Modding Engravings + The weighted companion nas !

Never tried that, generally i keep a uniform depth just by feel alone

 

Update

Lines about halfway done the i´ll start shading a bit

 

The general lines are finished !



Will hold of with shading until tomorrow as i´ve got work in an hour

 

Hey everyone, lack of time stopped me from doing any work today and i wont have any time untill monday.

So look forward to updates on monday

 

Hey everyone, sorry for the hold. Been taking a bit of a break as i had alot going on lately.

But i decided to do more engraving this week.



Tomorrow im seeing meeting family so i wont do any update then but thursday and friday will be update days with more being done on both Rei (pictured) and also some updates for samus as the poor girl has hardly gotten any attention these past few weeks.

Also pictured, engravingfuel

 

Damn, nice. And props on the Rei engraving.

Just wondering though, what kind of Dremel bits are you using for engraving?

 

http://www.dremeleurope.com/dremelo...63E19A9A9DECCB2CD0919C2EF9ED30C2?&ccat_id=484

I exclusively use those types of bits for doing metal engravings, and as some people have asked i´ll clarify again why.

When you engrave for example plastic, you need to use a cutting head bit because otherwise the plastic would just melt and cover the bit your using.

When it comes to aluminium and the likes you need to use a bit that basically sands away the paint/aluminium , if you use an cutting head bit on metal you´ll end up with shrapnel in your head and you´ll be forbidden from taking mri´s

Will try to update alittle tomorrow.

My computer decided to mess with me and screw up the password so i had to sit with that fiddling for 2 hours -.-

And the weekend consisted of sleeping and rpgs

 

This is some good info, especially since I'm just starting out with engraving. Thanks. And looking forward to more updates.

 

Man those look great! I swore of using dremels in mods about 2 years ago.. but I may renig on that. Though tell me, is your one of those annoying new style that locks when cutting tough material ( specifically 1/4th inch polycarbonate), though I think that may be because I got a cordless one... Too many irons in the fire, but this may be the exact style of mod I want for my laptop!

 

Thanks,

Well i dont really use mine to cut much (not cut plastics with it in 4 years time) But it can lock up when cutting aluminium tho not as usual as you make it sound.

Regarding your laptop, i hope its a metallic chassi your engraving as doing it on plastic would mess up the lid mostly.

//Cuda

 

Will you spray on any clear coat to prevent the bare metal from oxidizing?

 

Clearcoating it is not something im planning on doing at this stage, as i´ve done a few engravings and the oldest one has not started oxidising yet (a few months later) so i dont believe this to be a problem.

But if there is a need for it i´ll probably end up masking non engraved areas and then running a clearcoat over it with a airbrush.

//Cuda

 

I have been putting the engraving off for too long, so today, updates time !

I started by venting frustration, obviously the best bit of kit to sort this was assembling an ikea cabinet.


I gave up on finishing it when the second screw didnt wanna get a grip in the door.

With that "finished" i started the engraving.



I´ve started filling in the thighs and thats almost finished, next part to be worked on is the shirt, and maybe give the hair a bit of shine...

//Cuda

 

Legs finished bar a sho..

Time for the shirt / upperbody ... Jiggly area (?)

 

Last update for today, time for me to get to sleep



More updates coming tomorrow so untill then, Enjoy

//Cuda

 

Working night yesterday really got me sleepy yesterday so i couldn´t update.

Today was a bit better so i´ve cleaned up the areas around the shirt and started some work on the area between the left arm and the torso



Going on a small trip over the weekend with the company so i wont be doing any updates untill sunday

//Cuda

 

wow amazing was hard enough for me to do a trace on plexi but for you to do it free hand.... simple amazing

keep up the great work

 

Thanks for the praise but i dont to the images on freehand, even im not that good

I do traces and then once the trace is finished i start freehanding the shading and filling in the areas =)

 

Small update today, Fixed the hair and made the neckline.
Also did some work on her hands and fixed the shoe, tho im not entierly satisfied with the hand resting on the leg.. oh well, cant win everything in life =)

 

Some upcoming news for the coming months

Top priority will be to finish Samus asap. will be weaving in finishing samus with the HOTD engraving as there`s not much left on it.

Taking my friends Sidepanel for tifa engraving once above 2 things are done.

Engraving a external drive for a friend once she buys it.

And Doing a sponsor engraving for a Modder on the swedish moddingforum im a poster on.
(In the works, just waiting for an answer on timeframe from them, then il have it sent over to me)
And it will be the first perspex engraving i´ve done in 3 years time so il be brushing up the memory a bit on a piece later on =)

//Cuda