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Altruizine wrote:To you guys who use superglue on everything; how exactly do you handle a figure that sports two separate arm pieces that connect to a single weapon?

Examples: Tactical marines holding bolters, or Stormvermin holding halberds.

I have enough stress gluing those together with plastic glue (and it's natural grippiness), and using superglue for the task seems like it would be a slippery, sticky mess.

Some superglues are not the liquid sort, but a sticky gel that has enough viscosity to hang onto things, more than plastic glue, actually. We always have both in our tool box. Liquid is great for pinning, but for most everything else the gel is king, especially if you're messing about with poses. Another trick is to use blu-tack or elastic bands to support your models while the glue dries. Obviously don't put the support on the glued section .

Loctite Ultra Control Super Glue Gel: http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/sg_ug_cntrl/overview/Loctite-Super-Glue-ULTRA-Gel-Control.htm

EDIT: Oh, and don't use GW super glue. EVER.

SylvanaSekNadin wrote:I remember using super glue many years ago and it drying and sticking pretty fast. I intend to buy some this weekend to stick the finecast models I did recently together. However I am now worried they will fall to bits.

Finecast is resin, and therefore different from plastic. It takes a very strong superglue bond, like, freakishly strong. Plastic bonds are lighter with superglue than with plastic glue because plastic glue chemically bonds the two pieces of plastic together.

If anyone is getting weak bonds using plastic glue, then you are either using the wrong type of plastic glue for those models (more likely), or you used too much/way too little.