Shield conversion

[Bengoodall]

I want to take a terminator storm shield, the sergeants one, and carve off the existing detail, and curve a new dark angels icon over it, is there any way to bend plastic without snapping it?

 

[OrkyDave]

heat it with a hairdryer, should give adequate heat to bend it, especially something as thin as an icon.

 

[Jericho]

Depends on how thick the plastic is, if it\'s thin enough you can just glue it in place and it\'ll hold the curve. Hot water or a hair dryer should help bend a bit I guess, either should do the job.

At any rate, superglue and accelerator might come in handy for getting the shield in place before it has time to bend back.

I wouldn\'t trust plastic cement for his job on its own... I have super thin stuff where you can just tack down the shield with a few dabs of superglue/accelerator and then brush on the plastic cement after. It sucks itself into all the cracks and can solidify a conversion like this nicely.

 

[DaN]

Either that as suggested, or...
Get some green stuff, milliput or whatever, and make a press mould of the DA icon you want to use.

Then make a cast from whatever you like, and you can simply put in place on the shield and bend it as needed.

 

[freakinacage]

hot waters a good one as you have more control over the temperature than with a hairdryer/heat gun

 

[Prophet]

plus you can have tea afterwards.