Preparing and Improving Plastic Figures 

I've been a modeller for 40+ years on and off and still learning stuff, thanks for the great video, that head tip is a great one.

Actually really interesting techniques, I will try the technique with the Tamiya putty and the cement, it’s really inovative and cool. Keep up the good work!

I love your videos man, can you show us what you camera and set up you use please.

Fantastic work some very cool techniques to try there I've just bought my first ever hornet heads

Great video Ian! Thanks for sharing this technique, I often get irritated of short necks and problems with changing the head position. With this method life will be easier:) Thanks Erik

IV been watching your vid yer its ok good tips nice to c time and being proper on plastic.GOOD STUFF.(like head box)

I'm leaving so much hang on always have its 230 a,m just finished work chilling with a beer take care my friend 👍👏👏👏🐑

Soooo jealous of your model head stash!!! One tip that I like to do to fill gaps on a plastic figures is to cut small shavings off the sprue. Then take those with a little extra thin and any tool (knife, toothpick etc) you can work the plastic around to fill the gap quite nicely. Thanks for your post!

Great tips! I've been assembling figures and painting them for a while now. Easy to do the prep work even when away on holiday.

Thank you for showing me how to make my figures better as l have a lot of problems doing them and it's the one part of modeling l really like 👍

Dr. Frankenstein modeling tutorials! The “head” box! I have a odd, if not sick mind. Good tips, thanks.

Brilliant as always Ian. One slight variation I use is to mark where the wire comes out of the top of the head and then take it off and cut the wire down by a few mill below that mark. Then put the head on reposition and CA. It eliminates the hassle of the small tab of wire and means it is just a simple fill. Keep the videos coming these are brilliant.

I really like your easy way of explaining things. I find it fun to follow along. thank you

Excellent and just what I needed. Thank you!

that was really informative, great work

Some great ideas there. I like the neck thing you did seems to work pretty well.

Sept. 9, 2019---Thanks for the video as you showed me more than one tip I didn't know of. Really like the part cocking the guys head like you did. Was kind of surprised and glad you mentioned Shepard Paine's hand/sleeve trick. Getting back into modeling, but going for 1/35th scale zombie/apocalypse dioramas which means A LOT of figures will be in them. Now I know how to make them look like one piece instead of several being glued together.

Great video. Very helpful.

Please god, why don't you speak just plain English! I am so, so tired of the 'ohs, and the ums' and the 'well kind ah' language that passes for just plain, straightforward communication. Why not just try and drop all of that sort of vagueness that just gets in the way of what you are trying to communicate to others. Simple and direct is the best form of communication and the type of communication that registers most . I hope for the best but expect the worst, i.e. this 'same old, same old' sad type of 'communication'.

New sub, great work what type of brushes are using and can you provide size range you use?. Keep up the amazing work. ✌🇨🇦☃️✌

hi ian excellent like always mate. learnfull keep on the good work overthere

Some really neat tips there Ian 👍

Thank you. And thanks for a great tutorial.

Hreat information thank you!

Figures have always been a mystery me, this was an eye opener. A great tute keep them coming.

Excellent tutorial,thanks 🖒😉

Thank You Ian for sharing some of your ideas with us.

Nice tips ,thank you .

Great tips there Ian Thanks for posting

Great vid as ever Ian. Some very good tips

you are great.

Amazing work, Ian! We're all going to be up to our necks in model building with these techniques. Lol! Carry on, model man!

Thank you! Those tip and trick are a huge help for us guys that don't build figures. This will definitely help make tank and crew dioramas much better.

Awesome, thanx for sharing your tricks! What Material you are using? Btw, who put the thump down in this great vid....?

Thank you Ian, i also read Shep Payne book, but i still not understand on how to modify the hand from it default to a fully grip pose, like fully grip a tank handle or a rife strap

Well thought out tips and tricks indeed. I just got into messing around with resin putty for creating my own weld lines on vehicles. One day I'll work up the courage to tackle figure sculpting. Start small and let it grow. Excellent tutorial Ian! Cheers!

Thanks for posting. I learned some great new techniques like the head positioning method. Just started back at it after many years and I think I'll be throwing out all the old 70s and 80s figure parts I kept. The new castings are so much better. I would like to get some ideas on prepping and painting British WW2 figures with all the 37 pattern pouches. Not sure if I should attach them prior to painting or paint them separate?

A bit of gentle heating with a low wattage soldering iron helps bending

Great tips to be had there for me. Thanks very much. Love it!

That’s a clever idea to use the wire to adjust the head and neck position!

Excellent video, can't wait to try your techniques, thank you!

Very informative thanks.

Just getting into modeling and this was very helpful. Could you add the items you were using in the description? Specifically the silicone burnisher tool. Thanks.

Hi nice work Ian, I`m pleased to have watched your video I would have never thought to drill all the way through the figures head, I have been considering drilling through the neck and inserting a metal pin in to the model to adjust the angle as you have shown but the pins I have been using in my models foot are not bendy more like panel pins with the heads cut off, I guess the diameter of the copper wire is the same size of the drill bit could you let me know what size diameter I would need please. Kind Regards jeffrey.

Excellent video mate thanks

Yes a good helpful video 👍

Excellent video, pal.

Great vid.What is the name of the glue your using.

You've got an extra 'e' in 'preparing'. Otherwise, excellent video!

Very useful indeed. 🙏

Que buen video.

Total Awesomeness

Very helpful indeed not seen that done before but 1 question how to remove a previous head that was molded on the figure to start yeah I know cut it off but depth clean cut as most plastic figures come with heads I know novice type question but this video just opened a door to other possibilities awesome work buy the way learning tons binge watching lol

Hi Ian, Any tips on how to get bags, packs, etc., that are soft, but plastic parts are too stiff to fit the figure curves correctly? Great video!

Who should I go to for good allied 1/35 scale models?

First i was like "cool, back to basics", but then it turned into sculpting beginners guide, awesome :) really interesting approach there! will memorize this for my own future projects.