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09-26-2011, 04:40 PM
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Doh!
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Snow Giants statue is broke...
Yea, my Conan statue is busted. Conan's sword has cracked down by the hilt. It is a pretty bad crack and only held together by about a 16th of an inch. It would have cracked off, but there is a small metal post running along the top edge of the sword where the hilt and the blade meet. That is what is holding the sword in one piece.
Anyone have any tips or experience repairing these statues? I was going to epoxy the sword back together. The only other solution would be to replace the Conan figure itself.
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09-26-2011, 06:24 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Area 51
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Could you post pictures please.
Thanks
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09-26-2011, 08:33 PM
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Doh!
Join Date: Sep 2011
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09-26-2011, 08:38 PM
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King Mud
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Pa
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Here ya go...
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09-26-2011, 08:45 PM
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Doh!
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Yea I found the right links too, but I thought the picts were to hideous to show anyway!
I didn't know what the statue was made of. I took it to a jeweler this morning to have her look at it and possible solder it, but it is made of resin not metal. So she told me it needed to be epoxied back together.
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09-26-2011, 11:26 PM
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The Horsemen of Apocalypse
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Dagobah
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I prefer superglue gel for detailed glueing instead of epoxy. You can apply the superglue with a toothpick. I think two part epoxy is too thick and should be used for glueing large parts.
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09-27-2011, 02:33 PM
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MALTA
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dont know if you hve Wurth products there but they make a great gel superglue. I think it would be perfect for this repair and once cured (in seconds) is super strong
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09-27-2011, 09:11 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Hawaii
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Mines broke at the same place and I just flushed mines back together than superglued it because it is resin, also put more superglue over the crack itself than sanded it and painted it, check the pic and link below, I dont think you can tell.
I had a difficult time to get the seperated pieces to be flushed back together because of the wire inside, and yours seems to have more seperation than mines had so you might have to cut the wire to flush the resin pieces back together.
http://www.statueforum.com/showthrea...06#post1121006
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09-28-2011, 06:05 PM
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Doh!
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Wow Warhead that repair came out perfect! Okay that settles it, I'm going to use super glue not epoxy. I will glue both faces of the break, applying with a toothpick, then shove them back together. That will leave excess glue I can remove with a clean toothpick. I will let that harden and if needed sand it smooth, then repaint it.
By the way that is a great repaint job you did on your statue! Looks way better than the stock job. Do you use Warhammer paints or what?
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09-28-2011, 08:03 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Hawaii
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It was such a long time ago...but back then I strictly used Tamiya paints, but really any acrylic game paints should be fine, just do a test fit if it can be flushed back together again, if there is no problem just glue one side than flush and hold pieces together for at least 15 seconds.
If you can still see and feel the crack...very lightly and slowly fill the crack with superglue on one side of the sword at a time, than let it dry and than you can sand and paint.
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