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I've noticed a lot of scratch built titans with amazing rivet detailing on dakkadakka.com and I've not actually seen any rivet detailing tutorials, so since I'm attempting to make my own titan, I thought this might come in handy as it has come in handy for me... you'll need the following 3 items


An adjustable leather hole punch (I picked mine up from a poundshop, but you can get them from any clothes making stores)


Some scrap plasticard (I used the plasticard from my cockpit section) and not pictured some wire to poke the rivets out of the hole punch

Step 1:
Pick up the leather hole punch and select the smallest hole punch, for me the internal diameter is 2mm, which I think is perfect for titan rivets.

Step 2:
Go nuts on the plasticard, punching as many holes as you like, a method I found that really works is if you rotate the plasticard side to side for a perfect cut (I would suggest making the rivets in batches of 5 a time though)



Step 3:
Use the wire to poke out the rivets out of the hole punch and enjoy your new set of 2mm rivets.



Short, sweet, and straight to the point, feedback welcome

A good source of rivet material is all of your expired gift and credit cards.

Nice short tutorial.Easy and quick,good job.

Aye, that will work as well ^_^

It seems like the leather hole punch is good for large scale, and orky rivets, I've found a better one for smaller, and/or Imperial rivets.

The Button hole punch is even smaller and it pops two rivets per punch. the one I have is made by McGill, I don't know if there is another manufacturer.

http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/glendagdwtch/items/McGill_Hand_Punch_Button_Hole_with_2_inch_reach___New_in_Pac



man, sorry, I don't know how to make that image smaller. heheh

I use the McGill Single hole punch. It works wonders.

Da_Todfatha wrote:It seems like the leather hole punch is good for large scale, and orky rivets, I've found a better one for smaller, and/or Imperial rivets.

The Button hole punch is even smaller and it pops two rivets per punch. the one I have is made by McGill, I don't know if there is another manufacturer.

man, sorry, I don't know how to make that image smaller. heheh

I'll keep an eye out for those, I've been looking for one that can do smaller rivets