[FT] Decals

Has someone created decals of the insignia for the various powers in the
Tuffley Universe? How do you apply decals to the bumpy surface of GZG minis?

Thanks.

--Greg

> on 8/30/00 9:21, Greg Wong at gregwong@best.com wrote:

> Has someone created decals of the insignia for the various powers

At one time someone on the list spoke of making such decals. I believe KR
of Geo-Hex may have looked into this (he's on the list).

Applying such decals to a bumpy surface can be tricky. I suggest checking with
your local hobby store that caters to plastic modelers. There's a line of good
decal specialty chemicals out there and part of the line includes
Micro-Sol and Micro-Set.  One or more of these items helps to dissolve
the decal a bit when it's applied to the surface of the miniatures, causing it
to conform a bit to the irregular surface. If there are deep grooves you want
the decal to conform to take a brand new knife blade (and I stress that it
needs to be very sharp on the tip) and carefully slice the decal down the
center of the area it's overhanging.

If you can take a look through some of the numerous plastic model building
books/guides out there.  Some of them have a good amount of valuable
information about decal application and special considerations.