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Disassemble my glued marines?

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#1 ·
Hope this is in the right section:).
Just wanted to ask if any1 knows how i can take apart already glued figures.I kinda messed up and didnt pose them with blu-tak to get a glimpse of what they'd look like, I went ahead and just glued then and now looking at them i hate the poses.
Just for informations sake i used GW plastic glue.

Any tips or help is greatly appreciated and needed :grin:
 
#2 ·
I've tried to freeze them as ive heard the glue expands when frozen,but alas it didnt work when i tried to pull a piece off it split in half :(
 
#6 ·
I'l try cutting them as you said Djinn,but if it doesnt work i may just paint them and hide them behind some terrain so no1 can see there aweful poses :grin:
 
#10 ·
Funny you should mention that B&K, in my new video tutorial, covering the basics needed, I bring up that exact point!

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Part of the problem, and i dont mean anyone any disrespect by this, part of the problem is that new players and gamers take GW's word as gospel, because everything is now under one roof players are not required to go out in to the world and discover the hobby, when i started i had to go to art suppliers and model shops to get my hobby gear, so you got to view an array of things and see that you had options! and nor just in price. back in the day super glue was the natural choice because most of the range was metal, so it made no sense to buy plastic glue, that meant paying twice. same goes with pinning, because alot was metal you had to learn how to pin or forever be gluing your model back together mid game, new gamers are blessed with plastic kits the likes of which we could only dream of but the up shot is the skills to use other glues on different materials have faded.



 
#9 ·
HaHa yeah im only gonna use super glue from now on.
 
#13 · (Edited)
i use a plastic glue by humbrol, i tend not to use gw products except for the minis/dex/rulebook, and also prime the entire model before gluing so that it can be pulled apart easily, as the paint is not the best glue(just don't drop it) and yeah like eva said....
hmmm...mega ninjaaa!s
 
#17 ·
The type of join for the wraithguard doesn't help there.

It's a huge amount of surface area for the bond. Have you tried to freeze it? It's metal, so we know plastic glues weren't used ( :D ) so that leaves epoxy adhesives or superglue.

Superglue tends to give up the ghost when frozen/thawed a few times (or heated to around 80*c - so leave it in a car in full sunlight for a day or so).

Araldite takes more heat to make it fail. Hot enough to cause a burn on human flesh.