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Hey guys, i am in the middle of my first commission project! Which is great except, my client bought some "finecast" minis out of the blue and sprang them on me, and I have never modeled or painted resin before. Can anyone out there direct me to a tutorial? or if you have experience of your own, any tips or tricks?
Your help/guidance/wisdom is most appreciated.

Finecast is different to normal resin so I'm not sure how relevant any tutorials will be.

It's much softer so take great care when scraping, cutting and filing or you will rip it up.

It bonds instantly with Super Glue so take care when positioning parts for cementing.

GW say it doesn't need to be washed or primed before painting. I wash and prime ordinary resin.

Make sure, if you cut into it with a saw or a rotary tool ,that the material is wet or that you are wearing a mask.. It'll keep the resin dust from flying into your nose and mouth.

DO NOT USE A ROTARY TOOL!

The material has an extremely low melting point. It'll just mess it up. Careful, slow, gentle work with a knife is the way forward.

Take photos of anything bad and send it to GW customer services. They ARE on the case.

Thanks guys! I have already inspected the figures, and they all seem in really good shape as far as mold lines or miss casts are concerned I see nothing wrong (more than usual plastic/pewter) with the figures. There isn't going to be a whole lot of rotary tools needed on this project so i don't have to worry about that.
I'll post some pics when I get this started.