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So, I put together a squad of Aggressors for my Salamanders army, with the Auto-boltstorm Gauntlets and the Fragstorm Grenade launchers. However, now I want to change them to the Flamestorm Gauntlets. I also already built the model with plastic glue and primed it. I don't have a hobby knife and I'm still new to Green Stuff sculpting, so how can I make the change with little to no cleanup work? Please give suggestions!

If you mean plastic glue as in the kind that melts the plastic together (ie not super glue) then I'd say there's zero chance of doing the work cleanly. You'd basically need to carve the bits apart and do a lot of cleanup.

It would probably be easier to buy new ones, or trade/sell the bolt gauntlet ones to someone.

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Sorry, but I’m going to have to second the above advice. Depending on how you applied the glue, it’s going to be almost impossible to get the parts separate without a bit of knife work and destruction. If you used the glue very sparingly, there is a chance, but it would still be messy.

And the cleanup would be rough.

A hobby knife is probably the most important tool in your kit. If you don’t have one, you should probably get one. I guess you can get a lot of work done with clippers and a mold line tool, but for sheer versatility and utility, it’s hard to beat a knife.

Well, I do have a swiss army knife, but I imagine it's not as good. I'll see about getting a hobby knife.


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If I can't do anything else, is there a way I could sell/trade them and get new ones?

Definitely get a hobby knife. You can find perfectly serviceable ones dirt cheap. I bought a set on Amazon for $1.99 and they work just fine. Much sharper than a pocket knife so a tool you'll use every day. For example, use the BACK of the blade to remove mold lines.

To sell/trade, you can try the forum here, or check your local game store, see if they have a bulleting board for that kind of thing. There are also Facebook groups and forums like Bartertown that cater especially to miniatures. Here's one such:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1171195246652947

Thank you for the advice!

I haven't built that kit, so not sure if the contact points you'd need to undo are accessible, but if you have plastic glue with a needle nose, and can get the end to the points, put a couple of drops on the joint then slowly twist or pull them apart when the glue breaks down the joint before re-cementing it.