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A new challenger approaches!!!!! Here is my version of Samus Arans' Varia Suit. I used two different size GI Joe accelerator suits for the base and the rest is sculpt. The visor and suit has glow in the dark paint. Comments and crits welcomed. Recipe: Head - gi joe scarlett Abdomen - Accelerator Suit Scarlet Body - Accelerator Suit Duke Custom paint job ![]() |
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Thanks for all your kind words guys. The glow in the dark effects on the photo were altered in photo shop because my camera doesn't have the a long enough exposure, so all I got was a fuzzy sillouette and a barely visible gray glow (which sucked cause I really wanted to show the green glow) The paint I'm using is surprisingly effective for its $2.95 price, but some prep work is required to achieve max effect, I paint the area white first then the color I want the glow to be, then about three layers of the glow-in-the-dark paint. But that Glo nation paint you mentioned batman1016, I checked it out and it seems really cool so I'm goin to order a sample and let you know whats the deal. Thanks a gain guys.
However, claims to be 20% brighter than standard glow materials. As I understand it, after 9/11, NYC demanded that exit signs be fully legible even if all power is knocked out, so they developed this stuff which glows like a lamp for hours. Saw it on a Modern Marvels, powerful stuff. Their glow paint may just be effective enough to photograph. And it's only $5.50 an oz (as opposed to $10-15 per 1/2oz like the last glow paint I looked at). So that might be a solution, I dunno.
The glow-in-the-dark effect is obviously photoshopped (said picture states as much at the bottom). Does anybody know a good way to photograph glow-in-the-dark figures? Obviously, you can't use flash, and a lot of cameras have trouble taking good shots in a dim/dark environment without flash.
Awesome job!!!!
I seriously considered using glow paint for my Samus, but didn't think the result would be worth the high cost of a bottle. I may have to rethink that decision, especially now that some brands have gotten cheaper.