LOVEcraft

I'm a huge H.P. Lovecraft fan. And Arts. Robert India is one of my post-modern heroes.

So why not mix some of my interests into one piece of plastic?

Let's make an LOVE-Craft-Mashup!

It's not much work. You take these two templates and put them together in the slicer until it fits optically. The LOVE logo can also be distorted a bit. I put it together in Simplify3D and used a lot of support structure.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2086578

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:22952

Then print the created model with a PLA of your choice. I used black matt as base. But white would certainly not have been a mistake.

For the painting I used acrylic paints and very fine brushes. The basic colour is a dark, strongly glazed green. Then directly a few fine layers. The black should shine through a bit. A little like moss in a swamp.

The base of the wings is dark red to violet. This creates a leather-like surface with the black. Highlight the top structures with a light green.

The LOVE-part is based on the original by Robert India. It is advisable to prime with white if you have used a dark PLA.
Then I recommend to work from the inside to the outside. Again work in several thin layers. High gloss would certainly do well.

Finally you can lighten the eyes with a little mother-of-pearl or weak white. And highlight the top structures again with a light green-yellow.

You can stay forever at the details. Always let it dry a little and then look over it again later. If you like, you can also paint the whole figure in clear lacquer.

White PLA might have been easier to paint, but then the figure would probably have become too bright.

If I did it again, I would use less support structure.

Thanks for reading.

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