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Post by wilmanric on Nov 23, 2013 1:59:07 GMT
I began with a dollar store battery operated flickering LED tealight and the cap from a bottle. I glued the lid on the tealight after I drilled a hole for the LED. I textured the object with flexible modeling paste so that it looked a little more ancient. I spray painted the whole thing black. I put a little tape over the LED so it wouldn't get painted. I used hot glue to make a pile of clear crystals in the bowl of the brazier. I painted them with a metallic red. Below you can see the object when the light is on and when the light is off.
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Post by DMScotty on Nov 23, 2013 6:30:15 GMT
Nice
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 23, 2013 15:00:08 GMT
How did you mold the Hot Glue to form the crystals? That is really quite neat! I've read about people using Hot Glue to injection mold Army Men figures, years ago. Never tried it, never really thought about injection molding anything with Hot Glue, but this is really great! Cheers!
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Post by tobias100hawk on Nov 23, 2013 21:03:27 GMT
How did you mold the Hot Glue to form the crystals? That is really quite neat! I've read about people using Hot Glue to injection mold Army Men figures, years ago. Never tried it, never really thought about injection molding anything with Hot Glue, but this is really great! Cheers! I don't think he molded it. Those look like pre-made, craft-store crystals that he just glued down using the hot glue. Although that would have been awesome. Wilmanric, if I'm wrong please let me stand up before telling me. I prefer to "stand" corrected.
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Post by wilmanric on Nov 23, 2013 23:11:50 GMT
How did you mold the Hot Glue to form the crystals? That is really quite neat! I've read about people using Hot Glue to injection mold Army Men figures, years ago. Never tried it, never really thought about injection molding anything with Hot Glue, but this is really great! Cheers! I don't think he molded it. Those look like pre-made, craft-store crystals that he just glued down using the hot glue. Although that would have been awesome. Wilmanric, if I'm wrong please let me stand up before telling me. I prefer to "stand" corrected. You are 100% correct. Those are clear plastic crystals you can buy in a bag at the craft store. I just used hot glue to hold them together and then glue them into the brazier. The clear ones paint up really nice using a variety of colors.
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 24, 2013 6:27:55 GMT
Cool! Did not know you could by such things. Cheers!
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Post by m3talslime on Nov 24, 2013 6:58:47 GMT
Funny, I was thinking the same thing: Damn, how did he form those crystals from hot glue!? This guys is a master!
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Post by wilmanric on Nov 24, 2013 23:58:55 GMT
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Post by skunkape on Nov 26, 2013 4:40:32 GMT
That looks cool!
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Post by Luciano on Nov 30, 2013 14:03:15 GMT
Pretty cool! On a table at night in low light the dungeon should be fantastic!
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