As the thread suggests, what are some of the most annoying models you've ever had to assemble? Be it a tricky conversion or a just plain spiky model, (I'm looking at you, Chaos players) which models have you found are downright irritating to put together?

The only two that I've found so far in my brief, brief time playing the tabletop portion of 40k are Crisis Suits and Kroot. Crisis Suits are hard to get on the base just right - with two separate legs (Rather than a single piece for both) it's tricky to get it to stand perfectly straight on its base. Either the legs are spread too far apart or too close, or one leg somehow ends up higher than the other, I usually have trouble trying to get the darn thing to stand up properly. Plus, the back pieces never seem to match up just right. Every time, the two pieces start ripping apart as soon as that glue is down. It's not enough to actually crack the model in half, fortunately, but it always gets me a little jumpy over how long it'll last...

As for Kroot, the pieces are very poorly molded, and do not go together at all. The gun itself is a serious pain, since most of them have a right arm and left hand attached. Trying to get the two halves to match up right is just plain irritating. Plus, the back piece never seems to sit right on the model. No matter how I put it, it always looks like it's just kind of floating on his back, rather than being attached to it. Thankfully, Kroot have never been worth the points for me, so I don't need to assemble any more, but those first 12 were a pain in the arse to put together...

Chaos Obliterators. Just a terrible kit and almost a must have for many competitive lists.

So far i'm having one hell of a time with my 'Queek Headtaker' model.

Though ,I have a hunch its my glue.

Arms are prickly, a bit heavy (He's basically doing the wingspan thing, so theres a lot of protruding weight) so i've had to keep his arms held up using my fingers waiting for my crappy Super glue to set in. I would pin him but I don't have the proper materials and supplies to do so.

That and theres very little to keep his little... Rack/headbanner thing or whatever its called that he has on his back. Its just a tiny bump.

I think they should make metal models a lot like the snap fits that they have for orks. Would be a lot less of a headache just to assemble.

Having just helped my friend assemble his Obliterators, I must agree with the above post that Oblits are the WORST metal mini to assemble, ever. Never again. Next he can go convert his own from terminators or somethin

The mobile infantry from the Starship Troopers starter box. All those armor plates that should be molded on are separate pieces. And even worse, they come with these ugly yellow plastic pieces that are supposed to be stuck into the helmets.

Anything metal where the hand needs to be pinned to the wrist.

Thunderfire Cannon... the times that i've ing swore trying to get the two cannon halves to line up..

Basically the two halves were curved and I tried to line them up the best I could. As I tried filing it down to slightly curved now so I tried to glue it. One side would stick and the other wouldn't.

Several have made my top ten annoyance list. Highlights include;

1. The fiddly hurricane bolter sponsons on a LRC

2. Tyrannid gargoyles (the metal ones)

3. The metal Ork tankbustas with arms & weapons that refuse to glue.

The metal tyranid gargoyles...I'm still having nightmares with them!

I always found the metal Blood-thirster to be a right swear-job. Those wings are far too heavy and kept snapping off as soon as I put him down on the table. Thank feck GW released plastic wings....

Hands down the Thunderfire cannon.

Heavy pieces, wrists joints...etc can be done w/ pins and different glues (epoxies and accelerators). So that is just experience in modeling.

The TFC just doesn't line up. The model has to be hacked apart just to get it to fit. I will never understand how that got released as is.

Quite a few actually;

- Fiends of Slaneesh - Horribly built model, the tails a douche
- Demon princes - they're heavy and don't go together too well
- Obliterators - horrible kit, who thought of the large holes for the arms that never fit... and the small blades? forget it. I didn't even put em on, takes patience of a saint
- Ork Stompa - No instructions....
- Chimera - The tracks were stupidly engineered... whoever made this kit shoulda taken lessons from the guys who did the russ kits
- Hive Tyrant - very top heavy model, gluing the body halves is a b**** and a half, and getting it to stay together is an exercise in futility... thank god I had some cups and a gluebottle handy to sit it up and let it stand while it dried ><

Thats all I can think of for now. Basically almost all metal models lol...

so far, i havent had too much trouble with my 40k line of minis, the ones ive had issues with were all fantasy minis.

The Khorne Lord on Juggernaut was a bear to put together, the pieces are far too heavy for their own good. the legs came warped and i had to use some pliers to straighten them so it would stand period, which produced some extra lines on the hooves that i didnt like one bit.

the dark elf corsair banner mini. the banner, while plastic is just big enough that when attached, it moves the center of weight just right, enough to make it unstable on anything other than a flat surface.

the DE Hydra... fething heads, Nuff said.

Sammael(Master Of Ravenwing)
Large,many multi parts and most parts need some bend to fit.

filbert wrote:1. The fiddly hurricane bolter sponsons on a LRC.

So true. I lost maybe 2D6 points of Sanity assembling those.

A-P wrote:

filbert wrote:1. The fiddly hurricane bolter sponsons on a LRC.

So true. I lost maybe 2D6 points of Sanity assembling those.

Mine ended up being thrown at the wall in a fit of nerd rage...

Tau Sniper Drones.

my most annoying model in almost 13 years of the hobby are the following.
1. Hellcannon of Chaos (warrriors of chaos WFB) having done it Twice UUGH
2. Penitent engine Sisters of battle
3.my warshrine for Chaos WFB that is a WIP conversion atm, trying to cut down weight, extremely difficult due to Everything needing to be pined with 3mm brass rod to keep its structure steady. not to mention the fact that 95% of the model is pewter aswell Ugh.
and i plan on making 2 one for khorne and one for Tzeentch.

filbert wrote:

A-P wrote:

filbert wrote:1. The fiddly hurricane bolter sponsons on a LRC.

