Anyone tried the new waterslide raised rivet decals from Micro Mark?

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**dsteingass**

They look like an awesome idea! Has anyone tried them for gaming?
http://www.micromark.com/O-scale-decals-with-raised-3D-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9967.html

**martian_jo**

I have not, but man those look like an Orky skratch builder's dream.

**Brotherjulian**

I bought them, haven't used them. They are so SO tiny that you could get the same effect with a toothpick and a drop of glue. They are printed like a normal decal and the raised detail is only high enough to feel if you bump your fingernails across it.
They are way too small to use on any kind of 40k tank, maybe they could work on an infantry model's power armor but I think you'd have a difficult time applying them.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Wouldn't mind some HO ones for scale modelling as well as O guage for gaming minis but at $12 a sheet is not as cheap as I am unfortunately.

How many were on the sheet, Brotherjulien, please?

**dsteingass**

They come in HO scale (tiny) and O (more 40k)

**Redfinger**

There are 2 things I use for rivets, depending on what I am going for;

http://www.micromark.com/Micro-Punch-Set,8603.html

The studs on these legs were made using the micro punch.

Or to drill and set rivets I use these;

http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/PROD/LooseSteelBalls/Kit12057

I just get a 1mm pin vise bit, drill in a few turns, put a drop of super glue in the hole, then set the ball in it...instant, rounded rivet or stud.

The studs on this guys legs were made with the 1mm balls

Ashton

**dsteingass**

That is quite impressive, but how would that look on a IG tank? too big? maybe?

**Brotherjulian**

Maybe I should have gotten O gauge and that's my problem, I don't know model railroading and I ordered HO. They come with LOTS on a sheet, they pretty much use all of the room and it wasn't a little sheet, may have been nearly 8.5x11