for the outside, but who knows. The flavor text behind the doors is something akin to:
"As you peer up at the massive stone doors, their overall refined shape and the metal banding holding the two stones up and able to open and close is a dead giveaway that some rather intelligent person, or group of people, created these doors. As you near, you hear the echoing of dripping water. Both the doors have small trails of water running down them, causing rust to form on the --what appear to be-- very old metallic support. Upon closer inspection you can tell that the banding is actually what is supporting the weight of the stones, and that breaking it would only cause these massive doors to drop to the ground and be unmovable - breaking the banding would not be smart, though they already look ready to give."