September 22, 2002
Now the fun part where your creation starts to come
to life. I just use plain grey latex paint, the same
color as the office walls. Make sure NOT to add TOO
much water to your base or you risk warping the foamcore
and ruining your chair. |
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September 22, 2002
Final paint details...A lighter shade of grey for
the pillows and armrest strip and side detail. I must
say it looks pretty nice. All that is left to do is
sculpt those lamps. I should have those done this
weekend. Wait till you see tomorrow what these look
like in display :D |
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October 27, 2002
I rolled out some Super Sculpey and then used the
cap of a poster tube to cut my circles with. The size
is about 3 cm wide. |
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October 27, 2002
On the left is the cut out circle and on the right
what our Lamp top is supposed to look like. It's so
simple, all I did was use my fingers to flatten inward
the upper edges. |
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October 27, 2002
Here are the 4 finished pieces. I poked a hole using
a straw so that the toothpics could pass through the
other layers. Now use a heat gun or put your sculpey
in an oven to harden. |
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October 27, 2002
Here are all the pieces you will need to make the
lamps. Basically you need 5 circles of shrinking diameter
from 4 cm at the top to .5 cm at the bottom. |
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October 27, 2002
To assemble 1 lamp grab 1 row of circles and round
off the corners by squishing inwards with your fingers.
Try to make it as smooth as possible. Heat to harden
pieces A and B only. |
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October 27, 2002
Circle B will be glued on to the Bottom of Circle
A using my Hot Glue Gun. On the right is the flipside
of Circle A with Circle C placed on top. Use your
tools to make a smooth joint of Circle C to Circle
A then poke a hole with a straw and then Heat To Harden. |
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October 27, 2002
Repeat the same technique for the remaining circles.
Place D on top of C, Smooth the joint and the Heat
to Harden, Place the tip E to D and the Heat to Harden. |
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October 27, 2002
You can now attach Circle B to bottom of Circle A.
The Hot Glue will cause a small gap. You can use Super
Sculpey to fill in the holes and have a cleaner lamp. |
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October 27, 2002
The 2 lamps are placed on the Sofa to see if they
fit properly. Don't push them TOO hard onto the toothpics
or they will colapse and the Circle E Tip will fly
off. Trust me, I learned the hard way :D |
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October 27, 2002
Now to paint. I got out my Metalic Silver Paint and
applied it to the entire surface of the lamps. This
is not Latex, so try not to get any on your skin.
You will need paint remover. |
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October 27, 2002
Once the silver is dry, I took out my White Latex
and applied 3 coats onto Circles B and C. |
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October 27, 2002
Now put the lamps back onto the Sofa's toothpics
and you are all set. Just like in the movie :) |
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