hey guys, ive painted 5-6 pit crews to match up with the le mans car collection, corvette, audi, peugeot, ferrari, soon to be muscle milk etc.....my question tho is how would i go about putting small logos on them, is there anyway to print them onto decal paper or something like this?? Any info or ideas would be appreciated, cheers
how would you go about making small logos for pitcrews
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This is kind of left field, but saw this the other day and thought it would be good for stamping small logos on to cars and whatnot. http://www.konadnailart.com/contents/en-us...ips_tricks.html
Of course you would have to have the logo laser cut on metal. Laser cutting is fairly cheap, but would be a barrier. The plus is that you would get a really good logo even on irregular surfaces. Here is some more info on laser cutting...http://support.ponoko.com/entries/20999201
Probably too expensive and crazy, but just thought I would trow it out there.
Heath
Of course you would have to have the logo laser cut on metal. Laser cutting is fairly cheap, but would be a barrier. The plus is that you would get a really good logo even on irregular surfaces. Here is some more info on laser cutting...http://support.ponoko.com/entries/20999201
Probably too expensive and crazy, but just thought I would trow it out there.
Heath
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hi, Heath
It's pretty simple to print tiny decals on white or clear waterslide decal paper. I do it all the time. For really tiny details (say 2mm or less), small issues crop up.
Typically you need a printer that's fine enough (the best ones use archival ink in half shades....in other words you can print pink directly instead of half white paper and half red ink,
which increases your detail). Also, lasers won't "run" as much before the ink dries, or if using inkjet then I find papilio.com's spray fixer stops any running better than simple acrylic
sprays which are wetter for that first second of contact.
good luck!
John
It's pretty simple to print tiny decals on white or clear waterslide decal paper. I do it all the time. For really tiny details (say 2mm or less), small issues crop up.
Typically you need a printer that's fine enough (the best ones use archival ink in half shades....in other words you can print pink directly instead of half white paper and half red ink,
which increases your detail). Also, lasers won't "run" as much before the ink dries, or if using inkjet then I find papilio.com's spray fixer stops any running better than simple acrylic
sprays which are wetter for that first second of contact.
good luck!
John
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