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Post by Branjita on Sept 9, 2013 0:13:40 GMT -6
sexydbz you may want to try lavender made by Folk Art. Delta Ceramcoat's lavender is their worst paint color I own. You might as well be painting with snot. It doesn't cover well at all unless they've changed their formula (my bottle is probably 8 years old now and it sucked when brand new and sucks now). I just mix purple and white when I need to do Trunks's hair or another color similar to that. Oh yeah, and mix in some dark gray to get that color. I think it's called hippo gray.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 13:29:56 GMT -6
sexydbz you may want to try lavender made by Folk Art. Delta Ceramcoat's lavender is their worst paint color I own. You might as well be painting with snot. It doesn't cover well at all unless they've changed their formula (my bottle is probably 8 years old now and it sucked when brand new and sucks now). I just mix purple and white when I need to do Trunks's hair or another color similar to that. Oh yeah, and mix in some dark gray to get that color. I think it's called hippo gray. thanks bran I will definitely try these!  |
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Post by Branjita on Sept 13, 2013 16:37:57 GMT -6
This guy goes through a lot of the processes involved with building and painting models. Overall, I don't enjoy models at all. They require prep work, they never fit together properly so you have to use apoxie sculpt or other materials to fill gaps, they have imperfections, they're made of materials that don't accept paint or glue well, etc. Pretty annoying in my opinion because I like creating, not feeling like I'm the 2nd half of the production process. Capsule x Nike should find this interesting as it's the model he asked me to build for him possibly in the future. Not really sure I want to do it anymore after remembering all the BS involved with doing models. part 1 tinyurl.com/kg9jv4lpart 2 tinyurl.com/jw6ymeqHe has some other DBZ models on his blog, but the search doesn't work very well.  |
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Post by Gohan on Sept 13, 2013 17:45:38 GMT -6
Isn't that a Bulma you posted a while back bran? Unless he makes them? Or copied it?
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Post by Boddah on Oct 26, 2013 11:20:54 GMT -6
So hey I have a quick question about sculpting with clay. I'm using some "Smart Craft" oven-bake clay from Michaels to sculpt a small statue from scratch, and I was wondering if paperclips can be used as a sort of skeletal system for the statue to give it support, and still be baked in the oven without the clay cracking around the paperclips or anything.
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Post by Branjita on Oct 26, 2013 12:50:51 GMT -6
They can be but it's best if they aren't the type that have a coating.I'm not talking about the colored paperclips, I'm taking about the silver kind that have something on them. I read or heard something bad about those when they are heated. toxic or something. might want to Google it and see
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Post by Boddah on Oct 26, 2013 12:58:16 GMT -6
I know what you're referring to about the coating, I'll have to double check those to make sure but thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even think about that being a factor
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Post by timone317 on Oct 26, 2013 13:28:10 GMT -6
You might try placing it into boiling water. The paper clip will also gather heat in the oven and it could do...something. I have no idea what. Crack the clay, melt it...I'm not sure.
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Post by Branjita on Oct 27, 2013 11:20:16 GMT -6
after all of those years boiling polymer clay to harden it on plastic figures, I would never recommend boiling it to harden it, because it develops cracks over the years. I used do that because plastic and ovens do not mix and anything but sculpey was hard to find.
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Post by Boddah on Oct 29, 2013 11:47:53 GMT -6
What about manually hardening it with a heat gun? I believe the heat gun I have goes up to 450 degrees, same as the oven temp required to harden the clay I think. I'm wondering if I could use that to perhaps harden certain areas, while leaving other areas soft?
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Post by Branjita on Oct 29, 2013 12:13:34 GMT -6
I don't think you'd want to use a heat gun, because you're going to need to get the inside cooked thoroughly. If you just want to harden certain areas a little so you don't mess them up, then I suppose heat gun could work. If there's no plastic involved, you might as well just oven bake it when you are finished though. And also, I believe there is a limitation to how thick the clay should be. It probably says on the package. Maybe an inch thick, so you might need to bake several times.
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Post by Boddah on Oct 29, 2013 16:24:40 GMT -6
Ah cool, I'll just use the heat gun to get a little reinforcement then bake it. I'll double check the width limit but it's a pretty thin sculpture so I think it'll harden in one bake. Thanks for the help!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 0:20:41 GMT -6
What is the easiest way to reattach an antenna to a Jakks Piccolo figure?
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Post by Branjita on Jan 29, 2014 0:26:55 GMT -6
Loctite super glue would be the easiest, but it won't be a permanent solution.
Epoxy would be closer to permanent since it allows a small amount of flexibility, but also because it chemically bonds stronger with the plastic Jakks and Irwin used for the arms, legs, and heads. It might be a permanent solution for you, but unlike super glue, it doesn't work well with only the tiniest amount being used. You're probably going to need to have a small mound, but not so much that it looks like a donut around the antenna when you attach it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 20:24:38 GMT -6
I found another way to fix the antenna. I pushed a tac into the head where the antenna broke off, put in some superglue and pushed the antenna into the hole. Bingo it worked |
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