For necron players...

[Antar000]

Now, I don\'t play Necrons, but I do know that a big point of contention is those little green plastic rods. What can you do with them, if you don\'t want them to be green? paint over them? It really changes the effect of the rod, in my opinion, and from what I\'ve seen, it really does make it look different.
So I saw this: http://www.dickblick.com/zz332/36/ and thought that maybe Necron players with a bit of ingenuity could maybe make some use out of these transparent-baking clays. The green example looks nice to me, and the walls of it are probably not much thinner than those little plastic rods.
Plus, you get red, purple, and all sorts of colors that you can make into groovy personalized bits for your minis.
Okay, so this is my first topic and all, but I thought it might help, seeing as how I notice a lot of Necron players/painters griping about the clear plastic rods.
So that\'s about it.
Cheers!

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Here\'s a link to a store called Tap Plastics and this link shows some colored acrylic rod that may work. I\'m doing a Necron Destroyer now and one trick I did that REALLY made the rods lite up is to paint the socket they go in white. At certain angles they look actually lit from within.


http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=148&

 

[misterjustin]

Tap Plastic also sells clear resin to which you can add colours. I have a couple of sculpted bases with crystals on them - I\'m going to cast them in colored transperant resin and see how it works out.

The rods come in various sizes and work VERY well for quick crystals.

The Fimo products are great but they get really brittle once you bake them, of course. Unless you\'re really careful with your pieces it makes using it for gaming pretty impractical.

 

[VoodooLiz]

Thanks for the heads up on the clay. Lucky enough there is a Dick Blick shop down the road. I\'ll have to get some of that and play around with it. (that last sentence just sounded wrong)lol

 

[Shawn R. L.]

One other thing that works if you are willing to go to a bit of trouble is toothbrush handles. Clear with real dense color. You just have to have the patients to file them to size. To get a gloss polish, use toothpaste and rub it on some cloth like denim.........it really does work.

 

[Thecadian]

looks like a good idea any examples shawn??

james

 

[Antar000]

Originally posted by misterjustin
The Fimo products are great but they get really brittle once you bake them, of course. Unless you\'re really careful with your pieces it makes using it for gaming pretty impractical.

I\'ve never noticed that they\'re brittle. I mean, if you\'re gaming and you don\'t do anything that\'d bend a plastic mini or break a metal one, you shouldn\'t have problems with the polymer clays. They behave like ceramics. So while they ARE brittle, most players wouldn\'t be tossing them at walls.

 

[mrteal]

I personally dispise plastic rods on necron guns I have been experimenting with just painting over them. The best I have seen is what fix did with his necron warrior a while back. Check it out.

 

[misterjustin]

So while they ARE brittle, most players wouldn\'t be tossing them at walls.

True - but that depends on how you use it. The trick is to remember to use Fimo or Sculpey in thick chunks or large pieces. Using Sculpey to, oh, sculpt the cape and tabard on a Seraphim conversion may not be the best idea in the world... especially if you knock her over while you\'re painting

I do use a lot of the stuff when I sculpt bases though and really don\'t expect to see one break unless it *does* get tossed at a wall.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Originally posted by Thecadian
looks like a good idea any examples shawn??

james

The toothbrush handles? I dont have any examples I can show you but have done it and seen it and the results are real good. Again I\'ll say that painting the socket white where the clear rods go REALLY makes them light up.

I do have an example of the \'backpainting\' of the rods in the OSL thread. Should be on the most recent page.

 

[farseerlum]

don\'t have any necrons but i\'ve always wanted to use some of that flouresant wipper snipper plastic in something. i think a little heat would help it to straighten out.

 

[airhead]

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.
One other thing that works if you are willing to go to a bit of trouble is toothbrush handles. Clear with real dense color. You just have to have the patients to file them to size. To get a gloss polish, use toothpaste and rub it on some cloth like denim.........it really does work.

Shawn, you ever tried heating those handles and pulling the plastic to make the thickness you need? I haven\'t, but it seems it would be easier than grinding it away and repolising it.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Originally posted by airhead

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.
One other thing that works if you are willing to go to a bit of trouble is toothbrush handles. Clear with real dense color. You just have to have the patients to file them to size. To get a gloss polish, use toothpaste and rub it on some cloth like denim.........it really does work.

Shawn, you ever tried heating those handles and pulling the plastic to make the thickness you need? I haven\'t, but it seems it would be easier than grinding it away and repolising it.

Not handles but I have tried heating clear acrylic to strech it and the problem I hit up aginst is that bubbles form in the acrylic. Seems you would need VERY precise heat control. Toothbrush handles MAY be a different plastic though. Have to give it a go.