glue and paint for minituares!!!

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:04 pm

i feel like painting the case for my unborn portable so i went to the thought of the paint my brother used to paint his minituares (little figuirines soliders used to play strategy games). is this stuff acceptable?

http://ca.games-workshop.com/storefront ... &orignav=9

also is this glue okay?

http://ca.games-workshop.com/storefront ... &orignav=9

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:06 pm

For glue, you want to use bondo. Well, I'm not telling you that you have to, but the bondo putty stick is god-like when it comes to attaching parts together for a portable's case.

As for paint, that stuff may work, it depends on the surface. It might look very good. Most of us here use Krylon Fusion Spraypaint (Fusion is the sub-brand that is designed for plastics). I can personally vouch for its superiority over Rustoleum plastic paint. It's WAY better. If you're going for model paint, make sure it can take flexing (ie doesn't dry really really hard, or that your case is very stiff), and that it can take heat (whether you like it or not, your portable is going to generate hotspots).

exploding.monkey · Post by **exploding.monkey** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:21 pm

yeah, i went for the hobby paint stuff do to my budget and as theres a bunch of hobby shops around were i live.

you can get bondo is wal mart , right?

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:56 am

Kurt_ wrote:For glue, you want to use bondo. Well, I'm not telling you that you have to, but the bondo putty stick is god-like when it comes to attaching parts together for a portable's case.

Imo I would NEVER use Bondo to hold parts together. With a little flexing it breaks snd comes apart.

Plastic to plastic I use Abs cement or PlasticWeld. Metal to metal I use Jbweld. Metal to plastic I use Epoxy.