insomnimaniac
March 11th, 2007, 02:54 PM
I want to thank Lilnewbie for showing us that the Mega Blok POTC boats work for HS. I got a little money for the b-day and seen about 14 of these boats at Walmart. I purchased 4 sets and I had to paint up 3 (4th will be taken care of soon) of them because they are, to me, an ugly green. Here are the pictures and tutorial.
Materials Needed:
Mega Bloks Pirates of the Caribean boat # 1012 (comes in a compass thing) $5.88 if not on sale.
Anita's Paint; Black #11002 $0.47 and Metallic Silver 11206 $0.87
FolkArt Paint; #667 Metallic Gunmetal Gray $0.87
DecoArt; Metallics Elegant Finish Dark Patina $2.17 (this is an optional paint)
Paint Brush
Edit: The paints can be found at Hobby Lobby and I have seen some of these at Walmart.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1925.jpg
Here is the figure platform painted black. It was easier to take the front piece off for me but isn't neccessary.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1927.jpg
A big difference from the original gray to the black, starting to look better!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1930.jpg
Metallic Gunmetal Gray painted on the fronts. What a beauty! Bye Bye Ugly green. {what isn't shown here is the sides and back of the boat being painted Gunmetal Gray as well} I also painted the inside of the front to cover the uglyness and make it look consistent. Once the paint dried, I painted a little bit of patina to the front for the old metal look (but this is optional). It looks better in person (next picture down).
I didn't get a picture of the painting for the railings, I placed the rails on a lego board and painted them Gunmetal Gray as well.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1931.jpg
Here is the 2 finished boats next to the molded green pea soup. The green color on the front bottoms of the boats is the Patina.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1941.jpg
This was the easiest to paint. It is coated in black first. I did the same with these rails, placed them on a lego board (8 rows of 2), painted black and waited for them to dry. Once dry, I, what I call, half dry brushed the railing boards (horizontal only). {half dry brush is where I have enough paint on the brush to coat about half of the piece, I spread that over the whole piece to allow the black to come through the silver} When it came to the front piece, I painted the horizontal area and the nose.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1943.jpg
Here is the two painted boats compared to the original diarrhea. :puke:
This tutorial reads odd to me. I wasn't planning on making a tutorial because I thought the pictures would explain themselves, but I just started typing. I am sorry for any problems in the reading of this thread, but I DO hope it helps or that you enjoy it!
Materials Needed:
Mega Bloks Pirates of the Caribean boat # 1012 (comes in a compass thing) $5.88 if not on sale.
Anita's Paint; Black #11002 $0.47 and Metallic Silver 11206 $0.87
FolkArt Paint; #667 Metallic Gunmetal Gray $0.87
DecoArt; Metallics Elegant Finish Dark Patina $2.17 (this is an optional paint)
Paint Brush
Edit: The paints can be found at Hobby Lobby and I have seen some of these at Walmart.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1925.jpg
Here is the figure platform painted black. It was easier to take the front piece off for me but isn't neccessary.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1927.jpg
A big difference from the original gray to the black, starting to look better!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1930.jpg
Metallic Gunmetal Gray painted on the fronts. What a beauty! Bye Bye Ugly green. {what isn't shown here is the sides and back of the boat being painted Gunmetal Gray as well} I also painted the inside of the front to cover the uglyness and make it look consistent. Once the paint dried, I painted a little bit of patina to the front for the old metal look (but this is optional). It looks better in person (next picture down).
I didn't get a picture of the painting for the railings, I placed the rails on a lego board and painted them Gunmetal Gray as well.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1931.jpg
Here is the 2 finished boats next to the molded green pea soup. The green color on the front bottoms of the boats is the Patina.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1941.jpg
This was the easiest to paint. It is coated in black first. I did the same with these rails, placed them on a lego board (8 rows of 2), painted black and waited for them to dry. Once dry, I, what I call, half dry brushed the railing boards (horizontal only). {half dry brush is where I have enough paint on the brush to coat about half of the piece, I spread that over the whole piece to allow the black to come through the silver} When it came to the front piece, I painted the horizontal area and the nose.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/insomnimaniachero/PICT1943.jpg
Here is the two painted boats compared to the original diarrhea. :puke:
This tutorial reads odd to me. I wasn't planning on making a tutorial because I thought the pictures would explain themselves, but I just started typing. I am sorry for any problems in the reading of this thread, but I DO hope it helps or that you enjoy it!