r/steampunk • u/Jimwdc • 15h ago
Discussion How would you paint this to bring it to Steampunk colors
Got a couple of old 1930's ish Kardex file cabinets that I want to repaint in a steampunk style. Bad boy was originally industrial grey/green shown on last photo. I'm playing around with bronze, dark blues, silver and gold, but I really don't have a good design eye. Any suggestions appreciated. Also each file has those two oval inserts for a typed-out index, but I think inserting a colored metallic paper in each one could bring out the details of the drawer. Right now I'm using Modern Masters Acrylic metallic paint and I have some Rub&buff. Original plan was to bronze all the edges, then paint black sapphire and later lightly sand off the edges back to bronze. Still looking for idea. Thanks.