 stikpusher wrote: |
| maybe try drilling some small holes in the contact points of the figures, for small pins to be inserted in, and then matching small holes in the base wheree the figure will stand. That should give teh super glue extra support to do the trick. |
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I always put my figures on a music wire pin for painting, though brass rod or even a length of paperclip snipped out works
Carfully drill 'up' into the boot with a drill bit that matches your selected pin in size, and place i with a small drop of thin C/A(Zap-pink)Then I drill into a small wood block & place the other end during painting. When the figures ready for placement on the base, another hole is drilled in (hopefully) the correct location, and the figure goes in(if you do it right, you may not even need any glue!)But a small drop of C/A on the pin will hold in it in to a properly sized hole.
For placement of other items, or figures that don't except a pin well, I like Locktight super-glue GEL, as it's sticky even before it really sticks -It sticks painted parts really well too --- you also might sometimes consider using a super-glue accelerator, like Zap Kicker, although it can leave residue on finished work, you can brush a little onto a contact point, and a bit of glue on the other, and when the meet,BAM, glued, just zero placement wigleroom with this technique.
~As in any glueing operation, make sure you've cleaned off any greasey figureprints or mould release or nothing will stick. If at first you don't succeed, glue,glue again.