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by Packoderm » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:42 pm
(currently Zeke Chaparral)
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by Snow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:27 pm
I've seen some great stuff done with tape over the years. That was a good 'un.
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by hookahdude » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:02 pm
Water soluble paint? Just a thought!
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by unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:12 pm
Packoderm wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..
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by trilobyte » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:50 pm
Nice one!
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by junglesmacks » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:25 pm
unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..
Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?
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by unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:33 pm
junglesmacks wrote:unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..
Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?
The coffee camp on the 8:30 street has been doing it that way for years..
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by moonrise » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:58 pm
Wow! That is genius!
What did you use for the colored paint? Water color paints?
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by unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:06 pm
moonrise wrote:Wow! That is genius!
What did you use for the colored paint? Water color paints?
No paint.. Mud..
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by Snow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:12 pm
junglesmacks wrote:unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..
Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?
Think you're mixing up people!
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by theCryptofishist » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:16 pm
To clarify. White tape is used in the photographic example.
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by Packoderm » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:23 pm
Our camp first put blue painter's tape and then covered that with white duct tape.
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by Bob » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:35 pm
How do you alter your box?
Vajazzle it.
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