u/HopefulToLearn

The Knights and Sherma enjoy music. Hornet endures as always (by me, ink and paper)

The Knights and Sherma enjoy music. Hornet endures as always (by me, ink and paper)

Inspired by scenes in several fanfics on AO3. In particular, Hollow is heavily based on a panel in To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole.

u/HopefulToLearn — 2 days ago

A question on preparing toys

Hello everyone. I'm reusing a lot of plastic toys and pipes and the like, but I'm getting the impression that the surfaces are slightly anti-stick. The paint flakes off a little easily, even when thoroughly primed with spray paint, and the primer is also coming off.

Do any of you have a trick for making reused plastic toys more receptive to paint? Sanding them a bit, maybe giving them a light treatment with some chemical to destroy a potential anti-stick surface? Or something brilliant but unorthodox?

Any advice will be appreciated.

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u/HopefulToLearn — 2 months ago

A variety of buildings

Here's a handful of buildings I've made. It's an interesting spread.

The brick buildings are plastic buildings from this set set, which I found parts of at the local recycling center:

https://preview.redd.it/164eh5vlvb4h1.png?width=432&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc3397aa87d07a4bda961ba8a08c0746f1e36077

https://preview.redd.it/d18b7ljtvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85b1ea528a95afbdd53973bc7cd5606d77bd8b92

https://preview.redd.it/f43pgljtvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be1fd77fa338bbe881e9837da75353eaab4ae1cc

https://preview.redd.it/i8mm5ljtvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40f9d90d9dd295dcd73957024eab82f2885f9c7d

Then there are plastic crate buildings, which I'm quite happy with. Again, from the recycling station, where the plastic crates are plentiful and begging to become L-corners xD:

https://preview.redd.it/z6g85xfvvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46dd8c4c91c35331457ee7486cc386976f7c7adc

https://preview.redd.it/mpuk8wfvvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2cce44fedab60621f8d9165b3dcc418ccfd6f62

https://preview.redd.it/szs30vfvvb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07a34de719b6fd9f0939146be9207840ca452950

And then a mix, mostly cardboard and some destroyed old toys:

https://preview.redd.it/6p59tisawb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de5cbfb069ad6b554131e402cf6f8b831bf70eab

https://preview.redd.it/yz7kdgsawb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=353d1e2f1e5547a66aecd4cc489c68f33a3a53c4

https://preview.redd.it/rz13ngsawb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ff70dd067ba29a1257c1d538eae37ae25854c9d

https://preview.redd.it/qhobpgsawb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=748211446d39c13c792215711c37080b2ceb6fc8

https://preview.redd.it/n0xzhhsawb4h1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d58cbe98301f7c4285c8836734c8d8c87796297b

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u/HopefulToLearn — 3 months ago