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How to paint a "Brick" pattern?

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blindbug

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I am in the process of re-painting an xbox into a Pink Floyd 'The Wall' Theme, and have been trying to find a way to get a good result on painting a brick pattern. I thought about stencils, but that won't work because of the curves on the xbox (will have to gradually bend the lines to make it look right from front to back). What I would really want is some super-thin masking tape, and I know I have seen it, but CANNOT find anything online or around town. I am talking about 1/16" wide masking tape.

Otherwise, is ther another way I can get this pattern?

My plans are/where to paint the case black, then tape off my lines, and the edges (see the photoshop below) and then paint it with multiple layers of white, pull the masking off and be done with it. The "Screamer" in the pictures below will be a window mod printed on transparency films. I have already started with creating the artwork in photoshop, i'm just needing a way to do the brick pattern.

Design 1:


Design 2:


Design 3:


Design 4:


Design 5:


Beginning Vector Work for the "Wall" Logo:
 
Woo, I found some tape that is 1/16", made by Pactra... Sometimes I feel retarded, looking forever and then added in the right simple combination in google returned lots of results... :rolleyes:


Anyway, Im still open to suggestions on the best way to paint it (specifically, how to get the edges of the brick to have a 'jagged' look to them?
 
I think that you're going to want to paint it in reverse, starting with the white then working to black. Otherwise, the white will come out looking grey.

As for a rough edge to the bricks, I don't know.
 
Hino beat me to it there; always put your light colors down first. Especially when working with black.
I think what I would do is actually airbrush the brick lines using loosely taped stencils. That should give you a bit of a rough edge, more like mortar in real bricks, but I'm not 100% sure how to do that myself sadly.
 
Got to your local Automotive paint supplier and pick up some 3m Fine line tape.It comes in several different widths and is very flexible and stays in place when you burnish the edges.
I have used this for several years on my various airbrush projects.

Here is what it looks like.
http://repaintsupply.com/pd_3m_471.cfm#
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, after too much gas was wasted, I found the tape in a semi-local RC shop for half of the price it was online (even before shipping).



Hinokagutsuchi said:
I think that you're going to want to paint it in reverse, starting with the white then working to black. Otherwise, the white will come out looking grey.

As for a rough edge to the bricks, I don't know.
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I plan on doing multiple coats, is there a way I can get away with white on black? I understand what you are saying, and have seen the problem myself, but doing it in reverse would be an absolute pain in the ass! If I use flat paints, do you think this will help with the result? or could I use a thin coat of primer? Any suggestions are appreciated!
 
myPCrocks said:
Got to your local Automotive paint supplier and pick up some 3m Fine line tape.It comes in several different widths and is very flexible and stays in place when you burnish the edges.
I have used this for several years on my various airbrush projects.

Here is what it looks like.
http://repaintsupply.com/pd_3m_471.cfm#
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QFT. Fineline 3M is the shits.
 
blindbug said:
I plan on doing multiple coats, is there a way I can get away with white on black? I understand what you are saying, and have seen the problem myself, but doing it in reverse would be an absolute pain in the ass! If I use flat paints, do you think this will help with the result? or could I use a thin coat of primer? Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Yes, yes, and yes. use flat black first, tape up your lines, coat or two of grey primer, coat or two of flat white (could even be gloss white) and then use gloss @ the end after removing the tape.

You'll be just fine ... no worries. Please take pics (maybe a worklog?)

Neat project :cool:
 
sn3ak3rp1mp said:
Yes, yes, and yes. use flat black first, tape up your lines, coat or two of grey primer, coat or two of flat white (could even be gloss white) and then use gloss @ the end after removing the tape.

You'll be just fine ... no worries. Please take pics (maybe a worklog?)

Neat project :cool:
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Thanks man... I will definitely be taking pictures along the way. I am anxiously awaiting for the weather to turn so I can actually get some work done. I have had some other plans along the way, but I am most looking forward to the paint, I'll have A LOT of masking to do afterward.






2uantuM said:
Awesome designs.
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Thanks man, it took me a little while to get these things done, if you look closely, you can see that I actually accounted for the angles/prospective on them. But it gives me a good 'this is what I want' before doing so.
 
oh boy this seems a bit like the other thread. Use frisket masking film. It's basically sticky paper that is used for stencils. You can print the bricks on it. After you do the base color, cut out the lines you need, apply the stencil, spray all the cutout lines.....call it good.

That fine line tape is a lot of work.
 
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