+pikybird77 You need something like Micro-Set and Micro-Sol (or similar products). One of them is a setting agent to help it the transfer to stick and the other softens the transfer so that it can bend around the curved surface.
I've had this problem, I usually make small cuts in transfers that have a tendency to fold. For example if you want a tactical arrow on your Marine that thing will definitely fold on the rounded surface of the round shoulder pad so I make a small cut directly down the arrow from top to about half way to the bottom or even only a third. This will result in the two halves of the arrow sliding under one another instead of folding the transfer. Now, this will make the arrow point look slightly off or you might have two small points instead of one where they crisis cross depending on how deep you made your cut. This can be fixed by just touching it up with paint of your base coat.
why not just give the transfer a bit of a "roughing up" with the tip of a hobby knife while it's on the model but still wet? save an extra step of painting?...meh, either way works though I guess
+TG ZoBo I've seen decal damage done that way as well, and I like it, but I think this is a safer way - you don't run the risk of damaging any paint job you've already done and/or the model. Great vid either way.
This is a useful technique that I will apply when putting transfers on my models
why use the varnishes when you can use microset and microsol?
Some of transfers don't sit on the shoulder pads properly and have bits sticking of, do you have this problem and if so what do you do?
+pikybird77 You need something like Micro-Set and Micro-Sol (or similar products).
One of them is a setting agent to help it the transfer to stick and the other softens the transfer so that it can bend around the curved surface.
I've had this problem, I usually make small cuts in transfers that have a tendency to fold. For example if you want a tactical arrow on your Marine that thing will definitely fold on the rounded surface of the round shoulder pad so I make a small cut directly down the arrow from top to about half way to the bottom or even only a third. This will result in the two halves of the arrow sliding under one another instead of folding the transfer. Now, this will make the arrow point look slightly off or you might have two small points instead of one where they crisis cross depending on how deep you made your cut. This can be fixed by just touching it up with paint of your base coat.
+pikybird77 i use a decal softer from revell.
why not just give the transfer a bit of a "roughing up" with the tip of a hobby knife while it's on the model but still wet? save an extra step of painting?...meh, either way works though I guess
+TG ZoBo I've seen decal damage done that way as well, and I like it, but I think this is a safer way - you don't run the risk of damaging any paint job you've already done and/or the model.
Great vid either way.