smeagol the vile wrote: |
some of them are fairly nice, but I dont know how to work with, or mod metal figures... |
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Similar process to working with styrene or resin, that is, similar methods, and even the tools and much of the material you might use on a plastic or resin figure, can be used on a metal one.
That is, you get the raw casting, you need to assemble it, putty it, prime and paint it. So, you would still wind up sanding, filing or scraping mold lines; you'd probably want to pin any joints with stiff wire or brass rod (uh, huh-huh, rod! huh-huh-huh), and use CA glue or 2-part epoxy to glue the pieces. Modifying poses is pretty similar, again, removing material (like a wedge of an arm, to bend the elbow), adding filler and/or a pin, then puttying, priming and painting. About the only things I can think of that I wouldn't do is use plastic cement on the metal figure, or try to solder the plastic one