Ok, quick update on my tutorial project: I’m virtually done. The content has been pretty much finished, and I have taken several pictures to illustrate points in the tutorials (mostly pics of the various tools involved in propmaking). However, I still need a few images, and I thought I might see if any of you have any good images that you could contribute (if they’re not your images, please give me the info for who to give credit to).
What I am looking for is:
-An picture of a circle cutter of some type
-A picture of 1 or more of these tools: jig saw, band saw, chop saw, any other type of power saw
-A picture illustrating common prop imperfections (bumps, seams, gaps, cracks, etc) that one would fix by smoothing over with sanding & bondo, preferrably one good, clear photo illustrating several of these (clear meaning that the imperfections are easy to spot)
-A picture of a primed prop, preferrably one where it’s the first primer application and bondo & sanding is needed, along with another where it’s the final primer coat and the bondo-sand cycle has been completed (this one and the one above may be done with one pic, especially if it’s a gray or other light-colored primer, since the primer does tend to highlight imperfections)
-A picture illustrating exposed metal, where paint has rubbed off the metal (doesn’t have to be real metal; could be metallic paint)
-A picture (or series of pictures) illustrating the basic process for drybrushing
Other pics I don’t necessarily need, but might be nice if anyone has any:
-Some pics illustraring different grades of sandpaper (coarsness)
-Some generic pics illustrating wood, metal, and plastic, as well as foam and foamboard (ie, pics of a lumber stack to illustrate a section of the tutorials talking about wood, pics of sheet metal stacks to illustrate the metal section…something along those lines).
-Some pics illustrating the appearance of different paint finishes (gloss, semi-gloss, matte, etc)