Rose window

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cybersquig

Dangerous when wet
Ok ladies and gentlemen, a challenge for you,

I want to make a stained glass rose window to frame one of my 54mm models. I want the window to be complex (like the revelation rose window in durham cathedral or similar). with a diameter of approximately 120mm. I want the lower right hand third to be smashed, and I want it to sit in raised stonework. Some people seem to have done small stained glass windows with mesh or small designs printed on acetate, but I want to have the lead visible and raised, and most importantly, the smashed part is causing me some headache.

I know what I want, I can see it in my mind, and I have absolutely no idea how to go about actually achieving it!

Any ideas? I need to have absolute control over the colour of each pane.

(told you it\'d be a challenge!)

Cybersquig
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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I was literally just thinking about how to make a leaded window, and I though, how about thin clear plastic and some of those glass paints you can get in tubes? You carefully draw the \"lead\" with the glass paint that makes black edging lines, let it dry and then you\'re free to colour in the \"panes\" as you wish. Perhaps felt pen might work?
 
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cybersquig

Dangerous when wet
ooh! I don\'t know whether the glass paint would be able to be applied finely enough, though now I come to think of it I could get some of those little funnel tubey things that you use for good quality superglue. It\'d also have to look good from the back, so I reckon I\'d need to do it on both sides.

As for the wire thing, looks really nice and very delecate, cool! I still am not sure how I\'d go about simulating the broken bits of glass with that method though.

hmmm...
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Funnel tubey things? /curious

Yeah, you\'d probably have to do both sides for it to look good. I reckon you could do the first side by drawing on the plastic over a paper drawing of your design, then it would be really easy to flip it over to do the other side. Once it\'s all dry, colour and cut out your broken bits with a craft knife (or vice versa).

Whereabouts are you? I found a uk site that sells this stuff, and I\'m sure there are shed-loads of us ones too.
 
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cybersquig

Dangerous when wet
I\'m UK. The funnel tubey things are \'micro tips\', seen here: http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/scratch%20builders%20paradise/glue,%20kleber,%20colle,%20colla,%20pegamento.html

I\'m in the UK, gloucestershire to be precise (o: D\'ya reckon that inks would go over the acetate smoothly? does it curl when cut? or would it remain straight like a good glass? I also now found this \'liquid glass\' on the same website, it would seem to be for when you have a frame and want to fill it. cool.
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Ah, thanks for the link! Antenociti is good, isn\'t he? :)

The website I found was http://paintforglass.co.uk/, but it\'s not the only one, and you might be able to find something in your local craft shop. I can\'t think why acetate would curl but I\'m not sure about inking it- might be good to do a test first.
 
Wren

Wren

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For broken shards of glass, maybe you could cut up blister packs or other thin clear plastic into triangles and glue them into the framework?
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Injet printer acetate.
Draw or capture design, print, cut.
All need then is to work out the frame issue. I\'d suggest that you keep it to Six panels or else it may start to look too \"busy\" for the rest of the models.
 
Tee999

Tee999

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stained glass

ive been working on this myself. What I am doing is. Cut a piece of clear plastic. I used an old CD case. After that I used Color Sharpie Markers. (Permanent) Ultra Fine Point. Here are a few pics. Sorry it\'s kind of bad. But you get the idea.

Also use White/Elmer\'s glue and not PVA/Super glue on the clear plastic. It will make the plasic foggy.

I hope it helps.

Tee
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Sukigod

Sukigod

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The first thing I thought of when I read your request was \"Shrinky Dinks!\". Then my next thought was \"Do they still make \'em?\"

I\'m not sure if they\'re available in the UK but you can get them here...SHRINKY DINKS

It\'s a heat shrinkable plastic that came out in the 70\'s. You paint on it, then heat it in an oven, it shrinks and you put it in your window as a decoration. Most examples I remember as a kid were of stained glass type decorations.

Just a thought.

Good Luck!
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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I remember those! You got them in cereal packs sometimes, usually as adverts for kids cartoons. You coloured the picture in, shrank it in the oven et voila! Your own mini Fred Flintstone!
 
Shawn R. L.

Shawn R. L.

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What I did when I made those windows was to simply (it\'s important to start with a very accurate outline of the window) take the outline of the window, enlarge it up to about 10 inches - 25cm - tall and simply draw all the lines in. Do this in ink and make sure all the lines touch, no gaps. Photograph that, and using the paintbucket tool, simply fill in each area according to the color you want. If the lines have gaps the color will fill beyond where you intend.
When you have it all colored in, shrink it to the proper size, duplicate that and fill a page, print it on a color printer using clear acetate. That\'s it!
 
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starchaser1

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thats a great tip shawn i will use that. im in the planing stage for my latest project i just bought the new elrond fig from GW i was hopeing to create a part of rivendel and that tip will helpout alot, thanks
 
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cybersquig

Dangerous when wet
Shawn, that\'s absolutely flippin perfectly what I\'m after! That rose window is spot on. How did you do the stone struts within it?

:drool::drool:
 
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