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Review on J B Weld 8271 Professional Fluid_Ounces by Juan Castillo

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Best Object for Building D&D Miniatures

I've been collecting and painting my own Dungeons & Dragons tin miniatures for years. Most of them come with specific parts, such as B. Arms, supplied as separate parts that you need to assemble yourself. Often these are very thin details, up to a millimeter in diameter, with centimeter-sized protrusions (swords, spears, etc.). You need something very strong to hold something like this so it doesn't snap off again. I've spent years gluing them together with Gorilla Glue and every time I think the seal on the part is good enough I finish painting without breaking it. , it falls during the game and breaks immediately. Or I carry it in a bag in-game and it breaks off when I get there. Superglue is too fragile. I'm not sure why I'm worried. Every time I want to use this mini I have to hold it in my hands like an egg. If it is dropped or pushed, it will take me another day to tape it back together. stronger. This worked well for miniatures with greater detail (like armored knights with really bulky armored arms) but it was very labor intensive to drill those tiny holes with a hand drill and it just couldn't be used on some of them. more flexible figures, or ones whose arms had to be glued at the elbow, leaving no room to drill (seriously, who decided to put an attachment point there instead of a shoulder?). One person mentioned JB Kwik which sounded like exactly what I was looking for. I've spent the last month looking at a few minis that I really like, but I never got to finish sooner because they kept breaking my hands. All I have to do is place them in the right position with my helping hands, then mix the epoxy, dab the attachment point and get my hands back in place to hold them there. After a few hours it becomes hard enough that I can do whatever I want with it as if it was originally cast that way, as a solid piece of pewter. The only time the seal broke was once when there was a bit of dust, paint or whatever on the mount and I didn't notice and it came loose right after curing leaving the other side clean. I coated it with some more epoxy and now it's really hard again.

Pros
  • Pretty impressive
Cons
  • Minor issues