wrr377
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Post by wrr377 on Dec 27, 2016 16:21:50 GMT
Hey, everyone! This is my first post on here, but I've been devouring DM Scotty's videos since I found him (DMG Info, too)! I know there are quite a few GC creations on here, so I thought I would share my version as well: imgur.com/a/sku34Instead of using overhead projector transparency film (which is expensive to source locally, as I can only buy 100-sheet packs), I used something much more ubiquitous: a half-gallon Green Tea plastic jug from Wawa, although any size would work such as a gallon jug which held milk / tea / kool-aid / etc. I used a black Sharpie for the measurements and cut marks, and it is easily erasable from plastic using isopropyl rubbing alcohol. What I did was: 1) Remove the labels (and their glue residue), then cut the four sides of the jug apart 2) Cut one 6x2 strip, scored at 2 inch intervals (had to cut multiple sections due to smaller size of 64oz plastic jug) 3) Cut one 4x2 strip, scored at the 2 inch mark 4) Cut 4x2 strip into individual 2x2 squares 5) Folded 6x2 into 3 sides of the cube 6) Glued the remaining 2x2's onto each open side of the 6x2 7) Continued gluing as per Scotty's Youtube video I know this isn't a transparent cube like many of the others (practically opaque), but it was done quite inexpensively and (at least I think) came out pretty good for the minimal material investment needed. ...plus, it was my first DIY miniature...
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Post by margaret on Dec 27, 2016 17:31:22 GMT
Came out great! good use of available materials. It doesn't have to be transparent - most are not once you get the hot glue swirls - and anyway, translucency rather than transparency allows the obscuring of its previous dinner
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Post by sgtslag on Dec 27, 2016 18:13:08 GMT
Welcome, and nice work! Your tweak to DM Scotty's method is actually quite good. I used clear, acrylic plastic to make mine, then I applied Hot Glue. Like margaret said, the Hot Glue pretty much voids the transparency of the model. Your modifications make the model more readily available to nearly everyone -- I suspect Milk comes in translucent plastic bottles nearly everywhere in the World... Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
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dossen
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Post by dossen on Dec 27, 2016 19:50:56 GMT
Well in some places (one being Denmark) it comes in cartons with a square base. Those are quite good for towers and the like but quite rubbish for things that should be at least partially see through ;-) My cheap (free depending on perspective) source of cube base material was the transparent plastic part of toy wrappings (having small children ensures a ready supply of those).Quite often one can salvage a decent sized sheet of the stuff - and it's often quite heavy guage.
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Post by scififan27 on Dec 28, 2016 9:51:38 GMT
While my milk does come in translucent plastic bottles, I also just use plastic from toy and food wrappings. However, as a general modeler, I also have access to a lot of purchased materials that tend to be more suitable for jobs like this, such as sheets of acrylic and lexan in many thicknesses.
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wrr377
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Post by wrr377 on Jan 5, 2017 0:58:05 GMT
Now that I think about it, the plastic jugs could also be used for modular flowing water streams - they wouldn't be as transparent as the ones in his video, but they would be hella cheap!
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dossen
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Post by dossen on Jan 21, 2017 22:44:39 GMT
Since I figured out how to get pictures in my posts, I might as well just put the two creations I mentioned in here :-) The Tower:
The grey stone part of the tower is the milk carton (with bits of cardboard and sand glued on) while the top was glued together from way too many little bits of wood :-) and the Cube: (The miniature inside is just there for fun - the cube has an open bottom)
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Post by jennifer on Jan 22, 2017 8:18:09 GMT
Wow that cube looks quite good! I am going to have to make myself one.
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dossen
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Post by dossen on Jan 22, 2017 10:02:34 GMT
It's a variation on DM Scottys method from episode 71 (but I actually think I went by a written how-to I can't find right now - I'm not quite that far in watching Scottys episodes) - the main difference is that I used mostly superglue to stick the cube together and gloss varnish for the surface texture because I didn't like the color my hotglue dries to for this project. And for stability I did all six faces, just cut out a large square hole in the bottom face of the cube :-)
It's not perfect up close - but I think it's hard to avoid some imperfections on translucent stuff - not like you can paint over mistakes so easily ;-)
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