So true. I lost maybe 2D6 points of Sanity assembling those.

Mine ended up being thrown at the wall in a fit of nerd rage...

I managed to avoid that ( barely ). The bolter arrays were finally subdued by generous amounts of Green Stuff and Super Glue. But I still suffer from heightened blood pressure whenever I take my LRC to a game. I juts KNOW the contraptions are waiting for that innocent little bump that gives them the excuse to fall apart...

Bash the Bosh wrote:I always found the metal Blood-thirster to be a right swear-job. Those wings are far too heavy and kept snapping off as soon as I put him down on the table. Thank feck GW released plastic wings....

Pin the wings. My Bloodthirster has a pin in each wing, and one in the body. If the arms ever come off I'll pin those too. I'll admit it's a bad kit if you don't use pins, but with a good pin in each wing it'll be fine. I pinned mine about 3-4 years ago and it hasn't fell apart once.

As for me:
- Tyranid Zoanthrope (the lower body DOES NOT FIT to the upper body, at all. I had to file down the joint for ages, and then pin it). To add insult to injury, the 'vents' on the back are always coming off too.
- Blood Angels Honour Guard (Particularly the Standard Bearer). The standard is way too heavy for an all-plastic model (standard is metal), and even after pinning it it overbalances the model so it will never stand up. Having no way of reliably weighing the base down, I switched the jump pack for a metal one (to counterbalance the weight), raised it off the base with a pin to make it look like he's flying. Ridiculous. The Tech-Adept was a little annoying too, first time I'd had to pin a regular sized model (followed swiftly by the Standard Bearer).

The Tyranid Hive Tyrant was a bit of a pain too- the body halves don't want to set against the central torso, there's way too much weight on the top/front of the model which makes connecting the legs to the upper body a nightmare, and once it's on the base you can notice it moving slightly because of the massive weight forcing the model forward. Again, multiple pins in this. Awesome looking model once it's built, but ugh, it should be plastic.

Carnosaurus
I got it for Christmas present 4 years ago or so, and I just can't get the fricking tail keeping in the fricking place and as it balances the whole model, I can't get the Carnosaurus on the fricking base.
F*** Y** Kroq-Gar

Death Jack from PP.

I lost 3 drill bits to that guy & he took about 4 hours of drilling then gluing then drilling in cross / locking pins to hold him up.

2nd is the SoB penitent engine

I had a few arguments with the WFB hydra. Pinning didn't really work so well, I lack a rotary tool and just couldn't get pins long enough at the right angle to hold it all together. It seems that the pins were only jolting most bits further out of alignment on the necks. So the tail is (sort of) pinned, the legs are, and the open jaws. The necks and weight of the tail is just heavy amounts of superglue, then more glue filling the nasty gaps that are left once dry, then greenstuff in the remaining gaps, then a final layer of greenstuff that I sculpt the detail in.

Once the whole lot was dry, I could move on to the next neck. It took about a fortnight to put together. Didn't even attempt to pin the heavy metal to the thin base, I just used epoxy instead (which I should have considered for the necks, in hindsight).

metal ork tankbustas ( not finished yet... )

ork bikes

The metal hurricane bolters.

The metal Techmarine.

The old school metal razorback turret.

As the die-hard gamer between myself and my brother, I was nominated to assemble his eldar army. The walkers were a pain. Both models are crroked on the base. I told him that they look like they are "running into combat." Still wish I could have gotten them to stand up straight, though.

Not WH40K, but Khador Man of War, Demo Corps. All metal with a bunch of small joins.

Another vote for the thunderfire cannon/metal tech marine. They have got to be the worse combo of models that I have assembled

The blasted engines on the Tau Devilfish. Not because there complex, but because they never seem to be molded properly. One side is always always thicker than the other so the two halves never line up, and you end up having to attack the damn thing with a file and green stuff. Every other piece fits perfectly.

For a real masochistic experience though its hard to beat the Helldorado minis, excellent models but with the smallest most fragile snaptastic components ever cast. GAAAH!!

Hands down the most annoying model to assemble is the WHFB Ogre Kingdoms Gnoblar Scraplauncher. It is like two pounds of pewter. All the bits except the Rhinox (whose sides don't match up right) are super tiny, and there are no instructions.

The worst for me was the basilisk. I put one together about.... 8 years ago (dunno if it has changed) but the instructions were vague at best, and I pretty much would have half of it done, before realizing it was put together wrong lol. That was a righteous pain in the ass.

Other then that, I always hated the oldschool rhinos. They were literally made, to not EVER go together evenly

I've never had to suffer through a Thunderfire cannon, but the little track links on any IG tank drive me up the wall. I had two Chimeras that werent even primered or painted for about two months just because I kept putting off putting tracks on em. There's ALWAYS a gap...

RatherFatRat wrote:So far i'm having one hell of a time with my 'Queek Headtaker' model.

Though ,I have a hunch its my glue.

Arms are prickly, a bit heavy (He's basically doing the wingspan thing, so theres a lot of protruding weight) so i've had to keep his arms held up using my fingers waiting for my crappy Super glue to set in. I would pin him but I don't have the proper materials and supplies to do so.

That and theres very little to keep his little... Rack/headbanner thing or whatever its called that he has on his back. Its just a tiny bump.

I think they should make metal models a lot like the snap fits that they have for orks. Would be a lot less of a headache just to assemble.

I wound up just using epoxy and had done with it. Tucked some other minis of appropriate height underneath to support while the epoxy set and let it set overnight.


