| Emperorbaz | 23 Aug 2015 1:08 p.m. PST |
Has anyone got a good trick to apply shield transfers to curved shields? I never seem to be able to do it without getting little creases. |
| elsyrsyn | 23 Aug 2015 1:42 p.m. PST |
Are you using decal setting solution(s)? Pretty good tutorial here: link Doug |
| idontbelieveit | 23 Aug 2015 2:04 p.m. PST |
I have had good success with cutting the transfers a little bit down the middle – from the center hole up a little and down a little. It's scary, but it has worked. |
| John Treadaway | 23 Aug 2015 2:14 p.m. PST |
Decal solutions over a good surface: gloss varnish or future work well. John T |
| Borathan | 23 Aug 2015 4:36 p.m. PST |
One that I've seen used rather well is to take a chunk of plastic tack or similar kneadable stuff as many use to keep minis secure during painting. Work it soft and take some of the plastic wrap/ceran wrap and a blank shield of the type you want to mount the decals on. Make a mold of the shield in the plastic tack through the wrap, you can mess up a few times, but you want a clean impression. Let it sit for a while and let the tack go back to a more firm form. Use the casting along with your transfers in order to match it up better. Varnish in place. |
| skipper John | 23 Aug 2015 4:36 p.m. PST |
I cut mine like idontbelieveit does. Mine have a cut out for the shield boss so, one cut will allow the transfer to overlap itself. All but impossible to find the splice. |
| DColtman | 23 Aug 2015 4:42 p.m. PST |
I cut the perimeter a few times – not sure if that's better or worse than cutting it once? |
 BigRedBat  | 24 Aug 2015 2:29 a.m. PST |
I think Borathan may have seen something I posted about back in the day- this works Barry: link If you are going to do a lot of the same shield, it may be worth making a negative cast of the shield in greenstuff and use this to press the designs into place. |
| Emperorbaz | 24 Aug 2015 5:40 a.m. PST |
Thanks everyone. I've ordered some microsol, let you know how good that is. Simon, the shields in question are of the hoplite type for my Carthaginian Sacred Band. I like the idea of a negative cast but when I have done the Foundry Frank shield before its so convex I get really bad creases. Apparently this micro solve dissolves the this plastic film. We'll see! |
| BigRedBat | 24 Aug 2015 7:01 a.m. PST |
Hi Barry, I have a lot of hoplite shields to do myself (for the WHC), so please let me know how it goes! Best, Simon |
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