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How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

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How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby SlyTF1 » Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:13 am

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I need to know how you put bullet holes on some transformers that I want to customize. Does anyone know how? :CON:
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Mkall » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:26 am

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Easiest way I can think of would be a hot soddering iron pushed through the plastic to melt it, or an engraving tool pushed through.
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Chaoslock » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:24 pm

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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby TFBuyer » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:56 pm

Weapon: Sniper Rifle
Bullets?
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Jacob P. Galvatron » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:59 pm

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When I messed up my Mindwipe, I used a dremel with a small drilling bit to make a little hole.
Then, I used some black on the hole.

Edit: Something like 118.
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Valandar » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:45 pm

Motto: "It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty, only that you work to make it full."
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For bullets, I'd say take a thin paperclip, straightened out, and held by a pair of pliers, and the tip heated up in a lighter until it's really, really hot, then carefully jabbed into the body panels. For larger projectiles, like Transformer level cannons, the tip of a soldering iron or woodburning tool would be good. Just be careful you don't destroy an interior strut that's needed for structural integrity, or that the melted area that rises up from the plastic from the new hole blocks any close-clearance aspect of the transform.
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Skyfire77 » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:41 pm

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A little trick I learned in my scale modeling days:

Using a Dremel (117 above should work), sand down inside the area you want to hole until it's paper thin, then jab with a needle or a nail depending on the size of the projectile. You can also use a blade for rends and tears.
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Re: How do you make bullet holes on custom TFs?

Postby Mykltron » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:44 am

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I used a soldering iron for this chap. Heating objects with a flame is ok if you don't have a soldering iron but they cool down so quickly it's a bit of a pain.
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