How to Carve LEGO Hips for Decaling

This tutorial will show you 2 of the fastest, easiest ways to carve LEGO hips for decaling. I've been decaling for over 2 years (made probably 500 minifigs now) so I have a lot of decaling tips and tricks to show you!
Supplies you will need (affiliate links):
Citadel Mouldline Remover: amzn.to/46AtkUt
Nail Drill: amzn.to/3pDG9fS
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0:00 First Method: Citadel Mouldline Remover
3:59 Second Method: Nail Drill
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[@micahnike2]

If you're new to decaling, this playlist will teach you all you need to know about decaling!
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[@micahnike18]

This is one of the reasons it takes me so long to upload: THE LEGS TAKE SO FREAKING LONG TO CARVE!!!
The nail drill does help a lot though

[@micahnike2]

This is my main channel btw⬆️

[@skinnedham]

I've never decaled in my life and don't have any current plans to do so, but this was actually a very interesting video educating me of a part of the LSW community I'm not super familiar with. Good stuff.

[@micahnike2]

Thank you Squidman! I’m glad you’re willing to learn about the decaling community!

[@misajarjarbinks519]

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[@micahnike2]

Jar Jar approved??? LETS GOOO!!!

[@litbrickpics]

This helps so much! thanks micah

[@micahnike2]

Np! I'm glad this helped!

[@commander_carlos]

This amazing

[@micahnike2]

Thank you Carlos!

[@commander_carlos]

@@micahnike2 np

[@Dumpster-Fire-Productions]

I’ve never decayed, so could I buy already decayed figs, if so where. Also why scrape hips? I’m curious since I like to keep my figs in normal condition

[@micahnike2]

The most common place to buy already decaled minifigs is Instagram. Buhhricks is the most reliable one that I know of but I plan to sell decaled minifigs on my website when it’s finished!
Carving the hips creates a gap for the decal to pass through because without it, the decal gets shredded up. I’ll go more into depth about it on Mayday Fig’s channel. We’re doing a collab where I talk about the process of decaling!

[@micahnike2]

Sorry for the late reply. I’ve been on vacation but I appreciate questions like these!

[@Dumpster-Fire-Productions]

No prob

[@Obi-won]

Hi.

[@micahnike2]

Hello there General Kenobi!