Decals, peel and stick or waterside?

[SIPPY]

G'day guys,

 

Here's a question for all you armour nuts. I have all of my gear on order and I am going for Lancer status once it's all done. I want to get it all as accurate as I can.

 

Now the question I have refers to screen accuracy.

 

Some vendors offer a sticker sheet to upgrade the standard decals on some helmet kits. Were the original helmets stickered up with the "peel and stick" adhesive backed decals or the good ol' model kit "waterslide" decals?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Sean.

[Griffin-X]

Peel and stick from Trooperbay, all the way m8.

[SIPPY]

So they were originally peel and sticks? Awesome. Reason I ask is if I decide to weather it at a later date (will troop fresh for a while) it's easier to weather water-slides than raised vinyl.

[Griffin-X]

Ah, the originals...that's a good question. I'm not certain what was used. The original stormies had painted details, so these could be either, or something in between.

[Darth Voorhees]

Originals were waterslide. You can tell by the pics of an original helmet floating around how the decals appear to have "flaked" off. Total give away of waterslide decals

[SIPPY]

Oh well waterside it is then. Might have to design something and print it on decal paper. I suppose if that goes wrong then they're easy enough to remove and replace with the vinyls.

[Griffin-X]

Originals were waterslide. You can tell by the pics of an original helmet floating around how the decals appear to have "flaked" off. Total give away of waterslide decals

 

Good point...

[Darth Voorhees]

I've actually. been doing some research on having waterslide decals made to offer to members. I found a place just gotta get a quote.....then i'll see if enough people are interested in em

[Griffin-X]

Those came in all the model kits when I was a kid (45 now). They were really easy to work with and you could position them much better. I'd be interested if you did that too.

[SIPPY]

I would definitely be interested too Darth. I've got some decal paper at home that I use for custom model kits. Have been doing my own for years now. I may just give this a crack once the helmet shows up.

[Darth Voorhees]

Ok cool guys....yea I was never happy with the ones you do at home on your inkjet printers. If the price quote is reasonable, ill put up an interest thread

[Darth Voorhees]

Still waiting for a reply :/

[SIPPY]

More than happy to wait until you get a reply Darth. If its more accurate I will go that way, if its too hard or doesn't happen maybe the vinyl isn't a bad option. Hope you get a reply.

[Darth Voorhees]

Cool man...yea the vinyl ones are nice, but in the name of accuracy, ive been thinking about doing the decal sets in waterslide for a while, and ironically just a couple of days before you posted i started looking for places that professionally do this.

 

Check out this pic of a screen used helmet...it just screams waterslide :

[sausage_mahoney]

I'm in too, yet another thing to add to the pile of stuff I need to order from you

[SIPPY]

Yep that's definitely the tell tale sign of an old and very used waterslide decal. I am very interested in these if you get a run happening for sure. I would more than likely get my helmet professionally painted white then get it back to me where I will apply the decals then maybe send it back for a coat of gloss clear over the top to protect them. Yeah this is a VERY good idea.