Bloody Babe!

[XcOM]

Project: Bloody Babe

I sure you've all seen the pics and idea in the chit chat section, so here we go:

I printed the picture onto the decal paper using the transparancy setting on my colour laserjet:

then i assembled all my equipment:

Taken apart and cleaned:

and the unwritten rule of the cat picture, say hello to Esso:

and SGTM's advice about crices was well founded, i tried to smooth them out, see the end result at the end:

the end result:

Not as good a quality i wanted, but not bad for my first attempt with such a complex shape to cover, next time im gonna use a clear decal so the creases wont be so visable, also the scratches shouldn't be as noticeable, Oh well, not bad for a test run.

Thoughts?


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[rendermandan]

Honestly for a first try, that's not too bad. Its not great though IMO.

Have you looked into having it dipped? http://www.hydro-dip.com/

I'm not sure how much this costs. cut it will certainly give you the results you want.

Here is some of their work. http://www.hydrodipping.com/Abstract-Custom/index.html

[XcOM]

JESUS thats expencive, good but a little costly.

I know its not exactly what i would call good, but i hope to get better over time. might look into doing a mouse with less curves, like a microsoft intelipoint. also use clear transfurs, and maybe not cover the whole thing, just put like a logo on it

[tomcatt]

I think it's pretty cool, the cratches give the mouse a funny texture that fit's into the theme

[OvRiDe]

Looks freakin' great for being the first time!!!

You might look at using adhesive vinyl backed instead of decal transfers. That way you can maybe use a little heat to stretch it if needed, and reduce some of the creases as well..

[DonT-FeaR]

looks great for first try

[XcOM]

yea, went looking at mice today, to find one that should be fairly simple to do, and i agree next time i will use vinyl and see if thats any easier,

[BuzzKillington]

Honestly for a first try, that's not too bad. Its not great though IMO.

Have you looked into having it dipped? http://www.hydro-dip.com/

I'm not sure how much this costs. cut it will certainly give you the results you want.

Here is some of their work. http://www.hydrodipping.com/Abstract-Custom/index.html

Holy wow. That is amazing beautiful! I know the first place my service rifle is going in the near future!

[billygoat333]

it looks good, one thing to do is maybe take a permanent red marker and color in where the creases are white to make it less noticeable as well

[gaz_the_chav]

OMG where did the TBCS mouse mat come from?? lol

-gaz