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Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 1st, 2016, 3:58 pm
by Tomkat364
I had purchased sprues of Advanced Heroquest Men at Arms and Skaven. The sprues have the shields for the Skaven, but not for the Men at Arms. Anyone know what can be used for suitable replacements. There's a ton of Bitz stores that have shield sprues, but I don't know if there are any similar sizes/styles from other games I should be looking for specifically. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 2nd, 2016, 1:49 am
by knightkrawler
You should look for Warhammer Bretonnia and Empire shields.
There's tons of choices.
You could also drop me a PM and I'll try to find some fitting ones among mine.
I have literally hundreds of these and a small letter to the USA shouldn't be too expensive.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 2nd, 2016, 3:37 am
by Thantos
I like some of the ones hasslefree have on offer
http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category= ... sy-armoury

We have some round shields also which are similar in style to the men at arms.
http://zealotminiatures.com/zealot-shop ... ry=6272034

Or as KK says, the bretonia ones are pretty spot on too. :D

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 24th, 2016, 9:12 pm
by Fallensaviour
Make your own.
I just made 10 last week from casting off of the hq weapons rack.(5 lion and 5 fluer du le)
Super simple I used hot glue from a glue gun as the mold and then used green stuff for the casting.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 26th, 2016, 7:21 am
by Big Bene
Fallensaviour wrote:Super simple I used hot glue from a glue gun as the mold and then used green stuff for the casting.
did this once to make a mould for HQ bases. Green stuff is much too expensive for this kind of project, in my humble opinion, Milliput works perfect.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: September 26th, 2016, 8:39 am
by mitchiemasha
Did some one say they had spare shields... My Advanced HeroQuest only came with a few... Knightcrawler do you still have any to spare? How much would postage be? I could really use some.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: January 8th, 2017, 8:06 pm
by Fallensaviour
Big Bene wrote:
Fallensaviour wrote:Super simple I used hot glue from a glue gun as the mold and then used green stuff for the casting.
did this once to make a mould for HQ bases. Green stuff is much too expensive for this kind of project, in my humble opinion, Milliput works perfect.


Good to know,I got 3 feet of green stuff from Australia for $10 online.
With the intended purpose of making bases and shields.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: January 9th, 2017, 2:19 am
by Geofonos
Fallensaviour wrote:
Big Bene wrote:
Fallensaviour wrote:Super simple I used hot glue from a glue gun as the mold and then used green stuff for the casting.
did this once to make a mould for HQ bases. Green stuff is much too expensive for this kind of project, in my humble opinion, Milliput works perfect.


Good to know,I got 3 feet of green stuff from Australia for $10 online.
With the intended purpose of making bases and shields.


I'll have to agree with Big Bene. Green stuff is quite expensive and, to be honest, I don't like it much. It's way too sticky and it turns into hard rubber that you can't really file and mend properly. Milliput on the other hand is cheap, turns rock solid once cured and you can file it, trim it, do whatever you want with it.
Also, one piece of advice; since many people use dettol to remove paint from miniatures, I'd like to point out that dettol messes with Green Stuff and practically removes it from your miniature, which is quite helpful if you wanna tear a green-stuff-modded mini apart. That also doesn't happen with milliput.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: January 9th, 2017, 4:42 am
by Big Bene
Geofonos wrote:Good to know,I got 3 feet of green stuff from Australia for $10 online.
Well, that's very cheap as compared to other sources. Can you name the link?
Geofonos wrote:I'll have to agree with Big Bene. Green stuff is quite expensive and, to be honest, I don't like it much. It's way too sticky and it turns into hard rubber that you can't really file and mend properly. Milliput on the other hand is cheap, turns rock solid once cured and you can file it, trim it, do whatever you want with it.

I mostly use Millilput for money reasons, but also for it's modelling qualities. For some purposes, Green stuff works better for me (fur etc.). It all dedpends on circumstances, there's no "best" choice. For making objects from a mould, I'd always prefer milliput.

Re: Alternative Shields for Figures

PostPosted: January 9th, 2017, 11:47 pm
by Fallensaviour
Geofonos wrote:one piece of advice; since many people use dettol to remove paint from miniatures, I'd like to point out that dettol messes with Green Stuff and practically removes it from your miniature, which is quite helpful if you wanna tear a green-stuff-modded mini apart. That also doesn't happen with milliput.


This I didn't know.I use green works to strip paint from minis.
As for the link to company that supplied green stuff I'll try to find it.
I know I bought it off eBay quite awhile ago.