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I'm about to start painting my Necrons and I have liquid green stuff that I picked up, and I know that the other regular green stuff exists. If I'm only going to be filling in tiny little air bubble holes in resin and filling slight gaps in plastic models, will the liquid green stuff work ok for that?

That's what they made it for

Ok sweet, thanks! The other stuff is more for converting and modeling your own stuff right?

I actually find it easier to use the standard green stuff. Make a tiny ball, push it into the hole and spread it out using your favourite modelling tool. Then either scrape away the excess or wait for it to cure and cut/file it back. My suggestion is to try using both. Worst case scenario is you learn both techniques and know which is best from experience!

Ok sounds good! How long does the standard stuff take to fully harden?

Usually 12 hours or so. I usually leave mine for 24 hours just to make sure, so I don't know exactly. I believe you can reduce the time by mixing more of the blue component in.

Call GW and have them send you new models until you have enough hole-free ones to avoid this crap. :p

For big holes, I prefer milliput, and for small ones I'd go for liquid GS or a milliput milk (probably the milk, as I like the end result better).

I never used liquid GS but as far as i heard it tends to shrink slightly while hardening. This will be noticeable on larger holes and gaps as it leaves small round dents behind.
So if you want to fill larger areas use normal GS or other putty like Matney suggested.

GW liquid green stuff is terrible, I dont think I will ever use up the pot of it I bought. You need several coats of it to just fill a tiny hole. After it hardens it sinks in, so you need to keep applying it in stages. Just like btldoomhammer said it leaves dents.

As a cheaper alternative to the green stuff putty, I use Squadron Filler Putty (white or green, both are around $2 per tube at the hobby store) It doesn't require any mixing so you can just take some right out of the tube on a toothpick and smear it where you want to go. It hardens pretty quick and then you can file or sand it down.

For larger bubbles, I use a straight pin and put Reaper Master Series Brush on varnish. (I even use it after priming and before painting to get a super smooth finish to paint cloaks). Trick I learned from one of their hired painters.

For cheaper greenstuff try ebay or google. Its aka kneadatite, I got a yard of the stuff for the same price GW sell a few inches, perhaps cheaper!
Its also called blue/yellow by plumbers and maybe available in large quantities from plumbing suppliers.

Milliput. They sell it in tubes at hobby stores and it comes in different granularities. just squeeze a tiny amount on your hobby knife and wipe it into the hole. Think of it as hobby Spackle.

It's what all the Railroad modeller guys use and for what you're talking about, it's what I have the best results with. Regular greenstuff is too much work and you seem to waste more than you need and liquid greenstuff isn't good for everything. I like liquid greenstuff for filling in cracks like where arms/legs/wings join the body. And of course, greenstuff is what you want if you want to build up an area or completely sculpt something like cloaks or fur.

But for small holes? Milliput is the way to go.

Maxim C. Gatling wrote:
Milliput. They sell it in tubes at hobby stores and it comes in different granularities. just squeeze a tiny amount on your hobby knife and wipe it into the hole. Think of it as hobby Spackle.

It's what all the Railroad modeller guys use and for what you're talking about, it's what I have the best results with. Regular greenstuff is too much work and you seem to waste more than you need and liquid greenstuff isn't good for everything. I like liquid greenstuff for filling in cracks like where arms/legs/wings join the body. And of course, greenstuff is what you want if you want to build up an area or completely sculpt something like cloaks or fur.

But for small holes? Milliput is the way to go.

I've never seen squeeze-tube Milliput. Hobby Lobby by my house carries only the 2-part version.

Matney X wrote:

Maxim C. Gatling wrote:
Milliput. They sell it in tubes at hobby stores and it comes in different granularities. just squeeze a tiny amount on your hobby knife and wipe it into the hole. Think of it as hobby Spackle.

It's what all the Railroad modeller guys use and for what you're talking about, it's what I have the best results with. Regular greenstuff is too much work and you seem to waste more than you need and liquid greenstuff isn't good for everything. I like liquid greenstuff for filling in cracks like where arms/legs/wings join the body. And of course, greenstuff is what you want if you want to build up an area or completely sculpt something like cloaks or fur.

But for small holes? Milliput is the way to go.

I've never seen squeeze-tube Milliput. Hobby Lobby by my house carries only the 2-part version.

I haven't seen it at Hobby Lobby either, but we have another hobby store that specializes in model kits and Railroad stuff. It comes in different colors, and I'm told it has to do with thickness, but I've only ever used the white. Looks like a small tube of toothpaste. I've used the 2-part too.

It's the same stuff as Squadron Putty, basically. I think Tamiya makes something similar too, but I don't read Japanese so I never got any.