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2012/10/31 21:08:10
Subject: Good materials for cables?
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Navigator
The Emperor Class Battleship 'The Sky Ablaze'
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I am building a small group of Crypt Horrors for my Counts army, and I went with a Frankenstein-Esque approach with them, making them zombie ogres. I want to add some cables that look like they are carrying blood or an unknown green liquid to their limbs and such, but I cant find any kind of bendable and small tubelike material to do it with.
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2012/10/31 22:08:00
Subject: Good materials for cables?
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2012/10/31 23:12:45
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Spawn of Chaos
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Guitar Strings work well
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2012/10/31 23:17:51
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Leader of the Sept
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Or electrical wires of a suitable diameter. This also has the ebenfit that you can probably scavenge everything you need from busted technology 
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2012/10/31 23:21:55
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Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer
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2012/10/31 23:31:54
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare
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Do you want solid cables to add and then paint liquid oozing from the entry points on the model? or are you looking for an actual clear tube to perhaps wash with inks to dye it translucent colours? if you want solid cables I bought some of these the other day and they're great, if they suit your purpose i can send you a couple in the mail depending on how many you need of course lol! :-)
http://www.dragonforge.com/for%20sale%20images/dforge%20items%20for%20sale/supplies/power%20cables/power%20cables%20sample%20set%201%201.jpg
http://www.dragonforge.com/for%20sale%20images/dforge%20items%20for%20sale/supplies/acc/conversion%20parts/cables%20set%20one%201%201.jpg
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2012/11/01 14:51:28
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Further the zinge post above, these are good too, used them for my stormtroopers:
http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=102 Automatically Appended Next Post:
Everybody raves about these!
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/11/01 14:51:59
The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.
http://orinoco.imgur.com/ |
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2012/11/01 16:57:44
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Regular Dakkanaut
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You could always try soldering wire that's soft bendy and comes in a range of thicknesses ?
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2012/11/01 17:52:05
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Brigadier General
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I'd also suggest guitar strings. Most are Roundwound which gives the roughsurface that most folks associate with guitar strings. However, there are also flatwound guitar strings which are much smoother depending on what your needs are.
The same is true for bass strings. Those are considerably thicker, though good for vehicles and such. The cable attatching the power supply to the lascannon in this picture is a Roundwound Bass guitar string.
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2012/11/01 19:28:45
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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the zinge stuff is much better than guitar string.
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The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.
http://orinoco.imgur.com/ |
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2012/11/01 19:32:24
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
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I'd agree with this. GS/milliput tubes are a lot easier to deal with than guitar strings.
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