How to Make a Phoenix Effect for Jean Grey Marvel Legends
While it’s great we finally got a new Marvel Legends Phoenix action figure, she did not come with any accessories or effects. Today we’re going to make a Phoenix effect for her.
The materials you’ll need for this project are:
The clear plastic from toy packaging
Hot glue gun. I’m using this fine detail glue gun: http://amzn.to/2dX4DbC
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Pliers
Acrylic Craft Paint. I’m using Apple Barrel brand white, canary yellow, yellow, apricot, and pumpkin.
Paint brushes
Paint pallet
Mod podge
Paper
Pencil
File
2 plastic forks
Marker
Ruler or t-square
And some optional components are led lights or tea light leds.
We need to start by sketching a phoenix pattern for the effect on a piece of paper. For me it was easiest to draw a bird shape and then come back and then add the flames to the edges.
Next, place your plastic packaging on top of your sketch and use the marker to trace the design on the plastic. I left 6.5 cm of plastic on the bottom of the phoenix’s tail to form part of a base.
Use your scissors to cut out the design. File down any sharp edges left on the plastic.
If you want your effect to have more dimension, sketch a smaller interior layer or two of flames and cut the out of the plastic.
Starting with the top layer, which is the smallest, apply a line of glue to the backside along the edge of my flames. Let the glue cool and then apply a second layer of glue on top of the first.
Repeat this process of applying a line of glue two layers thick to the edge of the middle flame section of my effect. Then glue the top layer down on the center of the middle layer. Glue the middle layer on the center of the largest piece.
For this next stage, we need to make a tool to help us using the two plastic forks. The tines of one fork are too spread apart for this project, so use the hot glue and glue two forks together like this to make a double fork that will be used to make patterns in smeared hot glue on the phoenix effect to add more dimension.
I highly recommend you practice on a piece of spare plastic with the double fork before you move on to your effect. You can try smearing globs of glue or lines and see which you like best. You can also drag the double straight through the glue or swish it around.
Place the smeared lines where ever you think you need them on all three layers of the plastic. You can add as many or as little as you want.
Mix up some paint with a bit of mod podge glue and water. I start off with a drop of paint, and then mix in some water in and glue in a different well. If find that I need a bit more glue than water. Then add some of the paint to the mixture and start painting. You will likely need to add more than one coat of paint to your effect, but give the paint time to dry between coats.
I’m going to paint the bottom layer the apricot, and then the middle layer will be yellow, and the top layer will be canary yellow. I thought there was too much difference in color between the layers, so while my paint was still a little wet, I painted over all the layers with apricot again. But some of the yellows are still there but it’s more of a gradual change.
Now the paint on everything is dry and I’m going to add some highlights and shadows. I’m starting by using my darker shade of orange, pumpkin and apply a little bit of paint on the raised areas of the hot glue. Then if I think the paint is too thick, I use a dry paint brush to smear the paint to blend it more. I also paint the outermost edge of the effect using the same smearing technique with the pumpkin paint.
On my top center layer I’m going to add highlights by applying white paint to the top of the raised areas and blend it in with my dry brush.
For the middle section, I use the canary yellow for highlights on the raised section and also the edge of the layer.
Now it’s time to make the back support section of base. We’re going to cut another piece of plastic that is roughly the dimensions in the video. Glue the bottom of back supporting section to the bottom of the effect using the hot glue. Then glue the two tabs on further on up to the back of the effect.
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