Posted by Antony Lacey on 12/23/05 15:28

Norm <abuse@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> I'm about to shoot a video that needs a car with a cracked windscreen
> for one of the scenes. Now without actually smashing the one on the car,
> has anyone ideas on how this can be done. The only transfers I've found
> have been for bullet holes and even one on its own won't really give the
> effect I need. My other idea was to try and pick up a cracked windscreen
> from a scrap-yard and lay that on top - the car will be stationary for
> that scene.
>
> Any other ideas?

Chinagraph pencils do a nice job of drawing on glass without washing off
too easily if there's a spot of rain - add some detergent and it comes
off easily enough.

If you have a reasonably skilled artist you should get the look you
want.

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Antony
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