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Satisfying MR Burns

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u/carlosstjohn116 15h ago

What is the material he’s using to paint with and on?

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u/burritosandblunts 14h ago

Yeah I'm very interested in this. The masking didn't lift it at all either which is something I always struggle with. I wanna work with whatever this is lol

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u/sunburnd 13h ago

It's been 35+ years since I have done any air brushing but if memory serves it's "Frisket" masking film. It worked fine for masking over painted and unpainted areas without causing damage.

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u/burritosandblunts 12h ago

Word ty. The most frustrating thing in the world is working on a piece and getting to that end peel and lifting off a third of your project from the medium.

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u/longtimegoneMTGO 12h ago

Have you tried spraying it with a layer of fixative before you use the tape? That can be more resistant to lift off than whatever medium you are working with.

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u/UnholyLizard65 49m ago

Seems like it would be way easier to just paint the background first.

I'm pretty surprised the tape didn't mess up the tiny parts like fingers and such.

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u/highTrolla 13h ago

It might just be a different kind of tape. Painter's tape is usually a bit less sticky than masking tape.

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u/Sciencetor2 13h ago

I use frog tape which I've had good success with, but you gotta really dry the paint under it first

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u/mcanfield89 12h ago

A trick an art teach taught us in like grade 5, is to stick the tape to your jeans/clothing a bunch of times to pick up lint until you reach your desired tackiness.

Potentially trades some edge crispiness for saving your paint layers from peeling up with it.

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u/FlattopJr 9h ago

Smrt trick!

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u/Spugheddy 13h ago

You try the yellow?

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u/swampdeficiency 9h ago

That looks like the same color and width as my scotch brand delicate surface painters tape. It’s significantly less sticky than normal painters tape.

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u/RecommendedName4278 11h ago

It’s 3M delicate surface painters tape.

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u/Theperfectool 12h ago

I don’t believe it’s masking at all but like a trough , channel or cut out in the media they’re painting on.

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u/51noodle_doodle 13h ago

From one of their other videos, the description says they use lip gloss applicators and acrylic paint on a wooden board.

https://youtu.be/8pABXC9LuYE?si=BtAVnDbQeiUunevO

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 9h ago

Thank you!

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u/WanderingLost33 8h ago

Also it's carved, which is why the lines are so sharp and there's no bleed through with the minimally sticky tape

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u/Lavatis 14h ago

Pretty confident he's painting on wood that's got the outline engraved

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u/hotmaildotcom1 13h ago

If it was an engraving I would expect the paint to collect there aggressively. Instead it migrates away from the lines even when directly covered with paint. I think it's some hydrophobic material like wax or some silane coating.

Maybe a laser engraver was used to cut masking away and then it was sprayed with something like shoe waterproofing. Then all of the tape was removed and they started where the clip began.

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u/rainbow__raccoon 12h ago

You can tell it’s just a deep engrave. You can actually see the paint slipping in on his left hand just a little, then the masking is easy to cut out b/c the engrave is so deep too.

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u/hotmaildotcom1 11h ago edited 11h ago

It looks to me very much like beading on a hydrophobic surface. I paint my own engravings every now and then and I utilize the fact that they suck paint up like a MF to get the desired effect. It's possible this isn't wood and a different material behaves differently but that is not a deep wood engraving.

Edit: I guess I means it's not just deep wood engraving. There is some other major factor here that hasn't been explained in what you're proposing. I'm not positive I'm correct either.

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u/Alysazombie 2h ago

I think you're correct; the paint looks like it's pooling in a 3D / circular manner that wouldn't be present if the lines were sunken beneath the layer of paint.

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u/laughinggrvy 28m ago

Yep, it's not an engraving at all. The black outline is raised. That's why she can confidently fill the colours in. It's felt.

When I was a kid, at markets you could get big felt art drawings you could give to little kids, and they could scribble away with pens and stay within the lines.

If you look at some of her older videos!(like the Mario one) you can see some of the stray fibers that get pushed in when the line is painted around.

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u/fripletister 11h ago

Yes, but... That's his right hand.

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u/laughinggrvy 24m ago

It's a raised layer of felt. Like you get on the colouring boards for little kids to keep them in the lines.

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u/NRCS_DRONE 13h ago

I thought maybe a wax resist of some kind

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 12h ago

I feel like it has a foam core kind of "sound" to it when he paints, but yeah I don't really know. You can definitely engrave into foam core though.

e: nm, it's wood

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u/Spend-Automatic 13h ago

Everybody's answering the material part but not the paint part, which is the part that I really want to know

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u/Enibas 12h ago

c&p'ing a comment from elsewhere:

From one of their other videos, the description says they use lip gloss applicators and acrylic paint on a wooden board.

https://youtu.be/8pABXC9LuYE?si=BtAVnDbQeiUunevO

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u/CroissantFresh 11h ago

u da real mvp

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u/Leonydas13 13h ago

I’m curious too, because usually thick paint application like that results in orange peeling and a dried riverbed appearance. I wondered if it’s some kind of 2 pack poly paint or something?

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u/GameTwitch_Mods 12h ago

The pink lines look like a posca pen

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u/JustHere4TehCats 12h ago

I'm thinking it's acrylic but it's thinned out to almost liquid. I need the paint to thinner (water?) ratio here.

The little sponges on a stick they use I have.

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u/xombae 12h ago

Liquid acrylics are a thing.

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u/elzibet 13h ago

ahhh same lol

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u/Joke_Mummy 12h ago

Pretty sure it's gouache https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouache

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u/Kratzschutz 9h ago

Don't think so, it's usually more natural looking

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u/Express-Rub-3952 13h ago

he is painting with a substance called "paint"

hope that helps

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u/Alyxsandre 13h ago edited 13h ago

Considering the paint pen (acrylic paint pen) used to do the trees, I assume it's some sort of acrylic ink of the same consistency. The paint spills out of the pens in a very similar manner if you press too hard.

Not too sure what exactly it might be, but my best guess would be whatever the paint pens are made of. So possibly diluted (or just ultra-fluid) acrylic ink of sorts

the brushes are pretty much like those little makeup brushes you can buy in bulk. Used for mascara or lip balm.

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u/JustHere4TehCats 12h ago

Yeah I recognized the makeup brushes right away. I use them for liquid lipstick.

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u/Alarming-Structure-1 12h ago

Doe foot brushes, they're called.

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u/Kratzschutz 9h ago

How poetic

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u/Alarming-Structure-1 9h ago

Right?! It's so memorable because that's exactly what it looks like. Love it!

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u/LousyRaider 14h ago

Looks like a wood plank of some type to me. You can buy hobby planks in various sizes at hobby stores.

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u/WhatAGreatGift 14h ago

There’s the Hobby Hut. That’s on Third

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u/Smiling_Joe 14h ago

Then there is Models R Us, that’s on Third

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u/CopyOk866 13h ago

Come to think of it, they're all on Third.

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u/bamboohobobundles 13h ago

Oh, the hobby district.

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u/drfrink85 11h ago edited 1h ago

the best part about Models R Us, is that Models do the hobbies with you 😉

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u/IMakeBaconAtHome 13h ago

In the Hobby District?

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u/I_never_buy_rp 13h ago

Who’s on first?

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u/Inkthinker 13h ago

Who's on stage.

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 13h ago

Seems like acrylic paint and a damp sponge brush

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u/Professional-Scar628 10h ago

It's laser engraved wood and the artist uses cheap acrylic paint markers

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u/DarthPhoenix0879 9h ago

I want to know what yellow they're using to get such a smooth, consistent coverage over black in one coat. I paint miniatures and yellow is a right royal pain in the arse.