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71605 + 71606 Series 26
tahra:
--- Quote from: Rhalius on January 20, 2025, 10:22:21 ---A pity many are ruined by weird eyes. They really need to stop trying to make that happen.
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I actually like most eyes (it's the red mouths I don't like, or the ayuma's).. but they are rarely printed in place. They look like idiots. :( And I can't fix that. With the old heads, if the print was off, we could just remove it, and have a head. With these cheap painted ones.. well..
There MUST be a way of making a "stencil" (is that the word?) to make eyes and/or mouth on klickys. then we could just remove 99.9% of the idiotic looking spirit klickys, with the eyes on the forehead, or the mouth on the neck.
I gave it a go, but didn't work. I had to paint the eyes on an asterix head - you know, the great ones with the mustache - but 99.999% of them have the eyes under the mustache. Ridiculous. And useless. So I did it freehand, not a great job... but it wasn't "usable" before, so... (last series' kept gentleman from the statue - link at playkingdoms)
--- Quote from: GrahamB on January 20, 2025, 17:06:14 ---Thanks for the review tahra, it's always good to see how you improve on the PM designs! Congratulations on creating 5 figures from the parts of one, that's quite an achievement.
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Thank you - I do believe it's a first for me... and such a... well.. not the most interesting figure, at first glance...
--- Quote from: GrahamB on January 20, 2025, 17:06:14 ---We have only just opened Series 26, so your review didn't seem that late! It was a better selection of figures than some recent sets.
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:)
Ismene:
Great review!
There are more klickies in this series that I liked than I had anticipated. It's a shame they'll probably cost a small fortune on Ebay, but that's always the case.
Klickteryx:
--- Quote from: tahra on January 21, 2025, 08:20:46 ---
There MUST be a way of making a "stencil" (is that the word?) to make eyes and/or mouth on klickys.
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Yes, stencil is correct. The eyes would be easy, well easyish. A holepunch of the right size and distance on some 'sticky paper' then paint brown. Remove stencil. The mouth would be harder.
What would be perfect is a tight fitting plastic mask with the eyes and mouth cut out. Hold it in place and spray paint brown. Someone could probably design that and 3d print some with tabs to make holding it in place easier. They could do a looser fitting version to allow the stencil mask to move slightly before painting to mimic the real process at Zirndorf. ;D I mean it worked for Picasso.
tahra:
--- Quote from: Ismene on January 22, 2025, 00:10:21 ---Great review!
There are more klickies in this series that I liked than I had anticipated. It's a shame they'll probably cost a small fortune on Ebay, but that's always the case.
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Thank you :)
(If that was my doing... may your wallet forgive me...)
--- Quote from: Klickteryx on January 22, 2025, 08:12:10 ---Yes, stencil is correct. The eyes would be easy, well easyish. A holepunch of the right size and distance on some 'sticky paper' then paint brown. Remove stencil. The mouth would be harder.
What would be perfect is a tight fitting plastic mask with the eyes and mouth cut out. Hold it in place and spray paint brown. Someone could probably design that and 3d print some with tabs to make holding it in place easier. They could do a looser fitting version to allow the stencil mask to move slightly before painting to mimic the real process at Zirndorf. ;D I mean it worked for Picasso.
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I tried the first approach, but couldn't get a smooth enough one, and painting it (with a permanent marker) was a mess :(
I would buy one that worked, yes...
Ismene:
--- Quote from: tahra on January 22, 2025, 09:35:32 ---Thank you :)
(If that was my doing... may your wallet forgive me...)
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Well, seeing all the parts laid out helps prioritize the options because realistically I won't be able to get all the ones I want.
--- Quote from: Klickteryx on January 22, 2025, 08:12:10 ---Yes, stencil is correct. The eyes would be easy, well easyish. A holepunch of the right size and distance on some 'sticky paper' then paint brown. Remove stencil. The mouth would be harder.
What would be perfect is a tight fitting plastic mask with the eyes and mouth cut out. Hold it in place and spray paint brown. Someone could probably design that and 3d print some with tabs to make holding it in place easier. They could do a looser fitting version to allow the stencil mask to move slightly before painting to mimic the real process at Zirndorf. ;D I mean it worked for Picasso.
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I'm thinking you 3D print two parts that snap around the head, so you don't have to hold it in place - just rotate it, so the face holes are in the front.
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