Couple pictures from Gama.

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Make sure to give them a like. There is rumor there will be a demo video up tomorrow.

The undead unit looks pretty fantastic.

Wow - they're displaying models they've taken the time to paint, but haven't un-bent the spears?

11 minutes ago, maxam said:

Wow - they're displaying models they've taken the time to paint, but haven't un-bent the spears?

That's how you know they're real.

12 minutes ago, maxam said:

Wow - they're displaying models they've taken the time to paint, but haven't un-bent the spears?

In their defense, I've never had much success with the hot-water/ice-water treatment. No matter how may times I try it, my plastic always seems to revert back to its original, bent form.

What do you guys think of the models themselves?

6 hours ago, Budgernaut said:

In their defense, I've never had much success with the hot-water/ice-water treatment. No matter how may times I try it, my plastic always seems to revert back to its original, bent form.

Hot water worked a treat for me with the Descent figures ... although that was misshapen/warped bases and awkwardly bent poses ... nothing as delicate as a spear...

I just borrowed a friend's imperial assault minis for the latest wave to try mass correcting, and it went beautifully. If the models bend back and won't correct, your water is not hot enough. Put some ice in your cold water to keep it from heating up to room temp too. You will sometimes have to heat, pose with your hands or clamp to supports, and then dunk in cold while held. You may have to repeat several times, with bending to stretch the part out to have the right shape. But it works great, and ends stronger than before if you do it right.

Personally I used the low setting on my partners hairdryer for imperial assault and just held the lightsabres straight for a few seconds and that resolved my issues.

Would a heat gun be too powerful? or is it just not mentioned because it is just not a commonly owned item?

11 minutes ago, jek said:

Would a heat gun be too powerful? or is it just not mentioned because it is just not a commonly owned item?

I think it should work, just need to gauge the distance you hold it from to control the heat. That said I've never tried it so maybe someone with experience can comment.

I've used a heat gun too, and own one. The problem is wanting to apply the heat evenly across the whole model to flex it. Dunking the model allows you to get heat evenly across the whole model at the same time. If you have a small heat gun, you could use it to adjust smaller parts like swords or spears or arms, but you need to apply heat evenly. If one side of a model is hot and the other side is not, and you risk cracking your figure or making the part brittle. Also, a heat gun can generate so much heat that you risk making the model too hot, where it can squish from the pressure applied.

TLDR: I prefer hot/cold water over a heat gun for this type of plastic and size of models. Heat guns are best for larger plastic models or other types of metal and plastic work.

2 minutes ago, drkpnthr said:

I've used a heat gun too, and own one. The problem is wanting to apply the heat evenly across the whole model to flex it. Dunking the model allows you to get heat evenly across the whole model at the same time. If you have a small heat gun, you could use it to adjust smaller parts like swords or spears or arms, but you need to apply heat evenly. If one side of a model is hot and the other side is not, and you risk cracking your figure or making the part brittle. Also, a heat gun can generate so much heat that you risk making the model too hot, where it can squish from the pressure applied.

TLDR: I prefer hot/cold water over a heat gun for this type of plastic and size of models. Heat guns are best for larger plastic models or other types of metal and plastic work.

So, boil water soak bend dunk in ice > Heat gun

Have you guys ever tried using hairdyer ? Worked for me every time

For delicate things like spears and light sabers I always splint the part with a toothpick and dental floss ribbon as well. That seems to do the trick. Make sure it's floss ribbon and not floss string so it wraps around the plastic evenly and without leaving lines in the plastic.

what do you mean you split the part? or is that a typo for splint? I'm confused the closest thing I have done to this is copper pinning several warmachine models...

Sounds like they meant to type splint.

7 hours ago, jek said:

what do you mean you split the part? or is that a typo for splint? I'm confused the closest thing I have done to this is copper pinning several warmachine models...

Yes that is a typo for splint. My iPad thinks I don't mean what I type sometimes.

You can also cut the spear shaft apart and replace it with an equal thickness brass or styrene rod. I do that with my Imperial Assault lightsabers.

Today I pulled my BattleLore stuff out for a game and thought about this thread. My Barrow Wyrm has had both wings bent up over the back, leaning slightly to its left. It makes it look like a derpy flier. I decided to try this hot-water method again and it worked beautifully! It turns out I just never got the water hot enough. I used to heat the water until bubbles started forming, but this time I let it come to a rolling boil and then took the pot off of the stove. I let it sit for a minute or two and then submerged the figures. Within seconds, they returned to their original shape. It was like magic!

ok im going to need to do this with runewars and i never had before. so rolling boil, and it straightens itself, then ice water to set it? any other tips?

13 minutes ago, Klaxas said:

ok im going to need to do this with runewars and i never had before. so rolling boil, and it straightens itself, then ice water to set it? any other tips?

Nope, that's pretty much it.

My first go was on a Descent Giant figure, and I was gobsmacked with how well it worked (and how rubbery/flexible the hard plastic became)