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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 11:54:56
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I'm trying something different with my next batch of troops. I'm going to paint the arms and heads sepratly from the bodies so I have full access to paint everything and assemble them after.
I'm concerned the sticky tac will pull off the primer/paint. Does anyone have any experience with this style of painting?
Does anyone know about how long primer takes to fully cure before I should stick it in sticky tac? The back of the can doesn't really say.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 12:40:06
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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When in doubt, wait 24 hours.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 14:21:38
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Alexandria, VA
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I cover the contact points with blue-tac before I prime. Why are you priming then using the tac?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 15:58:15
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Judgemental Grey Knight Justicar
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It's always a good idea to let your primer sit for 24 hours (give or take) before doing anything else with it.
Then again, if the blue- tac is pulling primer off, you're probably not using "primer".
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 16:01:01
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Lady of the Lake
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And for the heads you're better off going with pins instead of the tac to hold them in place. Just glue them in anyway and you can use them to hold the heads in place later or just trim them away.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 17:01:34
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Well I was going to place the heads and arms on a box and just prime them. After that stick them to posickle stick with sticky tac to help the speed painting process. Is this a bad idea? Is using pins better?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 17:06:44
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Automated Rubric Marine of Tzeentch
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I use a combo. I have a cork with a bit of paper clip sticking out that I ball a piece of blutack on, then press the object I'm painting on to it. I find painting before assembly a lot more efficient and a lot easier too.
EDIT: Oh and some of the things have holes drilled in for added security. Just be careful not to drill a hole through your Justicars foot... that was a real thing that happened :(
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 17:14:14
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Judgemental Grey Knight Justicar
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wowsmash wrote:Well I was going to place the heads and arms on a box and just prime them. After that stick them to posickle stick with sticky tac to help the speed painting process. Is this a bad idea? Is using pins better?
There's nothing wrong with priming the entire thing first then moving ahead. Using pins is not really "better" but rather a preference and it all depends on what you find works best for you.
For assembly line painting personally I prime all of my pieces on the sprue, paint them on the sprue, then assemble and touch up wherever it was cut off the sprue (and any other spots that need touchup). No need for pins or blue- tac of any kind in that case.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 17:51:24
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Alexandria, VA
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You can prime heads on the sprue, you don't see the bottom of the head on the mini anyway.
For arms, I use the blue tac and paperclip method. The paperclip makes it easy to hold and spin when priming and also when painting.
To hold all these "paperclipped" pieces, use a block of foam or put a wad of blue tac on an old paint pot or pill bottle or something similar.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 17:54:51
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Do you just drill out the hole or heat up the pin and melt it in?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/16 18:33:52
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Alexandria, VA
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wowsmash wrote:Do you just drill out the hole or heat up the pin and melt it in?
Are you using plastic models? I don't pin plastic, just use plastic glue. I use the tac to cover up the contact points since I have better results when it is a plastic-plastic contact. So on an arm it would be tac, then paperclip, then a little more tac if I didn't use enough the first time and I want the paperclip more secure.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/17 15:14:16
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Gargantuan Gargant
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I use poster tack to hold things in place when spraying. It does double duty, holding the parts at an angle that allows me to get full coverage in one go and acting as a mask for future join surfaces. Totally avoids the issue of lifted paint, although it shouldn't be an issue at all, if you give your primer/"primer" sufficient time to cure (not too difficult - anything that takes more than 24 hours to cure is probably caustic as hell and almost definitely overkill for gaming purposes). [edit:] Forgot to mention, in case it's a concern - spraying over the poster tack doesn't appreciably reduce its ability to be reused. Applications as thin as are suitable for models break up and distribute harmlessly throughout the putty after a bit of kneading, like erasing a newsprint impression from silly putty. I've put a wad through dozens of rounds of black spray paint and, while it looks a bit dingy, it still works just fine. I imagine it'd take quite a bit of paint to make a portion of poster tack unusable, but it's cheap enough that eventual replacement isn't exactly a scary prospect.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/10/17 16:47:16
Subject: Stickytac and priming
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Alexandria, VA
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oadie wrote:[edit:] Forgot to mention, in case it's a concern - spraying over the poster tack doesn't appreciably reduce its ability to be reused. Applications as thin as are suitable for models break up and distribute harmlessly throughout the putty after a bit of kneading, like erasing a newsprint impression from silly putty. I've put a wad through dozens of rounds of black spray paint and, while it looks a bit dingy, it still works just fine. I imagine it'd take quite a bit of paint to make a portion of poster tack unusable, but it's cheap enough that eventual replacement isn't exactly a scary prospect.
Yup, I've been using the same wad of tac for priming parts for a long time now. Also a little goes a long too.
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