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I just roughen up the surfaces (if they are flat) to increase surface area for the bond.

Otherwise, a little GS in the joint with the glue and it's got a little shock absorber as well.

Are you using a very thin superglue?

I use a medium or thick (either Roket or Zzzaap works well), very occasionally (as chromedog has mentioned above) you may have to use Greenstuff - although you probably shouldn't have to use that with the I:O miniatures, they are a pretty neat fit.

I just unpacked and assembled my Mototronica scenery pack, it's quite nice. For $11.19 on miniature market I may well get another set. Really helps to have the infinity unit boxes to strengthen the buildings, or just put something in there.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-70053-43580_Infinity-icestorm.html
Gallery if interested.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1590/508854.page#7276516
Blog update with commentary, if interested.

I tend to use dollar store glue on my infinity models, no problems so far. I haven't pinned a model in years and don't plan to start again if I can help it. We'll see how that mentality works out Re: TAGS.

I also tend to put bluetack into any large gaps, texture it if necessary to match the surrounding surfaces, and slather it with glue. I let the glue cure and often go in again. Actually... I do that with virtually all of my joins. I get just barely enough glue in place to make the join solid, then after that's dry/cured I go back and deploy a bit more glue into the join. Doesn't matter if it's plastic or restic or metal, that's what I usually do and it tends to work.

Sometimes I put a teeny bit of bluetack within a join to help me hold it in place for the glue to set, or possibly to alter the position a tad. It makes the join a bit weaker overall but if the bit breaks down the road it's really easy to stick back into place cause of the leftover bluetack.

I use greenstuff just like that frequently. I prefer it over blu-tac because it cures & basically becomes plastic.

Yeah its probably better I just don't tend to have the extra minutes/seconds, a lot of my hobbying is done in little bits of time snuck and stolen between other more necessary tasks like minding the little one.

Ergh, I had almost forgotten how much I hate super glue. After about an hour of fiddly arms falling off, I decided to just buy (yet another) new bottle of glue. Problem solved. New problem: tiny arms now sticking to my fingers instead of where the are supposed to. Grrr.

Buy thicker glue? Sounds like you've got super thin stuff. Try medium or even gel.

Loctite gel works for me, but it does sometimes take longer to dry.

Zip kicker is your friend, and contrary to popular belief, does not weaken the glue.

I use a toothpick to apply both glue and kicker to opposite ends of small joints, that avoids the mess of spraying or dripping kicker while trying to hold fiddly bits together.

Or you can apply your super glue to both parts then put a tiny amount of pva glue on the peg side & put it together. The pva should hyper accelerate the super glue.

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Anyone heard anything new out of miniature market by chance?

Man I have pestered the Hell out of Miniature Market and all I get is: Its in customs

 Warsmith262 wrote:

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Anyone heard anything new out of miniature market by chance?

Man I have pestered the Hell out of Miniature Market and all I get is: Its in customs

That was what I was told last Thursday via e-mail. Apparently some have received their order this past week, however, making me think they are...slowly...shipping. I guess our order #/place in the 'queue' determines our ship date?

What day was your last/latest correspondence stating 'in customs', if you don't mind my asking?

My copy is supposed to be delivered via UPS Monday. Man I wish they'd switch to USPS. BOTH take just as long to get here but at least the USPS drivers on Sat.

Rusty Trombone wrote:

 Warsmith262 wrote:

 Red_Starrise wrote:
Anyone heard anything new out of miniature market by chance?

Man I have pestered the Hell out of Miniature Market and all I get is: Its in customs

That was what I was told last Thursday via e-mail. Apparently some have received their order this past week, however, making me think they are...slowly...shipping. I guess our order #/place in the 'queue' determines our ship date?

