SEV Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Hi painters! There's a lot of pretty mini out there. Maybe we could start a thread to helps each other (I didn't find one; but a lot of you are giving good advise in different painting threads). Of course, you can illustrate your problem and/or the technique you're showing with pictures. I'll try to keep track of your advise/questions here : 1) preping mini : closing gaps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEV Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 I'm following this with a question myself : What do you use to prep your mini? Malifaux mini are notoriously a pain to assemble and I often have some gap to close. I use Milliput for the big one and Vallejo putty for the small one... If you have any secret tech, please share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Sells Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 I've found that I get too excited to start painting and occasionally miss a seam line or two, building up a couple of layers of varnish and painting over that area has been really helpful for hiding those little gaps . 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Lot of good advice in here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vessien Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, SEV said: I'm following this with a question myself : What do you use to prep your mini? Malifaux mini are notoriously a pain to assemble and I often have some gap to close. I use Milliput for the big one and Vallejo putty for the small one... If you have any secret tech, please share! This video from Trovarion Miniatures turned out to be pretty helpful to me, even after years of ending glued to my minis xD In particular I liked the superglue + sandpaper tip. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regelridderen Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 4:04 PM, SEV said: I'm following this with a question myself : What do you use to prep your mini? Malifaux mini are notoriously a pain to assemble and I often have some gap to close. I use Milliput for the big one and Vallejo putty for the small one... If you have any secret tech, please share! Miliput with a little White spirit makes for an easy to apply ‘buttery’ paste to easily fill gaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEV Posted April 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Regelridderen said: Miliput with a little White spirit makes for an easy to apply ‘buttery’ paste to easily fill gaps. I use alcohol, but I guess the results is the same. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with the Milibutter but most of the time I'm not happy with the results without a tedious sanding session... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 I tried that last night with white spirit and it didn't work at all. Couldn't get it to form a suspension and it made the milliput (and glue I was using) difficult to stick it to stuff. My guess was the spirits were too hydrophobic. Was slightly handy in terms of being able to smoosh it into the milliput into some gaps gaps without it adhering to tools but a tiny bit of vaseline would have done the same job without the stench. Think it's kind of hard to beat using water with milliput anyway. You can press it into and scrape off the excess with some water a damp tool to get a very smooth surface, most of the time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 For small gaps I usually use just plastic cement. Applying a bit of extra usually takes care of small cracks though sometimes it might need a bit of a smoothing with a hobby knife afterwards (just make sure that you give it enough time to cure all the way!). There's also the sprue goo approach - by mixing sprues and plastic cement you get this grey goo is as close to liquid plastic as you can probably get. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrytnik Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 I agree about the glue for plastic-for very small gaps, it is perfectly suitable. And for something bigger, I usually take a two-part greenstuff. This is a fairly controlled and predictable way. And from the excess (you always mix more than you need), you can make small stones that will be useful later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jecko Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 For small seams and gaps I started using Tamiya plastic putty with good results. It's a smooth paste out of tube and applies pretty easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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