The spear problem

[Lord Skal'terakk]

I love how spears look, but I really hate that the break all the time. How do you avoid this? I want to convert bastiladon skinks so they don't have them anymore, but I'm planning on building a 30 saurus unit and I think some spears will be unavoidable... what do you guys do with this??

Love, ST

 

[Aginor]

I don't have a solution.
For some things (like banners on the Stegadon or so) I magnetize them so they don't break, but on spears...
I just glue them together again when they break.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Have you tried keeping your stuff with spears in a GW case with sponge layers?

I have some of the old Citadel figure cases with the Citadel castle moulded on the front that were great for this purpose and my spear units seem pretty happy in them (don't know what the new cases are like).

 

[Imrahil]

I am with @Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl, the figure-cases of the old days work perfectly fine.
I have(unto now) never had a broken spear or banner.

Gr, Imrahil

PS. Spears look better as well imo

 

[Darklorddan]

I almost always avoid spears now, for just that reason. I used to have an uruk hai army with the plastic pikes, so I've had enough of spear repair for one lifetime!

 

[Lord Skal'terakk]

I already got the case and spears break anyway! Specially the ones from the Bastiladon. Damn spears. I love them, but yeah, I've repaired too many lol

 

[The Red Devil]

I already got the case and spears break anyway! Specially the ones from the Bastiladon.

It is most probably due to the angle they are put into the case, it might work better if you cut some in the foam to make it fit the Bastiladon better.

Though the best solution, for future models like that is to magnetize the units so you can remove them from the main model when packing them down. The Bastiladon is a little tricky, but it can either be done by gluing magnets inside the shell for the skinks when you start assembling it or drill holes for the small magnet when placing the skinks.

 

[pendrake]

Or just beef up (over-engineer) the Spears.

Hint: Invest in micro-scale aluminum tubing.

2nd Hint: a polystyrene Rod sleeved inside an aluminum tube is hard to break.

3rd Hint: brass is even tougher; but also more difficult to cut to length.

 

[Lord Skal'terakk]

Thanks 4 the hints! Yes, I do admit that the spear broke mostly before getting my case. I will attempt to position it better, and lucky me because I never glued the crystal to the dino so it isn't so tight. I love how many answers O always get in this forum, ty all <3

 

[SnowMan]

use a flat metal paper lined storage box and magnatize your bases

at least that will solve traveling damage on shorter journeys

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

use a flat metal paper lined storage box and magnatize your bases

at least that will solve traveling damage on shorter journeys

 

[Lord Skal'terakk]

That's actually an awesome idea