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Ensis Ferrae wrote:the DE Hydra... fething heads, Nuff said.

Pin them, period. Then green stuff around the joints. Or just use green stuff as the primary adhesive for the pinned joint.

Kroot. I just hate putting together kroot. They paint up nice, but assembly just sucks rocks.

Wow, only 1 other player here has had the joy of the Hellcannon? Crying shame, everything else is a lightweight in the "who the hell came up with this model" category. So the joy of the Hellcannon is as follows:

-It has no instructions
-I've assembled 2 and both barrels were bowed out
-They have wierd tabs and slots meant to help the barrels fit, but because of the bowing these asctually make it far worse
-It has 29 pieces 8 of which are wheels that have to go in a precise order to overlap properly
-In order to get full paint coverage it has to be painted prior to assembly otherwise you can't get to everything
-And best of all, there is 1, count it 1, official picture of a hellcannon (it comes in a generic direct only box), that you have to use to figure the damn thing out


I had about 6 parts left over that I never figured out where the hell they were supposed to go.

I had no problem with the Crisis suits. I also have them flying in the air. To me the real pain is the War Walkers. Each leg is seperate and each foot is adjustable. Makes it very diffucult to get it to stand straight up. After putting three together I am still not happy with the results.

The new plactis LRC is eazy to put together. At least for me.

Dark Eldar Talos, the gaps are so huge is just silly.

NO the old school metal speeder always gave me troouble, and a few of the newer speeders too.
Any forge world model that comes from a hot warehouse( were it warps the resin). BUt the metal speeder, that was a slug of metal... Metal Chaos Dread too...

1. Thunderfire Cannon
2. Monolith (hard to lap the sides)
3. oldschool LandSpeeder
4. Techmarine (the 5 part servoharness)
5. metal tankbustas (oh my gawd!)

but the WORST ive ever assembled was from.... Citadel miniatures???? a Dragon with dwarf rider and hanging basket (with 2 dwarfs)... called "the winds over Valhalla"

IT SUCKED!!!! end result was great tho.... the dragons body "hovered" 4 inches off a "V" shaped base thanks to 3 metal rods attached to em. The "gondola" hung by small chains. Wish I could find it again.....

KingCracker wrote:Other then that, I always hated the oldschool rhinos. They were literally made, to not EVER go together evenly

QFT. The original rhinos were guarenteed to end up with glue covered fingers and huge gaps in the chassis. Though I can top that with the original metal Landspeeder, I've recent disassembled one I did first time around and I'm still not sure if I've got all the bits right (hollow engines covered by seats that don't quite fit over them).

I'd also have to say I think I hate everything about the Necron Monolith. Perfectly rigid when assembled but stupidly fiddly to get it there in the first place. That combined with the fact that it used a gallon of my paints and washes to get it covered and the fact that carrying it by the big protuberance at the top which snapped off scattering parts across my floor, means that this model is high on my list of seriously evil kits.

One word. Exorcist. The metal top part is difficult to construct, the pieces, made of metal, are generally warped, it comes with no instructions, no pictures on the box, and, unless you want it to come apart constantly, needs to be pinned together.

Mastershake wrote:Wow, only 1 other player here has had the joy of the Hellcannon? Crying shame, everything else is a lightweight in the "who the hell came up with this model" category. So the joy of the Hellcannon is as follows:

-It has no instructions
-I've assembled 2 and both barrels were bowed out
-They have wierd tabs and slots meant to help the barrels fit, but because of the bowing these asctually make it far worse
-It has 29 pieces 8 of which are wheels that have to go in a precise order to overlap properly
-In order to get full paint coverage it has to be painted prior to assembly otherwise you can't get to everything
-And best of all, there is 1, count it 1, official picture of a hellcannon (it comes in a generic direct only box), that you have to use to figure the damn thing out

I had about 6 parts left over that I never figured out where the hell they were supposed to go.

I have this as well!

I haven't finished mine. But just putting the barrel together was a massive, massive pain though I think it's downhill from now on.

I'm ok with pinning wrists; I did it on several characters and if you're careful it works quite well so the Chaos Dwarf with the shovel was reasonably easy to do.

But large flat pieces that don't go together are another story. The main problem is the bits just don't fit right, there's this kit and the Chaos Chariot.

Though I have assembled many difficult kits in my time Lich Lord Terminus from PP was the worst. The character and fluff were so cool and as a player I was really excited, but honestly looking back on it the kit just wasn't worth the stress. Bottom line: If you are casting a metal model use less parts and for the love of god make pegs for things. The spikes on the wings were all seperate pieces?!?! Why? What is the perceived value of that besides wasting my time. When I see a metal model that lacks a peg or post I am very put off. This actually reminds me of another kit... Warhead 2 from Dark Age games. I had to sculpt on an entire shoulder. The parts fit was that bad.

Any metal models.

Chimeras are painful, but by far the most annoying thing I've ever put together is Inquisitor Lord Karamazov. His lazy-boy is tons of pieces and unless you feel like pinning every joint, he falls apart first time he is bumped.

RatherFatRat wrote:So far i'm having one hell of a time with my 'Queek Headtaker' model.

Though ,I have a hunch its my glue.

Arms are prickly, a bit heavy (He's basically doing the wingspan thing, so theres a lot of protruding weight) so i've had to keep his arms held up using my fingers waiting for my crappy Super glue to set in. I would pin him but I don't have the proper materials and supplies to do so.

Turn him to the side , let gravity do the rest of the work.


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Most annoying to assemble?

Aha it has to be Exorcist.

