I remember crafters a while back using dry white rice to fill socks in order to make eye-pillows or neck-supports. The rice is light, forms to shape and then is amazingly study in that shape.
Cooked rice however tends to warp the models. -M On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Susie wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
