I came up with something similar while working on a miscast Orion. I didn't have greenstuff at the time and used some kind of plumbing epoxy. Now that I see how little you used it makes sense why mine completely destroyed the mini. Thanks for sharing!
as an unorthodox method, I use Elmer's glue (white glue). while you should give it 4-6 hours to cure, it's strong and fills gaps. I have original lead and white metal Warhammer, rifleman and marauder. held together with only white glue. 35 years later, I knocked them from table height onto linoleum. while guns bent, none of the glued parts broke. to speed up the curing process, you can add a tiny amount of super glue. however, as you stated, fit is very important. pinning helps as well.
You may be able to help me with this, I have been trying to find a place to get metal miniatures. Do you know the website where they can be ordered on?
I was hoping putting together IWM models would be just getting some super glue, a hobby knife, and just putting it together....... with no assembly instructions for the models themselves and then realizing I've had to buy a hundred dollars worth of tools, and then realizing I'm still missing some tools or other things, I feel incredibly over my head and super afraid of braking the model or doing it wrong. Now my model kits sit on my table still in the plastic and I have no idea when I'll even try it.
Adam here: I usually don't log into this account as Dan manages most of it. So I would have responded earlier. I am a bit confused by this. What hundred dollars are you talking about? I think that there might be some investment in tools should be expected for the hobby. That's going to be like any hobby. And just compared the tools to, say, military modelling, it really isn't much. I can do a video on the tools I use and what their current prices are, if that helps. But even with plastic minis, you need a knife to remove mold lines. I don't want to be dismissive, because clearly you are frustrated and that is a very real feeling, but it is also simply how it has been for decades and just a skill you acquire. Shit, you should have seen some of the crap I have painted over the years. Pretty grim stuff.
Super helpful. Thanks!
I came up with something similar while working on a miscast Orion. I didn't have greenstuff at the time and used some kind of plumbing epoxy. Now that I see how little you used it makes sense why mine completely destroyed the mini. Thanks for sharing!
as an unorthodox method, I use Elmer's glue (white glue). while you should give it 4-6 hours to cure, it's strong and fills gaps. I have original lead and white metal Warhammer, rifleman and marauder. held together with only white glue. 35 years later, I knocked them from table height onto linoleum. while guns bent, none of the glued parts broke. to speed up the curing process, you can add a tiny amount of super glue.
however, as you stated, fit is very important. pinning helps as well.
Ah, the flamingo marauder. I've had plenty of personal problems with assembling that model. Use jb weld and never have to worry about it again
You may be able to help me with this, I have been trying to find a place to get metal miniatures. Do you know the website where they can be ordered on?
The Iron Wind Metals site has their stuff at least. I think some other sites may too
I was hoping putting together IWM models would be just getting some super glue, a hobby knife, and just putting it together....... with no assembly instructions for the models themselves and then realizing I've had to buy a hundred dollars worth of tools, and then realizing I'm still missing some tools or other things, I feel incredibly over my head and super afraid of braking the model or doing it wrong. Now my model kits sit on my table still in the plastic and I have no idea when I'll even try it.
Adam here: I usually don't log into this account as Dan manages most of it. So I would have responded earlier.
I am a bit confused by this. What hundred dollars are you talking about?
I think that there might be some investment in tools should be expected for the hobby. That's going to be like any hobby. And just compared the tools to, say, military modelling, it really isn't much. I can do a video on the tools I use and what their current prices are, if that helps. But even with plastic minis, you need a knife to remove mold lines. I don't want to be dismissive, because clearly you are frustrated and that is a very real feeling, but it is also simply how it has been for decades and just a skill you acquire.
Shit, you should have seen some of the crap I have painted over the years. Pretty grim stuff.