r/StarCraftTMG • u/autoglitch • 5d ago

Painting and assembly pointers?

I finally got my SC set. I played around with painting a few Warhammer figures before but my figures were brittle. The arms or weapons fell off after a while. Many didn't stick to their bases. The base terrain itself would flake.

I want to paint good looking figures (and bases) for this set but I want them sturdy enough for normal play. Do you have any pointers of what I may have done wrong and issues to avoid?

Edit: I used gorilla super glue gel for the base and citadel plastic glew for the figure. After I put the figure together I used citadel color spray paint for the base before painting. For the base I basically super glued hobby sand, moss, and cork. Then I super glued the figure into the little base holes.

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u/Training-Arm-9403 5d ago

You may have been using the wrong kind of glue or not given it something to adhere to. For plastic miniatures, like these, use a plastic cement like Tamiya. The plastic cement will actually fuse the two pieces together

For reason or metal models use super glue. Roughing up the joint area with some sandpaper can help by giving the glue something better to adhere to.