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Gorilla Tutorial: Working with Plastic-Resin

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Welcome to another Gorilla Tutorial, our quick tips & techniques series. This time I've got some quick tips for working with Plastic-Resin miniatures, also known as restic miniatures.

Mantic Games use plastic resin for a number of their miniatures, so if you're a Dreadball, Deadzone or Kings of War player then this tutorial will be very useful.

Preparing & Gluing Plastic Resin Miniatures

To remove mould lines from plastic-resin miniatures its best to carefully use the tip of a sharp modelling knife, as opposed to sanding or filing. Unlike hard plastic models, you will also need to us a CA glue, aka super-glue, as plastic cement will not work due to the different material.

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Gorilla Tutorial: Pin washes with Enamel Weathering Products

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Welcome to this Gorilla Tutorial, where I'm going to discuss how to use enamel weathering products to make pin washes.

This week I'm hard on my 1:72 scale WW1 Mk.A Whippet, and I'm trying out a new technique using products from AK Interactive called pin washing. This is when you apply a thin wash to the recessed areas of a model, such as panel lines, and around raised details like rivets to create shading and depth while also defining the detail.

Once the model had been primed and basecoated with acrylic paints we can get started on the pin-wash. Choose a streaking grime which suits the base colour of your model, for instance if your model is a light colour like white or cream use interior streaking grime, if its a darker shade or green like mine use dark streaking grime.

Thin down the streaking grime with some enamel solvent like odourless turpentine, its available from hardware or art supply stores. Then using a fine detail brush apply it to the recessed areas and on rivets. The pin-wash will flow naturally along panel lines and joins with little effort.

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