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  • From: Iowa
Printer Paper Waffen-SS Camo
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, August 24, 2008 3:03 PM

I'd posted this in the Figures hooch, but wasn't getting much feedback, so I thought I'd try here...

Ok...After much trial & error... My printer-paper camo..

Gotta admit, I like the jacket cuffs...

Also, I took the photos with a web-cam so please be gentle...

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:05 PM
Hans, what exactly did you do?  Print out camo decals?  Make the clothes out of printer paper?  Im not sure

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:21 PM

I found a Waffen-SS camo cloth ad in a Google search and saved it.  Then I eyeballed the photo to about 1/35 in MS Picture It! Express and printed it on plain ol' printer paper.  Then I rolled it into a ball, tightly, unrolled it, re-rolled it, over and over until the paper was  as soft as tissue.  I then cut pieces of the paper to fit a leg, or arm, whatever and test-fitted it to the figure.  Once that was done and trimmed to size, I coated that area of the figure with Testor's liquid cement to get the plastic tacky and applied the paper, pressing it tightly into place, then used a cement-moistened (not wet) brush to push down hard into the folds and crevices on the top of the paper...  I knew there were decals for this type of thing, but at 14.00 a pop I wanted a cheaper way to do it...  Frugal (Read: Cheapskate) modeling is my mantra.   

Next project is to do the same thing with U.S. DBDUs for my Desert Storm build... 

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:59 PM
Ah, thats a good idea.  I sort of did that with tissue for that bandage for my russian commander.  Your thing works well.

 

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:01 PM
I also started using the printer and MS Paint to make my own rank chevrons and unit patches for figures...

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:47 PM
Thats a pretty good idea, your going to make revolutionize the hobby hehe

 

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:43 PM

They're in this thread...

/forums/985456/ShowPost.aspx

My first attempt.. But they'll get better.  I'm using the Testor's decal maker to make 'em and the chevrons are working well.  The unit patches need some work though....

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:56 PM

Pretty cool...Tamiya actually makes this stuff in several different schemes for figgies and armor! I bet you used a lot of decal setting solution...looks pretty good to me...looks like you replicated the "pea-dot" pattern...pattern may be a tad too large for scale but pretty good.

Here's my attempt at pea-dot w/ paint (guy on left):

  • Member since
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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:07 PM

I didn't use any decal set for the camo... I didn't make them into decals, it's all printerpaper...

Here's my attempt at pea-dot w/ paint (guy on left):

Tell ya what... I'll just ship you MY figures...

Bow [bow]

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Posted by the doog on Monday, August 25, 2008 10:37 PM

Pretty cool idea, Hans!

Painting the SS camo is indeed a PITA, for sure! Manny's the Pea King, (Wink [;)]) but this method makes it a little easier for you to get that difficult finish---pretty innovative!

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  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:27 AM

Next time, use thinned white glue on the backside of the paper. You won't have to roll it into a ball since the water in the mixture will soften the paper. I did this some years ago on a Louisiana Tiger Zouave. These guys wore trousers made of matress ticking, which was white with thin blue or red and blue stripes.

With camo uniforms, you'll want to take extra care to use a different piece of "cloth" for each piece of cloth on the uniform since patterns are not matched up along seams.

You can also quickly resize any pattern in Word. Just import as you would any clip art. and print on high resolution.

The scarecrow and both figures have shirts using this method:

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:57 AM
Tried the white glue first.  It didn't bond very long before it peeled off and the printer ink started to run from the moisture.  Balling up the paper was the only way to soften it without ruining the ink..   Noted about the seams... I didn't spot that one until after I took the photo, heh.. Thanks...

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