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I picked up some nice scenic resin bases that will be used throughout my entire army but I'm running into an issue and now I guess I'm learning the hard way..so here I am!

The problem. I went ahead and painted these bases before gluing the model to them..it was just easier that way. After finding out and struggling through getting GW plastic glue to bond to this resin I cleaned it up and just used Krazy Glue. Through transit, playing, dropping models, etc, etc..some have came off the base. What I have found out is that the glue is only bonding to the PAINT! So it rips the paint off leaving the bare resin with a good chunk of glue/paint on the model.

I assume my best bet here is to just glue directly to the resin before any paint is applied? Should I be using a different type of glue, if so what? I'm using snow flock and little patches of tundra grass on these bases so when I put these models on them I want it to be permanent with little chance of coming off.

Please help.

Plastic glue does not work on resin.


You can either:
- Glue them paint to paint, if the model falls off, scrape the left over paint that will mostly likely be on the model, then glue the resin to plastic.

- Drill holes in both the model and the base, glue the pins in, paint, then glue paint to paint. The model should hold good if its pinned properly.

- Or glue them right off the bat like you said, but then its harder to paint especially if you are airbrushing.

Thanks. Yeah I use the airbrush for priming, basing, layering mostly..which is why the bases were done separately.

I know better now though!

If you're using resin bases, the best and safest bet will always be to pin them.

Pin the feet of the model first, dip the pins in some bright colored paint, line up where you want the model and touch the base with the paint covered pins, drill out the holes on the base.

I paint my resin bases separately, and pin/glue them on afterwards.

If it's a small model & base AND you're not going to use them for much gaming, you can just scratch some paint off and superglue the model on. It will stay ok-ish.

If it's a regular gaming unit -- save yourself the headaches down the road and just pin it You only have to pin 1 foot.