Twisted Metal Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I got my TT archers in the mail the other day and all I have to say is WOW. I love the rules and the models. I think they are very dynamic and full of character. The detail on the models are pretty damn good as well. However... (Yes there is a down side to this post) the TT archers box set has just over thrown the old GW Landspeeder as some of the most frustrating models to assemble. The problem lies in their funky little hats which are composed of four different parts, all of which need to fit together and none of which are labeled so you dont know which part goes to which archer. Wyrd if your listening... try set up your sprue so that all of the parts for one model are in the same spot and not scattered around the frame. Reference numbers on the sprue would be nice as well... you did it for the rail crew why not the archers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar86 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Oh thank god, I'm not the only one that wanted to punch a kitten when fiddling with their hats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearLord Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 All the comments I've seen about the archers mention how fiddly the hats were - apparently the best way to tackle it is to build the heads fully first or it becomes much harder to attach the head scarves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy_Hat Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yeah, it appears to be easiest to attach the two halves of the head scarves together first, then glue the head into the helmet (dry fit first so you know where the scarf will attach and watch where the front of the helmet is, it has the "eye" sculted into it), then attach the scarf to te helmet with the head already glued in and finally attach it to the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Metal Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I ended up attaching the head to the body first and assembling the scarfs. Once the scarfs were together and dry I glued it to the helmet and the slipped the whole thing over the head. I didn't bother trying to get the scarf into the grove on the back of the head. Once the hat was on they looked fantastic. BTW did anyone attach the two arrows to the guys hand? (the one standing straight up) the arrows didn't fit between the fingers for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therril_83 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Does anyone have a picture of the sprue? would be interesting to see what parts it comes with and so forth.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I ended up attaching the head to the body first and assembling the scarfs. Once the scarfs were together and dry I glued it to the helmet and the slipped the whole thing over the head. I didn't bother trying to get the scarf into the grove on the back of the head. Once the hat was on they looked fantastic. BTW did anyone attach the two arrows to the guys hand? (the one standing straight up) the arrows didn't fit between the fingers for me. Two of the arrows are flat, one is round. I got the two flats to go in (finally). But yeah, the scarf went on fine for two arrow dude, kneeling guy not so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshimartian Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 My sprue had each piece very clearly marked (A, B, and C) first thing I did was make three piles of archers. And yes, assembling heads before attaching to bodies is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunabe Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 my zprue had no such marking. had to figure it out al by myself. took fotos of my sprues will see if photobucket is working again for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterdita Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Thanks for the heads up folks, mine get in tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunabe Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 here is an image of the sprue i got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Interesting- the pieces weren't numbered/lettered on the sprue like the Rail Crew were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunabe Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Mine was not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ommadon Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 nor was mine marked, really wish it had been as the Rail crew was so easy because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Would have made the cloth so easy to put on if it had been marked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korva Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Yeah, my hats look really bad after I assembled them. Kinda hard to get the glue out of there too so 2/3 of my archers have their eye's facing off to the side and only one cloth scarf. :v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbadger Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 i was lucky enough to have got 2nd run of these models with numbers on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearLord Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mine also had labels - still tricky to put together though - I just did one and decided to leave the others for another day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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