"adding plumes advice for total noob" Topic
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| davbenbak | 18 Sep 2017 6:27 a.m. PST |
I want to add plumes to the shakos some of my plastic 1/72 Napoleonic figures. I've never done anything like this before so I'm looking for the easiest and cheapest method. I've never used "green stuff" or done any sculpting. I was thinking about using a hot glue gun. A plastic extruder pen seems a bit expensive. All suggestion welcome. |
| RittervonBek | 18 Sep 2017 8:03 a.m. PST |
Pin thickened with PVA? Worked for me in 15mm. |
| Perris0707 | 18 Sep 2017 9:39 a.m. PST |
Pin with green stuff added is by far the easiest way that I know of. PVA glue would be too thin I think for 1/72 plastics. |
 etotheipi  | 18 Sep 2017 9:59 a.m. PST |
Crumpled bit of paper? Will stick and stiffen up with PVA or SG. |
| keithbarker | 18 Sep 2017 11:25 a.m. PST |
"Pin with green stuff added" is what I would do. Using green stuff is just like the modelling clay you probably used as a kid. Except it dries rock hard. |
| Timmo uk | 18 Sep 2017 12:21 p.m. PST |
Ditto Hot pin and then Greenstuff or Fimo. I believe Tony Barton uses the later for his sculpting. |
robert piepenbrink  | 18 Sep 2017 1:13 p.m. PST |
Don't forget pipe cleaners. |
| grenadier corporal | 18 Sep 2017 10:51 p.m. PST |
Round wooden tooth picks with pointed ends – you get two plumes out of one stick. If it is the "rubber-like" plastic of some HÄT-figures you don't even need to drill a hole first, just press in and cut to length. Normally I don't need glue. |
| evilgong | 19 Sep 2017 1:29 a.m. PST |
Another vote for a metal 'pin' and greenstuff. I have 18mm figs in metal. I drill a small hole in the hat, insert a wire 'pin' and fix with 2-part epoxy because the top of the fig is likely to take punishment. Sometimes its easier to use a longer pin than needed, because they can be fiddly, in which case it can be cut to length now. Then push the greenstuff into shape on the pin and with a scalpel cut into the plume to give it a bit of texture. David F Brown |
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