cripery's 'customizing'

that is damn sweet, Ben....well done sir   

Awesome info, thanks Ben!!!        

That's insanely great ! Really well done, top work

Yo dawg, I hear you like pictures of me wearing a picture of myself.

lol, Great work!

thats really awesome! good work

What brand transfer paper did you use?

Looks really awesome

Freaking amazing! Do you custom make the graphics?

thanks for sharing!!!    

Thanks for the interest everyone!   Happy, to share.

CankleBreaker wrote:Yo dawg, I hear you like pictures of me wearing a picture of myself.

  -   - Dude, that made me laugh.

Takemaru wrote:

Do you take orders?^^

Definitely won't do anything with Ferg's designs on..

ROACHSHACK138 wrote:What brand transfer paper did you use?

Not sure what brand of paper it is... - I only bought packs of 5 sheets, so they just came in transparent envelopes. Each type has a different colour grid on the backing paper. -  They were all from this place: http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/default.aspx  I assume they just buy in bulk and then repackage it for selling.  All the instruction sheets were all just branded craftycomputerpaper.

Arttoylife wrote:Do you custom make the graphics?

No, they are just scans from the Squadt boxes and then fiddled around with on the PC to sort out any little issues.  I had to re-colour the redjack ones as my scanner didn't capture a consistent colour.  I have some ideas for my own designs and will be sure to share...

For reference, this NKD TB one is using the light fabric paper, you can easily see how the transfer paper has turned transparent to show the yellow-ish colour of the tee undearneath:

Been having a go at some interchangeable sM4 bayonet mods recently.  Using little magnets:



Here's mod1[MK] meat knife:



and here's mod2[MM] mini machete:



NKD TB putting them to good use:







The little magnets can be bought cheaply on eBay: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Guys-Magnets

It's fairly easy to do, the most important thing is getting the holes where you insert the magnets really accurate.  They need to be lined up exactly or else the blade ends up not being straight and pointing off at an angle.  Also, you need to remember that opposite poles will repel!  

WOW!! too good!

Awesome mods. Funny you mention the opposing poles cus I glued a magnet the wrong way in one of my mods lol.

Wow this is great !
love the use of the magnets

CankleBreaker wrote:Awesome mods. Funny you mention the opposing poles cus I glued a magnet the wrong way in one of my mods lol.

Thanks guys!

Charlie, yes - I've actually done it twice now, you'd think I'd learn my lesson. - It's a pain in the ass when you've superglued a magnet the wrong way round alright..

You're killing me with these. Just too awesome!!!

Man that is very cool ! Some very very tiny magnets !!
Why not paint them black ?

Ben, did you use a dremel or a power drill to make the holes for the magnets? I had difficulty using a dremel and the bits becus they would get too hot and melt the vinyl. I think a drill w/ proper drill bits would've been more effective/easy.

neat

The magnet thing is a fucking good idea, love it !!!!!!

patrick40 wrote:
Why not paint them black ?

Yeah, I probably will give them a little dab of paint at some stage.  They're not very noticeable really as they're either stuck together or in hand usually and they look fairly neat and tidy as they're so small.

CankleBreaker wrote:
Ben, did you use a dremel or a power drill to make the holes for the magnets? I had difficulty using a dremel and the bits becus they would get too hot and melt the vinyl. I think a drill w/ proper drill bits would've been more effective/easy.

I just have a little hand drill (more a finger drill really) that is useful for these small, delicate jobs.  They work surprisingly well:

Neat hand drill, need to go find one at my local hardware store.

Awesome mods,what size magnets are you using?

0khrana wrote:Awesome mods,what size magnets are you using?

Thanks!

Those particular ones are 1.5mm x 2mm but you could probably get away with a bit bigger. I also have some 3mm x 5mm but I've yet to use them on anything yet. They'd probably be more necessary on something a bit heavier.

Awesome work. That magnet mod works great for keeping scopes firmly in place.