Dremel, razor blades, & superglue (both for customizing & medical use as a result of razor blade slips...
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| Author: | Jimmyboy [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Your best customizing tool(s) |
My best customizing tools are a pair of medical forceps. They are used to hold a torso and legs by the hook. Additionally I use two pair of needle nose vice grip pliers for holding heads and arms when painting. These are some of the best tools for customizing I have ever found. What are some others? |
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| Author: | Lance Sputnik [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Dremmel, obviously... I have also started to find that a hot glue gun has come in more and more handy lately, and well, I make use of balloons alot too. But I use a dremmel and a variety of bits in nearly every custom I do, and usually a drill too, if I am doing swivel wrists. |
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| Author: | Viper [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Dremel, razor blades, & superglue (both for customizing & medical use as a result of razor blade slips... )
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| Author: | raptor [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
A .02 shader paintbrush. A small crock pot and a packet of Ryt Dye Microbrush application brushes - R |
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| Author: | pluv [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
I tried to narrow this list down to the ones I use on just about every custom. Dremel with all the attachments (mainly a diamond cutting wheel and a pointed etching bit for drilling and rough sanding). X-Acto knife. Dentist pick for sculpting. Gorilla glue and superglue. A meduim detail brush that comes to a fine point. Vice grip pliers. |
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| Author: | Chief [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Dremel X-acto blade X-acto saw GREEN STUFF!!! A little wooden sculpting tool that I snagged one day |
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| Author: | MJTanner [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
My dremel. I use it everyday (well everyday I customize). |
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| Author: | Luftshutze [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
X-acto knives my little Phillips-head tweaker for unscrewing chests (wow, I hope no one takes that out of context) my little red handled screwdriver for prying open things without cutting myself Brown stuff kneaditite w/wax #5 tools Windsor newton cirrus sable brushes Vallejo and Delta Ceramcote paints |
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| Author: | betabob [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
My brain. I use it from starting concepts to parts selection to visualization to working out problems to finished product on every custom. |
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| Author: | viperlord [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Quote: Gorilla glue and superglue. How does the Gorilla Glue work? I've got some but never used it. I'd have to say my most used tool is a cheap brush and 44 cent paints from Walmart. I use them on every custom. |
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| Author: | Doc Rob [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Dremel and a small selection of grinding and drilling bits Needle nose pliers with the angled tip; I LOVE these things, especially for pulling O-rings through and holding heads for painting. Alligator clips. Useful for holding a variety of parts, even whole figures, for a variety of purposes. Figure stands--homemade and otherwise. I used to just keep a pair handy, but that number has really grown.  Loews-Cornell #2 round paint brushes. Old, dried out brushes I keep for paint mixing. Apple Barrel paints and my little plastic paint trays. DecoArt Multi-Purpose Sealer. Green stuff. 
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| Author: | Cap [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
My best customizing tools? Doc Rob and JFAK075. Seriously. Without them, where'd be the fun? Well, them and a 10/0 artists brush. |
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| Author: | pluv [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
viperlord wrote: pluv wrote: Gorilla glue and superglue. How does the Gorilla Glue work? I've got some but never used it. I've only had one thing re-break after using it and that was because I dropped it from chest high right onto the glued area. I like it so much I've used it for knick knacks, keychain size store discount cards, porcelain tooth brush holders, and plastic coaster feet for a glass cutting board which I have since washed in the dishwasher. The thing you want to watch out for is that the gorilla glue expands when it dries. That means a little will go a long way and you'll want to remove any excess. You can use an x-acto to cut away anything you missed. |
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| Author: | nova [ Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Best tool is a number of 12" by 16" meal trays that were obtained from one of my College Dining halls. I've got a couple of them (one for tools, one for the work, somtimes one for painting.) They make customizing work mobile so I can move from infront of the TV to the Computer, to anywhere else and clean up is then pretty easy. I even have one that I converted to a spray painting tray using chopsticks. Next fav tool is a Razor Saw/ Xacto Saw. These things work great on plastic and are a MUST for vehicle customs. other useful tools are a Pin vice with needle sized drill bits. a Dremel, Hot melt glue gun, a set of Sears Speedlock drill bits, sometimes a cordless drill to use them in...they have a hex base so you can use them by hand for delecate areas. Dental tools for sculpting, then other regular stuff...brushes, pot, strainer, and rit dye. exacto, and screwdrivers. |
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| Author: | J_Man [ Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your best customizing tool(s) |
Dremel, super glue, dental picks, computer (yeah for all the details, stickers, etc.), and fingernail files. |
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