Arctic Shark Tooth
One of the outfits I have planned for Wyn is a beach scene outfit. It might seem odd, a Frost Fairy on the beach, but he is part Fire Fairy too, so he won't mind the heat. As a part of that outfit, which will still be winter themed, I decided to paint over one of the sharks' teeth I own and make it an "Arctic" shark tooth for a necklace for Wyn.
Today was rather cold and rainy, so I got out my paint supplies. I decided since I was going to paint that tooth, I might as well finish painting some glass eyes for plush toys while I was at it.
Laying down the drop cloth first, I got my work station all set up, separating the paint into two groups in the box because a different kind of paint is needed for painting on glass. I also got a paper plate, not to paint on but to hold items as they dried. With a glass of water and a paper towel, I was ready to get started.
Here's my shark tooth. Might look pretty small, but it's perfectly scaled to an SD doll. I bought black fossil shark teeth for another doll's character, but I had so much fun making necklaces that I got a few extra for later ones. They're all black, but that's okay. It wasn't hard to paint over.
Since the tooth is what I was doing that was doll related, I'm going to focus on that. I painted the eyes in between the tooth painting in order to let the paint on the tooth dry. I started with a base coat of white paint on the tooth.
Then I painted the beginning part of the eyes while the tooth dried. When I finished all the first parts of the pairs of eyes, we all had lunch. Then I had some errands to run, so the tooth got to sit and dry that whole time.
When I got back from all that, I decided to finish with the eyes first. Most were done already, I just had four pairs to finish. Then I laid down a base coat of pearly white on the front of the shark's tooth. I waited five minutes, and flipped it to the back to do that half.
Then I mixed up some light blue metallic paint for the tooth's "roots." I put a coat of that on the front, waited five minutes, and then did the back. After another five minutes, I was ready to add the blue again.
It's so shiny it's a little hard to see in these pictures. But here's the front after the second blue coat.
And here's the back. I finished that with a coat of holographic glitter paint that dries clear besides the sparkle. I did the front "roots," front tooth, back "roots," back tooth, waiting five minutes between each.
It turned out beautifully. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to wrap it in wire for the pendant, because that holographic glitter paint remains tacky for a while.
Still I'm really impressed with how well it turned out. I can hardly wait to get Wyn painted and put back together to try it on him.
~SilverStar-Burst
Today was rather cold and rainy, so I got out my paint supplies. I decided since I was going to paint that tooth, I might as well finish painting some glass eyes for plush toys while I was at it.
Laying down the drop cloth first, I got my work station all set up, separating the paint into two groups in the box because a different kind of paint is needed for painting on glass. I also got a paper plate, not to paint on but to hold items as they dried. With a glass of water and a paper towel, I was ready to get started.
Here's my shark tooth. Might look pretty small, but it's perfectly scaled to an SD doll. I bought black fossil shark teeth for another doll's character, but I had so much fun making necklaces that I got a few extra for later ones. They're all black, but that's okay. It wasn't hard to paint over.
Since the tooth is what I was doing that was doll related, I'm going to focus on that. I painted the eyes in between the tooth painting in order to let the paint on the tooth dry. I started with a base coat of white paint on the tooth.
Then I painted the beginning part of the eyes while the tooth dried. When I finished all the first parts of the pairs of eyes, we all had lunch. Then I had some errands to run, so the tooth got to sit and dry that whole time.
When I got back from all that, I decided to finish with the eyes first. Most were done already, I just had four pairs to finish. Then I laid down a base coat of pearly white on the front of the shark's tooth. I waited five minutes, and flipped it to the back to do that half.
Then I mixed up some light blue metallic paint for the tooth's "roots." I put a coat of that on the front, waited five minutes, and then did the back. After another five minutes, I was ready to add the blue again.
It's so shiny it's a little hard to see in these pictures. But here's the front after the second blue coat.
And here's the back. I finished that with a coat of holographic glitter paint that dries clear besides the sparkle. I did the front "roots," front tooth, back "roots," back tooth, waiting five minutes between each.
It turned out beautifully. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to wrap it in wire for the pendant, because that holographic glitter paint remains tacky for a while.
Still I'm really impressed with how well it turned out. I can hardly wait to get Wyn painted and put back together to try it on him.
~SilverStar-Burst
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