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Post by ironcladgames on Feb 6, 2017 0:05:17 GMT
Here is a teaser poster for an upcoming unit. Please let me know what you think? The art is done by the wonderful Eric Hibbeler  |
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Post by loyalist on Feb 6, 2017 1:43:35 GMT
Excellent work. It would be great to have AQ posters from the KS and rule book as HO scale decals.
Looking forward to the Women's Sniper Corps (and half a dozen Holt tractors for my heavy howitzers).
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Post by Quendil on Feb 6, 2017 10:12:24 GMT
Looks great
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Post by boxholder on Feb 6, 2017 12:34:32 GMT
Decals? Decals you can do yourself, if you have color printer. Testors Corp makes a decal printing "system" (special paper--one for inkjet and one for laser printer-- and a sealer spray) that can make a decal out of anything you can get to digitial form
Scan or make digital photo. Use any kind of graphics program to reduce the size, even PowerPoint has enough features to do it. Print it/them, seal them and it's job done.
You don't have to wait!!
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Post by scottwashburn on Feb 6, 2017 17:24:06 GMT
The poster is great! Reminds be of my Becca character in my books. She's organizing a sharpshooter company in Book 3!
The do-it-yourself decal systems have problems doing white or any light color. The traditional clear background that you find on most decals can't do white since printers don't have white ink. Anything white will come out clear. Light colors like yellow also come out very faint and the background will show through. They do sell decal paper with a white background, but then you have to cut out the image very precisely or you are going to have the extra white all around the edges. Commercially made decals use an off-set printing method which does have white pigment and this avoids the problem. But obviously that requires the right equipment. Of course for a simple rectangular shape like a recruiting poster, the white DIY paper will probably be fine.
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Post by boxholder on Feb 6, 2017 18:07:42 GMT
What Scott said!!
To beat the white edges problem, make the outside border a bit larger than the desired final size and trim it down.
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Post by gdieckhaus on Feb 6, 2017 21:26:29 GMT
Looking Good Joe!
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Post by loyalist on Feb 7, 2017 0:33:14 GMT
I've not had great results printing decals with an ink jet printer. It would be much easier if HO scale decals were available to use as propaganda posters. I've used 1/148 scale decals and printed posters/ads available commercially for my 1950s British Railway N gauge layout.
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Post by boxholder on Feb 7, 2017 1:43:27 GMT
I have not had any real problem with inkjet printed decals, even some lacy filigree patterns that are barely more than "hairlines."
If your printer supports adjustments, be sure that it is set at highest quality. It may help to clean and align the printheads
My printer is a pretty new HP 6830.
Obviously, the rule that YMMV prevails.
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Post by scottwashburn on Feb 7, 2017 1:56:45 GMT
Of course recruiting poster were printed on paper! Why not just print the reduced size posters on ordinary paper and glue them wherever you want? My All Quiet paper town buildings come with a lot of recruiting posters, advertisements and handbills.
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Post by boxholder on Feb 7, 2017 11:53:13 GMT
Mr Washburn speaks truth.
If the cardstock is too thick, you can coat the poster with white glue, let dry, then gently rub the backside with a damp (not WET) cloth. The paper will rollup and you can take it off. Don't get it too wet or else the white glue on the front will start to soften and let go. Once dry, it can be glued to the model.
If you can still find it, "decoupage" coating is similar, but it is not water soluble after it dries.
Or you can take the easy way out: copy the poster on plain bond paper.
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Post by hardlec on Feb 7, 2017 20:30:46 GMT
Regarding the art: BULLY!
Regarding decals:
Scott is quite correct. As neither laser nor inkjet printers have a white ink, their utility for printing decals is limited.
I have had some success printing black on clear "address labels."
Printing white or any light color is hard, even with a flatbed printer and a white ink pen.
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