| Moe Ronn | 27 Feb 2015 4:11 p.m. PST |
I just bought a Dreadball team from Mantic (Kalimarin Ancients if you're wondering). The plastic they are made from is a bit different from, say GW plastic. Can I use regular plastic cement on these or do I go with superglue? |
| Bashytubits | 27 Feb 2015 5:18 p.m. PST |
On their forums most people are saying superglue or epoxy.
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| thabear | 27 Feb 2015 5:45 p.m. PST |
I recently glued a bunch of their Piggy Boars together using plastic cement , it didn't take very well at all and there was no bond made. The fit was loose and they fell apart in some areas.
I pried them apart and had to clean off the residue plastic cement with a blade and then tried again with some cheap superglue and it worked a treat and made a very secure bond Superglue is the way for the Mantic figures. cheers Tom |
| Zematus | 27 Feb 2015 5:57 p.m. PST |
Superglue for the dreadball stuff. Most of the dead zone stuff too, except for a few specific models listed as 'hard plastic' which cement will work on. |
nnascati  | 27 Feb 2015 6:07 p.m. PST |
I assembled Mantic Ghouls with Testers plastic glue in the liquid form. Great glue, never had a problem. |
| Moe Ronn | 27 Feb 2015 6:23 p.m. PST |
All right. Thanks for the replies. Now where's my file? |
| Privateer4hire | 27 Feb 2015 9:31 p.m. PST |
Dreadball figures are resin plastic (AKA restic). It's cheap for Mantic to produce but a pain in the arse to clean off mold lines. Add to that the fact they have been known to set their molds so lines cross delicate details like faces on female models and you can see some frustration. Some dreadball minis are well made and have minimal issues in clean-up. Others---usually the finer/thinner models---can be a royal pain. The ghouls (and many core undead, dwarves, elves, and orcs core troopers) are not made of restic. They are similar to the plastic that GW uses and you can use model/Testors as nnascati suggested for them. For restic, it's pretty much super glue or try the other stuff first and then super glue it after all the other stuff fails :) |
| 45thdiv | 28 Feb 2015 4:34 a.m. PST |
Here is what I used on some Deadzone figures link The key here is that this will work on several types of plastic and resin/restic. It is easier to use than superglue and holds strong. |
| nazrat | 28 Feb 2015 10:01 a.m. PST |
More reason for me to avoid Mantic products. Too bad, they make some cool stuff. |
| ordinarybass | 28 Feb 2015 11:33 a.m. PST |
Restic is a pain to clean , but I've found that a very sharp knife followed by a light scrub with a wire brush gets them done a bit faster. I heard about the wire brush trick a while back and it really does clean up alot of the shmutz that often happens after cutting away the mold lines. Oh, yes superglue all the way. For any product that Mantic advertises as "Sprueless Plastic" you're getting the plasti-resin stuff that folks often refer to as "restic". The sculpts are usually good, but it's tougher to clean up and prip since it's a material that can't be scraped or filed the same way as "Hard" (polystyrene) plastic. Superglue is the recommended adhesive. You can use epoxy, but I don't see any reason to as the models aren't heavy and it's alot more work. |
