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Games Workshop - Citadel Tools: Mouldline Remover

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Who signed this off? I totally understand the simplification of the tool names in the case of the other products. This is an entry-level set. Keep it simple because that’s perfect to onboard hobby beginners. But if you are gonna do it, Honestly, and I do not say this lightly. This needs redesigning asap. It’s unusable. 2022 Refreshed Citadel Tools – Final Thoughts This is again an easy recommendation. You can get these pretty cheap online, but the cheap ones tend to have shoddy or stiff movement, and despite trying many over the years I still default to my 10+ year old Citadel drill. The one catch with the new design is that the collar that holds the bit is not large. I have a (relatively) large bit for countersinking magnets and it’s simply not going to fit in the new drill. I got away with stretching out the old collar because it was double-sided, there’s no chance of that here. Still, I rarely magnetize these days so this is a minor consideration. Knife

The classic. A scalpel knife with a long, pointed blade to reach the tightest of spaces. There are various knife grips out there, for example from The Army Painter, get the one that you find the most ergonomic. For the blades, get the original ones from X-Acto as I found the quality and sharpness to be the best. GW was kind enough to send over a set of all four for review, so I’ve given them all a whirl. I’ll get into each in detail in a second but right off the bat there are no weird gotchas. They all do what they say on the box and they do them to various degrees of good. The clippers clip, the remover removes, the knife slices, and the drill puts small holes in things. Super Fine Detail Sprue Cutters Also known as a “pin vice” the Citadel Drill has a lot of uses. If you’ve never used one of these, they’re a hand drill designed for very small bits. Most of them have an end cap that pivots freely so you can brace the drill against your palm and turn the drill with your fingers.This is perfect for this review as we have a few not-positive things to say. But I also need to apologise to GW, because I’ve been humping their legs for the last 4 years trying to get included in this exclusive club. Only for my first review to be their tools. And whilst I don’t hate them, I don’t love them either. I’ve not used the existing Citadel Knife, but having seen the existing one I would be hard pressed to understand the price. Ergonomically it is no different than a basic cheap Xacto knife and it uses the same blades. I would consider this a strict upgrade over my basic hobby knife and I’m happy to have it in the tool box. Parting Thoughts

It is the best tool for drilling barrels and barrel ports if you’re into that sort of thing and the current model comes with two different sized bits. They can also be used for pinning, and the two sizes mean you can use things like paper clips or brass rod depending on your project. I mean why not, they are a premium company and should be selling the best tools in the hobby sphere. They can also sell to consumers twice with this approach, once when you are new and once when you are established. So, I can’t see anything on these that would stop the blades from mashing together, in fact, it was clear that the blades (let’s call them cutting-edges as we can’t confirm if both are blades) were touching. Games Workshop has done well here, yada yada looks generic like the rest of the tools. but functionally, this one is really smart. I have little negative to say about these, they are in every way an improvement over the previous generation, and since no other company out there makes one of any significant merit. (Trust me I tried a couple and they are all rubbish) This is now the best tool out there dedicated to mould-line removal. Despite it’s cheapening.So, first off, this is not an NDA thing, it’s just bad practice as a reviewer to directly mention other brands in a sponsored review of a particular product. But I am going to take a moment to remind you that we do have articles discussing the best Hobby Drills (because this one is bad) and Best Clippers (where these are ok, they are just expensive). The hobby-knife is decent at least and puts safety first. And finally, the Mouldline remover is still the best one you can buy, and it’s even better than the last.

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