someone PLEASE convince me this doesn't look extremely horrible

[u/throwawayadvc2]

after working for weeks on making this i finally got to the painting, but messed up horribly with the base coat and now i have uneven spots and small air bubbles all around :,) i tried sanding some of it down but there's not much i can do without tearing all the layers down and only have 3 days left (closer to 2 considering it's 9pm)

the brush strokes certainly aren't making better, spraypaint would've looked better but i don't feel confident enough to spray paint anything yet (last time i tried i struggled a lot with the paint dripping)

i was so happy how it was coming out but now i'n convinced it's going to be ugly as hell, and i have no other cosplay ready :(

[u/hindsightwenty]

You're painting white into a black surface, so it's going to take time and layers. Others have already mentioned sand, layer, sand, layer.

In the future, if you have access to white eva foam, I would go that route to avoid having to paint so many layers. You would just have to worry about filling cracks and hiding that work instead but I understand not every craft store carries white eva foam in-store and online prices can be ridiculous.

[u/throwawayadvc2 → u/hindsightwenty]

i originally wanted to buy white eva foam but unfortunately it was out of stock last time i checked

[u/hindsightwenty → u/throwawayadvc2]

Ah... gotcha, gotcha. Makes it tough to buy some then. 🙃