Foil newspaper

EuanBingham · Post by **EuanBingham** » February 27th, 2006, 10:47 pm

Has anyone tried foil-backing sheets of newspaper? You get a really nice unique finish to models. Very cheap too.

Euan

thedeadsmellbad · February 27th, 2006, 11:49 pm

sounds messy

I've never tried, can you post models made with this?

Post by **Daydreamer** » February 28th, 2006, 1:23 am

Interesting idea, but don't your fingers get rather black while folding from the newspaper's ink?
Was the unicorn you posted here made from this "newsfoil" (to go along with the nomenclature of tissuefoil

) or did you use plain newspaper for it?

EuanBingham · Post by **EuanBingham** » February 28th, 2006, 1:46 am

No the Unicorn was just plain newspaper. You're hands do get very dirty, but that's no big deal, unless you run out f soap.

I'm re-doing Kamiya's Ancient Dragon with foil backed newspaper, I'll put a picture up when I finish it

Euan

thedeadsmellbad · Post by **thedeadsmellbad** » February 28th, 2006, 2:07 am

What is soap?

wolf · Post by **wolf** » February 28th, 2006, 2:50 am

It's also possible to buy large rolls of newsprint from office/stationery supply stores. These don't leave ink on your hands.