Learn how to paint props and FX with master painter Rut Villamagna. Rut guides you through a variety of techniques for painting, texturing and finishing. Demonstrations include recreating metallic effects (chroming, rust, ageing, etc), mixing colors, and using aerosols, stencils, airbrush and spray guns to create instant texture and sealing it to last forever.

For this in depth course, Rut Villamagna demostrates with a variety of products, including metallics, candy colors, clear coats and several tones.

You will learn all the secrets of painting props in 13 lessons. After that, you will be able to paint a Nerf gun -a plastic gun, a toy- like a professional. Materials and techniques used on this course could be applied on any other prop as long as models and miniatures.

In a continually evolving movie industry, the art of flexibility is key to an artist's success, including the ability to pick up new disciplines on art painting.

This course is suitable for advanced painters and beginners alike. Beginners can avoid chroming because that includes the use of airbrushes / spray guns and compressors.

Learn how to turn plastic toys into camera-ready props and weapons with Rut Villamagna.

Rut Villamagna has been painting prop weapons for the last Star Wars trilogy and Rogue One. She has also worked in Fantastic Beasts, Maleficent, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Warcraft, Frankenweenie, Isle of Dogs, 1917, Pan´s Labyrinth, Cinderella, Tom & Jerry and Batman among others.