Thanks. The cardboard is rather light: 180 gram (European indication). It can't be too heavy for such a small model. The base is a piece of foam board. It is glued with normal white glue, used for paper. Then, to fix the arms directly into their shape, I use some superglue in the joints. The paint is acrylic, in two layers. This gives considerable extra strength. Making small models is not difficult at all: the X acto knife can cut more precise then you can draw. Cutting the pieces, gluing them, painting: less paper is less work !
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Your art style is very distinctive! What kind of paper is thet? And what did you use to make the base?
Dec 16, 2011
wal joris
Thanks. The cardboard is rather light: 180 gram (European indication). It can't be too heavy for such a small model. The base is a piece of foam board. It is glued with normal white glue, used for paper. Then, to fix the arms directly into their shape, I use some superglue in the joints. The paint is acrylic, in two layers. This gives considerable extra strength. Making small models is not difficult at all: the X acto knife can cut more precise then you can draw. Cutting the pieces, gluing them, painting: less paper is less work !
Dec 17, 2011