Today was yet another test in the Great Experiment. There have been numerous "firsts" for me in this endeavor, and here's another one.
The last post showed how I had built the obelisk and the back wall, using Plan C. That is gluing the heavy pastel paper directly to the foam. Today I had to make that paper match the rest of the board!
First, I began by getting paint to cover the oxide paste I had used on the edges:
I did the same on the obelisk:
Since paint tends to dry darker on the paper, I had to take that into account as I tried to "feather" the colors onto the paper.
As I worked around the edges, I started to carry some paint out onto the paper designs...
Here's how it started to look overall:
This is about as dark as I got with the weathering:
Here is a sequence on the other side of the back wall...
At this point, I began to think about putting some hints of faded color on the wall, and preparing to do the cracks and such.
Tomorrow I will be posting the rest of the images on the second part of the weathering process!