Waterslide transfers

[banjer]

Anyone set up to print their own waterslide decals? I am interested in some Japanese Mon for my samurai figures and I am quite willing to pay a reasonable price. Size would be in the 15-20 mm range (the decal not the figure). Black and white would be fine as I intend to paint them after application.

Cheers
Bill

 

[john]

You can buy decal sheets to print your own, but you can't print white unless you have a very expensive printer, you will need to buy white decal paper instead of clear

 

[banjer]

Thank you John. I don't have a suitable printer, hence my question.
I have decided to go for a simpler design and freehand it.

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Bill,
You can print decals on any printer. I have a Deskjet 2710. Download an old copy of Photoshop (I think Adobe now do them for free) - size up your image size and then make sure you have it saved as a jpeg. Then on your printer set the settings to 'Best' or 'Photo'. Once printed allow the ink to dry for 24 hours and then seal it with a clear varnish, I use Humbrol 'Just Crystal Clear' acrylic spray. Allow to dry flat. The decal paper can be obtained from evilbay. If you want a white background or white in your image then go for white decal paper otherwise go for clear. Hope this helps.
Mike.

 

[Jakko]

Download an old copy of Photoshop (I think Adobe now do them for free) - size up your image size

If you only need to resize images, you can do that in Paint if you use Windows (instructions here) or Preview if you use a Mac (instructions), both of which come with your computer so no need to install any software.

 

[banjer]

Thanks for the replies, I have ordered some decal paper and will give printing my own a go.

Bill

 

[banjer]

I have now received the paper which will not feed through my printer so I have to disagree that any printer will print decals. This paper is very thick and my printer only takes 80 gram.

Bill

 

[Bugatti Fan]

That's surprising Bill. I thought that domestic printers were able to take photo paper that I would imagine to be much thicker.
Maybe your paper will feed if you just load the one sheet?