What day was your last/latest correspondence stating 'in customs', if you don't mind my asking?[/quote

Today actually!!!! I called to inquire about having my order that contains O:I split since it also Had some Malifaux stuff attached to it. Since its been about a month since I ordered I want my Malifaux stuff at least. But I further inquired about O:I and the MM guy I talked to said Its still in customs but they are expecting them by next week... I have little faith in this since I've been hearing this line for a couple weeks now... sigh


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Don't know why it says you said what i said Rusty Trombone:

Today actually!!!! I called to inquire about having my order that contains O:I split since it also Had some Malifaux stuff attached to it. Since its been about a month since I ordered I want my Malifaux stuff at least. But I further inquired about O:I and the MM guy I talked to said Its still in customs but they are expecting them by next week... I have little faith in this since I've been hearing this line for a couple weeks now... sigh

I just received my copy from Miniature market today!

Mmmm... Icestorm...

Going to go through with a fine toothed comb tonight, but on a cursory inspection everything looks good.

 Buzzsaw wrote:
I just received my copy from Miniature market today!

Mmmm... Icestorm...

Going to go through with a fine toothed comb tonight, but on a cursory inspection everything looks good.

I find this irritating.. It starts to feel like they are lying when someone else who ordered it from MM got theirs yet we keep getting the same old excuse of stuck in customs... hmmmmm

 Warsmith262 wrote:

 Buzzsaw wrote:
I just received my copy from Miniature market today!

Mmmm... Icestorm...

Going to go through with a fine toothed comb tonight, but on a cursory inspection everything looks good.

I find this irritating.. It starts to feel like they are lying when someone else who ordered it from MM got theirs yet we keep getting the same old excuse of stuck in customs... hmmmmm

Thanks for the info, man. My irritation level is up as well. I sent another, less polite, e-mail this afternoon asking them to clarify exactly how this is occurring.

Instant edit: As I typed the above, MM responded to my query. Apparently they received a small shipment last week. Their large, main, shipment was held for an increased time due to it's size. They claim it is on the way(to their warehouse).

A reassuring update or a comforting lie? This, I suppose, we'll find out. *crosses fingers/kicks dog*

Guess I should feel lucky to be a part of their first small shipment since I received mine today just like Buzzsaw.

 kilcin wrote:
Guess I should feel lucky to be a part of their first small shipment since I received mine today just like Buzzsaw.

No need to feel lucky, I reckon...I imagine y'all ordered before myself and others is all. That is as it should be. My complaint, fwiw, is a lack of clear communication that the shipment from last week wouldn't cover my order. Maybe they didn't have the numbers then, but a subsequent count and shout out pro actively earlier this week would have been nice. It's not enough to get my panties* in a wad, but it is a tad vexing.

To those who recently received I:O, enjoy!



*Figuratively speaking only as it's not Friday yet.

Did you both have the pre-order with the limited model?

Maybe one is the shipment with the model and the other is the shipment without (if they placed two separate orders as they ran out)? Just a thought.

They won't run out. If you pre ordered in the correct time frame, you get the CSU pre order model. If you pre ordered in the correct time frame and did not get one, contact Corvus Belli.

The CSU wasn't limited to the first 5000 copies, it was limited to pre orders placed in the pre order time frame.

My Miniature Market order with ICESTORM in it arrived...yesterday!

 Alpharius wrote:
My Miniature Market order with ICESTORM in it arrived...yesterday!

Man... I feel like the last kid picked to play kickball...

I ordered Icestorm last month and it had the CSU in it.

 Warsmith262 wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
My Miniature Market order with ICESTORM in it arrived...yesterday!

Man... I feel like the last kid picked to play kickball...

I guess that makes me the scrawny runt behind the fence clutching an inhaler. C'mon, fellahs...the orthopaedic shoes aren't my fault!

*sigh*

 Alpharius wrote:
My Miniature Market order with ICESTORM in it arrived...yesterday!

Hurrah!

Why are you on here, haven't you opened it yet?!

I'm at work - fortunately/unfortunately!

LOL RustyTrombone!!!! We'll start our own team with our own miniatures and play how we wanna!


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On the positive.. the one Infinity miniature I own I finally started to paint!!!! YAY!!!

Jeez I'm wishing I'd been able to afford upgraded shipping. But in retrospect it's probably best it won't be here till Mon with 5 quizzes, 2 labs, & a paper to do this weekend plus 2 exams to study for Mon.

If anyone's curious, at Miniature Market O:I is still listed as a preorder, but they are currently sold out. So take that for what you will.