Steampunk Pirate Gun Mod

Step 4 Faux wood finish

My technique achieved a worn mahogany look. I am certain with a little tweaking one could achieve different "stains" of their choice. This took about a half hour from beginning to end. It would take longer if you wanted the paint to dry completely before sanding each layer, which you will see I didn't in my tutorial):

Paint a basecoat of black all over. I used spray paint in this step since the surface is not as detailed, so covering was easy. Let dry 10 minutes.

Then apply a layer of the yellow acrylic using a crumpled piece of paper towel. Do this by dipping your paper towel into some of the paint, then dab it against a paper bag or newspaper, to take some of the paint off and get a more dry-brush application.

Apply the paint with the wadded towel, drawing it in long strokes in a uniform direction--namely the direction you imagine the grain of your wood would run. Make sure you are getting a little striping, and you are getting plenty of the black showing through.

This can be done with a rough paintbrush if you prefer, but the paper toweling works just fine for me.

Comments

[Gernader8]

Great tutorial so far. What did you do to prep the plastic before painting? Use a rough sandpaper so you could get a "grain" in the plastic?

[TribalDancer]

Thanks so much! Check step 2. I talk about sanding all the pieces, and different grits giving you more texture. I didn't do anything rough with the sanding--all the texture is mocked by the paint and the sanding on the wet paint in the future steps!

[Gernader8]

Thanks, wasn't sure if you did anything else special for this step.