I have assembled every hard to assemble mini and they are still in one piece.

Exorcist..... nope still in pieces -_-

Obliterators Horrible models to make... The Arms kept falling off!
and then when i finally got the arms to stick in and i tired to put the TINY head into the TINY hole. the arms snapped off!

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:Any metal models.

+1
And Banblade tracks. For some odd reason I didn't get them straight and just let it be mostly without them.
However, I couldn't assemble Rhino properly so that doesn't prove anything...

the first (only?) krootox was by far the worst gw model i ever touched. it shouldnt have been hard but it was so poorly made none of the parts fit together correctly.
the most difficult that was made well was the warmachine general nemo model that had 5 pieces for the head, shoulders, backpack, and body that all had to go together in a very specific way that had to be done almost all at once. his arms were easy to add on at least.

WH Penitent Engine was the worst thing I made, even with pinning it was still weak as hell and far too top heavy.

Closely followed by the hurricane bolters on the LRC, I can't remember how many times I nearly threw the damned thing against the wall

Venerable dreadnought, although not tricky to assemble the two halves of the body just refused to align properly making an already ridiculous looking model even worse.

Also the FW Marauder bomber was a total bitch to get the parts to line up.

The new venomthrope model is still giving me fits to put together

The Space Marine Venarable Drednought, I got a staff member to help me builg it at my local GW. the halves of the body Don't line up and the metal bar trough the middle WTF?!

Greater Daemon of Khorne, the bloodthirster, you need to pin that the wings on that model model so many times it isn't funny.

Grey Knight terminators because trying to get all the shields and arms to stick will cause your eyes to burn from all the superglue you use.

throne of judgment

I was judged on my modeling skills and was found wanting.

I had to go through a practice bloodthirster and (about a year later) get another one but that worked just fine.

warpcrafter wrote:The mobile infantry from the Starship Troopers starter box. All those armor plates that should be molded on are separate pieces. And even worse, they come with these ugly yellow plastic pieces that are supposed to be stuck into the helmets.

howd you get your hands on those might i ask ?

The Defiler's legs are sort of a pain in the ass, since the two parts don't lay flat against each other.

That's the biggest annoyance I've had to deal with so far

I've heard the Dwarf Gyrocopter is pretty bad/fiddly. The worst trouble I've had is with conversions, namely my aspect wraithlords. They're the old metal ones and chopping them up to bung them back together in new, different ways is a pain in the tuckus.

Blah those are all easy compared to Asdrubael Vect.



heres a forum were dash asks how to put it together since it has no instructions....
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/274467.page#1259816


For the lazy, it basically involves cutting up the raider to make room for the middle bits.... then pinning all the metal to plastic connections, and finally attaching it to a sliver thin flying base.... God forbid it falls off it...

Anything where there are copious amounts of gaps to be filled. In this case, Bloodletters. Why their heads are like 14 different pieces is beyond me...

Two models that gave me fits were a metal deff dread, which still gives me nightmares years later. Also one of the old battlewagon models. I picked one up maybe 16-17 years ago and it was a living hell. Part of it may have been that when I built that battlewagon I was just starting in the hobby.

Killa Kans...... It dont think that any of the parts where actually ment to fit together... when you finaly get to 2 torso pieces to fit together, you need to use a drill to make a hole round enought to fit the arm piece in the socket. When you drill the hole, the torso pieces split apart.... rince and repeat.

To assemble 9 of them...... well you have to invent new words because the old ones seems to be worn out.....

Monolith and Drop pod.

All the sides never line up correctly because all the molds come out bent. Then putting all the little pieces in the drop pod is such a pain.

Necron Wraiths were kind of a pain, and +1 to Drop Pods.

Right now I have a Shadowsword that is really intimidating me. That's a lot of plastic.

The old Land Raider Crusader,those fething hurricane bolters made me want to drop kick that damn model.
Also Killa Kanz and DeffDreads...I built a gak ton of those (both kanz and dreads)...and NOW GW is coming out with plastics...yep,that's about how my luck goes.

Khadors Extreme Juggernaut sculpt. Try to do it without pinning.

I'd like to point out that after I discovered Rapid Cure I haven't really had trouble with any models.

scraplauncher

I had a *radda* of a time putting together the Master of the Ravenwing. So much pinning and rubber bands were used!

The Greater Daemons of Slaanesh and Tzeentch were a pain too. As were Pink Horrors.

Radda.

tyranid bio titan. Those stupid little spikes that you have to glue.. i can't even fit them in my fingers and i had to use tweezers one. it was the most annoying thing in the world. but then i realized i have a bio titan and smiled

tyranid bio titan. Those stupid little spikes that you have to glue.. i can't even fit them in my fingers and i had to use tweezers one. it was the most annoying thing in the world. but then i realized i have a bio titan and smiled

daedalus wrote:Chimeras are painful, but by far the most annoying thing I've ever put together is Inquisitor Lord Karamazov. His lazy-boy is tons of pieces and unless you feel like pinning every joint, he falls apart first time he is bumped.

I am going thought that right now. I'm just starting my WH and have been trying to get him together.

While I know not many people have had to put this together, Im going to have to say the FW Chaos Dragon. When the wings that connect to the body dont line up because they are a quarter of an inch to long? That not only making it look odd but the details dont match up!

Salted Diamond wrote:

daedalus wrote:Chimeras are painful, but by far the most annoying thing I've ever put together is Inquisitor Lord Karamazov. His lazy-boy is tons of pieces and unless you feel like pinning every joint, he falls apart first time he is bumped.

I am going thought that right now. I'm just starting my WH and have been trying to get him together.

