For me it is undoubtedly the drop pod. So much that I twerked my list from a full drop pod to an "hybrid" list, with half drop pos and half rhino/razo. I still think it looks goods, but what a stupid model to glue and especially to paint !
When GW released it, I was so happy ! I wanted a full drop pod force. What a naive I was What for you ?
Oh, and the chimera is close second, but not for the same reasons: it lacks a detailed and sculpted interior. It got me surprised and very disapointed.
Assembly may be the Exorcist. I know it's old, I know it's full of giant chunks of metal, but I've put together some pretty obnoxious metal chunks in my time and the Exorcist's organ is far towards the obnoxious end. Also some of the metal panels come warped and have to be bent back into shape without deforming the iconography.
godardc wrote: For me it is undoubtedly the drop pod. So much that I twerked my list from a full drop pod to an "hybrid" list, with half drop pos and half rhino/razo. I still think it looks goods, but what a stupid model to glue and especially to paint !
When GW released it, I was so happy ! I wanted a full drop pod force. What a naive I was What for you ?
Oh, and the chimera is close second, but not for the same reasons: it lacks a detailed and sculpted interior. It got me surprised and very disapointed.
First whats so annoying about the pod since its all plastic and will create excellent bonds with the right glue? But my most hated one is probably the metal Thunderfire cannon, why couldnt it have been plastic
Metal avatar of khaine, I don't know if it is just a degraded old mold but I have had 3 of them from different auctions and they never stay together and the joints bulge outward on both sides when they are meant to be flat. The shoulder pads on the body part make it hard to file the joints flat too. Also hard to pin because it is metal.
Well....
Krios Venator. Such a crazy, misfitting kit.... Scyllax, or: Try to transport the killersquidds.....
Drop pod.
Valdor. Still trying to figure out how the tracks would fit......
Painting:
Aegisline. Because after the 3rd one its starting to get dull.....
There are quite a few models that rub me the wrong way in some way or another, including the new model for kharn. the pose, the oversized chains with weights instead of hooks and those tassets feel wrong.
But they're all individual models. GW flyers on the other hand is an entire line of models that all look bad. The design rarely makes any sense even for a fantasy setting. But more than that, they all look like they should be bigger and were shrunk, except not uniformly. Other models may not suit my taste, but their flyers look distinctively like toys.
I can't help but see this, especially with the space marine flyers.
Roknar wrote: There are quite a few models that rub me the wrong way in some way or another, including the new model for kharn. the pose, the oversized chains with weights instead of hooks and those tassets feel wrong.
But they're all individual models. GW flyers on the other hand is an entire line of models that all look bad. The design rarely makes any sense even for a fantasy setting. But more than that, they all look like they should be bigger and were shrunk, except not uniformly. Other models may not suit my taste, but their flyers look distinctively like toys.
I can't help but see this, especially with the space marine flyers.
The razorwing is fine. The hemlock still looks kinda goofy depending on the angle. The neck needs to a bit longer.
The valkyrie looks great but that dates back since before flyers were a thing so I'm not counting that.
Stormsurge ankles, Tau Firewarrior antennae, and the Y'vahrah wings piss me off a lot.
Ankles make it hard to pose the thing well, the antennae fall off all the time, and the wings are so frail I could sunder it with a single word.
I hated painting the Ghostkeel. It's a subtle but hard model to paint because of all the little nooks and crannies. If I hadn't made sub assemblies it would have been near impossible. Drones are boring me and my Tidewall's novelty has worn off on the last piece and its starting to feel like a slog.
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The only flyers in game I like are the Valkyrie and the Corvus because both look like plausible vtol craft and are. I like the FW barracuda since it also looks like an actual fighter in dimensions.
Anything metal that needs assembly unless it's like one arm. Next would have to be treads one any vehicle, they are just so haphazard to put together properly. and third would be spiky chaos bits or ork deff dreads with all the sharp pieces.
godardc wrote: For me it is undoubtedly the drop pod. So much that I twerked my list from a full drop pod to an "hybrid" list, with half drop pos and half rhino/razo. I still think it looks goods, but what a stupid model to glue and especially to paint !
When GW released it, I was so happy ! I wanted a full drop pod force. What a naive I was What for you ?
Oh, and the chimera is close second, but not for the same reasons: it lacks a detailed and sculpted interior. It got me surprised and very disapointed.
First whats so annoying about the pod since its all plastic and will create excellent bonds with the right glue? But my most hated one is probably the metal Thunderfire cannon, why couldnt it have been plastic
Fitting the interior into the drop pod. I had to leave mine out because it wouldn't fit together with it in, after I had gone through all the trouble to paint the harnesses and such.
I'll add the old broadsides. Those metal guns would never stay attached on the back unless you welded them in place (and would often tip the model over if you didn't position them right).
I don't know about other folks, but putting together Imperial Land Speeders is no fun either.
I really enjoy the modeling aspect of the hobby, so very few models are ones I hate to assemble. Gun to my head? Eldar (including Harlie and DE) bikers, specifically their arms. I will even go so far as to only have one hand on the handlebars, and do a bits swap to have the other hand wielding a weapon of some variety, just so I don't have to do the fiddly dance of plastic-glue-then-adjust-before-it-dries that always winds up smearing the model.
Painting? I just hate painting in general. Like, all of it. I really hate trying to paint challenging colors, like black, white, yellow, or red. (I try to stick to blues, greens, greys, browns, and purples wherever possible.)
To put together...
The old Marines with metal las cannon.
