raharnett: plastic dip molding

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:19:22 GMT

Friends,
Plasti-Dip is keen stuff. In the past I've made a number of cuirasses following Richard's suggestion (member RandKL). Recently I tried making helmets, after a note by Bashalot on his Soda Can Electra. Some of you saw my first egg-mold attempt on Sonja in parts 3 & 4 of "At the Drawbridge." The idea was to make helmets less boxy than the one's I've been using.

Sonja, of course has a lot of hair, even after thinning....

raharnett: White Capes, a tutorial

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:18:32 GMT

Friends,
Some time back this white cape showed up on one of my posts:

The cape is a 19 Ã'Â½ inch diameter half-circle before hemming, The fabric, which drapes well and has body to it, frays easily. That's when I learned the difficulty about hemming a curve. Also, as Fred pointed out at the time, there is the problem of the hem (in this case...

raharnett: jousting saddles

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:16:04 GMT

JOUSTING SADDLES

All the recent posts about horses, mules, and donkeys has stirred me to finish the last few saddles for the lesser beasts in my herd. Except for three 9-inchers, my horses are 7 Ã'Â½ to 8 inches at the center of the back Ã¢â'¬â€œ which is small, but rollerskates are not required. Yesterday's nose count ran to 23, and I swear one is missing.

Some time back, I posted a start for a jousting saddle made from the bottom of a...

raharnett: Perfect Body breastplate Armor

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:14:52 GMT

My four PBs adventure with the smaller of the two chest sizes, which leaves the, ahem, huge chestplates available for experiments.

Here a Joe-clone holds an upper arm piece of Marx armor lightly coated with Plasti-Dip. He wears the first molding (two dippings thick, then sprayed with Krylon).

At his feet are a peeled...

raharnett: Making Coifs: a pattern

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:54 GMT

A while back, a fellow posted pics of his work on an actual linked ring chainmail coif for a CY girl. Fantastic work! Some 1400 individual rings, he said. Wow!

W-e-l-l, most of you know I'm into moving my figures around, dumping them off their horses, and scooping them with a shovel as the sun goes down. But, the medieval knights and amazons do need coifs.

One solution is to use stretch-knit jersey and spray it with metallic paint (Krylon is my...

raharnett: making shields from aluminum

feeds@yuku.com (graeylin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:09:31 GMT

Ever since Bashalot put together his plate armor for Electra, I have puzzled over how to use aluminum. Bashalot fessed up that he used super glue, and dared not send her off to fight.

Okay. Gluing is out, and welding aluminum is beyond my skills. But the stuff is available on grade school lawns (don't ask) and street gutters. Just leave all the Coca-Cola cans for recyclers as that can stock cuts fingers.

How to make a mold

feeds@yuku.com (Traud H) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:18:50 GMT

First off there are plenty of ways and different substances to use. What is presented here is how I do it.

What I'm making here is a squash mold and not a pour mold. Pour mold you make a spout to pour the casting resin into, and a squash mold you pour the resin into the mold and then squash/push the second half onto the first half.
First off get something to mold. In this case it's a Bionic Bigfoot chest piece & (a few other things seen at the end)

Arm and leg replacement

feeds@yuku.com (raharnett) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:07:41 GMT

All thumbs, on occasion I try different tasks:

Nude Barb about to get make-over

An old idea.....

feeds@yuku.com (kllysheros) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:16:25 GMT

......brought back for your viewing pleasure! I'm going into Buyback week at work and won't be on the board for awhile (again) so I leave you with this old idea. One pic IS worth 1000 words! Enjoy.

FRED

Been sittin on my hands too long...

feeds@yuku.com (blackopsx) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:09:50 GMT

Finally had a day where I wasn't feeling super crappy so I got to putter in the hobby room a bit. I decided it was time to make some more progress on my Orc figure. He still has a long way to go, sculpting, costuming etc. but I did make progress on his helmet.

The base for the helmet was a cut down Gimli helmet, didn't want my Orc running around with a dwarf helmet so I did some work on it with Aves Apoxie Sculpt, added a felt flap in the back, punched some pieces out of...

female fig tips?

feeds@yuku.com (Mikey) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:13:16 GMT

any tips on how to make the female HS look less feminine

My simple belt tutorial.

feeds@yuku.com (deltastorm99) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:18:31 GMT

Ok heres my version, hope it comes in handy for someone.

Make your own wooden crates.

feeds@yuku.com (blackopsx) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:43:51 GMT

I did this how-to at least ten years ago (kinda freaks me out it's been that long) and recently found it in my archived stuff, thought I should share it with folks who haven't seen it before.

Here is what the finished product will look like.

Here are the actual instructions, materials and sizes can be easily substituted, this is a basic how to.

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Dremmel tips?

feeds@yuku.com (RebelAngel) — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:04:30 GMT

OK, I just got my first Dremmel. Does anyone have any tips that might make using this thing easier / more enjoyable? Not that it is too difficult or not enjoyable...just asking those of you who have had them for a while if there are any tricks to it.

What are your favorite projects using the rotary tool for 1:6? Swords? head sculpting? hacking up pieces?

How to make your own stand

feeds@yuku.com (Ice) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:13:39 GMT

I recently did up a quick tutorial on how I make my own doll stands (the saddle type) that I thought I'd share. They work great for both Barbie & Ken, and I imagine they'd work for other figures as well.

http://members.shaw.ca/ReflectionsByIce/Tips.html#Stands

Audra

More on Satin and Fray Check

feeds@yuku.com (raharnett) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:33:49 GMT

As the bottle says, test the Fray Check on the fabric first.

The"watermarking" on white satin is almost invisible.

Ms Ice mentioned hearing Aleene's Tacky Glue thinned with water could be a substitute. Personally, I...

Covering Hinges

feeds@yuku.com (carlos bothwell) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:37:24 GMT

A little trick that could work in some figures. I mainly use Marvel Icon figures for my Barbarian type charcters these have huge hinges that look awefull for the barbarian type figures since most of them are barely naked. However since most 12" figures have ugly holes mostly in the elbows and knees to provide articulation this tip could work. This is simple and in my case has prove to be effective take a tiny piece of cotton and place it over the hinge use enough cotton to tightly...

Working with Satin

feeds@yuku.com (raharnett) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:18:41 GMT

For some time I've tried to make white satin blouses for my gals. Surely there must be many variations of satin, but the stuff I wind up with frays as you cut it.

Maybe it was the new bottle of Fray Check, but I ran a bead over the to-cut lines and let it dry, then cut out the pieces. Much more workable. Not perfect, but manageable:

The sleeves are merely...

Don't forget the party favors...

feeds@yuku.com (broadsword 6) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:36:23 GMT

When looking for items to use in a photostory or diorama, check out your local Party America or other such store selling all sorts of party goodies. I recently looked thru the party favors and found pirate chests, snakes, frogs, dinosaur finger puppets, and candy kettles that could have possible 1/6th uses.
And they're CHEAP.

Using your 1/6th eyes and beyond.....

feeds@yuku.com (kllysheros) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:43:13 GMT

Yep it used to be you had to use your 1/6th eyes to find cool items that would make the jump from 1:1 to 1/6th. Sometimes you have to go BEYOND that and picture how they might look with PAINT! Here's good example: Liz Swan and her lighted globe in the Deluxe set from POTC. If you look closely in the package the stand for the globe is sea horses! A plus right there! The globe is kind of 3D with raised landmasses and decor but it's a transparent glode! Throw a...

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