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@ TJWyrm, they are decals I made. I prolly could've done it free hand bit it would take forever to do 100+ marines lol.

 

@ bloodhound23, thanks, I can never get enough praise. lol

 

 

Making the decals was a long process. The first part was research. Spent the previous weeks googling decals. I already knew about BoLS decal sheet printout for the Red Corsairs, but there must be someone selling actuall decals of the RCs. No luck! Okay so I'll do them myself. More searchy, tons of info online, but alot of horror stories too.

 

I end up sending and email to a local hobby shop that I go to for things I cant find. She gave me some info but decals wasn't their strong suit, but they had a few customers that were and she would make contact for me.

 

At this point I remember I dont have a printer. I havent used one in years and after the move, I deep sixed ours. They sell decal paper for both inkjet and Laser printers. So I figure I can just go to staples or if I have to I'll do it at work. So I know I need Laser paper.

 

I receive an email from the Hoppy shop that they will be at a plastic model contest and her customers should be there and could help me. So I went. She introduced me to a few peoplw and I got all the info I needed. Brand, type, technique etc. Turns out inkjet has better quality but the ink tends to run. You also want your image to be a made with vector graphics ==>Wiki link on Vector Graphics. Adobe products use it. BoLS decal sheet is in PDF, Win!.

 

Next thing you want to know is White background or clear. Almost all printers don't print white. They are designed to print on white paper. So if you use colour or any shade of grey then you need to use white paper. Grey for example uses the white background of the paper to make the black look lighter.  The black becomes translucent. So if you use clear, the colour of the model WILL show through! But with white you have to cut the decal out very close to the edge and you will still get a white out line. For me the design is solid black. So clear is perfect for me.

 

Therefor I bought this:
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131102_125648_zps0e5862cb.jpg
3 sheets cost me $10. I could have gone online for cheaper.

 

Printing time. Oh ya I dont have one. I eventually went to Staples and they told me to take a hike! They refuse to use outside paper for liability reasons. Talking with my new friend and it turns out laser printers run hot and can melt the decal paper onto the heads. So you want to run it through the laser after its been off for a while. Therefore I snuck into work a few hours early to do it. Unfortunetly other employees were there too.


You have to do one sheet at a time and I didn't want to leave the sheet at the printer while I run back to my desk. Just incase some one else prints on my paper.

 

 Brainstorm!!

 

I sent a test print to regular paper. It looks perfect. I take the print, put the sheet of decal paper in the printer.. and  I  photocopy the test page. Voila!!

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131107_231621_zps8254c546.jpg

 

I run back to my desk and hide to to let it dry. Took it home and gave it quick coat of clear gloss after it dried I gave it a second full coat. it was unessary but I gave it a third coat of satin clear coat. I waited for that to dry and yesterday I tested on that marine.

 

Success!!

 

Here is where I got the decal design at BoLS

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/10/red-corsairsastral-claws-logo-sheet.html

They have other chapters as well

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Up next we have large RC decal on the rhino, with weathering.

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131118_215647_zps86c171a4.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131118_215708_zpse273270e.jpg

 

I added smaller ones to more shoulder pads. I have about 10 marines left to go.

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@ deathspectersgt7 go for it! and when you done post your result here or a link. I like to see them.

 

@Glaeken Templaris Thanks, I believe I necro'd your RC blog iback n June. I was hoping to see more. Give the decals a try. After doing them, it gave me that push I needed.

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ha ha. It's not finished yet. The Rhino used to look like this, before i repainted it

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/4/4/205906_sm-Space%20Marines%2C%20Bunker%27s%20orginal%20Rhino.jpg

 

I've putting off the hatch for some time. I was even thinking of other options.

 

1) SM Storm bolter (painted black)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131021_195722_zps75ba1ec8.jpg

 

2) Chaos bolter

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131021_200752_zpsc7820131.jpg

 

3) Chao bolter with spikes

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131021_200848_zps486edf6a.jpg

 

4) Marine through hatch

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131021_200634_zps4c3558c2.jpg

 

5)with spikes

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/20131021_200618_zpsefae5aa9.jpg

 

I'm still up in the air. let me know which one everyone likes?

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Not sure how I missed this. Personally I'd go with option 2. I do like the spikes, but as Argun said it looks like they'd interfere with the top hatch if they actually tried to open. Instead the chaos bolter adds just enough to the more plain imperial rhino.

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Hey Red Corsairs Watchers I got an update for ya.

So holidays are over and I cleaned up my painting room a little and I have enough space to paint and painting I did! I got a few marines painted to about 90% in 2 days. If I can keep this up I could finish my army in a month or two biggrin.png. Kidding aside it would be nice to get in a game soon and I like to have a painted army. or at least an army that has arms and heads.

Bring on the pics!! (used my camera phone, Sorry)

My first mostly finished Missle Launcher only 14 to go
http://i.imgur.com/4e74wQP.jpg?2http://i.imgur.com/AoYNjm9.jpg?3


Grey Hunter marine. Its been a while since I've painted helmets. I like the glow of the ML over this one. Trial and error
http://i.imgur.com/8v4RHUJ.jpg?2http://i.imgur.com/1xQqNRp.jpg?4


And we got here a Wolf Guard. and another attempt at blond hair. I painted this face about 2 years ago and hated it. but the hair kinda brought it together.
http://i.imgur.com/FGEZBJ2.jpg?2


and.....

with arms
http://i.imgur.com/soSHyi5.jpg?3http://i.imgur.com/FL5kTTK.jpg?3


C&C welcome

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