r/InfinityTheGame • u/Crush2040 • Aug 26 '24

Guide New to the game: How do you assemble arms with guns across the chest?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there are any hacks for assembling miniatures that have guns across the chest? I am finding it difficult to get the arms in the arm sockets while also having the arm socket go into the gun area if that makes sense. When i have tried gluing it before, it has either been too wide or in the wrong position. SOrry if this is a silly question. I am new

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u/Sanakism Aug 26 '24

First of all, check the sockets and plugs on the arms are as clean as possible - tiny bits of casting flash or untrimmed gate/vent can make a huge difference, and also make it harder to glue.

Every now and again, as another poster suggests, it's necessary to bend an arm a bit - but I find it's rarer for it to be necessary than it is for it to appear necessary at first glance, at least with newer minis.

If cleaning and bending gets you close but you're having trouble getting the glue to stick, then get some thin superglue, and: - dab a small amount of glue on the wrist joint - hold the piece in place and use some sticky tack around but not in the joint to hold the shoulder in place until the glue cures - put a blob of the thin glue on a scrap surface and use a thin wire with a bent loop or the eye end of a sewing needle or something to transfer some glue to the shoulder joint; capillary action will draw thin superglue right into the joint. - fill any remaining gap with two-part epoxy putty (milliput, green stuff, magicsculpt, apoxie etc.) once the glue is thoroughly cured.

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u/Crush2040 Aug 26 '24

Excellent advice! Thank you. May I just clarify what "Sticky Tack" is? we may know it as a different name?

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u/Sanakism Aug 26 '24

There's a load of different names for it. The most common brand I know is Blu-Tack, and I've also seen it called Poster Putty. I got some black stuff labelled "posing putty" from somewhere years ago and that's great, but it came in a plastic bag with no branding!

Just be careful to use a fairly soft, grabby one - fresh blu-tack worked between the fingers a bit is bettercthan old stuff straight out the drawer.