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While I was cutting out the parts from my Space Wolves Pack sprue I managed to not only clip a shoulder bad by being careless (derped there... ), but I also managed to break a very tiny piece of a torso front, a tiny string holding some wolf fangs and totems, I'm guessing the "shock" from cutting the spure attached to it caused it snap, I also managed to do this to the exact same one (in the exact same way no less... ) on the other sprue that had the same bits on it.

Here's a close up of the part in question;



the break occurred right on the tiny string part, so I'm kinda lost for ways to repair it, any suggestions?

Plastic cement, steady hands, and patience should do the trick. I've broken I think the exact same part and just glued it back on.

The great thing about plastic is that plastic cement will melt it back together. Once you're finished assembling the model it'll be less likely that little rope part gets man handled too much so it should be fine.

Plastic cement and steady hands, you make it sound so easy...

Honesty I have no ides why they attached a sprue point to the totems in the first place, didn't seem to me to be a high risk piece to break from rough shipping...

Well thanks for the advice, glad to know I'm not the only one to derp and break this bit... lol

Sprue placement is likely more about the molding process than any considerations of packaging tbh.
Its very complicated designing a good sprue, especially ones with so many parts like GW ones.

For fixing it yes.. poly cement and steady hands (or a modelers helping hand thing with holders ) is likely the best solution.. just be careful about how much glue use a toothpick or something to apply it perhaps.. unless you use those needle nozzle glues.

also in future; it might be good to clip the part away including some of the sprue at that point, and remove the excess sprue after its out of the main frame... either that or make that cut last so the force has somewhere to dissipate - the part pinging off lol!

Yeah the glue I have has a metal needle nozzle on it, to be honest it might still be too big, I have never used plastic segment so the stuff scares me a little.

If its still too big, blob some glue out on a bit of disposable surface... maybe some packaging from some product youve got lately lol.... hey that craps good for some things
and apply a smaller amount with a toothpick or even a pin untill you feel happy.
If holding it steady for the duration is an issue, one of these;

should help somewhat

theyre called many things... modelers helping hand, or modelers mate are two that I've seen.

 JakeCWolf wrote:
Yeah the glue I have has a metal needle nozzle on it, to be honest it might still be too big, I have never used plastic cement so the stuff scares me a little.

How???

I don't understand everyone and their dogs aversion to plastic cement. Yes, super glue can be disassembled, but the strongest bonds I've seen on plastic come from melting one piece onto the next. It's easier to file down and cut, and doesn't send splinters of crystallized cyanoacrylate flying everywhere.

Anyway, my lesson to you is if the bit is diddly, cut the frame section off, and not the bit. Then snap up the frame section at all the mid points. That way the stress is kept to the frame and away from the part.

Strait pin/needle, dipped in glue and a xanax (so you don't throw it across the room after the 3rd attempt).