Somewhere in between but it really depends on the item. For Stormtrooper armor I just start a pot on the burner and once the pot starts forming small bubbles along the sides and bottom I'll drop it in. I then take it out after 20-30 seconds and see if it's pliable, once I'm able to curve it to a desirable point I put it under cold water at my sink, which sets it.
Somewhere in between but it really depends on the item. For Stormtrooper armor I just start a pot on the burner and once the pot starts forming small bubbles along the sides and bottom I'll drop it in. I then take it out after 20-30 seconds and see if it's pliable, once I'm able to curve it to a desirable point I put it under cold water at my sink, which sets it.
I will heat up water in the microwave... that tends to get it to just below boiling when pulled out. And the armor can be left in anywhere from a few seconds up to a minute depending on the thickness.
I'll reshape and then put it in a second container of ice water. When I did my Evil Ash it was literally a few seconds in the hot water and then almost instantly solid once put in the cold. I actually did it twice as the first time I was unhappy with the shape.
I will heat up water in the microwave... that tends to get it to just below boiling when pulled out. And the armor can be left in anywhere from a few seconds up to a minute depending on the thickness.
I'll reshape and then put it in a second container of ice water. When I did my Evil Ash it was literally a few seconds in the hot water and then almost instantly solid once put in the cold. I actually did it twice as the first time I was unhappy with the shape.
I go hot water for all my mods. Looking forward to seeing what the combination of hot water and Dave's mod looks like.
Just got my Ex. Can't wait to have time to mod and enhance the paint.
I'll share my first in-hand impressions soon.
What scent for the bubble bath? Gotta pick something manly for fett.
Garlic.
Garlic.
Uggggg.
Can't wait to see what you do with him Surfer. Aside from whats been mentioned, how happy are you with them following your proto paints? In the pics it looks like they tried really hard to emulate the damage you had laid out.
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