Hi guys I am finishing my second set of figures, a dragon german 6 army

gtate to build fit perfect and nice details.BUT how can I add some straps

on the guns?any special material and technique???



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The best material for gun slings is lead foil. It can be found on wine bottle tops. Simply cut it to the correct width and length, paint, and attach it to the weapon with superglue. It can be folded and crimped to hang realistically as well.

Eduard recently released a pre painted phot etched set that has all sorts of strps for german guns and such. They look very good, and you don't even have to paint them!

Try electrical tape, first soak it in enamal thinner to remove the adhcive then cut to length pain a glue in place?



Lead foil is good to

Jerry

maybe u can try paper . Very easy to obtain.

plain simple 3M masking tape...

take a long piece of it, glue it to a flat gloss surface (table top or somethin like it, i use a piece of broken WC wallcover block) cut thin stripes with hobby knife. use the "sticky side" to attach it to the weapon, soak with super glue and when dried (after 15 minutes) just paint with what ever paint you want...

the "results"

The Simple one...


and here i added thin lead wire to represent the "strap holders"



ofc, you first test this on some spare in case you dont like it, i find it very easy and satisfying. also i made some more complicated straps with this tehniques but no pics avaliable right now.

cheers
Mirko

Ola Solin

Cheaper and easier to get then Leadfoil is Aluminium Oventray. And some small copperwire to make the buckles

With some care the result should look like this:


With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

I have to agree with Jerry on this. I use blanket cleaner for an offset press to remove the adhesive myself, but I run a print shop and have access to gallons of the stuff. If you liberally apply it (or thinner, or even nail polish remover), it will not only take the adhesive off, it will make the electrical tape pliable, and more like a weapon strap (IMNSHO). I usually cut the tape down to the size I want before I take off the adhesive; it's just easier to cut the tape that way.

If you're not feeling this industrious, you can always go to OfficeMax and but the really thin 3M white out tape too.

hmmm, electrical tape method seem ver intersting I'll try that...thanks for the tip
Greg

thanks guys nice tips I will try them and see which works the best for me