@BREAD ON TOAST Oh, Metroid! Seems obvious, but I wouldn't have thought of it XD

Wario Land's a classic

@@skippy6536 oh hey, I think I have that somewhere actually! 😆

hatris

I hope it goes well! I was a bit skeptical about the crystal spray, but I played this thing all week in the summer heat and it's holding up surprisingly okay! Just needs enough time to cure.

Yes, thank you!!!!

Thanks! I'm pretty sure it was Qor

omg SAME!

Gosh, you flatter me XD Yeah, I have a deep distrust for sealants, it's a bunch of different chemicals that either play well together or don't, and you don't know which is the wrong one until it's ruined your project already 😑

Yeah same, I'll have to actually play with this thing more often to see what happens. I told myself if it really wears that badly, I guess I'll just HAVE to buy one of those gorgeous wood-looking cases everyone is getting ;) edit: OOH, or maybe get one of the clear ones and decorate the inside... hmmmm

Oh boy, good luck! :D I was worried that the clear coat wouldn't be strong enough to protect against oily hands, but it's been okay! It would have been better if I gave it lots of time to cure first though...

@@YellowMelle have you tried something similar without the white layer underneath? Don't have that stuff so I night have to just do a white acrylic layer

@@thompsonevergreen8006 Hmm the difference between gesso and white acrylic is that gesso is less shiny and a bit rough texture so stuff can stick. Watercolour probably won't sit on plain white acrylic very well. 🤔

@@YellowMelle would sanded plastic work?

@@thompsonevergreen8006 I guess it's worth an experiment on something less special first! XD

I've only tried the transparent watercolour ground and it was terrible! (there's a vid in the playlist of that), but I do hear that the regular watercolour ground is better. Haven't used it yet 😅

@@YellowMelle oh nice I'll check it out, I bought the transparent one top, should have seem your video first 😖😅 loved your last video, was really inspiring!

@@EggyOrphan Maybe you will have better luck! XD

Hmm, usually I just stick with plain white school glue, or Tacky Glue, but since I seem to be using a brush, I bet you it's acrylic pouring medium on this one!

It's not 100% perfect, but it's okay. I think it matters how thick the gloss coat goes on and how humid the room, so mine has always felt ever so slightly tacky. That said, I don't play with it a lot, just at family dinners and for a week in the summer, so there's a bit of damage along the back edges where I grip it with my grubby dusty camping hands lol

Yes, I think the same thing! The clear coat stays sticky for a long time until it cures, so most damage is probably during that time. I took it on a hot summer vacation and played it everyday for a week, and it survived that, which is already impressive! 😆 It is not sticky anymore, so I think it will be okay for a good enough time.

Good to know that. I hope it survives too. Keep up with the nice work, i guess.

Thank you, I'll have to keep an eye out at the flea market! hehehe

You mean now? Hmm, I suppose it feels a little "grippy?" I think I only did that one coat of crystal spray at the end, so the part with the paper collage and acrylic bee is still slightly raised. I suppose if I rubbed the back of my fingers against the gameboy, and then did the same to my living room wall, it feels similar lol

@@YellowMelle Thanks for replying. I guess my concern is the paint feeling sticky. That would be an uncomfortable sensation. Edit: I forgot to mention that yours came out BEAUTIFULLY. It's amazing, really. I want to do this this weekend.

@@Fortwaba Ah thank you!! yes, the sticky! Paint, especially the crystal coat, I think we only think about dry time, but it also has a much longer cure time. So it might be dried, but not yet cured, so it will be sticky for a while. So I took the gameboy camping a week after I painted it, so it was a bit tacky and the parts I was gripping were being slightly damaged by my handling. But if I pick it up now, it's not tacky anymore and I don't worry about it so much. Just takes a little waiting!