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I bought a DE Lhamaean and the sheath to her dagger is really bent. I bend it to straighten it and it bends back. I remember reading in one of these threads that the Finecast stuff has an excessive mould memory. Will the blow dryer or hot water work on this model or do I have to use other means. Thanks in advance for any input!

Don't use too hot a heat source; hot water (tap hot (60 centigrade ish), not boiling) should be enough.

Also have a tub of cold (ice water) handy.

You need to heat the material to soften it (this gets the polymer moving) straighten it, then cool it quickly. This will harden it.

Then allow the part to return naturally to room temperature. You may notice it start to bend back. If this happens, repeat the procedure.

Don't try and force a counter-bend onto it; it doesn't have a great deal of shear strength and can tear/snap. It's best to 'train' the material by repeated warming/cooling.

Good deal. I would have totally missed the cold water tub. I don't work with resin as much as I read about it. I was thinking a counter bend without heat would either cause a fracture at a different spot or just not work. Thanks for the advice.

I'll give it a try when I get home tonight.

I just use a old hair dryer for 30 sec then gently bent it back into place

This is a handy post OP, cheers! Been wondering how to do the same thing

I've seen alot about heating salt which bends things around safely, not sure if this would work though. worth a look though.

the Don wrote:I just use a old hair dryer for 30 sec then gently bent it back into place

I suggest against using a hair dry for resin stuff.

The reason is that it doesn't necessarily heat the piece evenly, and the temperature settings that people give as an example may not align perfectly with the temperature setting that you use...which might end up with you heating the piece into a limp noodle.

Safest and most effective way is simply to use warm(not "scalding" hot--if you can burn yourself on the water, it's too hot) water in a bowl.

Take it back to GW. You paid a premium for the model, and you expect it to be right, without having to use hairdryers, hot / cold water, etc to bend the resin back into place.

Don't bother with finecast. Just find something in plastic to use for a conversion. It ends up being cheaper, more fun, and takes less time.

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:This is a handy post OP, cheers! Been wondering how to do the same thing

check out the post in the tutorial section.