I tried this using aquarium gravel. It didn't work. The gravel kept settling and expanding the bottom of the model beyond it's stretching point. I imagine dried beans would have the same effect. The pony beads or something lightweight might work. Something else that works is polyester fiber fill or cotton stuffing, like you buy to make pillows or stuffed toys. It adds a little weight without adding too much and makes the model harder to crush.
On Oct 26, 9:45 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
