Eyeglasses

[megoscott]

I'll definitely give that a try. I also wonder if Lasermego can laser cut something that thin...

[SeattleEd]

Very well done, Scott. They cool sharp.

[livnxxxl]

Great idea Scott. The glasses look really good.

[jessica]

yes it's stiff enough. use the ones they use for overheads.

[Mego Magyar]

Those look awesome!

[megoscott]

Good suggestion. Is acetate stiff enough?

[jessica]

Scott that looks freaking cool. You should just print those glasses on clear acetate with a laserprinter and try cutting out. There's this guy that sells 1:6 glasses this way, and you have to do the actual cutting out and bending. He sells them to you flat.

[megoscott]

Been working on eyeglasses this week. I decided to try this approach. I made a drawing of the glasses I wanted in Adobe Illustrator so I got a nice crisp printout. Then I cut a chunk of bubble plastic from a BifBangPow package, just happen to have a dozen or so lying around...I used double sided tape that I had stuck and unstuck several times so it wasn't super tacky and taped the drawing onto the plastic. Then I cut around the shape with a sharp xacto, that was the truly painstaking part, I'm not sure I can ever do it perfectly. I then peeled the drawing and tape off the plastic--my original intention was to leave behind the tape on the lenses, but it didn't come off cleanly enough, so I went back in with some circles punched from the sticky side of a Post-it to act as a mask for the lenses. Then a few coats of black acrylic paint for the frames. Bent the frames and voila. They lack the detail you'd get on a molded piece, (I'm so impressed with Dr. Venture's glasses.....) but they are fairly effective on the figure. Gotta try to perfect the technique, the mask still wasn't clean enough, the paint isn't smooth enough, and it was stressful to cut the shape.

Open to suggestions and comments....












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