Article: Recycle! Making easy crystals from sprues

[rosac]

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[DaN]

Hehe - yeah!
Shawn R L also made a point that you could use SMT LED's to light transparent ones, or you could paint them with UV reflective paint and use a UV light

 

[highpaladn]

Nice idea!

 

[Rojaws]

I find that I have more sprues than I ever will need. So I just chuck em. I know some sad souls who just hoard em. Goodness knows for what.

 

[DaN]

BARBARIAN! lol
Yeah, Things don't necessarily always have an OBVIOUS use, but it helps just to keep an eye out for interesting shapes, designs, or in this case, colour/transparency

 

[Paintman Spiff]

An excellent idea, yes; however, I'd suggest a pic of sprues in raw form, to help beginners. Took me a few minutes to figure it out (I get it). A vote of 9.5 from me.

 

[DaN]

Noted

 

[milek666]

Looks nice but what the hell are sprues?
Translate it to Polish - dictionaries doesn`t translate it

 

[Mosch]

Sprues are the plastic frames that hold minis or mini pieces.
Very nice tutorial, simple and a great effect.

 

[rsrForge]

Who would have thought? Thank goodness my father taught me to keep my sprues for later use!

 

[DaN]

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