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Another important cutting tool is the Xacto knife and surprisingly I have an opinion about these as well. Excel makes excellent soft grip Xacto knives and I like them a lot because you can loosen the grip on the blade at the bottom.

This is so nice because I'm not trying to unjam my xacto near the blade fearing for my fingers. It's also hex keyed so you can use a wrench to unstick it, if it's ever giving you grief. While on the topic of Excel and also red, I also use their Hobby Saw. It's great because it has a very thin kerf and the blade has teeth so you can cut wider pieces. Unlike your flush cutters, it won't pinch the material, and unlike xacto knives, it won't be a struggle to cut. In terms of cleaning up models, I'm a big fan of flexible sanding twigs.

They allow you to conform to the surface of what you're sanding meaning if you're sanding a round surface you can remove a mold line without ruining your curve.

Think of it like a sanding sponge but a lot smaller and more maneuverable. These are often hard to find online. I find my locally at hobby lobby, but a few brands sell similar offerings and may be available at a local hobby store for you. On the subject of sanding and filing, I love squadron's micro file set. It's just the right amount of precision for our hobby. If you need a normal sized file set, Tamiya's set is great, but at this size, many brands can fill that need. I use a rotary tool a lot for pinning, drilling holes, etc.

The one I use is the dremel The one thing annoying about this is it's a little unwieldy while holding in a "pencil" configuration. Sometimes, it can be helpful depending on what you're doing. Dremel makes a pistol grip model that solves this, but I've personally never used it. Additionally, you'll need a good cheap set of drill bits you'll break them a lot because they're tiny , and also a drill chuck will allow you to drill all kinds of holes! Glues are important for adhering resin, plastic, and pewter miniatures alike.

I'm pretty sure if we were to compare all super glues and plastic cements, they'd chemically be the same product don't quote me. I use a wet palette all the time when painting and my favorite one on the market is the Masterson wet palette.

It's the perfect mixture of dead simple to use and price yes I've heard of the everlasting wet palette, no I don't like it. When it comes to varnishing miniatures, it's only ever on gaming miniatures and I'm only ever looking for the simplest solution; that means aerosol. No fussing about cleaning up airbrushes, no controls to modulate, just point and spray.

For me, Testors Dullcote is the widely used go-to, and it's also my go-to; it works, it's widely available, it doesn't mess with your paint job too much. When it comes to sculpting, I lack skills. However, the two forms of sculpting material I use the most are Apoxie Sculpt and also Millput. Milliput is water soluble and dries to a very hard, sandable finish.

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You can draw pretty much any shape that comes to mind, ranging from other basic geometric shapes, to straight lines, to curving arcs and patterns. After going over some of the demonstrations above, I can already sense the excitement you are feeling as you become familiar with what Raphael can do.

While there are a few other libraries that can do similar things as Raphael, such as D3, Raphael is distinct for a few reasons. D3 is certainly a very powerful tool and will do much of what Raphael does. Most of what you can do in Raphael you can also do in D3. Many will argue that D3 is far more powerful, and indeed it can handle more complex graphics, particularly for business purposes.

Sure D3 is powerful. So is a heavy duty spray gun. That does not mean that it is right for all artistic purposes. Sometimes you only need a simple brush. Raphael also has a few advantages that D3 does not. Raphael has a much lower learning curve.

From an artistic point-of view, you may not wish to spend months getting used to your tools, when all you really want do is to start painting. Another huge advantage of Raphael is that it will work in older browsers. Raphael will even work in IE6, something which very few modern tools can claim. From the very important standpoint of usability and user experience, as a rule, you generally do not want to force users to change their tools simply to see your beautiful creations.

Raphael is also popular, meaning that not only is it likely to be around for a long time, it also means that there is a ton of support available for free! Who can argue with that? There really is no reason not to learn Raphael, especially considering the ease of entry, so why not jump right in and start creating?

Skip to content. What is Raphael? You should get a result that looks like this: The results you get start to take a genuine artistic flair, and suddenly your SVG images start to come alive.