New Citadel Tools Review - What to Know Before You Buy
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Video Contents
00:00 Intro
00:48 The Drill
04:10 The Sprue Cutters
04:56 The Hobby Knife
06:40 The Mold Line Remover
08:10 Closing Remarks
UPDATE:
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Looking at the box art/release pics in the article, it does look like the drill is meant to be held by the wings.
Which... Great, BUT
£20 if you are using the wings to turn you have the added risk of catching the locking screw(?) and undoing it.
and while all that seems fine for a couple of bits, but if you are doing a squad you are going to need a massage after.
£15 The scraper having a small notch for bases is a cool looking touch, but as you mentioned having an addition isn't necessarily an upgrade (especially when alot of people went for a good part of their hobby lives using a knife or some sand paper on a dowel)
£19 The overhang on the knife is a nice touch, I tend to use the blade with my finger on the back of the blade and have my own similar modification on my blade to allow that, but it's not a game changer for me
£30 Clippers I'd be interested in, I have been using the clippers I got when I started out as a kid and could use an upgrade tho I wouldn't be looking at them if I wasn't coming up to looking at clippers anyway
Thank you so much for including this! Really appreciate the compilation of information! 😃 Pinning this for vidibility.
Honestly my biggest grumble about these, is the plastic body, the old tools *felt* premium and, frankly really nice in the hand
I'm a big ass dude with tiny hands and looks like you just saved me some money on that drill! I'm going to keep using my Army Builder drill instead since I have no issues with that one.
Totally agree on the pin vice drill, it doesn't fit in my hand well either. The wings make it very awkward to turn smoothly. I have returned to using my Amy Painter drill with the drill bits from the new Citadel one. Great review!
Thanks for this review :) I wasn't going to buy them anyway. Liked and now following :D
I have small hands for a guy just bigger than my Wife’s, I never hold a tool like this as first demonstrated. A torque tool should not be rotating into soft hands. I remember doing that early in my first job I ended up with terrible blisters and my Supervisor did his nut because I could not assemble racks for a good week until my skin had recovered. I was told that unless the base of the tool has a rotating base which you get with small head screw drivers never turn torque devices in the palm of your hand these hand drills should not require that level of pressure to create a hole.
The other thing to mention is the price, I just went to preorder the sprue cutters & they cost £30 in the UK. Most other sets are £10 or under & even the old fine detail version from GW was only £20.
Thanks for doing that. They're not up for sale in the US yet, so I still don't have that info atm. Was going to include it in the description once they're available.
Hmm the Sprue Cutters have been $30 here for awhile. But either way that means they ARE selling a cheaper made product at the same price point 😐.
Even on guys, ninjon’s vid showed how it wasn’t ergonomic for guys hands either. No QA department, not enough R&D before production. Should have sent it to creators with an NDA before production, not after. Glad they are sending you stuff to review. Great review for sure! Love how candid you are. I am considering the clippers now depending on the price!
Hey thanks so much! Really glad you found it helpful 😃. And yeah I agree, I was kinda surprised they sent it to us after it was already due for release. The clippers are good, but the $50 price point is pretty high. I don't think it's as unjustifiable as the prices of the other tools though.
Heel of the hand is where the drill is supposed to sit. It gets easier with practice.
I think the knife notch is to not let the blade turn during using.
I m glad i did not preorder like a good little fanboy. Will wait to test in-store. Curious about how well the base cleaner part of the scraper works.
I just measured my hands and I have the average sized female hands as well!
Just watched your review! I think they tested the drill on ET and called it good😆.
I got the pin vice, cutters and knife in 2018 when I got back into the hobby. All metal and comfortable to hold. The plastic wings and odd shapes of the new ones would not be comfortable to me. I will invest in the cutters if they were not £30.
Like you I used the blade rather then mold line remover. But how is that on the tiny wrapped leather around the wrists?
Thanks for the reviews! What sprue cutter do you normally use?
Thanks for watching! I use Red Grass Games Nippers.
www.redgrassgames.com/precision-nippers/?ref=72
They're a slightly smoother cut than the new Citadel ones, and can get super close to the mini. I'd say the two cutters are fairly comparable though, and the longer blades on the Citadel ones are a pretty nice feature.
Saw someone elae with a review set of the clippers - his had misaligned blades. So you might end up having to return/exchange them if you’re buying online. Here in Australia the new clippers are 50% more than the old premium gw clippers.
Knowing GW they'll cost more and break easier. I love their hobby handles and the contrast paints but as far as any other products I can find the same stuff at Hobby Lobby for far cheaper. The mold line cleaner is pretty sweet though. I do need one of those.
I just wonder about the drill - what is maximum size of bit we can use?
hey darcy, I really love your content. Do you have more votann paint jobs with your colour scheme? I really loved how you did it. Since im a beginner this was a huge help. Keep up your really good work!
