Spider Webs how to make them

[johngeigle]

I'm looking for the best way to make miniature spider webs can someone please point me in the right direction to an article or post here with a how to.
thanks much
John Geigle

[Chuck Doan]

In 1/16th scale I used cotton from a q-tip soaked in diluted white glue and teased out to form webs. Can't claim it to be the best way though.

[Mr Potato Head]

you teased them out
like hey Mr. spider I bet you can't spin a web
or hey Mr. spider your mama's so fat cause she ate your dad! 
MPH

[johngeigle]

Thanks Chuck, that looks great I will give that a shot. I have also heard about using testors glue and pressing it between your fingers and pulling it apart make good webs but I cannot figure out how to get it off my fingers to glue to model.

[Tom Neeson]

Here's a cool tutorial...

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2011/12/tutorial-realistic-spiderwebs.html

[NE Brownstone]

I wonder if you could use real spiders to do the work?  I have a bunch of them tiny guys that you can hardly see that spin webs in my basement.  I bet if you contain them under a jar and let them work for awhile then dust the webs with a clear coat or maybe even a white it might make them permanent.


Hmm, might have to round up a few and see if it'll work.

[eTraxx]

Here's a cool tutorial...

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2011/12/tutorial-realistic-spiderwebs.html

Well .. you make that work and the deed is done!

[Bexley]

You could probably do something similar with rubber cement. That's what we used in the web gun when I used to build sets for commercials. The web gun was basically just a tin can with three holes in the bottom edge, around the perimeter, mounted to a fan blade. The whole thing was chucked into a drill. When you spun the drill, centripetal force would shoot tiny strands of cement out the holes, and the fan blade caused them to dry in the air, as well as propel them onto whatever we were webbing. It might also work using slightly thinned cement and a cheap external mix airbrush, like the $12 one you can get at Harbor Freight.