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making your own nameplates

#1 Post by DEADMAN »

Anyone have any tips on making your own nameplates? I have an Alien piece I wanted to add a name plate logo to.
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I have made raised-letter nameplates a couple ways. The first, and simplest, is to cut the letters out of sheet plastic and glue them to the nameplate. A nice sharp knife blade and some needle files are a great help.

The second is a little slicker, although it costs a bit. Send your art to a rubber stamp company (I usually use rubberstamps.com) and have a rubber stamp made of your nameplate, then copy it in resin using a rubber mold and two-part polyurethane resin. You have to order a stamp that prints a reversed image.

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Or you could contact Tim Fortuna and see about getting a nameplate 3D printed.
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tay666 wrote:Or you could contact Tim Fortuna and see about getting a nameplate 3D printed.

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I traced these letters that I copied from the kit instructions onto a flattened piece of Super Sculpey, cut them out and baked them to harden. I cut a piece of basswood which was then squared up, sanded and beveled. I glued the letters to the basswood and then sanded the letters smooth and to a uniform thickness. The assembly was painted black and the letters picked out with metallic wax (similar to Rub n Buff).
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