Ice board - Printed version found [07/02]

[AndrewBeasley]

I'm not even going to show the result of the balsa cement - a blob is the best description.  Even though I managed to get a whisper thin hair out of it AND hand it so it dangled down it basically closed in on itself and went back to being a blob.

The WS Water Effects (WE from now on) is an interesting liquid:

• It looks like flex paste / thick PVA
• It flows worse than thick PVA
• The nozzle is thick and has a large hole in it

First try was to squeeze a row of WE and pull them out with a toothpick:

Once dry (48 hours for me - the room is cold and has no heating near my desk) I like the result.  They flex slightly and are hard to crush -  slight push straightens the points again and the cloudy bottom / clear top works well.

Note also I ran the WE over the edge and like the way it has created a blurred icy looking surface - it has hidden all the cuts and made that area clear again.

My second attempt is to create a point using the nozzle by putting a drop on the surface and pulling up with the bottle as I remove it - I'll let this dry and update later:

Forgive the over sharpen in these images - between the small area of crop and trying to show the clarity of the result I needed to push the pics a bit.  I was also playing with the new version of Picasa and as normal its a bit up and down in the results...

Now to create longer ones (5mm - 1cm) I have had a trial run at running a bead of WE out in a line - seems very simple to do but in practice I have 2 OK icicles out of 14 tries!

Also putting a blog on the CD and shaping / pulling with a toothpick does not work either.

Next step is to raid the kitchen for some grease proof paper and make lots and lots of lines.

I also have decided to make some ice barriers using the bits Chris kindly sent to me TMP Link that he used for his ice spires

[Mindenbrush]

Before I came across FR's cast finals for flagpoles I used to put a blob of Araldite resin on the end of a steel rod and hang it upside down so that the resin formed a cone. Afetr it had ured I would grind it to shape. As you are just making icicles you will not need that step.

Note - always put a drip tray under the resin 'sticks' to avoid a mess on your table or on the floor :-)

Or stretch sprue?

[AndrewBeasley]

Just a quick update - the Water Effects has dried nicely and gives me little icicles:

The left hand side is where I put a drop of WE on from the bottle and lifted the nozzle away - small spots and no real drop.
The right hand side is where I laid a bead of WE down and used a toothpick to pull a drop up from the bead.

My preferred solution is the bead and a few more points.

Now to practise on the long drops...

[generulpoleaxe]

You could always buy some ready made strips from Jeff http://dragonforge.com/Painting%20service/for%20sale/sculpting_supplies.htm

[AndrewBeasley]

@generulpoleaxe - very nice link but I'm having fun 

Looks like I now have the components for the icicles - a big splodge of Water Effects with the strips stuck in them:

Now just need to create small strips of WE for both sides of the bridge - 30 to 40 may do me in!

[YIU]

I use clear expoxy glue pulled with a toothpick to create iciles or water splashes. Fast and easy.

Watch a tutotial here ::
http://platoonbritannica.com/index.php?threads/making-icicles.7/

and a thread there :

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?36705

Hope it can help you.

[6milPhil]

Thats really getting there, great thread. 

[AndrewBeasley]

Found this today while looking for hex bases!

Full details are on the GF 9 site


Given that I saw this for the first time today I am surprised how close we are to each other...