Toxicrine Tentacles

[natelicious]

When building my Toxicrine, I have noticed that the tentacles stick waaay too far off of the base for my liking. I want them to be as close to the base as possible so that I don't get them caught in terrain, other models etc. Anyone got any ideas/real examples of how to bend/manipulate them to fix this problem?

[BattleMetalChris]

Boiling the plastic should make it malleable enough to bend into a different position, and it'll stay there once it cools. You can help the cooling with a bowl of cold water.

[jimmyp]

i heated them up with a hairdryer and magnetised the arm sockets

[jimmyp]

heres some photos of my toxicrene. i fully magnetised his arms and bent shaped his massive tenticles.....

[natelicious]

Thanks for the suggestions they were very helpful! That Toxicrine looks amazing! Hopefully mine will turn out like that when I'm finished!

[jimmyp]

Apr 23, 2015 9:27:39 GMT natelicious said:

Thanks for the suggestions they were very helpful! That Toxicrine looks amazing! Hopefully mine will turn out like that when I'm finished!

Be patient when heating and shaping. The largest ones curl over into the model mate.
I do love the model it will be the next to be painted!!

[gigasnail]

I had issues with bending the tentacles using a heat gun. I'd definitely try a big pot of boiling water if you don't have a sandbox.