How to be an Armoured Farmer, building Hobart's Funnies in Glorious 15mm (and maybe 28mm if they arrive in time!)
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Hi all, well I have been patiently waiting for my decal order to be processed but it looks like I’ll be a wizened old man before they arrive, so I thought I’d have a play with something different.
I thought I’d try and make my own.
and I’ll most likely bugger it up so there will be much trial and error before I show you the Blue Peter “here’s one I made earlier!” Final show and tell.
I’ve been trawling the internet for suitable images, mainly as I’m lazy and shit with IT but can just about find my way around MS Paint ???? and I found some decal paper to print them on (along with some Matt varnish for sealing them in).
So that’s this weekend’s challenge and I’ll let you know how I get on.
White and clear decal paper from Mr Decal Paper (the clue’s in the name! ?)
Loving the project so far. I made my own decals for my North Irish Horse Churchills. The good news is that at 15mm scale, you don’t need to be too exact as once it’s scaled down, you can’t really tell. I just searched the internet for the regimental markings and then downloaded the jpg file, reduced it in size and then just added a lot to a Word document. Make sure you test print on paper first to get the scale right as decal paper isn’t cheap! The only other challenge is I found the decal paper to be a… Read more »
Many thanks for the advice, I’ll give it a try. As usual I got distracted at the weekend finishing off some scale scenic trees!
A great idea, @brucelea – I always wanted to try to make my own decals (well, besides with lightweight typing paper, the less said about that the better).
If you find images and need any help conveting their formats (jpg to png, cleaning them up, etc …) let me know via e-mail. I do this kind of light graphics work all the time.