From Russia with love!
Just got these goodies in the mail!
For those of you who were not following these threads earlier this year, I took on 2 Miami Killer projects, I sculpted and produced both the slide box and Trinity Urn. I offered these items as either unpainted versions, or painted. I teamed up with Max Miniatures overseas who continues to take these projects of mine and blows me out of the water with their painting skills.
The slide boxes I have seen earlier runs, and still very amazed with the paint, but this is the first time seeing the finished urns. Only 3 of us opted in to have them painted, and I'm telling you, you guys really, really missed out on a masterpiece. The painted urns in hand are simply fantastic, each flower has the proper gold trim around them, the flowers and pattern are an amazing match to the source material...I could go on and on, but I cannot wait to get this properly displayed with my Dex. I will get the urns packed up and shipped this week guys, stay tuned here for that info.
Ok everyone, very excited with the final on these. I bought a few blank, black bandanas this morning. This material as you know is much, much thinner than a cotton shirt which works perfect for this project. It allows it to bunch up nicely around the bottom.
The actual prints are done on a professional quality roland heat transfer material using solvent inks. This is the same process a shirt shop would use for shirt runs where silk screening is not needed.
I permanently pressed the transfers onto the material using the same kind of heat press that shirt shops use, the bond is permanent and bubble free. The transfer material, even when applied to a garment can be stretched with the fabric and will not crack or tear. I have been able to stretch an applied transfer to around 3x it's original size with no issues, it's top shelf stuff.
I did a small run tonight and wanted to share the pricing and ordering information.
The price per bandana is: $30 shipped worldwide and includes paypal fees. My paypal is: [email protected]
The included shipping is going to be your basic, postal option, no tracking etc. If this is something you need expedited, that will be a fee you are responsible for.
Since these are ready to go, there is no need for a formal sign up list. Feel free to go ahead and make a payment. If you want to avoid shipping delays, please make sure your board name and correct shipping info is included in the paypal transaction.
There are 2 options you guys can ask for on these:
1) Shipped flat and unfolded
2) Permanent press crease (see images). This is nice because you won't have to pinch your folds by hand.
Your folding option must be indicated in your payment notes, otherwise you will be shipped an unfolded version.
All you will need to do is twist the edges and tie a small knot around the back of the head. If your figure head is any larger than Arnie here you can easily stretch the bandana out a little to give some more reach. It helped me to use needle nose pliers to tighten the back.
The edges are not hemmed, I wanted these to have the ability to fray a little bit. When they arrive, there will be little to no fray, as they are brand new. With some handling you can get that nice natural fray to start to show.
As mentioned these are in hand and can ship in less than 24 hours of payment received.
There is no need to PM me prior to ordering, just go for it. If you have any questions just let me know.
Thanks!
All orders have shipped, thanks guys! I still have a couple left in the in-stock batch that can go out right away, just let me know.
On a super-duper fantastic note, I got word yesterday that the 3D printer will ship most likely this coming week. Shipping will take about a week, and then I have a 2 day scheduled training to go over some of the advanced features, calibration etc. I'm thinking I could possibly be up and running fully within a few weeks!
I will compose a more comprehensive post after I am in full 3D print mode giving you guys an outline of what I want to try to do for the community. As I have discussed with some of the customizers here, me making this purchase is not about squeezing myself in and others out. I do plan on offering printing services for my own projects as well as other digital sculptors who are looking for high resolution mold masters.
So hold off on your requests until I'm all set, but I think this is going to be very exciting for me, and hopefully you guys are going to dig a lot of what I will be working on. It's going to be a wide gamut from custom bases, to headsculpts, 1/6 accessories and much more!
can't wait to see the bandana on THIS guy
thanks - it was me
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