Need help with stickers !!!

[xwingyoda]

Guys,

I would love to venture into the wonderful world of custom stickers but I am not familiar at all with computers *wacko*

Do I need a special program to draw them ???

Do I print it on special sticker paper ???

How do I draw the contour of the torso ??

etc...

I should be gratefull for all the help, pointer and advice you guys can give me ;)

[Mr. Lego-builder]

Personally, I have never applied custom stickers, only tried to make them, but you only need to draw MS paint, drw it to scale and print it out. For scaling purposes and to get the right size, I suggest that you look at Red Bean Studio. Click on the provided link, and on the left navigation panel click "How-To" Click on "Downloading and Printing Your Own Stickers" and you'll find tons of helpful tips. Also, look at some of his stickers for judging the scale of your custom sticker.

As for the sticker themselves, you can either print the stickers out (either on glossy for new pieces, or regular for pieces that have little luster or have lost their shine) and glue it on using a glue stick. If you want to print on sticker paper, you could use self-adhesive mailing label stickers (either clear or white). But for the best decal results, I highly recommend water-slide decals. With these stickers, the part/s the stickers look like they were actually printed onto the piece themselves! However, ther is a downside to this. The sheets of water-slide decal paper are expensive. Here in the U.S.A, I have found many sites, but the international shipping is outrageous! Look for a more local source. Most art or hobby supply stores should have them. Still the results will vary depending if you are using a laser or inkjet printer. Generally, laser printers produce a much better quality. Once you have the stickers, look back at the Red Bean Studio, How-To: "Using Water-Slide Decals."

Hope this helps! Good luck and have fun! ;) :)

[xwingyoda]

Tks so much for these usefull tips Mister Bildur !!!! I shall venture into Moc MF one of these days !!!!

[legofreak]

also if you want to start simple you can download a template from here if you want the bitmap of an all black torso. If you want to use any of the jpgs from that page as a bitmap what you must do is save the jpg then open it with paint, save it as an 8 bit color bitmap, then resave it as a 32 bit bitmap. this will make all the pixels an even color, and then you can recolor any of them with simple clicks of the mouse. Good luck dude!

[chewie]

xwingyoda im glad you started this topis this makes me want to start making my own decals