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Method:

Squirt a little 'hard as nails' or 'no more nails' into the rough size of flame your aiming at. Tease at the glue to make points using the sharp end of a craft knife. Make sure your points are going roughly 'upwards'.

These are some I made earlier.





As soon as I work out how to colour them like flame, I'll update this!

holy awesome! That does look like flames. Im going to watch this one

They would make awesome epic scale / FOW explosions/vehicle destroyed counters.

Nice job.

THis works well, I just tried it. My only recomendation is to do it on wax paper to make it easier to get the flames off.

I am very sad.
When reading the title, I came in here expecting something SUBSTANTIALLY different.

Eric

Oooh, I wanna see them painted.

For everyone on the other side of the pond, the product is called "Liquid Nails"


I also agree with the wax paper suggestion.


And further agree that I want to see more

You know that is a damn good idea. Let's see them painted though.

Brilliant idea! Do you think you could use this method to make flames erupting from a flamer nozzle?

I am very sad.
When reading the title, I came in here expecting something SUBSTANTIALLY different.

I'm in the same boat as you Eric.

Glad I clicked though. Looks awesome, kutos

NO_SUCH_LUCK wrote:Oooh, I wanna see them painted.

QFT, this should be in the tutorial thread!

Does this glue harden to the point that poking it wouldn't mess it up?

Liquid Nails will harden to the same consistency as resin. It won't be soft or rubbery when cured.

Yeah, any construction adhesive hardens pretty well.

I can see it working with a flamer, but it would be difficult because of the small size. You would use a guide wire (either projecting from or to be later inserted in the nozzle) and bend it up at the end opposite the nozzle. Apply the glue to the wire and spike/tease it upwards and probably slightly backwards (towards nozzle).

To the op: Prime white, making sure to get in all crevasses. Then paint from yellow to orange to dark red to possibly even black in sort of a reverse highlight method that leaves recesses bright and surfaces darker. Remember, fire cools and darkens the further it is from the core heat source.

jmurph wrote:I can see it working with a flamer, but it would be difficult because of the small size. You would use a guide wire (either projecting from or to be later inserted in the nozzle) and bend it up at the end opposite the nozzle. Apply the glue to the wire and spike/tease it upwards and probably slightly backwards (towards nozzle).

That wouldn't hurt, but I've been remodeling my kitchen, the stuff is sticky and rigid, you wouldn't need to do that.

How long does it take to cure and where can I buy it?

OverbossGhurzubMoga wrote:How long does it take to cure and where can I buy it?

If you're talking about construction adhesive, any hardware store, maybe even walmart. I'd give it 24 hours to cure.

sounds cool for making ruins.

MagickalMemories wrote:I am very sad.
When reading the title, I came in here expecting something SUBSTANTIALLY different.

Eric

I'm going to be honest, I went in here expecting the same thing that you did.

That is a truly ingenious idea. Kudos dude . Please post some pics of what they look like when painted .

I am definately thinking of using this technique for making a vehicle which has just begun to explode, with flames starting to come out from tears and rents in the metal.

Very nice! Much easier than fiddling around with GS and the like. This will be a cool technique for making dangerous terrain ruins and the like.

As an aside, another good trick to doing fire is to put extender in your paint, and do all the shading and highlighting (or anti-highlighting really) while it is still wet, so the colors blend and mix as you add them in. Makes for a smoother transition as well as adding some chaos to the flames so they look more natural.

Would filler work? It looks like the same stuff as no-more nails

I didn't use "No more nails", I used "hard as nails" and it worked just fine to sculpt fire, although the end result looks a little different that what's above. It was harder to make the flame wide or spreading out, I could only make them taper to a point with the stuff I was using, but it still looks like fire after painting. I bet any glue with a high strength and a low viscosity would work. Many caulks would probably work, as well.

This is an awesome idea, and worked great for the extra stuff on my Salamanders.

Brilliant idea.... now to find an excuse to use it!

Thats a good idea. Any special methods you used to give it a sharp, pokey shape?

Have you ever used great stuff for infections/ nurgle? Works great.

Wow that would look great painted thanks.

Any update on painting?

The title is very missleading

I was expecting jackass-esque stunts.

But this is cool!