10-12-2009, 09:24 AM
Bernhard just a thought - what about "interfacing"? This is a fabric in various "weights"(including one that is very thin rather like Woodland scenics matting for trees) that is used, either plain or iron-on, for stiffening shirt cuffs and collars, I used it for "dragon skin" when I made Fantasy miniatures. Paint a sheet of glass with copydex, lay the interfacing onto it while it is wet, paint another layer of copydex over the top, and leave to dry. You get a very thin, flexible, rubbery sheet, one side flat and smooth from the glass, the other side drys slightly textured. Peel it off the glass, carefully because it will stick to itself, and lay it on a pre-glued roof, leave to dry and trim afterwards. I used it for wings, laid warty side down, under a wire skeletal frame and folded back over the frame and pressed down, so that it stuck to itself. Far better than the aluminium kitchen foil that was the suggested method of doing it