I had no problem with him, just use a ton of glue on his feet and midsection. The little flags on his back suck.

By far the LRC hurrican bolters rank #1

#2 Old eldar war walkers
#3 Empire general on griffon, that thing was a pain for me, I just remember his wings allways falling off.

Thats all I can think of, I just really wanted to say LRC bolters though, I hated those things!

Well Techmarine from the Thunderfire kit was a real pain. But simply because its the only complex metal model I own. I HATE superglue and metal. If it was plastic, it would have been a pleasure to assemble.

I think the most flawed designs I've seen are the Elysian infantry. All the bits fit together in very specific ways, and the figures are all hunched over.

Also, good luck modifying their weapons. All the left hands are molded onto the grip of the lasrifle, and the lasrifle is the same piece as the right arm. All the special weapons that come in the Elysian Special Weapon Pack are lose weapons. No molded on arms or hands. Have fun chopping!

It really pissed me off, to be honest, and is probably why I haven;t invested more time, energy and money into the Elysian army I've wanted to do for about... forever. I mean, it's SO obvious. I honestly can't fathom how they overlooked something like that.

EDIT: Also, yeah. Drop Pods. Out of the 4 pods I've made so far, I've only gotten one crooked door, so I'm overall happy with my results. it's just so dull having to do each step 5 times.

Wow looks like I've avoided the worst of things so far. Metal models definitely cause me the most grief. The only real difficulties I've had were
1) Necron Immortals: overall good, but the green rods usually don't like to fit well into their gun.
2) Necron Wraith: Massive Pauldrons are Massive and like to drop off before the glue can dry. Also, good luck posing the arms.

gregor_xenos wrote:1. Thunderfire Cannon
2. Monolith (hard to lap the sides)
3. oldschool LandSpeeder
4. Techmarine (the 5 part servoharness)
5. metal tankbustas (oh my gawd!)

but the WORST ive ever assembled was from.... Citadel miniatures???? a Dragon with dwarf rider and hanging basket (with 2 dwarfs)... called "the winds over Valhalla"

IT SUCKED!!!! end result was great tho.... the dragons body "hovered" 4 inches off a "V" shaped base thanks to 3 metal rods attached to em. The "gondola" hung by small chains. Wish I could find it again.....

That was an old Ral Partha kit and while a really cool looking kit, was a HUGE pain in the butt to assemble!

My worst is the current plastic Landspeeders. I swear those body sections will not fit right!

For me it's the exorcist. I gave up on the pipes and used the whirlwind battery instead^^

Jupiter wrote:For me it's the exorcist. I gave up on the pipes and used the whirlwind battery instead^^

Yeah, the Exorcist is a horrendous kit, especially since you get no instructions. I helped my brother build his, and while I didn't have any trouble with the organ pipes, the part that they sit onto (the U-shaped metal bit) just doesn't fit. I had to file it down, cut parts away from the Immolator body and swear repeatedly for about 30 minutes before it'd even fit.

Most of my models I pack into boxes/foam carrier cases, but I have a shelf 'devoted' to models that like to fall apart. Currently on it is the aforementioned Exorcist, a Hive Tyrant, 2 Greater Daemons, and a Blood Angels Honour Guard Standard Bearer. I imagine my FW Scythed Hierodule will take pride of place on that shelf too once I get to build it (had to send the main body back to FW because of damage).

not a GW model but the old Battletech Maurauder.... so much pain you could cry.

gregor_xenos wrote:1. Thunderfire Cannon
2. Monolith (hard to lap the sides)
3. oldschool LandSpeeder
4. Techmarine (the 5 part servoharness)
5. metal tankbustas (oh my gawd!)

but the WORST ive ever assembled was from.... Citadel miniatures???? a Dragon with dwarf rider and hanging basket (with 2 dwarfs)... called "the winds over Valhalla"

IT SUCKED!!!! end result was great tho.... the dragons body "hovered" 4 inches off a "V" shaped base thanks to 3 metal rods attached to em. The "gondola" hung by small chains. Wish I could find it again.....

I have that mini... I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I know I'm going to have to pin everything, and I'm going to use epoxy instead of CNA for the main joints. Anything else I should know about it?

Deceiver.

Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun...

Vulcan wrote:

gregor_xenos wrote:1. Thunderfire Cannon
2. Monolith (hard to lap the sides)
3. oldschool LandSpeeder
4. Techmarine (the 5 part servoharness)
5. metal tankbustas (oh my gawd!)

but the WORST ive ever assembled was from.... Citadel miniatures???? a Dragon with dwarf rider and hanging basket (with 2 dwarfs)... called "the winds over Valhalla"

IT SUCKED!!!! end result was great tho.... the dragons body "hovered" 4 inches off a "V" shaped base thanks to 3 metal rods attached to em. The "gondola" hung by small chains. Wish I could find it again.....

I have that mini... I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I know I'm going to have to pin everything, and I'm going to use epoxy instead of CNA for the main joints. Anything else I should know about it?

WINGS!!!!! These are Super-Heavy!!!! make sure you pin them with coat hanger sized pins (two if theyll fit) My first one, I trashed it in disqust..... probably my 3rd or 4th mini. It turned out FREAKIN AWSOME!!! but after the wings broke off three times, i got pissed. *what can I say, I was like 12*

That damnable Exorcist :(

A basic rhino kit with 18 separate metal pieces that require variously pinning/filing/un-warping/green-stuffing/cursing to get into position. Couple this with the lack of instructions and you're looking at at least a couple of frustrating evenings to get it assembled.

