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So, normally I'd fix this with a bit of hot water...but this is on fully assembled and painted model.

I was getting all my Nurgle Daemons out and ready for a new round of warfare with the new 'dex, and when i got to the prince, i noticed the sword had bent quite a bit in his styrofoam case.

An old pic showing the original positioning of the sword:


The new posittion:


Used Windows Paint to highlight the amount of deflection:



So whats the best way to fix him? WILL fixing him damage the rest of the model or the paint? Should i just suck it up and get used to it?


Also, just a good pic of him, cuz ya' know, i like to show my models off

Bending it with hot water is probably your best option. I can't think of anything else to do with it that won't result in a broken part or messed up paint.

I agree, it is much easier if the sword was resin but since it is finecast the hot water is the way to go. Just make sure you don`t burn yourself for the pleasure of Khorne.

That's not bent a terribly big amount - bending it back won't result in much, if any, damage to the paint if it hasn't already been damaged bending that far.

Best of luck with it
I was waiting to see answers since ive got the same problem.
Finecast seems to warp over time.
Only issue ive got is its a farseers sword thats bent, and its held next to his body, so i cant dip it in hot water unless i dip the whole top sections of him lol.

 Jackal wrote:
Only issue ive got is its a farseers sword thats bent, and its held next to his body, so i cant dip it in hot water unless i dip the whole top sections of him lol.

So what's stopping you? You won't damage the paint with hot water. That's why we resort to acetone, brake fluid and simple gren for stripping paint. Finecast doesn't change this - all hot water does is make the resin pliable. Don't apply pressure to anything but the sword, and it'll be fine.

Use a heater. Patio heaters work well. They wil not damage paint. Perseonal experiance.

A hair dryer is also effective.

Yeah, what the above poster said. My Assault Chaplains Crozius got horribly bent so i heated it with hair dryer and carfully bent it back with no damage to the paint job.

Just be very careful when using heat, even from a hair dryer. Too much heat and stuff will bend in ways that you didn't want to have happen.

 Breotan wrote:
Just be very careful when using heat, even from a hair dryer. Too much heat and stuff will bend in ways that you didn't want to have happen.

That's why I'm suggesting a padio heter. They have these to heat the local GW and they are perfect for it because all they do is heat, there' s no air current. Hair dryers have air behind it which can cause this problem. Padio heaters are much less likely, unless you leave it there for ages.

I have the same issue with my Plague Marines champions sword and a bolter from the same unit which can now shoot round corners.

I emailed GW and the reply I got back was "Yeah we know its an issue with Finecast" which really helped me

I've not tried to heat up the sword as I worry about cracking the paint, the bolter I cut off this weekend and replaced with a plastic one.

It's also worth remembering that it's the heat, not the water, that makes Finecast pliable.

You could put the miniature in a heat resistant plastic bag (like the ones used in the oven) and dunk the sword in hot water, or sandwich the sword between two bags of hot water. If you have sand, you can heat it in an oven, and use hot sand to heat the resin (much like optometrists use hot sand to bend eyeglass frames--or at least, used to).

Both of those give you a bit more control over the heat than a hair dryer, and let you direct it just on the affected areas, though both are a bit more work than a quick dunk in hot water. Good luck!