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exodous
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Trim before or after folding and gluing?
« Thread Started on Jul 17, 2010, 5:41pm »

I've just printed out my first paper miniatures, the Skeleton Crossbow Infantry and the Skeleton-Sword Cavalry and I was wondering if I should rough cut them out, glue and fold, and then trim them up or I should trim them all up and then fold them and glue them. I printed on some heavy card stock so I think trimming them first would work better but do they look better trimmed after I fold and glue?

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Stan

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Re: Trim before or after folding and gluing?
« Reply #1 on Jul 17, 2010, 7:52pm »

Check this thread;
http://onemonk.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hobby&action=display&thread=928
Scroll down a tiny bit and you'll see TugunMojo's post with pics that I believe answers your question.

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Re: Trim before or after folding and gluing?
« Reply #2 on Jul 17, 2010, 8:10pm »

This might sound bad but after cutting out just one miniature I'm thinking a Silhouette SD isn't such a bad investment. I can't imagine cutting out more than a handful by hand.

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Re: Trim before or after folding and gluing?
« Reply #3 on Jul 19, 2010, 3:53pm »

I know I prefer the 'cutter. Definitely better able to do the small details on figures, and *so* much faster then working by hand.

Just remember not to pay retail, since you can usually find them for less via eBay.

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