Joker - Arkham: Painting--Oils IV - The Straitjacket (2)

The time has come for the tedious part of the project: the canvas webbing on the straitjacket. 

I first tested both oils and acrylics on a piece of polystyrene painted with a khaki acrylic: the acrylics were the superior medium for this application, due to their opacity and fast-drying nature. 

And so it begins. It takes about 30 minutes to do ~10mm of webbing, including staining and outlining in oils. This will be going on for a while. . . 

UPDATE 12.08.2018. . . After completing the transverse webbing across the pectorals, I painted the stitched tape at the base of the straitjacket's collar.

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003