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.

Straightening & Reposing Plastic Resin Miniatures

One of the principal advantages of plastic-resin as a material is that it becomes flexible when heated, while still retaining surface detail. This means that you can straighten any bent components or repose arms and legs with very little effort.

Simply carefully pop the miniature or component into some boiling water, a bowl filled from the kettle is perfect and leave it for a 5–10 seconds to warm up. Use some tweezers or tongs to remove it from the water (Don't burn yourself by using your fingers) and then you can reposition parts by applying a little pressure.

When they cool they will maintain the new shape but if you heat them up again they will return to back to the original. This means you can try out new poses multiple times with ease.

This is especially helpful when assembling miniatures made up of two halves, such as the horses on the Kings of War Paladin Knights . A little bit of hot water will give you a much tighter fit before you glue the two halves together and reduce the size of any gaps you might need to fill.

For this Warpath Enforcer I've repositioned the wristblade arm to cross across the chest and bent the pistol arm like he's firing from the hip. Simple changes like this make your miniatures unique with only a few minutes work.

If you're looking to do some larger conversions then I'd recommend picking up some Greenstuff Epoxy and some Sculpting tools. This will allow you to sculpt additional details and do more extreme repositioning.

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