What would you get?
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What would you get?

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So lets say I have 500 hypothetical dollars to spend on legends and customizing equipment. What should I get? So far all I coulde come up with is an airbrush, and a ton of loosies. Anyone have any suggestions? Oh, I already have two dremels

Posted by 616commando
on Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Mikey11935 -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Grey monk some paint remover will take all the Epoxy residue off! I wanna know what those scuplting tools are and where I can get them.? Im always down for more tools!
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Henchmen4Hire -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Get a camera with an AF Illuminator (for focusing properly in dark pictures), like Sony's cams.
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Mr-X -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
If your going that far, you might as well buy a decent camera too
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616commando -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Awesome, thanks guys! I had forgotten about the citidel paints mega set.
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Henchmen4Hire -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Lol, that and to take pictures of your customs!
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Peril -
Saturday, June 16, 2007
You know what else would help you that's cheap........... A good lamp with a flexable swing arm so you can get good light when it's four in the morning and you've been working on a custom for 24 hours straight .... not that I've ever done that before.
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greymonk -
Friday, June 15, 2007
You can get that mad crazy metal box of Every color paint Citadel makes for $250 . I also recommend these Really nice Brittish Sculpting tools, they look like paint brushes but the tips are nylon - about 30 bucks for a set of 5 and they have soft, medium and hard tips. I use the hard tips and they are the best sculpting tools I've ever touched. (sorry can't read the brand anymore Mine are coated over with years of Marine epoxy putty)

Flex shaft for your dremel if you don't have it and get some router bits from the Home Depot, I can create my own ball sockets with some of the bits I got there. Well worth the expenditure. A 4lb tub of Apoxie Sculpt for about $30 (before shipping) Some good wet dry sandpaper in the high grades like 1000+, a couple of packages of Sheet styrene (including clear) more ink cartridges for your printer so you can print your eBay invoices and postage labels. umm ummm some figs, and save about 40 bucks for Black Arachnis... (but you gotta wait until after June)

wow, wish I had $500 to blow on customizing!!
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Henchmen4Hire -
Friday, June 15, 2007
Dremels are like 20 bucks... Unless you want one with crazy features, recommended if you're going to use it for repairs around the house as well, not just toys.
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Peril -
Friday, June 15, 2007
A dremel is a must and not just paint but matte and gloss enamel as well.
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Mikey11935 -
Friday, June 15, 2007
Standard Passche Vl airbrush $70
Compressor $100 to $250* (check your local swapmeets)
Dremel $60 (if you already have one upgrade to the stylus as your 2nd)
Apoxie Sculpt
Sculpting tools.
Paint
files & sand paper

If you need recommendations of where you can go online for Great prices let me know, some offer free shipping.
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18thstreet-Geppetto -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
NO!!!!! alcohol treats depresion what you need is some MOTA, CRONIC,CHIBA!!! now that helps creativity
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CplHicks -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
It helps with the creativity.
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Mr-X -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
lmao
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ToymakerB -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Lots and lots of Alcohol....
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18thstreet-Geppetto -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
got to have aves apoxie or fixit, plus some exzacto knivies
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DrSean -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
I'd probably get a lot of XMC Archangels because that is like the universal custom. I'd probably get a better variey of paints too,
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CplHicks -
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Dremel for sure.

and

Some really good glue. Like the stuff that you have to mix together and it dries rock hard in 5 mins.
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