At the local home depot the other day I located an epoxy putty that was
perfect for basing figs.
It comes in a roll of grey putty around a central rube of black putty that
when mixed together, harden into a solid bonding epoxy.
It worked wonders with some very top heavy figures I was using, GW Seraphim. I
cut off a bit of the epoxy, mixed and placed it on the underside of the
plastic base. Then I took a washer (for extra weight and stability) and
pressed it tight to the underside of the base.
This pressed the still-soft epoxy putty into the
base's slot.
Then I pressed the figure's base tab into the epoxy and allowed it to dry.
If this is old news to everyone on list, I apologize for boring you with this.
Otherwise, I found it to be a superior tool for basing figs.
The epoxy was located on the aisle with the rest of the Superglue and liquid
epoxy.
What's it called?
Mark
> Cleats Balentine wrote:
> At the local home depot the other day I located an
> Cleats Balentine wrote:
> It comes in a roll of grey putty around a central rube
This is the very same stuff as the strips of green putty that The Evil Empire
sells, only less expensive.
> If this is old news to everyone on list, I apologize
Oh no... It's always nice to be reminded. Besides, we get new people in here
all the time.
> The epoxy was located on the aisle with the rest of
I've been trying to get ahold of some of that stuff for a few weeks now. There
seems to be a neighborhood run on epoxy putty.
For plastic slot bases this sounds great. But I've spent too many years with
historical miniatures to base routingely with anything but white glue. White
Glue has the primary and wonderful advantage of NOT being permanent, if I
ever need to re-base.
> At the local home depot the other day I located an
Sounds like Loctite Weld Stik (14600-R). There are a
number of similar products. Some set faster or harder than others, and some
are easier to work with than others (set hard and easy to work are generally
opposing effects). Loctite and Devcon are two common brands.
I've worked with a number of these two-part epoxy putty
sticks. I've found the Loctite Weld Stik (14600-R) to
be too hard to work, and it sets *very* hard, so it's difficult to sand or
carve when set. The one I use a
lot is Devcon White Epoxy Putty (S-80), which is a
green-and-white stick. It's a 10-minute putty that's
relatively soft when blending (though harder than Kneadatite). When set, it's
much harder than Kneadatite,
but not too hard to carve/file/sand. I use it for
mini assembly and for applications similar to yours.
Kneadatite (sold by Citadel Miniatures, among others) is very sticky until it
sets, then is soft enough to
carve, It's good for sculpting, where you can rough-shape
a model, wait till it sets, and fine-carve it after it
sets. It's *not* good for assembly of miniatures, except
for small parts like attaching arms--and for that I
usually use CA gel (like gap-filling superglue).
- Sam
DevCon Leaksealer Epoxy Putty.
Sorry, it took me some time to track that down and I only have access to this
list through work.
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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 08:51:59 -0800
From: Mark Reindl <mreindl@jps.net>
Subject: Re: Basing figures
What's it called?
Mark
> Cleats Balentine wrote:
> At the local home depot the other day I located an