Cloak for Brik Battles

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:22 am

Just a quick update on some Brik Battles custom material.

Here is a cloak I have been working on lately.

Brickshelf Gallery (when public)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=79458

It is real cloth. Eventually I will post an article on how to make them.
Let me know what you think.

-- Ramus

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:38 am

Great! I've never seen the like. Tell us how you did it, share, share.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:44 pm

Yes, please do tell. I'd like to make designs on my capes too.

PorteusMaximus · Post by **PorteusMaximus** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:23 pm

Man, this is what I've been waiting for... That cloak is amazing.
I am looking foward to that article.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:30 pm

Excellent work! I've seen canvas specifically intended for ink jet printers, and I've had it at the back of my mind to experiment with this someday - what material did you use for the print?

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:09 pm

is that made out of fabric like the official capes? :| How did you get the design on there? :| It's amazing!!!

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Sat May 15, 2004 2:08 am

Here is a quick article I threw together. Needs a lil fine tuning, but the idea is there.
:idea:

Custom Minifig Cloaks:
http://www.brikbattles.com/index.php?page=custom_cloak

Eventually I will fine tune it & submit it for the CC.com articles.

Let me know if you have any other ideas / suggestions.

Enjoy.

-- Ramus

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:37 pm

cool

thanks Ramus i really needed something. you should put it into the How-To section

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:13 am

Outstanding directions. I'd like to see what some of the other customizers come up with for designs.

Sounds like you only lacquer the inside (part that faces the minifigs back), is that right? What color did you use on the inside? No color seems to have bled through. Overall a very successful enterprise, well done.

Sir Terrance · Post by **Sir Terrance** » Sun May 16, 2004 2:15 pm

That is amazing!!!

doctorsparkles · Post by **doctorsparkles** » Sun May 16, 2004 3:47 pm

An idea I came up with for custom shields involves iron-on transfers. Just buy the iron-on transfer printer sheets made for colored fabrics, print out what you want and iron it on where you want. It's probably not as quick/easy/cheap as the printed fabric method, but I had some of the iron on sheets laying around.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Fri May 28, 2004 5:04 am

I found my ink-jet canvas, but I'm disappointed with the results. The black ink tended to bleed into colored areas, and turning the printer to draft mode to lessen the amount of ink led to faded looking prints. From any normal viewing distance they look okay, so they weren't a complete failure, but my advice is to bypass ink-jet canvas for the purposes of maintaining fine detail. A cleaner, simpler style may work, though.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Sat May 29, 2004 4:55 am

I found that adjusting the printer properties to a heavier textured paper made a huge difference for me.

-- Ramus

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat May 29, 2004 6:24 am

Exactly what I looked for, but I can't seem to find anything that would apply. Anything specific to look for?

Post by **Robin Hood** » Sat May 29, 2004 8:07 pm

Whaaaaa! DROOLL! Augh!

:!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

Hmm ahem, anyway, great design. I wish I could do that. I am not sure if the papercloth would work on our printer. Here is an idea to all those who don't have these matterials. Use normal paper. I have used paper capes, and they work fine. Perhaps they don't look as great as cloth, but they are ok.