It has been a few days since my last post but I have been very busy figuring out how to make custom decals. I won't go into the gritty details because that would be very tedious to read but I'll give you the highlights.
The first step is choosing your decal paper. I picked this up at a local hobby shop just for the sake of time. When it comes to decal paper for miniatures you really have two big choices. You can either go with white decal paper or clear decal paper. Clear is good for anything that is dark. So blue, red, yellow or any combination of those will work well with clear.
My problem was that most of my decals would need to be white. White decal paper is good for anything that needs to be brighter. So your yellows will show up better and of course you can print a black outline, cut out the shape, and then get a white decal. Since most printers do not print white I had to go with the white paper for this project.
Here is the first test print. You can see how the lines don't quite match but that was a problem I made in Corel Draw and not the fault of the printer. It is still important to print test pieces on regular paper so that you can fix mistakes before using the more expensive decal paper.
Once that was fixed I did a real print, maximizing the workable area on the sheet to get as many decals as possible onto one page. I did that because it is inevitable you will make a mistake and waste a decal. This way you have plenty of extras.
I hope the results speak for themselves. This armor panel was done with the custom decals I printed and then weathered to blend into the armor panel and match the source artwork.
Until tomorrow,
Cheers
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