1/35 mannequin

[Caustik Filth]

I acquired a couple of the AFV 1/35 mannequins and realize I've popped me self right out of any comfort zone I might of been in!I managed to finally get the fella into a reasonable pose I was after.
The right arm needs bringing in so he's got that 'i can't hear you' kinda thing going on and his left leg needs fixing too!

Now I could do with some advice please.
I have used wire and ca glue but adjustment tends to dislodge the joins and I've used tacky wax in some areas.
Is there anyway to get better bonds? Should I bite the bullet and make final adjustments and use apoxie sculpt to fix the joints when when I put him back together?
Any advice/critique welcome plz.
Figure sculpt/building newbie,
Cheers Rob

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Looking good, Rob. I always just add more CA until I am happy, then set the joints with epoxy putty.
It helps if your wire is drilled very deep, so it stays attached even if not glued

 

[Andy the Sheep]

I'm going to follow your brave endeavour, Rob.
I'm not a figure sculpting modeller, I usually splash them with paints with arguable results and this is a good occasion to learn something new.

Andrea

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Rob, I do the same as Neil and also keep the hole for the wire armatures as tight as possible.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

 

[Caustik Filth]

Looking good, Rob. I always just add more CA until I am happy, then set the joints with epoxy putty.
It helps if your wire is drilled very deep, so it stays attached even if not glued

Cheers Neil, I had an hour to start the second figure today and am getting instantly better results going deeper with the wire. Think I was being a bit soft on the first fella !
Great tip thanks.

I'm going to follow your brave endeavour, Rob.
I'm not a figure sculpting modeller, I usually splash them with paints with arguable results and this is a good occasion to learn something new.

Andrea

Nice one, cheers Andrea, let's hope any mistakes can be fixed or hidden!
We'll soon find out!

Hi Rob, I do the same as Neil and also keep the hole for the wire armatures as tight as possible.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

Cheers Richard, I also took your advice and dropped a size on my drill bit and deeper tighter definitely works!
Cheers Rob.

 

[Caustik Filth]

On Sunday I cleaned up the fella and then put him back together and filled the joints with epoxy putty. I still had great trouble keeping the pose while I did it, but with the new trick of drilling deeper and keeping wire tighter I hope the next chap will be a bit firmer!
I set the figure up and was gonna leave him for an hour then make any slight adjustments before the putty got too solid.
Unfortunately I got called away and couldn't do that but I hope I can iron out his stance once I get some clothing on the go.
Here's where I'm at.