How to make your own PAINT MASKS! 

Thank you, crafsman

I can relate. I got some funny looks from my fellow passengers on a train heading south through Portland OR about 20 years ago when I figured that out. I saw some Graffiti Artist at work a block or so from the tracks. They had cut some refrigerator boxes and other large shipping boxes into various shapes that several of them were using to make sharp lines and circles for things like eyes and planets(?) on the wall. Several industries ran through my head as I realized the ubiquity of masking dawned on me. I let out a loud "DUOI" as I smacked my forehead on the table in front of me. I got a mixed bag of looks from other people in the Observation Car I was in at the moment. 😅 The toy industry was one of the industries that went through my head during the epiphany. Others ranged from the Graffiti/Mural Industry to the Automotive Industry. I knew masking was a thing, but I never thought about its use like this beyond just logos on cars, for instance.

I wonder how far you can take this. People who paint Warhammer armies do every detail by hand multiple times in some cases.

Yeah I found out about them researching toy making factories and stuff. I was trying to figure out a way to 3d print them. Still working on it

well some of them do airbrush and you can tell that the lines are sloppy. They use airbrush/normal brush were quantity and speed of production is more important.

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Shows how weird the English language can be at times. My first interpretation was that he was going to be using latex paints to make a mask.

The trust is real

Saaaaaaame.

😢 Radio Shack

It was SO MUCH fun rolling by folks, their jaws just dropped as he stopped by. It IS unexpected to bump into him. Saw a few folks stop walking, stare, literally shake their head, then smile and run over. We told some people he was going to FPF, but some folks didn't hear about it till it was over. Next year, people will have plenty of time to chat with him. Somethin' to look forward to for sure!

Great excuse to make some more! :)

My man! :D I already know your masks will be PRECISE.

Snap, that would be SLICK! I've heard mention of 3D-printed masks but I'm curious about the *fit* because the pieces would come out not exactly the size printed. More of an issue with resin printers than FDM, I imagine. P.S. I've seen screen recordings of folks using Zbrush and it looks like the closest thing to digital clay that I've seen. (My 3D experience is a couple decades old. LOL!)

It does work, and I've seen it used successfully, but personally cutting the thin thermoplastic material I've found difficult to *not* mess up. But I'm not the most careful either, LOL!

Came into the comments looking for the explanation. Definitely a different voice than last time I watched What's happened?

​@@Hoobz01 I suspect he was jjust excited gettin' out for some fresh air and meetin' folks.

THANK YOU I thought I was going nuts

I guess he sounds more like him self here and less as the puppet

Sorry about that! Often times I don't "hear" it as much (I'm just getting the *words* across) and my wife will go "Why do you sound so SAD right there?" LOL. My bad y'all. There are times where what I said was ruined by the dehumidifier, so what you hear is me trying to run a high-pass on the "bad" audio to cut out my voice and keep the higher frequency handling noises... THEN I'll lay in a voice back over the top. Not my preferred way, but with the heat and humidity like it's been, I've had to do it repeatedly. I've got three different mics (four in this vid if you count the iPhone) also and the shotgun vs. the dynamic mic will make a difference too.

I like that type of thinkin'!!!!! :D

Hey there! Thank you so much! I'm definitely making more. :D

Yes indeed! :D A buddy of mine sent that custom figure over. :)

This could work! The brushable type or (I've even heard) "liquid frisket" (if I spelled that right) used in painting as a resist for negative blocking / masking. :)

Sure was! :D

@@TheCrafsMan that's so cool is he a custom build?

There's a small town not too too far from us that had up until recently a Radio Shack. Although it was technically under a different business name, it had all the signage, and the complete setup in the back with all the electronics components. I was able to get all those antennas for about $1 each. But yeah mannn, I used to just about HAVE to go into a Radio Shack whenever we were somewhere that had one. I'd always wind up buying a battery holder or LED or motor or... LOL! :D

@@TheCrafsMan We've got a place called 'You-Do-It' up this way; it's a little out of the way, and if you're trying to take the train, it's really a long walk from the Green Line... and not You-Do-It is all history anyways. I think they closed forever last month. I definitely know what you mean, though - I'd always go in and get *something*

Maybe new mic? (rode?) Maybe he had some extra coffee. Sounds the same to me (but I am a mostly deaf robot)

Could you as in, not requesting you to do it, just wondering whether it would work. Glue shrinks iirc so there might be some issues with that. And the drying time would be a lot longer than with green stuff and mold putty. But it'd be more accessible and cheaper maybe?

Oh yeah, it's totally possible to inject different colors. Those injection molds are impressively complicated sometimes, with extra "action" and allowance within the mold mechanism for "insert molding" and "overmolding" (Overmolding is used in situations where you'd have like a rubber/grippy surface injected over a rigid surface, like in automobile handles and stuff. An insert molding example would be a metal screwdriver shaft that gets placed inside the mold and plastic injected around it. But the same can be done with multiple colors of plastic.)

No specific tier - it's open to all Patreon supporters. :D It has done well (THREE updates/"drops" in two days) and we're adding more to it. Thank you for asking!

@@TheCrafsMan thanks crafsman

Hey there! Thanks for watching! It does indeed! Some people really like this technique. For me personally cutting the thin thermoplastic can be tricky. But that's just me. :)