JisaacT Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) I read somewhere the best way to put together the archers but I can't find it. I am having a difficult time as there are no numbers or letters to indicate what goes with what. Any advice? Im having particular trouble with the heads, hats, and hanging cloth things Edited September 12, 2012 by JisaacT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICleadpeople Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I always do a dry run with poster tack to fit everything together before gluing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamwyrd Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 The archers don't have the letter/number printed on the sprue? Normally its something like E1,E2,E3 to show they go together. Im going to check my beckoner sprue, maybe their not on the smaller ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Indio Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Nope. No lettering on the smaller sprues, it seems; just the starter boxes. IIRC, my Metal Gamin were the same way. I haven't had too much trouble with my Archers thus far. The bodies go together pretty well, and which arms/quivers go with which bodies is pretty self-explanatory, as all the tabbies are different. The hats are giving me fits, as they are not only very tiny, but it seems as if cloth at the back is actually two pieces -- there are six cloth bits on the sprue, and somehow I doubt this is for customization purposes. I'm still trying to puzzle it out. The best trick I've found thus far is to keep the box handy and keep referencing the 3D models. The card art just isn't going to cut it in this case. This brings up my only complaint about the new plastics (which, to be fair extends to nearly every plastic kit on the market, save Privateer Press, apparently): there is an excess of fiddly bits that are apparently added solely because plastic allows for an excess of fiddly bits. For example, the feet on one of the Metal Gamin is a separate piece. WHY? The models are less than one inch tall. There are no customizable foot pad options. The feet do not get in the way of any other part of the model when painting. Why couldn't the body have been cast with the feet on? It makes no sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JisaacT Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 The heads and HUD have no numbers and are very tiny and finnicky. I honestly have no ideas which head matches up to which cloth thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkknight Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I just finished putting my archers together & I think I figured it out right. Sorry for the blurry picture, but it was the only one I could find of the sprue. A is the for one standing upright, B is the leaping one, & c is the crouching one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterdita Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) 30 pieces for 3 minis. These took me FOREVER to get together. Not just together, but off the sprue, clean the mold line that runs around both sides of all 30 pieces and then puzzle my way through constructions. The hats where the hard part, but you can tell which ones are which if you look at them and the head negatives in the back. They all fit together with different tabs styles. I glued the two cloth bits together first and then slipped the head in and glued that in then the hat last, then onto the body. I had to shave the tabs/pins off the top of the cloth and then cut out the female parts in the top of the hat and shave the top of the head down a lil to get them to fit with no gaps. Overall a real PITA/Enjoyable modeling time. (yeah, I complain about the stuff I enjoy doing sometimes) Now to GS them. I think I have about 2-3 hours into geting them assembled and another 30-hour to get them GS'ed up and pretty. These are really cool models though. I love the dynamic action to two that are drawing. The look awesome, and when I finally get to paint them they will be that much more enjoyable. Oh yeah, leave some tabs on the feet when you cut them off the sprue! Otherwise you are setting yourself up for trying to pin a tiny foot with flip flops on it. Edited September 14, 2012 by Peterdita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombanjo Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Oh yeah, leave some tabs on the feet when you cut them off the sprue! Otherwise you are setting yourself up for trying to pin a tiny foot with flip flops on it. Best advice ever, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeil999 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Interesting... My sprue has the Alpha/Numeric combo to tell which piece goes with what. I suppose you got one of the first runs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfORnto Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 why are u getting bases with 'hole' when models don't have that 'rectangle' part underneath their feet which usually goes into that hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JisaacT Posted September 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Hmmmm that is a good question. Thanks for the diagram. Very helpfull I managed to get my guys together. It their heads hats and cloth flaps aren't the prettiest. Oh well. They are a bit misaligned and I should have shaved off the plastic tab/dot things to fit better. A good paint job will clean it right up I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherSpencer Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I had the same issue. Definitely supporting suggestion of assembling cloth and hat and head together before attaching to body. Doing the hat and cloth after head was attached was a pain. Keeping a bit of The tab below the feet is also a great idea. Now mine are assembled, they look great and well worth it. Had I had this information before building mine I'm sure it would have been a smoother process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasin666 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 the tabs on the head cloths match the head slots i suggest getting heads built before attaching arms and such still they are a real pain in the:Hiding_Puppet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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