I've had quite a few people suggest new
Modeling Materials to be used and thought it made sense to group them together in one place.
I'll maintain a list in this thread's original post. If you have ideas of what you would like to see then please post below. If its something that takes my interest then i'll promote it onto the list in this post(and ultimately onto the
"Portfolio and Production Process thread")
The criteria for getting on this list are entirely arbitrary and changeable - depends what I like...
If I make a kit from your suggested material you get a free kit! This may take a while though, be patient.
The requirements for materials are...
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Cylindrical or Curved- A consistent size somewhere between 50mm and 250mm in diameter and above 50mm in height. Maximum height around 300mm or easy to cut accurately. A slight taper to the cylinder is acceptable. Non cylindrical items should exhibit curves, slight tapers or other 'interesting' geometry in an 'organic' style. No double curvatures!
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Cardboard or plastic - plastic should not be of the polyethylene type that even repels superglue, if the plastic feels 'waxy' then its no good. It must be able to be modeled with tools normally available to a war gamer/modeler - ie a scalpel knife, files sand paper clippers.
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Widely available - like the Pringles tube it should be easy to get hold from local supermarkets or other outlets. I'm based in the UK so am initially looking for items available here, though the Pringles Tube is a world wide constant it seems.
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Cheap - again, like the Pringles tube this should either be a container which can be reused or an item that costs no more than £2 to buy. I've considered drain pipes and such like but the problem is most people would have to buy a 6 foot length (or more) in order to get just a few inches, or I'd have to cut and ship it which removes the flat-pack nature.
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Recyclable - Household paint tins have been suggested but the work necessary to clean them up so they could be used for modeling is excessive.
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SAFEThis is what we have so far... in no particular order.
- Pringles
TM tube.
- industrial sized coffee tins
- flower pots (darth tater)
- baby milk tubs (Rick and iron mamoth from terragenesis)
- soft drinks cans (ableman from terragensis)
- food cans
- mailing tubes in various sizes.
- Haagan Daz icecream tub or Ben and Jerry's
- Cart d'Or ice cream tub (Carcharoth)
- Bisto gravy tub.
- soup tubs (jubal)
- spray can lids (carcharoth)
When it come to starting a new design I MAY (at my discretion) put up a poll to see what people would like me to work on next.