Tutorial: Dragon Egg / Nail Polish Acorn

  

I got this idea from a AccioLacquer's blog post, this is my interpretation of this, and how I made these 'eggs'.

What I used:

Polystyrene Egg - 78mm

Black Acrylic Paint

200-250 Push Pins / Drawing Pins / Tacks

Black Polish - Jess Midnight

Duochrome Polish - W7 Twilight

Top Coat

Glue Gun

First thing I did was to roughly paint the foam egg black, so that any gaps with the pins wouldn't show through.

 

Then I pushed pins in to a box, in lines so that I knew where I was up to rather than it being random

Painted the pin heads with the black polish

Second coat of black polish

 Paint the pin heads using a duochrome polish, then top coat the pins

Begin sticking the pins in the egg, starting at the bottom in a spiral formation up to the top, over lapping the previous pin to keep it in place

 

Glue gun the last pin in place, and your egg is complete!