Norbert Black wrote in message ...
> Creating custom fabric elements for Lego minifigures
Lots of really cool information!
Something to add:
when I've made fabric pieces, instead of acrylic medium I used diluted PVA
adhesive (white glue) and wetted the fabric completely in it. After it was
dry, I ironed it and it came out very smooth. (This works on pirate sails
which have gone floppy and crumpled with age, too).
Hi Kevin (...) Thanks! (...) I'm not surprised you got similar results - PVA adhesive uses the same carrier medium as acrylic medium, with various gunk added to increase adhesion. For what it's worth, I recommend acrylic medium over PVA, because (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
Creating custom fabric elements for Lego minifigures ===...=== Norbert Black, February 2005 For my various custom minifigures, I've needed to make a variety of fabric elements. Lego produces capes in several colours, but what if you want a shade not (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !!
