12 replies to this topic

[papabees]

1. Is the material rigid?

2. Is the material spin cast?

3. Can wash them without primer as well and it not puddle?

Thanks.

[TaleSpinner]

1. Is the material rigid?

No


2. Is the material spin cast?

I believe Bryan said they are injection molded.


3. Can wash them without primer as well and it not puddle?

Haven't tried this.

[papabees]

Thanks. So are they the same plastic that the pre-painted plastics are?

[Halberkill]

Thanks. So are they the same plastic that the pre-painted plastics are?

Generally yes. They are vinyl (pvc). Though they may have a different makeup of parts, so they may be a different base color, or more or less flexible, ect.

Halber

[ReaperClark]

1. Is the material rigid?

No

2. Is the material spin cast?

No

3. Can wash them without primer as well and it not puddle?

At least with with our Master Series Paints

[Lastman]

Followup question regarding rigidity, or lack thereof:

GW plastic figures can be cut apart, drilled through the cores, and re-posed by threading a piece of thin phone cable through the holes.

Think of this as adding a skeleton made of phone cable, then gluing to secure the new pose.

Can this be done with Bones?

[ReaperClark]

Snips and super glue is all you need.
No pinning needed.
At least on small parts anyhow.
We glued an extra chain on the gnoll's flail making it a double flail and you could literal flick it with your finger and bend it around and it stayed tight.

[kericmason]

How does it do with green stuff?

I want to add some pads and such to make Blood Bowl players :) Hooray for cheap trolls, and ogres!

[Halberkill]

You can use green stuff, though I find that it doesn't stick very well, though that is in general, no matter what material it is used on. You could mold it and them glue it on for extra security, or just use what I use, Tamiya's Smooth Surface Epoxy Putty. Way better to work with than green stuff in my opinion.

Halber

[kericmason]

I've not had issues with getting green stuff to stick to metal, and plastic, so maybe I'm doing it slightly differently than you...

I'll keep superglue in reserve though, thanks for the info :)

[Wren]

My experience with green stuff has been that it's pretty sticky, though granted better at sticking to the tools I"m using than the thing I want it to stick to. ;-> It does get older over time and not work as well. Have you had your GS a while, Halberkill?

[ObsidianCrane]

3. Can wash them without primer as well and it not puddle?

I recomend washing them with soapy water first, just like painting other plastic minitures. They do hold paint (Reaper & GW) pretty well so it isn't required, but I have found that in some parts of the models I've painted it takes 2 coats to get the paint to stick, which would be stopped by cleaning them first.

[Halberkill]

My experience with green stuff has been that it's pretty sticky, though granted better at sticking to the tools I"m using than the thing I want it to stick to. ;-> It does get older over time and not work as well. Have you had your GS a while, Halberkill?

Well yes, but even when I tried it new I had the same problem you had. It stuck better to the tools than the mini. Not to mention I don't like the way it sculpts. Tamiya is a tad bit softer and easier to get detail for me, not to mention it doesn't fall off so easily if I push it hard to try and blend it. I had gotten advice to wet the tools to keep it from sticking to them, but when I tried it, it made the whole glob of putty wet and again with the problem of it not sticking to the mini.

Also you can sand and file Tamiya's stuff when it's dry. Sanding greenstuff is like sanding cheese, it's rather crumbly or at least not smooth.

Halber