PAint elephant tusks

[winertax]

Hello, sorry if it is not the category adapted to put the post...

 I have bought this repro of tusks, but I want to paint them as those of another photography. I have never done this before and I am afraid to spoil them, do not have a lot of experience in this. I am lost...advices please

 

 
 

[ljones]

i would recommend thin washes of artist oil paints to achieve the look your after ,  burnt umber and raw umber and maybe a little cadium orange are the colors you need, seal with a matte clear to lock the color once your satisfied with the results

[Daniel M.]

You can also airbrush them with different shades of brown and wipe them down with a rag dipped in lacquer thinner. That will leave the color in all the natural grooves and scratches copied from the original set of tusks.


I'm no expert, and don't normally post advice like this. But, I remember wanting to do the same thing and thinking how hard it would be to do. Then when I saw a set colored that way, I was shocked at how easy it was

[lorefuma]

only thing... the color in the reference is strange. A natural tusk generally have several inches (like 2 feet?) white, because of the portion inside jaws and gums, don't?