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Flexible Sanding Sticks

Tamiya Sprue Cutters

Tamiya Extra Thin Plastic Cement

X-acto knife

Miniature Files

1200 Grit Sandpaper

My Airbrush: Iwata HP-CS:

Brush Cleaning Tank

Vortex Mixer

Wall Mounted Paint Racks (Nail Polish Rack)

[EonsOfBattle]

It's a good day when I see Ninjon has an upload!

[joshuatungate]

Jon, when you pushed that model out a part of my soul died.

[jeremiahpointer]

I would love to see you do a "The Drowned" theme. Every zombie painted and based so as to look as if it is a fish belly pale and green monster from the sea. Undead of course. Drape the seaweed and slap some barnacles and ghostworms on them. Glorious!

[seanglynn]

Those zombies weren’t as bad as the Deathrattle. I snapped like 4 femurs when snipping them off the sprue. I ended up figuring out that it requires a specific order to free them from their prison of sprues to avoid the sudden change in tension breaking legs like a Vegas crime boss.

[Panda]

That sprue glue yoo what the hell thats amazing

[saulsmith]

The only thing of any value I can add is when you're clipping off the sprue, do all the same facing cuts in one go for the entire sprue, rotate, do the next side, till they're all done. Saves the Hassle of repeated rotation and wiggling the Clippers.
I did a sprue spring cleaning of old woody archers and this saved me loads of time

[someonesusingmyname]

The chair spin in the intro gets me every time. :D

[StewartBrown]

Regarding mold line removers: I sprung for a tool called a 'seam scraper' a few years ago. It has a handle like one for disposable hobby blades but the 'blade' is a big, chunky, three-sided bar that comes to a point. The sides of the point are sharp enough to scrape mold lines off but not to gouge holes accidentally. Because it tapers, you can quickly scrape lines and excess glue/cement on large pieces with the larger end of the blade and then get in to the details with the tip. I feel like I've gotten faster using it simply because I've eliminated any risk of cutting into the plastic too much like with a knife.

[Bogart]

When using hobby knives to remove mold lines I use the back of the blade and it works great.

[itssalid]

This has quickly become an S-tier mini-painting channel. Keep em coming Jon.

[Marcusstratus]

Has anyone mentioned the trick where you scrape your mold lines and then wipe over them with extra thin cement? Saves having to sand them and gives a nice smooth result. Also, if you have a delicate or hard to clean mold line (ribbed tubing anyone?) you can just wipe extra thin cement on 'em and smooth it down that way. Love the stuff

[FatherMcKinley]

Paint scheme idea: They came from a village burned down so they all have ashy skin tones with some reds and oranges underneath, like they’re still smoldering?
Love your videos!

[Randalf]

Burned zombies, ashen grey with embers still glowing on and in the zombies.

[jensschmieder]

For removing print lines i always use the backside of my hobby knife for me its just perfekt u get sharp edges and u get in all the nooks and crannies also its the cheapest option because nearly everyone has a hobby knife.

[stevenlawson]

Multiple small takeaway style boxes all set out and the clip whole sprue at a time spreading the models into individual tubs. Repeat process with all your sprues to save going back to them and then just build models one pose at a time from each tub. Speedy and organised👍

[AKKK]

The wash and cure station is a blessing. Got mine with the mono for next to nothing. Don't get the people saying "oh you don't need it" "it's a luxury item". Yes it is, so is your damn 3d printer, dude. I'm pretty happy about the few extra bucks I spent with the time it has saved me. Or you know, you could make a DIY solution for half the price and keep wasting your time.

[HasuLife]

that sprue glue looks amazing and exactly what I've been looking for!

[marcosasgarcia]

Zombie theme: under the sea zombies. Algae, coral and maybe fishes on the bases, clothes with muted colors to emulate wet fabric, maybe some algae over the body

[chrism]

I started making my own sanding sticks with high grit sandpaper, double sided tape (the foam type ones) and a piece of cardboard, laying a few lines of tape down on some thin card and placing the sandpaper on top I can cut out multiple at a time with an old knife.

Making my own I can adjust the size/width and make them single sided to fit in smaller gaps.

[matthewjongema]

Another sanding option I found recently is baby finger nail files. They're tiny and very fine grit so they perfect for getting into small areas.