Painting Tips:

    This next part was taken from a forum conversation between Orion and ^_Evil_Den_^, in it the use of model paints as a brushed on medium is discussed as well as some of the characteristics of the grill painting technique used by Orion.

That's the problem
It is not suggested to use MrColor to do handpainting
As you tried it , you would know it "dry out" pretty fast , much faster than you could finish the job

And as i can see on the photo
The color is not thin enough
You look painting it directly without adding thinner

You have to spread something(i forget the name) on its surface to protect it from dust.
As time pass, the dust would be "eaten" into color, you can never get the dust out of the color unless you repaint it

    Thanks ^_Evil_Den_^ for your opinions very much, you must be a very experienced model painter all of the points you pointed out were true. Yet, a fast dry paint like Mr Color suited me in this project because I was applying some other paint skills which needed a thick paint to provide a rough and raw antique handcraft feel of the grills. Therefore, I used less thinner and did not apply the protective layer for the paints. Thank you for your comments

    The next series of pictures serve to highlight the use of UV paints within the design, the first picture shows the painted fan grill under normal light and mousing over the image shows how they look under UV lighting.

    Completely in his own words Orion walks you through what went into the painting of his custom fan grills, "Orion is not a painter, I did not even know any painting theory. Yet, I counted on my eyes, my hands and my feelings.

    For the fan grills of the theme case - the Eye Of Ra, I adopted basically the skill of water color painting. As I wanted the grills look more antique and metallic, I applied thick layers of the paints which came out a slightly feel of the oil painting. I mixed up colors in various degrees to give rainbow effect. To apply fluorescent paint was in an attempt to balance the dull and rough metallic feels of the paintings.

    I hoped it overall bore spirits of each of the grills, especially the Eye of Ra fan grill. I hoped that the Eye looks alive, with feelings and minds. I hoped the sacred scarab looks three dimensional on the base of a 2d surface, and further to four dimensional with the spirit laid on it. I hoped the Ankh looks shiny by itself with the supersilver paint radiating from its center since it represented eternal life. Besides, I hoped it looks like stained glass or jade stone with jade-green paints on its body. Blue and Green was also the main theme of the Orion fan grill, I tried to give it a cloudy paint look effect since it is a constellation with rich nebulae which gave birth to new stars.

    These were the concepts and/or the forces which helped me to go through the paint work of the fan grills. I am still not sure if I have achieved these goals, but I am glad that most of the friends in different forums like them, thank you for each of your compliments and your comments on the grills."

HAPPY MODDING

- Guide written by Orion.

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