Raclesis Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I've been trying to put together my gremlins and I've been having quite a bit of trouble. This is my first minis game so I have no experience putting models together before this, so it's been a bit frustrating. Seeing some of these models makes me wonder what kinds of trouble other people have gone through for some of their figures. Here are some of mine that have annoyed me to put together. 1) Lady Justice. Her arms were one of the hardest pieces I've had to deal with so far. Her sword was easier for me! 2) Rami. For some reason the barrel of his gun was really hard for me to put on. I unfortunately broke one of the pieces, so it looks like he had some dumb luck with his gun and the barrel broke. 3) Slop Haulers. The one with the big drum on his back. Tried putting him together while sleepy and angry, and the arms got the better of it. For some reason I couldn't get ther right arm in the right place, eventually got angry and just forced it on. I still have quite a bit of figures to put together (2 young lacroix, the entire Somer'Teeth box, Mah Tucket and the Bushwackers) so I likely have much harder figures to put together. So, what figures have people had problems together together? Any tips for someone who's rather new at putting figures together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jafar Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Yan Lo beard, Wyrd even made a T-shirt about this model But as Outcast player I had some issues with Steam Trunk, mostly tracks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gnomezilla Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 This is my first minis game too, but I have already bought two kinds of plastic glue and use them both and it has helped a lot. Tiny pieces that I can only hold in place for a few seconds get the extra thin runny plastic cement: the changeling that is only as tall as the base is wide, I rolled my fingertips onto it and dabbed the liquid at my fingertips and cleaned off the fingerprint ridges later with a very light brushing of plastic cement. Pieces I can grab but have to be aligned once they're almost in the right place I use the thick gooey plastic cement: I used a gob of blue-tac to hold the girl guild guard's gluey hand until her wrist was also softened with cement, then rotated the hand into its correct orientation and left it alone for minutes to set. With two glues and blue-tac I have the 'third hand' of extra grip and haven't needed to use the tweezers or hobby vise. I had a teacher in-house and loads of materials since my husband has been a minis hobbyist for years. How did you learn? I am curious how people come into minis games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnin' Coal Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 No doubt that the incredible sculpts bring a level of intricacy to some of the Malifaux figures that can definitely be more of a challenge...more than anything I think it is important to have both patience AND a clear uncluttered work area just in case a tiny part goes for an unplanned voyage..after that I would say less glue placed well goes off quicker to create a strong bond...as opposed to a blob of glue that will try to weld the parts together but can also soften the entire part if it is tiny...I tend to let the glue go off for a few seconds before placing the parts in contact with each other as well. @Gnomezilla - I hear you on the Changelings - have just assembled and primed them but threw in a couple of coffee breaks along the way so as to not keep hearing myself saying "HOW small is this ?! " Most difficult for me to date (but now built and primed for my girlfriend) - Necrotic Machine...lining up the arms on that one definitely heard me using some ancient words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehluhlah Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Night Terrors. Why must their tiny fingers/claws/whatever be seperate pieces??? Also the Necrotic Machine, although thats been a while ago so the sting is less now. However, my husband plays Gremlins so I have ceded my right to complain about tiny pieces with weird joins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpact Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Anything Gremlin related in general. I don't even play Grems, but I build and paint for my nephew who does. Separate feet are my Kryptonite... Malifaux is my first minis game. And I just finished building Nicodem - with no glue getting on my fingers! I feel this is a milestone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Insidious Madness were the only things that I hated putting together so much that the experience is burned into my brain. Others have been mild headaches, but not on the level that they were. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Keenan) Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just talking plastics? The mandible Illuminated comes to mind. I feel like I may have had a traumatic experience with a Depleted as well, but am repressing it. Sybelle's whip too. Going to the old metals? Nightmare Teddy is giving me some fits right now with the individual claws. Lilitu's arms still haunt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Bear Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 The Ice Gamin were probably the most frustrating for me to put together so far, but the Austringer's birds are a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleThunder Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 The female Illuminated. Been putting my third one together tonight, and it sucks just as much as the first two. There's no way to tell which arms go with which torso, and even the "right" ones don't want to fit because it's impossible to tell where the sprue ends and the model begins. The torso and dress require immense trimming and leave huge gaps...argh. I've put together harder models, but this one is just BAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 The Dead Doxies were actually pretty difficult for me