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The bowl you used is a small kitchen sifter(mainly used for tea iirc). They can be bought at any home appliance section at Wal Mart, Target, some gorcery stores even.
So a rough cost of $28 IF you buy online(you should be able to get both locally so no shipping).
A great price compared to the $80+ I've seen from companies like Noch.
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"Bryan always said that if the studio ever had to mix with the manufacturing and sales part of the business it would destroy the studio. And I have to say – he wasn’t wrong there! ... It’s become the promotions department of a toy company." -- Rick Priestly
How does this compare to dropping them at an angle, turning over the surface and tapping vigorously (using watered down PVA)?
This is how I've learned to do it to get the grass to stand on it's end and I've never really had an issue with it... but I've been curious as to how the two methods compare.
Thanks for the vids
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I'm sorry but I don't like it. The result looks really great, very realistic. However, the process is very involved in order to make the "applicator". Additionally, I prefer to use small patches of grass, rather than covering my pieces, so it would require moving the pin around, and you need to be able to stick the pin into the board. It works fine with your cork board, but I use plywood for my large bases (I like the weight), so this technique would simply not work, because wood can't hold a charge.
Like I said, really nice results, but its just not for me.
PraetorDave wrote:I'm sorry but I don't like it. The result looks really great, very realistic. However, the process is very involved in order to make the "applicator". Additionally, I prefer to use small patches of grass, rather than covering my pieces, so it would require moving the pin around, and you need to be able to stick the pin into the board. It works fine with your cork board, but I use plywood for my large bases (I like the weight), so this technique would simply not work, because wood can't hold a charge.
Like I said, really nice results, but its just not for me.
The current doesn't actually pass through the cork (or in your case the plywood), in fact it passes through the PVA mixture - that's why she makes sure to have the glue touch the needle. In order to make it work for you, you simply have to work out the best/safest way to stick down the needle on your plywood so it doesn't move around as you work.
P.S. This also means it will work fine on plastic bases.
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PraetorDave wrote:I'm sorry but I don't like it. The result looks really great, very realistic. However, the process is very involved in order to make the "applicator". Additionally, I prefer to use small patches of grass, rather than covering my pieces, so it would require moving the pin around, and you need to be able to stick the pin into the board. It works fine with your cork board, but I use plywood for my large bases (I like the weight), so this technique would simply not work, because wood can't hold a charge.
Like I said, really nice results, but its just not for me.
I facepalmed multiple times.. making the applicator about as involved as basing about 3 tac marines.. Cork can't hold a charge either, anything water based can hold a charge, PVA glue is the conductor. Just use a pushpin, those stick into wood just fine. lol
As for the OP, I love this tut! I'll have to do this on my basic field table. thank you so much for posting this.
Might be considered a necro, but here goes. Just found the tutorial for this thing yesterday. So I decided to make one for myself. Spent like $25 (US) for all the materials, including a soldering iron. Took me about 20-30min to take apart and put together. Worked like a charm. Only mistake I made was using a 16gauge wire, where a 20gauge would have given it more maneuvering ability, oh well.
Thanks for the video.
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No such thing as Necroing Painting and Modelling stuff, no worries, it will always be new to someone!
I for instance hadn't seen this yet, and wow I love it! I love the DIY nature of it, ingenuity makes me happy... the fact it works, even better! May have to give it a go -
Indeed, thank you for necroing it... Or else i would never have seen it
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