D.I.Y hasn't this been done already?! - The Bathroom Window

This is a new segment where I fix things around the house that my parents haven't thought to do anything about for ~30 years.

Here is the window before. As you can see, there is no blinds or frosting.
PU2 is acting as a villain/ burglar/ monster/Sandhill crane.

So for this project we need some glass frost spray paint:

This is the window before I fixed it. It is perfectly clear and anyone can spy on you while you use the shower/facilities.

I taped up the edges and fan

And ran into a problem:

WTActualF!?

So I used a piece of metal wire to jab into the would be nozzle area.

This gave a bit of a drippy end result :c

I guess I could put some fish on it and call it an ocean theme XP

And here is the after:

I don't even need to hide PU2's face!

Verdict: I'll get a new (not dodgy can) and give it another coat, but I'm very happy with how it turned out!

Art break - Captain America: Civil War Scene

S and I went and saw 'Captain America: Civil War' together ages ago (pro tip: it freaking sucked!).

One of the scenes involved Rodgers and Bucky fighting in Berlin. We looked at each other, we were going to Berlin... 
This was a sign!

Dionysus: C'mon, it will be fricking sweet!

So I asked S who she wanted to be. She picked Bucky because she hates Rodgers (I don't understand this but I admire the passion).

So we needed a shield and an arm cover. I want to preface this by saying we WANTED it to look like a half-assed attempt. It's funner that way. So please don't think I suddenly got any worse at art. 
It was also fun to just slap things together with little planning, it was a bit of a novelty to not think a great deal about the order of things.

For me, being Captain America, I started with the finest base for my shield...

I love how the Frisbee says "Sports fun". So generic!

I started by spray painting it with a white base then silver.

Like the butt that I am, I didn't photograph the silver part... damn past me!

Then let's just paint on the red where the red goes...

It was too smooth for the acrylic paint, so I did it in two coats. Easy. Could I scratched it up with sand paper? Yes, but this is a lazy project, remember!

Resting on other art supplies.

Damn it, you weren't meant to go on the inside!

And a blue bit with a silver star...

I then felt I should varnish it, to protect it a little on it's journey to Berlin.

Orange felt for a handle:

Freaking done!

Why does my neck look so long?

Now on to S's Bucky arm! The initial idea was just wrapping her arm in aluminium foil... but I thought I could surprise her!
So we start with silver long gloves.

Put the left aside and paint a red star on the right one.

Then cut the right one at the hand and it can be used to extend the left one up further!

You better ask me to dance, Rodgers! XD

Verdict:

Bucky's wall eyes and Capt's mask added for privacy.

S was embarrassed but played along. 
The star started to come off the glove, so I glued it back on... and glued it to S's arm in the process.

We got it off within 25 minutes. 

Art break - Children's Day Sushi Fish

Got a bunch of soy sauce fish from sushi? 
W (brother unit) kept giving them to me so I thought I might give them back!
Let's represent our family!

1. Get a bunch of sushi fish, one for each unit in your family:

2. Empty them:

3. Paint them white:

4. Paint on details in a colour that is the favourite of each family unit:

5. Put on wire so they look like fish kites:

6. Done!

If you are so inclined, I want to see your (yes, you, reader) fish families! Let's reuse these little containers for something kind of sweet! 

Art break - Sunken Treasure Chest for C

C had a pirate themed 30th birthday party, so I thought what better gift than some treasure pulled from its marine resting place!

So I started with a chest-shaped cardboard box. This was easier than making a box to the correct shape and it would retain better structural integrity.

The next step was to use modelling paste and pistachio shells to make seaweed and clams stuck to the box, respectively.
Once attached, the entire outside of the box was painted white (with poster and spray paint).
I used blue painters tape to protect the leather-like accents on the box.

The shells and seaweed were then spray painted gold (the spray paint making it easier to get into all the nooks and crannies). I did the inside of the box a blue-teal colour to keep that marine theme going. I latter added a bit of gold dusting to the inside as well to keep it looking valuable and not too clean.

The next step was to start adding brown paint, for the wooden outside. This took a while because like a goose, I bought poster paint, not acrylic paint. Poster paint is less viscose and has a lower colour pay-off (more translucent).

Starting to look real!

After that it was a matter of adding acrylic paint (gold, blue, green, red), some beads, gems, glitter (treasure is shiny), netting (like fishing netting), and a bit more modelling paste until I felt it looked like a real pirate treasure chest.

- I made the outside of the shells more rose gold, for a bit of contrast.

- Modelling paste was put at the base to make it look like the chest had been underwater so long it had started to integrate into the ecosystem.

- I put little pearls into each open clam and added some bigger pearls on top... nothing says the ocean like pearls XP

- I added some rose gold painted date pits because they looked interesting and added something extra other than 'clams'.

- The netting is like old fishing netting that got caught on the chest.

- I added the little gems on the outside and the glitter to make it look a little 'richer'.


Inside is a bottle of 'James Plank' ... Jim Beam... get it?! XD
Also some shiny candy, chocolate coins, and a pearl necklace (hur hur hur).
These sit on gold tissue paper and red shredded paper.

I made the replacement label with parchment and incense and acrylic paint made the 'wax seal' on top.

Verdict:  C loved it!!!