for some reason, considering the Necrotic Machine and the Gremlins I've built so far were pretty easy for me. Especially the one Doxie where you have to get her hand lined up with the slot in her head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Keenan) Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 20 hours ago, OneLittleThunder said: The female Illuminated. Been putting my third one together tonight, and it sucks just as much as the first two. There's no way to tell which arms go with which torso, and even the "right" ones don't want to fit because it's impossible to tell where the sprue ends and the model begins. The torso and dress require immense trimming and leave huge gaps...argh. I've put together harder models, but this one is just BAD. YES!!! That one! I managed to get the arms on some kinda way but the jaw things are what really frustrated me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycorax Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I've had some considerable trouble with the female illuminated too! And gremlin feet/occasional arms 10T thunder archer heads (4 pieces for a head! A head!) were a particular grievance I'm not sure if this was a miscast, or I was just being stupid but the razorspine rattler did not want to sit together properly. Especially around its hood. Had to file and greenstuff to make it work. But my one true and particular beef beyond any other, not that this was hard to put together mind, just confuses the hell out of me, is why on earth the Gremlin War Wabbit riders have separate ears!! I think we can all agree the plastic sculpts are beautiful, but i really want to know if it's a pathological fear of undercuts that cause models to be cut up for the sprue in these ways, or whether @Aaron and @Mason are just nourished by anguish... Syc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikodemus Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I've heard horror stories about Gremlins. How are newer Gremlin plastics? Zipp? Wave 3 stuff? I've had a lot of issues with Wyrd plastics but I mostly own older stuff. I bought Big Jake on a lark and he was a breeze. I'm just wondering if it's something they had issues when first getting into plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Zipp box was suprisingly easy - the iron skeeters are much easier than their flesh-and-blood counterparts. JUst remember to attach the wings last - after the rider is in place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoylentRobot Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 insidious madnesses. they dont look like anything so its really difficult to tell where each bit is supposed to go. The ropes on the Hanged and Jack Daw were pretty mean too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Keenan) Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I'd like to change my answer to Aeslin that I just finished. Good lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnin' Coal Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 30 minutes ago, (Keenan) said: I'd like to change my answer to Aeslin that I just finished. Good lord. Oh good....I've got that to look forward to then...oh well...into the breach...forewarned is forearmed and all that...still can't wait to get cracking on that crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 The teeny tiny end of Lust's violin, which broke, forcing me to whittle a new one out of a piece of plastic sprue. Then there's Lucky Emissary's scarf, which in my rush to finish a model that had already taken a goddamn long time to assemble, I didn't realize had to go on before his head. So now it looks kind of wonky from a certain angle. It's probably the first Wyrd model that I've felt actually needed to be assemble and painted one piece at a time. I guess I was suffering from assembly fatigue. And yet, by contrast Miss Fire gave me no trouble at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamfanboy Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 The worst models I've put together? Definitely the Palladium Robotech minis. The kits are, I swear to Protoculture, just 1/100 model kits that have been shrunk down to 1/285. One of the kits had separate antennae that were maybe 1mm across by 3mm long! And the design, good spirits above. The Gladiator kit had 10 separate hands for 2 Gladiators. Good variety, right? NOPE! 8 of the hands were right hands, meaning that if a left hand suddenly flew across the room thanks to a too-hard cut and you can't find it, one of them will need to be modeled with battle damage. But yeah, Malifaux kits are pretty hard too. There are some which are definitely EASIER than others, but even in my limited experience with owning the models, in looking at Gmort's unboxings there are few that I'd call EASY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_108 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Metal gamin, it was the first model i encountered with a single tiny foot all on its lonesome....so i ended up with a footless gamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBoss Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 The Hanged ropes. Yan Los beard. Goryo...everything Goryo. The Dreamers little friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpact Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 My Necropunk is a bit non-standard due to how fragile his cyber-arm bits were... pieces broke coming off the sprue. The fiddly bits were the rough spot. The actual core and limbs bodies on the little guys weren't too terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakunin Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 Bits which have prompted copious profanity from me during assembly: Female Guild Guard's hand Guild Lawyer's staff Student of Conflict's ponytail Taelor's ponytail Vanessa's ponytail and hand (notice a theme in the last three? Hopefully I've done all the ponytailed models I'll need for a long while) Guild Rifleman's head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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