Oh, and it must weigh in at nearly a kilo when it's finished.

killa kanz
they NEVER line up

Although I have little new to contribute, as they seem to be on everyone else's worst of:

Thunderfire Cannon. However, I read of other's travails beforehand and was prepared with my dremel tool and patience for that center collet.

Necron Immortals - this was the first metal minis I ever did, and I used no pins and epoxy. God. God. I still remember the rage. I've since switched to superglue and pins.

Necron Wraiths: I have a really hard time, even when pinning them, keeping the arms from falling off or breaking at thta joint.

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That being said, these are still some of my favorite models.

My worst was the damned Lord of the Rings troll with the club. His bloody arm kept breaking off, and I would have to put tons of super glue on to keep it in place.

First up, a Ral Partha mini for Vor: The Maelstrom (oop)

Shard Eradicator: A giant metal model that had 6 arachnid-like legs that had to be individually pinned, and they had to support the massive weight of the rest of the model. The arms needed extensive cutting and pinning themselves, and my modeling skills were not all that refined at the time.



2nd: A tyranid Lictor. I have no idea why I had so much trouble with this particular miniature, but it took me forever to glue together what should have been an easy miniature. The arms were giving me trouble, and the torso kept breaking off from the legs. Very annoying.

3rd: Chimera kit. I never was able to do this model's tracks right without sitting in front of the "Step-by-step" directions on game workshops website.

How did I forget to mention the dreaded Drop Pod?
HOW THE HECK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE UPPER PARTS IS ONE PIECE.
Fortunantely my friend was willing to assemble it for me.
But I'm afraid to move it since it WILL break down THE VERY SECOND I touch it.

Most annoying models to put together?

Thos models you get from the 'AOBR' model section.
not because they're bad quality. just... I dislike not being able to put them in our own positions.

Also, dreadnoughts need to have Multi-melta's (I realise that it's because they haven't updated them)

I would go with the metal Bloodthirster because the wings and limbs are angled horribly for pinning.

My absolute bane so far is the Krootox, its like a ing Picasso! Its a total piece of . Its not just a fluke either I have three of them and they are all the same! The quality is just terrible.

KingCracker wrote:The worst for me was the basilisk. I put one together about.... 8 years ago (dunno if it has changed) but the instructions were vague at best, and I pretty much would have half of it done, before realizing it was put together wrong lol. That was a righteous pain in the ass.

Other then that, I always hated the oldschool rhinos. They were literally made, to not EVER go together evenly

I just recently bought one of those old rhinos from my FLGS. It was still in box and still on sprue without anything missing. I'm making it a predator since it's got all the pewter bits in it too and it's a complete pain. The turret wasn't unusually hard but the main body took hours and more glue than it should have. I had to quickly glue and then tightly press it together so that it aligned correctly. It amounted to me putting pressure on it from multiple odd angles to bend it into place while it dried. My arms hurt afterward but it worked. I hope the sponsons don't give me too much grief... *looks at them warily*

Forgeworld tanks, god i warping.
The armoured compartment on the medusa was horrible

baal pred...just dont go near them

My votes go to these little pieces of frustration:

Tomb Kings Tomb Scorpions

Tomb Kings Screaming Skull Catapult - I opened the box and just put it away again hell no.

DE Talos. I own 2 and they are still unassembled in the box. They are going to have more pins and green stuff than white metal pieces.

I GW makes it in plastic someday, I'm going to buy like fifteen.

The AOBR Space Marine Squad....each marine came in 4 pieces!!! Took me 15 minutes to assemble all of them!! I didn't even have to use glue!! never again

The Drop Pod has so far been the worst model I have ever had to assemble, not one of the door interiors were completly straight

big mek boomsnikk wrote:baal pred...just dont go near them

What kind of issues did you have? Mine was no problem.

I'm definately gonna go with Kans and deff dreds when they were pewter. Genius idea GW, take a 2 pound can and balance it on two thin legs. Combine that with the fact that the deff dred didn't come with a base, and I had a problem. Then, I just happened to run out of super glue, I was fuming. I resorted to just using green stuff, and on several occasoins that 2 pound soda can almost went towards the wall. The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

Galrauch the chaos dragon, nuff said.

statu wrote:The Drop Pod has so far been the worst model I have ever had to assemble, not one of the door interiors were completly straight

while the Drop pod was pretty annoying to me, mine actually went together relatively smoothly.

Constructing, and Pinning an entire Daemon Prince model with wings.

I want those 5 hours of my life back. ( x2)

Commander Endova wrote:

I think the most flawed designs I've seen are the Elysian infantry. All the bits fit together in very specific ways, and the figures are all hunched over.

Also, good luck modifying their weapons. All the left hands are molded onto the grip of the lasrifle, and the lasrifle is the same piece as the right arm. All the special weapons that come in the Elysian Special Weapon Pack are lose weapons. No molded on arms or hands. Have fun chopping!

It really pissed me off, to be honest, and is probably why I haven;t invested more time, energy and money into the Elysian army I've wanted to do for about... forever. I mean, it's SO obvious. I honestly can't fathom how they overlooked something like that.

Elysians, while un-modifiable, are not hard to put together if you build them the way they are in their packs standard.


On topic though, the worst models I've had the displeasure to work with thus far are;

The Plastic/Pewter Hybrid Land Raider Crusader, the gorramn guns didn't wanna go together and then the hull didn't wanna go together properly either, that fether got thrown across the room. Then it went together.

Pewter/Plastic Hybrid Long Fangs, the things had huge fething gaps between the weapons and the left arms which are supposed to be holding onto them.

