At a Goodwill, I found a metal sign (the "galvanized" texture is actually just printed) that had a fairly conventional "California Republic" logo, but was torn/scratched on the bottom part. I figured I could fix it up and Fallout-ize it with some modifications.
The first part was to add another bear head, since the New California Republic logo has a two-headed bear. (To my knowledge, there are no two-headed bears or "yao guai" in the game, but, hey, mutations don't need to be CONSISTENT.) Changing the title to "NEW CALIFORNIAN REPUBLIC" would be more challenging, since the lettering clearly didn't leave room for "NEW" on the left side. However, I decided that the aesthetic demanded that I paint this as if someone were ... well ... doing exactly what I was actually doing, and that was to just modify it with paint. XD So I just added the "NEW" with some sketchily-painted-in letters.
One trouble I ran into was that when I hung up the sign, it was immediately obvious which parts of the sign were painted over, and which were not. In fact, the strange thing was that the painted-over parts were more visible than the original sections, because I was getting a bit of shine from the overhead lights. So, I basically went back and "re-traced" the printed logo areas with paint, matching the color as closely as I could. (I did something similar with touching up the torn parts of the 'galvanized' texture at the bottom, though there was no easy way to get the "sheen" to look the same.)
The result seems to look decent enough on the wall -- still very amateurish, but good enough for post-apoc chic, I figure. XD I've got a few Nuka-Cola items on the wall, plus some other wall-hangings that aren't expressly Fallout, but have that "retro tin sign" look that I could imagine fitting into the Fallout universe.
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Date: 2024-02-13 03:13 pm (UTC)The first part was to add another bear head, since the New California Republic logo has a two-headed bear. (To my knowledge, there are no two-headed bears or "yao guai" in the game, but, hey, mutations don't need to be CONSISTENT.) Changing the title to "NEW CALIFORNIAN REPUBLIC" would be more challenging, since the lettering clearly didn't leave room for "NEW" on the left side. However, I decided that the aesthetic demanded that I paint this as if someone were ... well ... doing exactly what I was actually doing, and that was to just modify it with paint. XD So I just added the "NEW" with some sketchily-painted-in letters.
One trouble I ran into was that when I hung up the sign, it was immediately obvious which parts of the sign were painted over, and which were not. In fact, the strange thing was that the painted-over parts were more visible than the original sections, because I was getting a bit of shine from the overhead lights. So, I basically went back and "re-traced" the printed logo areas with paint, matching the color as closely as I could. (I did something similar with touching up the torn parts of the 'galvanized' texture at the bottom, though there was no easy way to get the "sheen" to look the same.)
The result seems to look decent enough on the wall -- still very amateurish, but good enough for post-apoc chic, I figure. XD I've got a few Nuka-Cola items on the wall, plus some other wall-hangings that aren't expressly Fallout, but have that "retro tin sign" look that I could imagine fitting into the Fallout universe.