My Vrock DND Mini won't stand up

[dreaded_beast]

Anyone have problems having their Vrock Mini standing up without falling over?

I can't seem to find a way to keep it up without having it tip over. While I think the Vrock Mini looks very cool, I'm a bit irritated with this aspect.

 

[trentonjoe]

Anyone have problems having their Vrock Mini standing up without falling over?

I can't seem to find a way to keep it up without having it tip over. While I think the Vrock Mini looks very cool, I'm a bit irritated with this aspect.

Have you tried boiling it and making the weight more balanced?

 

[Vrecknidj]

Anyone have problems having their Vrock Mini standing up without falling over?

I can't seem to find a way to keep it up without having it tip over. While I think the Vrock Mini looks very cool, I'm a bit irritated with this aspect.

As per the other suggestion, I boiled mine a few weeks ago. It took a lot longer to boil than most minis, but I boiled it for a while. It stands up better now than it used to, but it's still not nearly as good as the other minis.

But, boiling works.

Dave

 

[MerricB]

As per the other suggestion, I boiled mine a few weeks ago. It took a lot longer to boil than most minis, but I boiled it for a while. It stands up better now than it used to, but it's still not nearly as good as the other minis.

The Vrock is one of the worst-scaled miniatures in the set, and one of the worst in regards to how it stands on the base as well. Very annoying.

Mine leans on its wing and tail, and remains upright that way; I might try repositioning at some point, though.

Cheers!

 

[dreaded_beast]

What's this about boiling minis?

Won't that ruin them?

 

[Zappo]

Different scale, but I've got similar problems with a Warhammer 40k Space Marines Devastator squad. These guys are plastic minis with a HUGE metal heavy weapon on one shoulder and arm. It is somewhat counterbalanced by a metal backpack, but I modified one of the marines using a plastic backpack, and then realized that it would fall over if you so much as looked at it the wrong way.

I glued some random metal bits under the miniature base; this helped a bit but not enough.

So I used some epoxy putty and I attached more metal bits to the base itself, behind the marine's legs. This not only made it more stable, but with some work turned into a pretty cool scenic base. I'll paint it when I get back to Italy.

I haven't seen the D&D vrock, but I'm sure it is substantially larger, so you can work on it more easily. I would try stuff like adding a metal weapon to balance it, or glueing metal stuff to the base. You'll have to paint them of course...

 

[Darrin Drader]

What's this about boiling minis?

Won't that ruin them?

Nope. It temporarily softens the plastic allowing you to bend things back to their intended positions, but it doesn't harm them in any way. I've done it with several of my minis from the previous sets and I'll be doing it with several more from Archfiends.

 

[MerricB]

The basic trick as described to me is to put the D&D miniatures into very hot (if not boiling) water. Allow it enough time to heat through and soften the core.

Reshape the miniature.

Dunk the miniature into ice water.

Cheers!

 

[Wolf72]

some of my metal mini's were a bit off, ... the 25th aniversary orc, a ranger-looking guy with two swords (kinda looks like he's taking a dump).

I glued a penny onto the bottom of them and they've been great.

 

[milotha]

I sometimes glue pennies or nickles to the bottoms of my minis to balance them too.