The all metal Empire Steam Tank. Any model that takes a 12" ribbon of GS, 3/4 oz of ca glue, a bottle of insta set, 4 screws, and some JB Kwik Weld was just a test to see if I would use duct tape on a model or not.

Every other model Ive worked with you could usually heat, bend or file the ill fitting pieces into behaving

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Erasoketa wrote:DE Talos. I own 2 and they are still unassembled in the box. They are going to have more pins and green stuff than white metal pieces.

I GW makes it in plastic someday, I'm going to buy like fifteen.

Oh my god! Those ing arms are so stupid, they break off all the time!

brother_zach wrote: The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

Wow.... Low self-esteem, huh?! HUR HUR HUR

The OOP metal SM Devastators from 3rd edition. Getting the weapons to line up with the backpacks is near impossible.

Necron Monolith. Big flat pieces that tend to warp a bit and have to be assembled really fast to make sure it all fits together.

The plastic landspeeder kit with the metal weapons. The metal bits weren't the problem, it was the body. Nothing lined up and there was huge gaps. I hated it so much I took it of my army and haven't fielded one since.

gregor_xenos wrote:

brother_zach wrote: The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

Wow.... Low self-esteem, huh?! HUR HUR HUR

Well when your dad buys a nice house and threatens your life if you ever intentionally mess it up, you kinda think before you just throw a solid pewter can through a wall.

Also, I'd have to agree with the OOP devistators, not only were the weapon combinations completely stupid but they seemed to be porrly produced.

Another one that annoyed me was my OOP whirlwind, even when assembled , it wants to pop a wheelie and look stupid in the middle of combat. I love having the model though especiall after I repainted it.

THAT DAMNED HYDRA!! *grumble, grumble*

I've had hundreds of models that have given me hell - the worst was a Rebel Grot vehicle (Cutta, I believe) that went together relatively easily, but when I was looking down the mast to make sure it wasn't warped I managed to glue the crows nest to my eyelid....

The problems I've always found are gluing plastic to metal or vice-versa... the old dire avengers and the storm guardians are a pet hate of mine.

The new beastman doombull looks horrible...

17 parts, all metal!

jamunition wrote:The new beastman doombull looks horrible...

17 parts, all metal!

Indeed it does.

With that being said, has anyone put together the pyrovore? Looked too me like it would wanna be unbalanced.

Ok, I got another one. The valkyrie's door guns are ridiculously fragile, and prompted me to replace them with tripod mounts.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Ok, I got another one. The valkyrie's door guns are ridiculously fragile, and prompted me to replace them with tripod mounts.

One of mine did fall out, I was pretty pissed.

Yeah, the HWT tripod guns work fine if you put the long leg towards the door, touching the wall, and one of the short legs touching the same wall towards the cockpit. Just don't glue the bolters to the tripods, and they rotate fine.

Like a previous poster I had problems with Spontaneous Lictor Arm Separation, but I was able to fix it by using epoxy instead of superglue.

I've never liked the new plastic Burna Boys. They look bad and it's a pain getting the tanks, tank straps, gun and gun arm all lined up. Bob help you if you want to your troops to actually be posed differently. It's faster, easier, cheaper and more fun to take a spare plastic shoota boy, mod his gun to look flamethrowery and then mod up some tanks for him (if you, a friend or parent shoots .22 short the spent shell casings make excellent burna tanks, and since they can't be reloaded usually no-one else really wants them) and use that instead.

It's just insult added to injury when a model is a pain to assemble and then when you're done you look at it and "that's it? I went through all that annoyance for THIS?"

Natorum wrote:Chaos Obliterators. Just a terrible kit and almost a must have for many competitive lists.

Saw the topic anD was going to say the same thing! I have 6 of these 120 bucks investment and just now I found out converting terminators is cheaper and look better if done right :(.

Right now im looking at my HT box and I'm scared...big heavy pieces mean lots of time me trying to pin them :(

I find that any GW model compared to any other manufacturer is more difficult to construct.

tankworks wrote:I find that any GW model compared to any other manufacturer is more difficult to construct.

No way! Horde models from Pirateer press never fit correctly. They practicly force you to pin them. But.. then again a lot of other companies putter models are 1 piece

1- Tomb Kings, Tomb scorpion - Trying to get this thing to stand on the tiny little legs was horrible.
2- Tomb Kings, Screaming Skull Catapult - This has to be the worst model ever. Every piece relies on 8 other pieces to be in the right place before it can be glued. Assembled one, has another that I haven't even opened the box on.
3- Skorne, Cyclops Savage - The hands holding the sword will never line up with the arms, ever.
4- Skorne, Titan Gladiator - There is a gap in this model's torso that I can see through...
5- BFG, Plant Killer - Not really the assembly, but trying to find a way to balance this thing on a flying base, still haven't been able to yet...

Galrauch, First of the Chaos Dragons.:(

Everybody speaking here without naming this one model have not seen what horrors GW created yet:

- Witchhunters Exorcist. The rhino chassis is okay but apart from that it comes with nearly a kilo of metal (well, ... at least a gakload!) and those pieces don't fit together. Another thing that makes this model so annoying is the lack of a construction manual. You have so many metal pieces there and GW does not even tell you where to place them? Awesome indee.

Ork nobz and That Fu*king big choppa

I had massive trouble with the Capitol Imperialis (for those that don't know, it was a huge war machine used for transporting IG companies in Epic). The model was sculpted slightly lob-sided. It was a right bugger to assemble and no matter how hard you tried, there was a huge gap. You adjusted the side pieces to close that gap and another would appear. Then the rear ramp didn't fit. Then the front ramp didn't fit. Then the original gap would re-appear. I wasted half a tube of superglue and debonder assembling that before admitting defeat and buying some milliput to fill the holes!

