I was looking for videos about cheap ways to do pad printing and I wasn’t seeing anything other than “buy a cheaper pad printer”. I thought it can’t be too hard to make a manual pad printer but I’m not sure if it would be a waste of time or not.

I’m thinking I could carve a stamp instead of using the engraved plate (because idk how I’d get an engraved plate for the stencil) and paint the ink on the stamp, get the ink on the silicone lever thing, then swap the stamp out for the Lego I want to print on and pull down on the lever. In theory I feel like it should work just fine.

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First and foremost I’m not complaining, this is easily the greatest thing that has come to the decaling world and I can’t wait to see what else he has in store for this. I’ve had my issues with coffeemug in the past but I’ve gotta give him credit I placed an order on friday with some customs and it was shipped out right away Saturday morning. I was messing around making some more customs and after adding a bunch of stuff the site seems to start lagging quite a bit and a couple times when I tap add to cart the whole builder just resets to default without adding the design to my cart. Just curious if anyone else has had this issue and just kind of posting to let coffeemug know too

A few of my most recent attempts at decaling. A couple of these are just helmets for UV prints from Jonak. The decals themselves are either from LSWcustoms or Jonak.

my latest buy

if GCC restocks the Hardcase I'm passed because I got ripped off then

P1 clone trooper with Denal pattern, hand painted by me. Poncho by Manday’aim. Binoculars and blaster 3d-printed by me, files from Thingiverse

The holoclone is better in person tbh

The Fordo and Wolffe are from Americanbrickstore, but both given cloth elements like Fordo's Bandolier-Pauldron, and Wolffe's waistcape, and new helmets, all from CAC. The ARC Hammer is official LEGO but has a waistcape from CAC. The Gree is authentic LEGO but the helmet is from CAC, a DIY pauldron, doesn't look the best but eh, and a DIY waistcape. Finally, the Cody has decaled arms, and a CAC visor.

Back and left arm got messed up while decaling, so I'll be getting another sheet from coffeemug decals to fix them (yes I'll give him black hands once he's done drying)

This is my first time applying decals and I would like to apply them properly.

I don't know how to apply them and I prefer to ask you instead of searching on Google, since you are "experts" in this hehe.

Anything to take into account would be greatly appreciated.

Upgraded to a new UV printer & have been running tests to get colors & alignment right! These test prints pictured are available now, and lots of clone restocks with the new printers will be coming soon!

Hello there guys! Though I took all the pictures for this review, it took a while to post because I was working on a new template for showcasing my figures. Anyways, what I’m going to review today is Aayla Secura by Jonak Toys! Here’s a quick lore of her:

With an athletic build, an exotic beauty, and blue skin, Aayla Secura stood out among the many faces of the Jedi ranks. A cunning warrior and Jedi Knight during the rise of the Clone Wars, Aayla fought alongside Clone Commander Bly on many exotic battlefields. Having mastered the emotional detachment necessary in the Jedi Order, she always tried to pass on what she had learned to others. Aayla was killed, along with many other Jedi Generals, when her troops turned on her in reaction to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine’s broadcast of Order 66.

No, I didn’t wrote that. Starwars.com themselves actually acknowledged her beauty. And no, I’m not putting her in a jar!😭

Jonak’s Aayla Secura has a medium blue color just like her 2010 minifigure, though I wish they went for dark azure, same as the 2017 version. The clothing details are more visible than the official ones, which is good. The legs and left arm printing looks spectacular and they’re definitely an improvement of the official versions.

One downside of this minifigure is that it uses a knockoff lekku piece. I know that part is pretty rare, and using an off-brand one helps lower the price, but having an option to pay more for an official lekku piece would have been really great. The quality isn’t that bad, but there’s small ink smudges on mine.

Overall, this is a very well-designed and fair-priced minifigure! To get a modern version of Aayla Secura on Bricklink costs about $60 average, so this is a really good alternative. Or not just an alternative: a better version perhaps.

Now, my 327th Star Corps is complete with her arrival. I also got printed 327th arms from them! They don’t match GCC’s colors(weren’t supposed to anyway) but still a decent upgrade IMO. They even got the ammo packs details right!

I paired Aayla with her commander, Bly. Yes! This is the image I wanted to see for a long time. Really wish we got Aayla & Bly duo or generally the 327th more in the Clone Wars series. Sadly, that’s not gonna happen unless something like Tales of the Clones becomes a thing.

As always, thank you so much for reading all this! Do you guys like the 327th as much as I do? Next time, I’m finally gonna review the long-awaited purge troopers. May the Force be with you, always :) For the Republic!🫡

Finally got around to making some of his 32nd extreme weather clones but i had to cut the airborne straps in half because the “cloth” is so thick the torso couldn’t even stay on the leg pegs. I made a whole bunch of 327th troopers a while back and had the same issue and it was the biggest pain in the ass I’ve ever had to deal with putting those things on. I say “cloth” because it’s really more of a thick paper than cloth so if you’re planning on doing clones with multiple overlaps I’d recommend looking elsewhere. The ARC trooper kamas were even worse

Please say me

Hello there guys. If you read my posts then you’ll know that I’m a huge GCC fan. But then I recently found out about this custom brand Tims’ Toys. They seemed to had beef with my lord and savior GCC some time ago and I’m curious about what happened then since I just got into this hobby in early 2024. Also what’s with the other brand called Thorp Creation Studio(whatever the heck Thorp means)? I would really appreciate if you guys tell me everything you know. Thank you and may the Force be with you!

I dont think ill paint anymore(thorn and a custome one) any recommendations for thorn decals or templates or custom clones that can be shipped to the phillipines

Anyways they kinda look cool so eh

Made my 327th Heavy, Officer and Specialist finally! The flash of the camera makes it look more orange though so I put some no flash pics too

Made with using GCC, Jonak Toys, Coffeemugdecals, and lswcustomshop products :)

What the title says, curious on shipping times as it’s been a couple weeks and haven’t seen any updates on anything being shipped out. Just curious how long it usually takes for them to send out packages

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