Kaldoth Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hey all, quick question. I just assembled a maulerfiend and got a base of the leadbelcher spray put onto it. Unfortunately, it was a little gusty today and the mauler wound up falling off of the box I had it sitting on. It impacted right on top of the smoke stacks and split the superglue holding it together. It didn't completely separate the pieces, but there are now huge gaps along the stacks, as well as on the back where the two halves meet along the armor plates. The lines are definitely noticeable, and I need to fix them Do any of you have any tips to fix gaps where the join lines are after a model has already been base coated? I'm really hesitant to just green stuff it and give it another coat of leadbelcher as it might start clogging up the detail, but that's all I can think to do. If any of you have any better solutions, I'm all ears Cheers, -Kal Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318265-filling-gaps-after-a-base-coat/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodusXIII Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 You can use Liquid Greenstuff instead. You may need to put it on very thickly, but it's easily cleaned up with fine-grit sandpaper. That should leave the underlying plastic in place. Then, give it a very light coat of Imperial Primer and drybrush Ironbelcher to match your undercoat. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318265-filling-gaps-after-a-base-coat/#findComment-4278068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraRich Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Ive just done something similar on my bullgryn where I painted the arms but wanted to blend the muscle in at the tops instead of having a line where they meet Ive used magic sculpt which can be smoothed with water and therefore perfect for minor gap fills. I attached the painted arm with glue then once dry put a thin line of MS in the joint and smoothed it with a tool then a brush with water. All I had to do then was brush on some primer on the thin joint line. Ive always struggled with liquid greenstuff as it not great for gaps and I find it shrinks back too much Hope that helps Alternatively get some masking tape and mask up the model, fill the gap and respray just the unmasked area. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318265-filling-gaps-after-a-base-coat/#findComment-4278265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucio Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I'd normally greenstuff the gaps, then coat with imperial primer followed by my base colour too. The newer packaging on liquid greenstuff also seems to have a better consistency with less shrinkage. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318265-filling-gaps-after-a-base-coat/#findComment-4278760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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