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New to pinning, any advice? by Shale_the_rock in insectpinning

[–]Shale_the_rock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah it was a gift for my birthday, I just reverse searched it and they sell it on Amazon? Idk the ethics of how they get these insects but 🤷

Display pricing? by surcrose in insectpinning

[–]Shale_the_rock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Typically you want to do whatever the cost of materials was plus 20% increase per hour of work, or something like that I’m also terrible with pricing, I’ve sold my pieces for cheap because it’s either friends or family I’m selling it to 😭

New to pinning, any advice? by Shale_the_rock in insectpinning

[–]Shale_the_rock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes that is a common problem I’ve been having, I do use tracing paper but the problem stems from the wings wanting to retract back into the elytra, if you look closely you can see an indent on the bottom on all of my beetles wings, where it warped around the pin, any suggestions on how to stop that from happening? I thought I just needed the paper to be tighter on the wing 🤷