Twi'lek Rebel Agent

[revford]

A nice simple conversion of a Wizards Twi'lek model.

From:


To:


Also, his Astromech droid:



A dagger seemed an odd choice of weapon in Star Wars, so I swapped it out for a blaster rifle.  The blaster here is a Hasslefree aliens style rifle.

The paint job is very simple, with the black robes and gold chain to match the black casing and gold ports on the droid, to try and make them look like a team.

Cheers to The_Wisecrack for the original models.

[Westfalia Chris]

Excellent paintjob, but the conversion is just magnificent! Did you cut, pin and glue the right arm or did you just heat and re-shape it?

[revford]

Excellent paintjob, but the conversion is just magnificent! Did you cut, pin and glue the right arm or did you just heat and re-shape it?

Cheers.

He's a cut and glue job, I didn't think of heat and twist.

[twrchtrwyth]

Nice conversion.

[Gluteus Maximus]

That is really impressive!

How did you glue the metal gun to the soft plastic?

Please don't say superglue, as in my experience its the single least effective at gluing models. Great for fingers, mind!

[revford]

Please don't say superglue, as in my experience its the single least effective at gluing models. Great for fingers, mind!

I'd best not say then.

The secret of the metal on plastic is that it isn't just glued on the wrist, but the weapon is glued at the stock to the torso too.  That helps to support the weight of the metal weapon.

You can see the construction better here:

[twrchtrwyth]

That is really impressive!

How did you glue the metal gun to the soft plastic?

Please don't say superglue, as in my experience its the single least effective at gluing models. Great for fingers, mind!

I use superglue for everything! What's your experience with it? I'm slightly worried.

[Gluteus Maximus]

That is really impressive!

How did you glue the metal gun to the soft plastic?

Please don't say superglue, as in my experience its the single least effective at gluing models. Great for fingers, mind!

I use superglue for everything! What's your experience with it? I'm slightly worried.

In my experience, it tends to work very well for sticking metal to metal quickly, but as soon as the figures get normal gaming use, bits fall off  

I've tried different brands, very small amounts, larger amounts, rough surfaces, smooth surfaces,  blah, blah, blah, but just can't get it to work for me. I'm sure I'm making a very obvious error somewhere  - but have no idea what.

Now, with two-part epoxy, that's a completely different matter  :love:

[revford]

I've tried different brands, very small amounts, larger amounts, rough surfaces, smooth surfaces,  blah, blah, blah, but just can't get it to work for me. I'm sure I'm making a very obvious error somewhere  - but have no idea what.

Now, with two-part epoxy, that's a completely different matter  :love:

I find small amounts of glue on filed smooth surfaces best.  If parts are heavy a bit of pinning helps.

Two part epoxy is a little extreme for me.  But I know it's really, really strong.