Hey thanks so much! Really glad to hear it. No sorry, that's the only LoV tutorial I have at the moment. I have to ration my tutorial time because my main business is commission painting.
Yeah, I can see the point of the mold line remover now. But I use my hobby knife.
You can find the drill size problem all over the industry, but the wings aggravate it. Add to it the fact that it comes with pins that are too small for magnets... Any random drill on the internet is better for half the money.
But the clippers look amazing!
Exactly! I was really surprised it was just two drill types.
Is it possible you could give us suggestions on good drills? I'm looking to get one.
I'm currently using the Army Painter drill, and like that quite well. It's main down side is you have to keep switching out the collets (the vice tips) and even the biggest isn't enough to drill for larger magnets. This cheapo one from Amazon is also good for the price. I've had it for a couple years. It's not as fluid as the Army Painter one though.
www.amazon.com/Mr-Drill-0-6-3-0mm-Jewelry-Making/dp/B08BJ9WDMH/ref=sr_1_16?crid=3J9B36EZ9NCWR&keywords=hand+drill+zolo&qid=1665970230&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjc5IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=hi&sprefix=hand+drill+zolo%2Ctools%2C157&sr=1-16
Yep, I think they just want something that’s in the LGS that people who are new can pick up.
The drill looks awful, honestly, Zona tools makes a better one, all steel and closer to the size you'd like. Nice to hear about the clippers though, I'll keep that in mind when/if my current ones give up the ghost. I think you nailed it on the target audience as well.
Interesting! I haven't heard of Zona tools, l'll definitely check them out.
They are seems to bei a Christmas Trap for Patents, who're trying to do something Special for laying it under the Christmastree. Yeah the spruecutter looks great and with the sharp tip, great. But the other 'tools', even with the known GW price policy, ....worthless?
Were there any shots of the burrs the sprue cutters left? The burrs on the orks looked quite bad, so if that was done with these cutters . . .
Also, looking at the shots of cutting with them, that looked anything but low effort. The old cutters at least had a unique stylish look to them, and worked fairly well.
Seems like another swing and miss with GW tools.
I cut pretty far away from the minis, so any burs were intended (also so I could show cutting something with the hobby knife later). You can get a fairly flush cut with these, you just have to angle them at an incline. They really do give a low effort slice, and any struggle was mainly just me trying to hold both the sprue and the cutters while staying in frame. But I agree, the rest of the series is definitely a swing and a miss.
I'm new to hobyy ; i did not know previus was wood or metal ;[
i got mold line remover;
i play fantasy no need for drill for me;
i think Spruse saem kind are in pack of pains; i will buy
i have knife from odhte hobbbe modelin in paper/carbord models;
Real shame with GW making the drill only fit larger hands. I might not personally struggle to use it, as I'm tall and my hands are not too small, but even then I just don't like the design anyway, and them making it clearly designed only for average man size hands puts a bad taste in my mouth.
Those sprue cutters tho; I will look into those.
100% this ^
My husband did say, while he could use the drill, the wings were still a little obtrusive (basically knocking against the inside of his hand).
@@DarcyBonoCreations GW not thinking about us gals at times is my number 1 issue with them.
Also... Who wants those little wing things on there? It looks weird, and thin bits of plastic pressing into hands ain't a good feeling.
The drill certainly helps GW look misogynistic again. Though guys have same issue with it, like ninjon.
It's funny I almost asked Ninjon what he thought when I first ran into the issue, since he's so brutally honest. But then figured I'd find out soon enough 😄.
if you enjoy overpaying for tools just go with Godhand. At least you will get a top quality tool.
I've bought Godhand, they broke after 3 months. Redgrass Games has the best nippers I've used so far. Really clean cuts and are still sharp after every day use.
Seems like there are cheaper and better quality options literally anywhere else. Bit disappointing really...
Yep. If they're going to sell at a premium price, they're going to need premium benefits.
So GW sent freebies of all this tat to all the most popular utube mini painters. Unbelievable. All of the items can be bought online far cheaper and better quality. It’s just another GW money maker. Oh yes and its only a few weeks til Christmas. You can’t make it up.
Well, I'm not that popular on TH-cam, but I did receive these for review (I primarily just post my completed projects on Instagram). I'm not sure if you actually watched all the video, but as I said at the end of it, the tools really don't have anything going for them. It's 8 weeks til Christmas, but I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to sell them as a bundle.
I would never buy Citadel hobby tools. Overpriced and often low quality. 👎
The old tools had wooden parts these seem cheeper than the old ones. Seems like if you use the mold line remover is a little better if you like this thing.
Thanks for your video! Can't wait to try mine - they're still stuck in customs 🥲
Aaaw Stahly that's such a shame! And I may have jinxed you 😬. I almost messaged you to see what you thought about them 😆 (since your reviews are always so level- headed).
@@DarcyBonoCreations Thanks, always happy to help, so no need to be shy :)