7 Things every miniature painter needs to add to their arsenal right now.

[Glarion]

I expect the US UHU to be the one that give you face cancer the rules and regs in the EU are seriously strict... where as in the US ... well I know that any food manufacturer can make pretty much any claim they want on foodstuffs...
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But I agree otherwise, don't know if I can get that UHU in the UK though, it looks great though .

Poundland has this stuff in abundance! It's in a squeezy tube as opposed to the dispenser in the OP's photo though. Add some of the Tamiya red to the uhu for excellent gory blood trails!

[Thunderhawk3015]

Tamiya extra thin glue I would consider a must have for plastic.

[odinsgrandson]

2.) Super Glue Accelerator
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Tired of holding pieces together while your glue dries? Spray some of this on, and the bond is instant. Perfect for getting that arm perfectly positioned or whatever. "Oh, but the bond is not as strong!" some contrarian will add. That contrarian is probably holding pieces together as we speak. I've barely noticed a difference in strength honestly but in almost every instance this stuff makes my life easier. Use it.

I'll go ahead and be your contrarian here. As a person who regularly ships minis out to clients, and also who regularly gets minis shipped to him, I can tell you that the bond strength is miserable.

Rather than holding things together, what you should be doing is scoring areas, or pinning them. Either of those will allow you to hold the piece together for almost as little time, but the strength of the bond is something that can stand up to gameplay (and the post office).

Now, I'm sure I need stronger bonds than some players, but I've played against an opponent whose swore by this stuff- then his minis were falling apart as the game went on. He finished with way fewer arms attached than he began.

So I really can't recommend staying away from this stuff too much. Unless you really like repairing your minis all the time.

[Adam Huenecke]

I score and pin to, to be sure- but in the 10 years or so I've been using accelerator, I haven't had any notable problems (shipping or otherwise).

[lobster-overlord]

I've used the accellerator, but only with resin these days. yhry are light enough to not cause problems for me.


another "can't live without itm" hasbeen greenstuff. not gw's over priced offering, but the kneadatite tube for $20. separated in the tubes, they last forever. the tape starts to cure at the seam of contact and dried out too quickly for my tastes.

[odinsgrandson]

I've used the accellerator, but only with resin these days. yhry are light enough to not cause problems for me.


another "can't live without itm" hasbeen greenstuff. not gw's over priced offering, but the kneadatite tube for $20. separated in the tubes, they last forever. the tape starts to cure at the seam of contact and dried out too quickly for my tastes.

You're getting the Gale Force 9 tubes- they're still a little over priced- but not nearly as much.

Get the ones where you can get both bars in one long tube and refer to it as Kneadatite (you can get them online very easily). They're $15 in the game store, or about $12 online.

And all of it is exactly the same stuff. The one company makes the same green stuff as both bars and tape, and all of the other companies re-package it and mark up the price a bit.

[lobster-overlord]

not buying the gf9 ones, but the retail is still 20. yes I can get them online for less but the local non gaming hobby shop has them for 20, so still a good price and supports a local

[odinsgrandson]

not buying the gf9 ones, but the retail is still 20. yes I can get them online for less but the local non gaming hobby shop has them for 20, so still a good price and supports a local

Huh. Yeah, I've got an LGS that will sell them for $15 at retail, which is the price the online people say the retail is. The online stores then mark them down to $12.

So... I figured that occam's razor would say that you're getting a different packaging than I am (I guessed with GF9, because they're the most popular that I know of that price them at $20).

A less likely explanation is your LGS is marking them up $5 in order to gouge customers (I've seen some LGS owners do that sort of thing, but most of them are nicer chaps who just sell at the retail price).


So... I really don't think you're getting the same package as I am. Same stuff, just different price tag.

A lot of LGS owners don't know who to get it from the cheapest (most people don't know "Polymeric Systems Kneadatite" is the same as green stuff) and I know that some distributers that don't carry the cheapest version.

But check with him and see if he can't order it in cheaper. Sure, $5 isn't much of a difference, but it is always nice to save a little money for the same product while also supporting your LGS.