Axel's Guide to Painting Clone Helmets

I can sharpie pretty good without masking the areas i dont want to sharpie.

Monkeyshine wrote:

legorevolution wrote:

Monkeyshine wrote:Use thin point sharpies! It works very well.

Eh :/ sharpies aren't very pretty in my opinion.

I didn't know clones were supposed to be pretty! If you have a good hand and thin point sharpies, works like a charm

Yeah if you play were put the sharpie it will get all over the clone .Like if you use Red thin point and play were you put the sharpie the clone helmet will turn pink all aver.

Newer sharpies don't smear on plastic, that's why I started out fresh with new packs of sharpies.

Jedi Joe wrote:Newer sharpies don't smear on plastic, that's why I started out fresh with new packs of sharpies.

Oh snap I found out the Sharpie pack I have is from 2001.

My old sharpies were from '01 too! I don't know when they changed the ink formula, but I bought packs from '08, and they work like a charm.

Jedi Joe wrote: My old sharpies were from '01 too! I don't know when they changed the ink formula, but I bought packs from '08, and they work like a charm.

That's odd both of are old packs are from 2001 I'm going to get a new pack soon.

Thanks, your guide was really helpful!

Please don't BUMP old topics... I am going to report this.

Actually it looks liked he thanked the person for posting this info. What if he had a question about it? You guys really need to leave this stuff up to the staff.

Ok sorry, I am new to this kinda thing.... so when does it count?

And CC did say we should use the report button...

You can report it. But just make sure you look at the content. Are they adding something to it? In this case thanking some for making it I think is valid. However, I agree he should have added some more detail. Like: "Thanks for the info. I'll post my attempts here when I get them finished this week." It does look like a crappy bump at first.

So did I do the right thing? He didn't really add to the topic....
Or is thanking count...?

If you think you see a spam/old bump etc. just flag it. That's ABL's job. Let us worry about it. Adding to the thread creates long off topic sections like this one.

So speaking of customs I'm ready to do my first water decals this weekend. Painting sucks!

Ok Sorry...
Back on Topic: Then leave it to Axel to paint !

Thunder-blade wrote:Ok Sorry...
Back on Topic: Then leave it to Axel to paint !

Haven't been painting for ages. I'll need to Bricklink some more clone helmets soon.

I was gonna use sharpies but according to you they aren't very good, so I'll try this technique.

Please don't BUMP old topics!!

And there is nothing wrong with Sharpies... I mean just look at my stuff here...

Looks like I'm using sharpies.

Thanks I can't really tell when I look at mocs if they use sharpies or paint so I look for advice here.

Matt Thunder-blade has also discovered that you can use rubbing alchohol to get sharpies off of figures. So if you mess up it's fine.

Yes, thanks thats the best info I've found so far. Dad don't throw them out yet just get some booze.

No really thanks alot I need something to undo the messed up minifigs.

Clonecommando007 wrote:Matt Thunder-blade has also discovered that you can use rubbing alchohol to get sharpies off of figures. So if you mess up it's fine.

Pencil eraser works better.

I have tried rubbing alcohol and it is a pain in the butt to use with sharpied Legos.

Painting takes a lot more patience then sharpying, because if you screw up, you have to wash off all the paint and start over. With sharpies, you can use a cotton bud to wipe off the screwed up bits.

I'll start customizing my lead officer tomorrow.

nice, I think I will try this sometime.

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Cool. Definetly going to try.