My bodymod experiment: what you talkin' about willis!?...
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 5:55 pm
the final frontier.....never done this stuff before so I've
got no clues first of all! Mercblue had originally brought up
this idea downunder at ausmicro.com so I thought why not give it a shot.
Using a product known as blue-tac (a sort of putty/sticky stuff
that can pin up posters) with normal superglue I've been able
to get some bodymods happening...
First of all you shape the bluetac as you want and then stick it to the shell.
I like to then flatten the blue-tac by pushing a flat surface against it just
to make it look straight.
Here I've extended the shell down by a few millimeters. I then coat it in
super glue and let it dry. After about a further 10minutes I give it another coat.
Letting that sit to dry for an hour makes the glue hard enough to be able
to sand. I use 600 grade wet-n-dry sandpaper to then cut it back and
smoothen the glue coat out.
That's about it, the surface is then all ready to paint.
Here are some shots of a gloria I'm working this technique on.
In this last shot below you can see in the foreground that
I've put an extra layer of blue-tac on. I do this because it is hard
to be able to put a lot of blue-tac on in one go. Layering it
gives it strength and stability. I will sand it afterwards to ensure
you can't see the joins between layers, hopefully!
ph2t.
got no clues first of all! Mercblue had originally brought up
this idea downunder at ausmicro.com so I thought why not give it a shot.
Using a product known as blue-tac (a sort of putty/sticky stuff
that can pin up posters) with normal superglue I've been able
to get some bodymods happening...
First of all you shape the bluetac as you want and then stick it to the shell.
I like to then flatten the blue-tac by pushing a flat surface against it just
to make it look straight.
Here I've extended the shell down by a few millimeters. I then coat it in
super glue and let it dry. After about a further 10minutes I give it another coat.
Letting that sit to dry for an hour makes the glue hard enough to be able
to sand. I use 600 grade wet-n-dry sandpaper to then cut it back and
smoothen the glue coat out.
That's about it, the surface is then all ready to paint.
Here are some shots of a gloria I'm working this technique on.
In this last shot below you can see in the foreground that
I've put an extra layer of blue-tac on. I do this because it is hard
to be able to put a lot of blue-tac on in one go. Layering it
gives it strength and stability. I will sand it afterwards to ensure
you can't see the joins between layers, hopefully!
ph2t.
