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So I'm working on a couple Necron HQs, a Tranzyne and an Overlord. Both have either a staff of light or a War Scythe. Well they were all bending, looking like we noodles, and of course in trying to warm them/re-bend them I've snapped the ends of them off. So here's my dilemma, how do you fix a snapped end when the diameter of the shaft is so small? (no jokes please). I don't think pinning is an option with them being so small. I've tried to put a bit of greenstuff in the seem for added stability but its still a bit too brittle.

Pinning them is the only way. Well, you could also replace the entire shaft with wire if you'd prefer, which is essentially the same process but to a slightly larger scale.

Where do you find the wire/pins small enough?

Piano wire.

Alternatively, paper clip wire is just under 1mm. It's softer and easier to cut and bend than piano wire. A lot of people use paper clip wire for pinning because of the ease of use. Normally when you pin something, you're getting a lot of structural strength from the epoxy as well as the pin.

Piano wire is probably more suitable to replace the shaft of a long weapon like a spear as it is less bendable.

I'd use a thin brass rod and replace the entire shaft (saving either end of them, drilling them to fit the new shaft, and going from there).

It's something historicals players have been doing for decades - as the nature of a thin pike doesn't make it good for casting with (regardless of the material involved).

Hmm, interesting, ok. I think the shaft is actually thinner than paper clips, but I hadn't heard of using piano wire yet sot here's a possibility. Thanks