On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:45 AM, hort_wort <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've been working on a paper model of an anime girl for the last > week. She's a pretty good scale, with ankles about 1cm wide. She's > also ridiculously lightweight and stands no chance of sitting up on > her stand. > > So I've been thinking about how to weigh her down. My first thought > was to glue pennies in her butt. After thinking about it for a while > longer, I thought about filling her with dried beans. I just so > happen to have a can of dried soybeans sitting behind me with nothing > to do. I was thinking the weight distribution would be more natural > doing this, and further it'd help stop the model from being squished > if it gets bumped. > > So has anyone ever tried this? Did it work out well? I was also > thinking of using a few vanilla or coffee beans to make her smell > nice. ;) > > It's an interesting model. It required me to use red construction > paper (only red paper I had) to print out a couple of the pages. > Never had an ink-saving model like that before. > http://alclione-papermodels.blogspot.com/2009/09/evangelion-asuka.html > > Jon
Jon, You might consider something other than coffee or soy beans; their oil content may stain the paper. Rice, dried peas or lentils, or other small, dry beans should work. Epoxy-coated aquarium gravel is a wholly inert and inorganic option that won't decay and/or attract insects and rodents as the rice or beans would. -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ If it can't be taken apart, you don't own it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
