Games Workshop - Citadel Tools: Mouldline Remover

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But if you are of an appropriate age, you’ll soon replace that mouldline remover with a knife, if it’s the Citadel Knife, cool. That’s not a bad choice. Next, we have the new Citadel knife. The former Citadel Knife looked fancy but was very overpriced considering you could get a similar scalpel knife with a metal handle from X-acto for about 4 to 5 quid. Whilst most of these new devices have some minor operational improvements over their predecessors. Gone is the rugged mechanical aesthetic in place of what feels like cheaply moulded generic tools, with a crude logo stencilled on. The biggest upgrade though is the handle. Again I’m gonna call out that this looks cheap and generic, and far from the premium that GW is as a brand. The plastic is much lighter than the handle of the old version of this tool.

Apart from that, they’re as expected. The nose is narrow and can get into fine details, the blades are super sharp and cutting is cleaner and easier than my used Xurons. The handles are also a comfort upgrade from the previous model, though they do feel lighter. Mouldline RemoverI’m happy to report that in all ways except one, the new mouldline remover is an upgrade. The handle is more ergonomic and less prone to slip. The “blade” of the tool is also narrower, thinner, and has a more swooping curve. This makes it better for use on arms, muscles, pauldrons, etc and makes it easier to dig into crevices to get the last little nibs and nubs. Given the issues with the sprue cutter above, I found myself using it more often than normal on removing leftover sprue and it worked just fine. This is great, the most annoying part of pin vice drill collets is having to swap the various collets for different-sized drill bits. This allows for any sized drill bit and makes swapping and changing easier.

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. The current citadel Mouldline Remover is low-key one of the best items Games Workshop makes. Yes, I know, you can use a hobby knife. However, the dedicated mouldline remover is easier, less likely to err and screw up your model, and is much safer. This is one of those tools you scoff at until you use and then wonder how you ever got on without it. The new knife is made of plastic like all the new tools, but has a more ergonomic shape. What I particularly like, and what I haven’t seen before in any other scalpel knife, is how the handle extends over the top of the blade. This makes it easier to apply pressure when cutting without having to worry about the blade breaking. I think that’s pretty ingenious. The additional notch is intended for base rims so you can clean those up too, on the very rare occasion you have some extras flashing would the edge. but this hardly happens anymore thanks to GW’s moulding quality. So well done GW for making this, but you are already so good at what you do, we hardly need it. An additional safety measure is a collar around the blade. Directly above the blade is a thumb grip. The point where you need to add pressure has a ridged sheath, No longer am I pressing down directly on top of the blade itself. Then right where your index finger sits mid-cut, the blade handle has a concave curve to support the correct placement. again, much much safer.

It’s mostly that, for a Premium Brand, there’s little of that shown here. Other than the price tag. 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 Well, the drill works – if you have large hands. For smaller hands like mine, the bit-securing barrel is placed exactly where your fingertips will rest. This makes turning the drill really uncomfortable and unintuitive, and the two plastic fins are more of a hindrance than a help. I found it pretty much impossible to find a grip that felt comfortable and safe. So yes, that’s right, in a new era of FauxHammer, we are, now, officially part of the review club. And don’t believe what you have read online. You’ll be happy to know that we are under no obligation whatsoever to “only say positive things” about Games Workshop’s products.

And this concludes my review of the new Citadel Hobby tools. I would like to see the good in the new Citadel tools, but none have completely convinced me – except for the Hobby Knife. I probably wouldn’t have bought it for myself, but now that I have it, I grew quite fond of it. Much like the new Painting handle, the 2022 refresh of Citadel’s Tool choice represents an overt cheapening of their Hobby Tool range with only a slight improvement to function – see there is some positive improvement here. For the last couple of years, there has been a cheaper version of this, If you collected Warhammer Conquest Mortal Realms or Warhammer Imperium partworks magazines, your first issue would come with a micro mould-line remover. this was basically the old citadel mould line remover with the handle removed – Thankfully garfy from Tale of Painters made a simple 3D render you could print to recreate the handle. Games Workshop has done well here, yada yada looks generic like the rest of the tools. but functionally, this one is really smart. Similarly, the new tools have all been smartly designed. In sharp contrast to the current (now old) set it seems as if ergonomics and safety have moved towards the front of the priority list, which is fantastic. We’ve all had marathon assembly sessions that leave our wrists and fingers aching.in fact none of these choices are particularly bad, but the clippers especially are incredibly overpriced. It used to be that you could buy better “fine electrical” clippers for cheaper than what GW charges, but GW’s clippers were ok for the price, a fair starter set. bit now you can get much, much better, hobby clippers, specifically for models, for the same price. if not a few pence cheaper.

I used to work at Vision Express’s head office in Nottingham, (not far from Warhammer World actually) every day on my commute with my friend ( The Writer: David Christopher Johnston). We would make a joke about a local farmer who was selling Dry, Hardwood Logs. Look, I’m gonna be upfront. it’s not a clever anecdote but many of you can probably relate to the crap you talk about on a repeated 1-hour commute.

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I wouldn’t even say this one is overly expensive either. of all the tools this is probably the cheapest for Games Workshop to produce, but it’s also the one they will definitely sell the most of. 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. Otherwise, it is a lot of plastic for a lot of money. 6 blades of decent quality are included and the knife is compatible with other brands’ scalpel blades as well. Honestly, and I do not say this lightly. This needs redesigning asap. It’s unusable. 2022 Refreshed Citadel Tools – Final Thoughts The new notch for cleaning bases sure does exist, though I’m not sure how useful it will actually be. The flat side of the blade does just fine at cleaning bases so I don’t know who was crying out for this feature but it’s there so you can use it if you want.