Shrinky dink wraithone bases for wraithguard

I traced some cirlcles for the bases.  Then cut them into cool shapes, cooked the on the oven at 325 for 3 minutes.  Glued em down, and we got some wraithbone bases.

Shrinky Dink Shoulder Pads

I did a couple of test shrinks to get a better calculation on how much it shrinks.  My 87 mm piece shrunk to 33 mm.  So not exactly 3 to 1.  I also printed out a wolf picture and used the photocopier to size it up a bunch of times.  Then I found a wolf head that was close to the right size.  I cut the shrinky dink out the size you see in the picture.  After shrinking,  you can see the size of the wolf head.  My only problem is the thickness of the wolf head is a bit too much.   Sorry the next pic is a bit out of focus, but you get the idea.

 

I like the detail that is preserved and the ease of production, but don't like the width.  So what do you think?  Too thick or not too bad.  I am undecided.  Maybe green stuff would be better, and save shrinky dinks for vehicle icons.  Let me know what you think.

Tyrannofex MK I and shrinky dink bone swords part II

I have decided that I love to build Monstrous Creatures.  There are enough cool tyranid parts out there that can be mashed together into whatever shape you want.

After deciding I didn't like the tyrannofex like the picture in the codex, I decided to start building my own.  I really liked spite for the dice gods' tyrannofex .  raptor1313 tyrannofex  So I decided to make something somewhat like it.  Here is what I came up with.

 Kind of a cross between sonic the hedgehog and a carnifex.  The head and arms are magnetized so I can rearm him, or make him an armored hive tyrant.  Gotta love customizabiltizationing. ; )

I also pinned and glued the shrinky dink boneswords in place, and put the dremel to them to help get rid of some of the flatness of the sword.  A bit of greenstuff to help as well.

Here are the two monsters together.  I also added to Swarmy's height a bit, and need to greenstuff that together better.  Right now it is pinned with a brass rod, and then bulked out with hot glue. 

(What the objective camping tervigons see every battle)

Shrinky Dink Boneswords

Shrinky Dinks are a craft project for kids, that my kids have been doing all summer.  Looked like a great way to make some bone swords, so I tried it out.  The package says that they shrink 3x smaller, so I started by drawing a picture of the bone sword I wanted to copy, 3x larger.  The Shrinky dinks we bought had 6,  8"  x 10" sheets for $5-7.  Great deal.  We bought ours at Michael's, but I bet most kid craft stores would have them.

Next I copied the pattern onto the shrinky dink with a sharpy 2 times and cut them out.

You can see that the material is very thin, easy to trace and cut.

Next you cook it in the oven for three minutes on 325 F (163 C) on some paper so it doesn't stick to your pan.

While they are baking the plastic material folds as it shrinks and kinda looks like bacon.  Mmmm.  Bacon.  It will flatten back out, but I found it helped to have some paper towel nearby to press it exactly flat once it was still warm.  The first one was a little warped after it cooled and I put it back in for a couple of minutes and then flattened it out with a paper towel.   At this point, I realized that it didn't shrink exactly to 1/3 the size, so I trimmed my second sword before I baked it.  After the material is baked it is very brittle, so trimming wasn't the best idea.  I chopped off some of the length of the baked sword, but couldn't make it skinnier without destroying it.  Back to the drawing board. 

You can see the one in the middle is a little thinner and a little shorter.  I later trimmed the longer one, but may do it again for the perfect sword. 

Here you can see the original drawing and the two new swords.

And Swarmy with some plasti-tac holding his swords on.  I intend to use a dremel tool to sharpen the edges of the swords and put some green stuff on them to make them look a little more organic.  Next time I want to do some Space Wolf icons for my tank doors and tops or make some custom shoulder pad icons for some space wolves.