Also, the original Mk7 SM devstators that came out during 2nd edition 40k were a pain. They had metal weapons, plastic arms and metal bodies that you had to assemble using a variety of pins to make sure that it didn't fall apart when it was used.

tankworks wrote:I find that any GW model compared to any other manufacturer is more difficult to construct.

while i cant say for sure for any other miniatures wargaming company, when compared to Tamiya, GW is downright poor in comparison. Of course, Tamiya models arent for wargaming, they're static display scale models, and probably one of the best companies for that out there.

Yesterday i (attemepted) assembled my FW medusa, OMG what a piece of S$%^ worst model i have ever done. So many problems had to seal it up and could even display the interior every pice didnt fit even after filing and GS horrible. SHAME FW SHAME ON YOU

marnues calgar is a pain in the butt

I think we can all safely agree that metal models where you need to attach a hand to a wrist, is easily one of the most frustrating things.

Anything Forge World with more than 5 pieces.

Like the Khorne Daemon Prince, which is FORTY PIECES. Go to the FW site. Try to guess all the pieces.

Solomon Lok's Servo-skull is likewise a massive pain in the ass.

Most annoying build:

Ghazkull in Mega Armor. A zillion pins, and a ton of filing.

On the plus side, I sharpened his horns, so you could impale him into your opponent if you had to!

Most annoying veichle: Drop pod, the ing middle part always was a pain to get together straight

most annoying plastic model: burna boys, cable doesnt connect to back pack, arm which holds is hard to sit perfectly.

most annoying metal model: Killa Kans ,fell down alot since i cant pin :/ (any good tutorials which you know of?)

I have a couple-mostly Eldar

Seer Council

Shining Spears- just wouldn't glue

Stompa

Dire Avengers- didn't fit right and the amount of pieces compared to a space marine or Ork is incredible.

Ghazgull was pretty annoying, too. i helped my Ork friend with him.

personally the model i hated to build myself was the Hellcannon....OMG so many different pieces taht didn't lineup correctly. Greenstuff became my best friend after that mess.

Helped my friend build some Zoanthropes a long time ago and the memories still haunt me of bases not fitting, the top half falling apart and the head barely making it balanced

landingshortly wrote:Everybody speaking here without naming this one model have not seen what horrors GW created yet:

- Witchhunters Exorcist. The rhino chassis is okay but apart from that it comes with nearly a kilo of metal (well, ... at least a gakload!) and those pieces don't fit together. Another thing that makes this model so annoying is the lack of a construction manual. You have so many metal pieces there and GW does not even tell you where to place them? Awesome indee.

The lack of instructions, whilst annoying, is far from the worst part. Almost every single piece is warped in some way and requires a good hour or so to bend into the right shape, plus you'll need to use a ton of GS to fill in all the gaps :(

Looks amazing when it's finished though

Bramnero wrote:I think we can all safely agree that metal models where you need to attach a hand to a wrist, is easily one of the most frustrating things.

Really? I find doing that quite easy since the two parts can be made to fit together quite easily. Compared with a big metal model like the Hellcannon, Chaos Chariot or the metal parts of the Fire Prism where the parts don't fit together well. You need to bust out the file and/or start bending the parts before even starting to pin and gap fill.

LOTR gondor trebuchet..... GAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I hated putting together my first necron monolith.

I just got a Monolith today and put it together. God help you if one of those side panels warps in even the slightest bit. I had to use a match to heat the plastic enough that I could bend it back into its proper shape, and even then I had to hold the edges together with duct tape while the glue dried.

Yah exactly I had to use a crapload of rubberbands. The plastic always warps

The original metal Empire Steam Tank, god awful to glue together and terrible casting resulting in big gaps needing copius amounts of Miliput (pre-greenstuff days).

But the most frustrating model has to be the original Balrog from the '80s LOTR collection. It was a beast of a model and I hadn't heard of pinning so just slabbed on the Araldite, but the damned joints wouldn't hold no matter what I did. Ended up swapping the model for a Wood Elf Prince riding a Dragon that I was going to convert for my Empire army, still got it somewhere, but wish I could get the Balrog back. For all its faults it was a glorious model (or at least the version on the box was!).

I hate all metal models with a passion. This goes doubly for the metal grots. Worst idea in history. Why would you only make 5 or so different versions of something which is typicly fielded in units of 30? I'm glad they switched to plastic before I had completed my unit.

Also, the instructions for the Ork Trukk tell you to put the guys in after the rest of the trukk is put together. Problem is that at that point there is no room to put the steering wheel and such in. Christ that was infurating.

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B3nSav wrote:Ghazgull was pretty annoying, too. i helped my Ork friend with him.

Mine has come apart a few times (I think I have it together good this time though. No disasters yet)

But those Horns and the Stikkbomb Chukkas, not only will they not stay on but they look absurda at least the horns do. I just left those off.

nintendoeats wrote:I hate all metal models with a passion. This goes doubly for the metal grots. Worst idea in history. Why would you only make 5 or so different versions of something which is typicly fielded in units of 30? I'm glad they switched to plastic before I had completed my unit.

In second edition, grots were plastic, but only had one pose.

Chaos Daemons Gargoyles, I think I'll never get the wings on those, I have them since 2007 and whenever I got the wings to stay on a model transport would kill them.

Ironhide wrote:In second edition, grots were plastic, but only had one pose.

I can't decide which is better. Damn them.