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                        Eye Decals?

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Eye Decals?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 10:40 AM
                        Has anyone tried making their own eye decals?

                        If so, do you have any suggestions or tips?

                        I bought the Testors decal kit today and I've started to draw some eyes in Adobe Illustrator. I've drawn them oversize and will scale them down to 1/35".

                        My biggest doubt is how easy it will be to trim the small eye decal close enough to the edge to make it fit the figures eye socket.

                        I bought the Testors kit to make decals for another project, and if the eyes idea doesn't work I'll buy the Archers eyeball set.

                        Thanks

                        Neil
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 2, 2005 10:07 PM
                        Hi neilc, I'm a beginer when comes to figures, but I have some experience with planes and choppers, it woudn't be easier to cut them a little bit bigger than the eye socket, then apply them (the usual stuff: decal set o micro set and finally micro sol) and wait'til they are completely set and with an x-acto knife (brand new) to trim the excess.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 3, 2005 1:30 PM
                        Good idea!
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                        Swanny
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
                        Posted by Swanny on Saturday, October 8, 2005 8:55 PM
                        I use the Testors decal material quite often with good results. I've not considered making eye decals but did buy eye decals from Archer and am pretty happy with those.
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