My son Matt's roommate, David Shelley, recently moved back to NC to be with family, and Matt threw a surprise going away party for him. I made a "Halo" cake for him after one of his favorite video games. I tried to do World of Warcraft, but couldn't get a good picture that would translate into whipped cream frosting, so I went with a character from Halo instead. Ever the procrastinator, I decided to order a plain cake from King Soopers to save time. This is what I got for $13.99. Um, yeah, if I hadn't been in such a hurry, I would've given it back and told them, "You call this a professional cake? Forget it!" I couldn't believe how sloppy the frosting job was and all the crumbs that showed through!
Look at all that frosting smeared on the cardboard! The icing was VERY thin, too! What a joke!
So, I added some more frosting, smoothed it out, and wiped all the mess off the cardboard. Now THIS is how you do it!
I used a toothpick to sketch in the gunman.
And ... because I was in such a hurry, I don't have "during" photos! LOL But at least you get to see how it turned out.
The gunman was semi 3-dimensional after I built up the layers of frosting.
Here's my son Matt on the left and his friend David on the right. We miss you already, Dave!
Look at all that frosting smeared on the cardboard! The icing was VERY thin, too! What a joke! 
So, I added some more frosting, smoothed it out, and wiped all the mess off the cardboard. Now THIS is how you do it! 
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