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Painting the house...

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We had decided to paint our house, so i wanted to make something new for my room. Thus, i decided to paint a Decepticon insignia. It took me 8 hours ( :shock: ) to finish it.


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Post by Dinobot »

Geez 8 hours?! That bites but it looks so awesome! I love that color.
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Post by Razorclaw »

Thanks. :)
At first i made it black but it didn't turn out as i expected.
But a few shadings with blue did the trick.
To find the correct dimensions was a real pain; and still, its not 100% accurate but i got really tired and i had to finish it.
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Post by Banzai-Tron »

Haha. This is EXACTLY why I keep an old school style overhead transparency projector lying around the garage! It'd cut this project down to 2 hours, tops. Probably only 1.
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do you have the capability to print transparencies, or would you just draw it?

Looks cool, Razorclaw, but you know deep down it's the wrong faction.
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Post by Banzai-Tron »

Generally, you can print directly onto transparency paper with either an inkjet or bubblejet printer. If you have a laser jet printer, I believe you need to buy a special type of transparency paper.

I use inkjet with my transparencies, and it works well... though you need to watch out for smearing. I also had to try a couple different printers to find one that didn't smear it while it printed.

EDIT: And of course, even if you *couldn't* print directly on them... there's always tracing!

EDIT2: I just looked. They now make a transparency film that can be used with ANY printer. A bit pricy at about 75cents a sheet though. (Box of 50=$36.00)
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Post by LD2062 »

You need special transparencies for inkjets too. Thats why it was smearing. They are usually kind of expensive. But Walmart has packs of 10 for like $5-$10.

Edit: Can you post a link to those transparencies?

If you don't want to bother you with the whole issue. Simply have a photo file, or normal print, up to an office store or other place with printing services. It should only cost about $2 for a single page.
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Post by Minerva »

Looks very cool! Nice job, Razorclaw!
Are you planning on making an Autobot insignia too? :wink:
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Post by Ramjet »

Looks cool! You should have done it the size of the whole wall, though! :twisted:
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Post by Commander Megatron »

Time Traveller wrote:Looks cool, Razorclaw, but you know deep down it's the wrong faction.
Ignore him!!! It looks awesome Razorclaw, a fantastic job well done. YOur leader approves whole heartedly. :twisted:
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Post by Rumble »

Nice work Razorclaw!

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Post by Razorclaw »

Thanks everyone. :D
It must be close to 19 inches high.

@ CM: Don't worry, i can't be controlled... :twisted:
P.S.: I knew you'd like it! :lol:

@Minerva: Well, no way! :P
I wouldn't do it again, especially for an insignia that is not composed by straight lines only! :P

@Ramjet: Yeah, sure...i'd still have been there calculating and painting! :lol:
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