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I've just gotten into gaming with minis and I haven't had any success using crazy glue to assemble them. I have a fighter mini with a large-ish sword that needs to be attached to his arm. I've glued it on three times, and three times it's fallen off the first time I used it or transported it. Can you recommend a better adhesive?
In many cases, unless you have a perfectly matched joint, it's going to be fragile. Two solutions:
1) Putty. Minis fans generally use kneadatite, aka "greenstuff" ... especially if the connection is more of a peg-and-socket thing than two flat surfaces.
2) Pins. I use a pin vise (which is basically a metal rod that holds a narrow-gauge drill bit so you can twist it by hand) to drill a hole into both of the surfaces, glue (and perhaps putty) a small piece of paper clip into one surface, then glue and putty it into the other surface.
If the joint is holding any sort of weight (such as an arm you attach at the shoulder) or the contact point is very small (such as a hand and weapon you attach at the wrist) I try to use a pin, it is a MUCH stronger connection (for the same reason you'd use wooden pins in a glued wooden joint in a piece of furniture).
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Reaper has some guides that illustrate the technique Sean is talking about:
http://www.reapermini.com/Thecraft/50
http://www.reapermini.com/Thecraft/43 (you won't need a dremel and epoxy for most minis)
The cleanliness of the joint before glueing is also important.
The strongest possible joint would be pinned as Sean suggests and then glued with either gap-filling ACC or in severe cases, 24 hour epoxy, but the latter entails the problem of holding both parts immobile for 24 hours.