Problems with Home Made Decals

[Brother Pablo]

I tried printing out a standard Space Marine decal page from here and I it looks like I am having some issues here.  I printed the page out on an inkjet printer with some MicroMax clear Inkjet decal paper.   I did a test run first to see how they turn out and here is what I got:

Now my issue is not exactly the decal job, this is just a test.  What I was looking for is if the color would come through a lot more brighter and this is not what I was expecting.  I am working on Crimson Fists so I am trying to go for the following look:

Clearly a big difference even though this looks like it needs a little micro sol and some touch up painting.  A few questions here for anyone who can help.  Has anyone else had the same problems and how did you overcome it?  Is a laser printed sheet going to work better?  Would you make any other recommendations?  

Thanks!

 

[Bung]

I tried printing my own Decals and it failed.

I would rather recommend going to store that öfters decal printing Service or getting some good quality third party Decals.

For my Heresy era Imperial Fists i added some from the mighty brush and you can get the Crimson Fist variant too

https://www.themightybrush.com/product/gloved-fists-transfers-decals/

I can really recommend them, their quality is in the same level as Forgeworld.

 

 

[Brother Pablo]

Thank's Bung.  I am not against the idea, and the website that you mentioned does have some nice decals on it.  I will think on it, but I still want to figure this out if at all possible.  There is more than squad markings that I want to be able make into a decal.  

[Bung]

If you have the design ready you could look into a printing Service with more experience.

I think a bit of your problem is the Printer ink in combination with Micro Sol / Set, as those chemicals may react with the printer ink.

[Brother Pablo]

I actually found a place in the States where I am that does the Squad Markers among other things.  So I ordered a set of them and some white numbers that I wanted to try to use as well.  Hopefully they will work out.  

[Sword Brother Adelard]

Personally, I'd avoid The Mighty Brush transfers like the plague. I've found them awful to work with 

I recommend Scumb4g Kustoms on Facebook, message them and they'll probably do what you need.

[Bung]

15 hours ago, Brother Adelard said:

Personally, I'd avoid The Mighty Brush transfers like the plague. I've found them awful to work with 

I recommend Scumb4g Kustoms on Facebook, message them and they'll probably do what you need.

I dont see your Problems.

I use The Mighty Brush Decals along with FW ones and dont have any problems at all.

I use Micro Sol / Set to fix them.

[Sword Brother Adelard]

It's not just me, there was a recent thread about them in the forge. Someone having issues with transfers, and all of the usual advice was rendered moot because the transfers were TMB. 

I find that the larger ones curl as soon as you pick them up, and are almost impossible to lie flat. 

[Bung]

6 hours ago, Brother Adelard said:

It's not just me, there was a recent thread about them in the forge. Someone having issues with transfers, and all of the usual advice was rendered moot because the transfers were TMB. 

I find that the larger ones curl as soon as you pick them up, and are almost impossible to lie flat. 

 

Then we work different.

I had no problems with folding or such with TMB decals.

[Brother Pablo]

Well the company that I used did not ship after two months.  I have asked for a refund through paypal as over 60 days is too long to wait.  I will see if I can find someone else.  I am going to look at the two mentioned in this thread, but any other suggestions is appreciated.  

[Grim Dog Studios]

I used Scumb4g customs for some decals a few months ago, I cant fault them! The decals are great and I had them in about a week after placing my order, and that was Japan to UK delivery, couldn't believe the speed at which they arrived to be honest.

[Brother Pablo]

I may get a hold of Scumb4g and see what he can do.  I just thought of this but I am at a new office, and perhaps the copiers or the laser printers can do instead of using the inkjets that I was using.  Does a laser printer do that much of a better job on these decals?

[Marshal Mittens]

16 hours ago, Brother Pablo said:

I may get a hold of Scumb4g and see what he can do.  I just thought of this but I am at a new office, and perhaps the copiers or the laser printers can do instead of using the inkjets that I was using.  Does a laser printer do that much of a better job on these decals?

Was the previous company Fallout Hobbies? Currently waiting over 2 months for a normal order and a custom order from them...

[Brother Pablo]

On 9/26/2022 at 2:41 AM, Marshal Mittens said:

Was the previous company Fallout Hobbies? Currently waiting over 2 months for a normal order and a custom order from them...

Yep

[Sword Brother Adelard]

One of the Mods on the BT Facebook group called them out very publicly about something similar. They sound like they're a company going down the pan 

[Marshal Mittens]

Yeah they have very good high quality products that they won't ship to you or respond to your messages about. I ordered custom dusk raiders transfers (for $100!!!!) And several of their normal transfers and no shipping, no updates, no response to emails. I should contact PayPal as well. 

[Brother Pablo]

I had to request a refund using Paypal. Got both the refund and they then sent me the decals that I requested. Wrong color so I need to send it back, but weird business practice nonetheless.