SquidMan
Sr Member
I've loved Watchmen since I first read it but have never really been a fan of the movie, and didn't like the change made to the Comedian's bloody button. The comic version of the blood droplet was meant to look like a clock hand/arrow and mimic the repeated imagery of the Doomsday Clock in the story, whereas the movie version just makes it look like a regular droplet that doesn't line up with the position of a clock arrow (the streak doesn't reach the midpoint of the button):
However, I always wanted to make a version of the pin that combines the look of the comic and movie version: one where the shape of the blood droplet is accurate to the comic, but looks like a realistic surface blood stain and not cartoony and printed-on like many Watchmen buttons sold online.
Screen-used movie version:
I want to make mine have a similar bit of subtle blood spatter and look like a three-dimensional stain on top of the button like this one, but in the arrow shape of the comic version.
Anyone have any ideas of what I can use? Not sure paint would work as it might look obviously "painted on" rather than an organic but still accurate looking drip.
I picked up a few buttons that look almost perfect to use as the base, but they're a little too glossy/reflective in a way that many handmade/cheap buttons are nowadays. It looks unlike vintage buttons (a look I want to replicate since the character started wearing this button in the 70s), which are glossy but not to such an intense degree:
First two photos are of my buttons, the third is an authentic vintage button from the 70s/80s. Is there any way to subtly reduce how glossy the mylar surface of the button is without damaging it? Sanding it, for example, would leave scratches, which I want to avoid.
However, I always wanted to make a version of the pin that combines the look of the comic and movie version: one where the shape of the blood droplet is accurate to the comic, but looks like a realistic surface blood stain and not cartoony and printed-on like many Watchmen buttons sold online.
Screen-used movie version:
I want to make mine have a similar bit of subtle blood spatter and look like a three-dimensional stain on top of the button like this one, but in the arrow shape of the comic version.
Anyone have any ideas of what I can use? Not sure paint would work as it might look obviously "painted on" rather than an organic but still accurate looking drip.
I picked up a few buttons that look almost perfect to use as the base, but they're a little too glossy/reflective in a way that many handmade/cheap buttons are nowadays. It looks unlike vintage buttons (a look I want to replicate since the character started wearing this button in the 70s), which are glossy but not to such an intense degree:
First two photos are of my buttons, the third is an authentic vintage button from the 70s/80s. Is there any way to subtly reduce how glossy the mylar surface of the button is without damaging it? Sanding it, for example, would leave scratches, which I want to avoid.
