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A Vintage Leather Jackets Forum member posted his collection of original A-2 jackets, one of the jackets had the artwork, "Spring Plowin".
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I really liked the artwork on the jacket so I commissioned a jacket artist to reproduce it.
The picture of the original jacket:
The reproduced artwork on my jacket:
The artist, Mike, normally paints with acrylics. I asked him to see if he could paint a 'weathered' looking jacket back, like the jacket in the original. He said he'd give it a go.
Mike experimented with various techniques and found that it was difficult to artificially age acrylic paint.
He decided to paint with enamel and use a 'weathering' coat over the paint. He said, with the thin enamel paint, it would naturally develop the patina of crazing found on old paint jobs.
I've got to say, I'm really happy with the results.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7120
I really liked the artwork on the jacket so I commissioned a jacket artist to reproduce it.
The picture of the original jacket:
The reproduced artwork on my jacket:
The artist, Mike, normally paints with acrylics. I asked him to see if he could paint a 'weathered' looking jacket back, like the jacket in the original. He said he'd give it a go.
Mike experimented with various techniques and found that it was difficult to artificially age acrylic paint.
He decided to paint with enamel and use a 'weathering' coat over the paint. He said, with the thin enamel paint, it would naturally develop the patina of crazing found on old paint jobs.
I've got to say, I'm really happy with the results.