Craft sand?
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Rick Steffers <[email protected]> wrote: > Pony beads from the craft store > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Mike Hungerford <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > "Rock is Dead, Long Live Paper and Scissors" > Want the same traffic, attitude, and information? Check out > www.papermodelers.com > Love Racing? Love Paper Models? Check Out http://rpmodels.proboards46.com/ > http://paperdakar.blogspot.com/ > http://picasaweb.google.com/rickstef > http://internationalpapermodelconvention.blogspot.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
