dragon2309
P.I Dragon
modding neednt be expensive or time consuming, a few lights and crazy appliques costing around a total of say 25-30 USD and 2 hours work and you got a cool case.
Case painting
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modding neednt be expensive or time consuming, a few lights and crazy appliques costing around a total of say 25-30 USD and 2 hours work and you got a cool case.
DanLatimer
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hmmm maybe i shall do that before i go away to collage then.. (in 2 weeks) im gunna make a new thread to ask ppl what i should do to my case take a look! (pic incl.)
dragon2309
P.I Dragon
right then, i suppose this should be in a new thread by now but what the hey, it's my thread anyway.
First stumbling block has been reached already, i have the stencils i want in picture format stored on my PC at the moment, i printed them off to see how they would look when i cut them out and discovered that paper would be far too flimsy for the job of spray paint stencil.
So im open to all uggestions as to what material i can print or transfer my stencils onto. Remeber that they will be used more than once, so the material will have to be rigid and not go floppy if it gets a bit of paint on it. I was thinking perhpas as barbaric as simply transferring them ont a corn-flakes box or something, do you think this would surfice to the task??
Thanks, any replies appreciated!
*EDIT* I also need to be able to cut this new material with a standard stanley knife so please dont suggest 2mm steel. LOL
First stumbling block has been reached already, i have the stencils i want in picture format stored on my PC at the moment, i printed them off to see how they would look when i cut them out and discovered that paper would be far too flimsy for the job of spray paint stencil.
So im open to all uggestions as to what material i can print or transfer my stencils onto. Remeber that they will be used more than once, so the material will have to be rigid and not go floppy if it gets a bit of paint on it. I was thinking perhpas as barbaric as simply transferring them ont a corn-flakes box or something, do you think this would surfice to the task??
Thanks, any replies appreciated!
*EDIT* I also need to be able to cut this new material with a standard stanley knife so please dont suggest 2mm steel. LOL
DanLatimer
New Member
yeah that sounds like a good idea although a carboard box may be to solid to bend through the curve of your printer.. i would recomend printing onto a normal piece of paper then taping the normal paper to the cardboard and then cutting the stencil out of both the paper and cardboard with an exacto knife or scissors if you cant find an exacto knife. or you could cut it out of the paper and trace it onto the cardboard then cut that out
dragon2309
P.I Dragon
ok, thanks dan, so you think cardboard would be sturdy enough to stand up against 2 sprayings then??
*EDIT* and whats an exacto knife, i've never heard of that before.
*EDIT* and whats an exacto knife, i've never heard of that before.
DanLatimer
New Member
yeah the cardboard should definitly stand up for two sprey paintings.
an exacto knife is like a pen with a very sharp blade at the end for cutting things out exactoly the way you want it! lol
the two in this picture to the far left are exacto knives
http://www.eventrentals.com/Dave/LMI Build Pics/braces 044.jpg
an exacto knife is like a pen with a very sharp blade at the end for cutting things out exactoly the way you want it! lol
the two in this picture to the far left are exacto knives
http://www.eventrentals.com/Dave/LMI Build Pics/braces 044.jpg
dragon2309
P.I Dragon
oh ok, thanks, i cut out the ones on paper with a stanley knife and it went perfectly, a bit tricky round the corners but you just have to keep turning the paper.
Thanks for your help Dan, you seem to be the only one interested now.
Thanks for your help Dan, you seem to be the only one interested now.