Monkeyulize Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) I've developed a new way of making these graphics and I plan to release a tutorial at some point in the future, but here's the latest rendition: Original post: Reveal hidden contents I've been working off and on for a few days to try and make a custom UCS-style sticker for my TIE Phantom. I took the general approach of: render in studio image trace in Inkscape (also tried it inverted) use the render as base layer and put a blue transparent filter on top layer the image trace on top of that This looks okay but I was wondering if anyone had a better approach or techniques. It just looks kind of sloppy when looking at the finer details. With inverted image trace: I also realize some people do sell these so I understand if they don't want to give away their trade secrets lol Edited September 16, 2022 by Monkeyulize Quote
MAVERICK26 Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 This is wonderful! It looks exactly like the official stickers. Quote
Kage Goomba Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 First one is better honestly - looks great. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 Unfortunately I don't know how to do any of that, so I can't help you, but to be honest that top one looks exactly like an official UCS plaque. Quote
Monkeyulize Posted April 25, 2022 Author Posted April 25, 2022 I'm glad people liked the first once since that's the one I ordered. I'm fairly happy with how they turned out but the sticker fits on the 8x16 with almost no tolerance so it's quite hard to get perfect. The next batch will be more forgivable. Quote
Anio Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 I'm a bit into UCS. Three things come to my mind with your stickers : - make STAR WARS (and maybe the rest of the writing) a bit closer to the upper edge - clean the reflection on the windscreen to make the model look more sharp - print on a glossy paper Quote
Monkeyulize Posted April 27, 2022 Author Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 8:27 AM, Anio said: I'm a bit into UCS. Three things come to my mind with your stickers : - make STAR WARS (and maybe the rest of the writing) a bit closer to the upper edge - clean the reflection on the windscreen to make the model look more sharp - print on a glossy paper Expand Good points, I placed an order with a new vendor today that actually showed me the dimensions of the die cut vs the safe area so I was able to get the text closer to the edge. I also ordered glossy this time so hopefully it will be more vibrant. Quote
Monkeyulize Posted June 27, 2022 Author Posted June 27, 2022 I found the right type of sticker to order from StickerYou - a kiss-cut white vinyl glossy removable sticker. The edges weren't curled and the printing is 'pretty' good (still slightly blotchy but maybe a bigger font could help with that). Quote
Kage Goomba Posted June 27, 2022 Posted June 27, 2022 If you're not careful you'll end up opening a business lol. The UK firm I've been buying my UCS Stickers from is giving me a pair of freebies for my TIE/d MOC :) Quote
gololo Posted September 6, 2022 Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) I created several for my MOCs BB-9ER5-D4 Too bad i have an awful printer and its "black" ink is more of a very very dark grey colour :-( Edited September 6, 2022 by gololo Quote
Monkeyulize Posted September 15, 2022 Author Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) After quite a bit more experimentation I got a result that's much closer to what actual UCS stickers look like: Edited September 16, 2022 by Monkeyulize Quote
Tjs2000 Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 Hi Monkeyulize, I'm a newbie here on Eurobricks and cannot DM yet. My skills are lacking in being able to make one of these stickers for myself; I've purchased stickers from others for the various non-Lego brand UCS sets out there - Mould King, or other MOCs that I've built - when I've been able to find them for sale anywhere around the world. Usually for a reasonable price including shipping to the US. I cannot seem to find any versions of the sticker for "First Order Shuttle" aka "Kylo Ren's Shuttle" - the Mould King 21011 set. Are you interested in being commissioned to design it? Obviously, once you've designed it, you could be selling it not just to me, but to any others interested on eBay or elsewhere... Not sure if you'll see this given the thread is over a year old, but you can also email me at tjs2000@gmail.com in case we don't connect here. Thank you! On 9/15/2022 at 12:55 PM, Monkeyulize said: After quite a bit more experimentation I got a result that's much closer to what actual UCS stickers look like: Expand Quote
Monkeyulize Posted November 29, 2023 Author Posted November 29, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 2:36 PM, Tjs2000 said: Hi Monkeyulize, I'm a newbie here on Eurobricks and cannot DM yet. My skills are lacking in being able to make one of these stickers for myself; I've purchased stickers from others for the various non-Lego brand UCS sets out there - Mould King, or other MOCs that I've built - when I've been able to find them for sale anywhere around the world. Usually for a reasonable price including shipping to the US. I cannot seem to find any versions of the sticker for "First Order Shuttle" aka "Kylo Ren's Shuttle" - the Mould King 21011 set. Are you interested in being commissioned to design it? Obviously, once you've designed it, you could be selling it not just to me, but to any others interested on eBay or elsewhere... Not sure if you'll see this given the thread is over a year old, but you can also email me at tjs2000@gmail.com in case we don't connect here. Thank you! Expand I'd be happy to give it a shot. The only thing is its preferable to have a digital model so that I can get the best angle. Long shot, but you don't happen to have a stud.io file for this model do you? Otherwise I would need the instructions to build it digitally and do the render. Quote
Monkeyulize Posted December 1, 2023 Author Posted December 1, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 2:36 PM, Tjs2000 said: Hi Monkeyulize, I'm a newbie here on Eurobricks and cannot DM yet. My skills are lacking in being able to make one of these stickers for myself; I've purchased stickers from others for the various non-Lego brand UCS sets out there - Mould King, or other MOCs that I've built - when I've been able to find them for sale anywhere around the world. Usually for a reasonable price including shipping to the US. I cannot seem to find any versions of the sticker for "First Order Shuttle" aka "Kylo Ren's Shuttle" - the Mould King 21011 set. Are you interested in being commissioned to design it? Obviously, once you've designed it, you could be selling it not just to me, but to any others interested on eBay or elsewhere... Not sure if you'll see this given the thread is over a year old, but you can also email me at tjs2000@gmail.com in case we don't connect here. Thank you! Expand I went ahead and used one of the images on Mould King's website to take a stab at this. What do you think? Quote
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