You always either end up with the power cables not quite meeting the backpack or if it did the left arm was too short...
That or the original half metal commander farsight. Large chunks of metal on suits with tiny ankles is asking for trouble GW.
Same goes for the metal railguns on the old broadsides
Funny, drop pods never bothered me that much so I guess I must have got lucky in that regard...
Trying to magnetize my wraithguard so they could use D - scythes, Wraith cannons and the melee variant with ghost axes and force shields were at nightmare!
Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
I skewered my finger attempting to modify one of those. 5 stitches!
master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
I skewered my finger attempting to modify one of those. 5 stitches!
cox.dan2 wrote: Next would have to be treads one any vehicle, they are just so haphazard to put together properly.
Really? On the older Russ/Chimera kits, I would have said absolutely. But tracks on the current Guard/Marine kits are a piece of piss to put together now.
This is the standard for all GW. You put together and paint essentially the same thing over and over. As SM is a SM, regardless of color. Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Ultra Marines, and so on and so on, it is all the same.
one of these threads again?
GW wise, undead skeletons. I was going to build a Vampire Counts army because I worked at a cave at the time. I decided to get a horde army, and lost my temper with so many crushed ribcages.
Recently? The Harbinger of Menoth.
GW wise: I hate painting tacticals. They look good in the end but they are dull to paint up. Same repetitive lines and features. I know I could drybrush but solid line highlighting makes them pop.
Overall: PSC when it comes to assembly. Their models are a breeze to put together if you know what you are doing. The instructions are so vague it is easy to assemble them wrong. I ruined a 15mm Tiger, for example, because I put the tracks on the wrong way even though the instructions never specified certain tracks go on certain sides. And this was the only tank out of the army box I got that had specified track sculpts. Another annoying thing about the instructions is that they can be very historically inaccurate. So frustrating.
I have a half built fellblade that has been in the box it arrived in 18 months ago because I simply cannot be bothered to straighten all of the tracks, lascannons, other parts and fill the gaps in the kit.... I've even asked commission painters/builders if they can build it for me for a fee, of course. It's hard to find someone who will build it without painting it..
1. Ghost Ark. One of the few things about crons I dislike more than the dex itself
2. Fire Raptor. I suppose if the hull wasn't warped into the shape of a shoe horn, this probably wouldn't be on the list. But the warping combined with terrible instructions lands this one at number 2.
3. Dark Eldar Reaver Jetbikes. I don't think I need to elaborate on these. Those who have built these know of what I speak. Those who haven't, we'll trust ne. You aren't missing any savory life experience.
Runner up: Drop Pods. They would have been tied with the ghost arks until I figured out that things are much easier when you build them from the top down.
TheCustomLime wrote: GW wise: I hate painting tacticals. They look good in the end but they are dull to paint up. Same repetitive lines and features. I know I could drybrush but solid line highlighting makes them pop.
Overall: PSC when it comes to assembly. Their models are a breeze to put together if you know what you are doing. The instructions are so vague it is easy to assemble them wrong. I ruined a 15mm Tiger, for example, because I put the tracks on the wrong way even though the instructions never specified certain tracks go on certain sides. And this was the only tank out of the army box I got that had specified track sculpts. Another annoying thing about the instructions is that they can be very historically inaccurate. So frustrating.
My first ork trukk I no longer talk about. I was a beginner and didn't know how to paint and we don't talk about it.
My second trukk was some trukk bits on a 90% plasticard conversion. It was a hummer-type deal so it was easy to paint.
Now that I've bought a new ork trukk and started painting it.......I HATE IT. I love the model, assembling it wasn't super fun but lots of converting can go into it. There's so much obscured detail, and with how it builds you can't really paint it in that many separate pieces. I have both drivers and the wheels seperate, but with the frame idk how I'm going to attempt the engine. Luckily my orks only need 2 trukks, as I won't be getting more.
edit: it doesn't help that most people's Bad Moon trukks are 90% black with only a couple plates yellow, whereas I go full yellow on my Bad Moonz. So the internet is no help at all.
I love my swarm. They bring a smile to my face on the table. Then I put them back on my bench. Anyone want to paint over a thousand tyranid infantry models?
Ah, none 40K models?
Dark Age Skarrd Charities Might and the Golab. hahahahahahaneveragainever.
Or for that matter the Brood Howler. That huge lump of resin will not stay together. I have pinned it, I have put supports in the base, I have done everything and still that huge torso breaks off its foot.
Otherwise it is a lovely model.
completely agree. As someone who had to buy three heavy destroyer components I can attest to that. Finecast is so abysmal, that it's downright hilarious. Not to mention I also had several other finecast necron models like the original overlord model, the lord model, and Anrk'yr the traveler. The worst though was with the destroyer lord model I bought several months ago and actually had to order a replacement because it was so bad. Finecast is just awful in every way. It's always warped, brittle, and always detail that's ruined. not to mention all the air bubbles and flash that is always present. I would take metal over finecast regardless of the model.
Oh and I bought a Tau Commander with the new Tau codex release several years ago, and the casting was so bad I gave up on it. Kind of funny how with the newer Tau codex released a year ago, they replaced it with a plastic one.
How did finecast make it past the quality control?
It's mindboggling to me that companies like Wargame Exclusive have models that are of better quality, with better detail, and are made of quality material, AND cost less than half the amount of the GW equivelant. Seriously compare finecast to anything by http://wargameexclusive.com/.GW should be embarrassed.
The legs of a Chaos Decimator. That was my project over the weekend. In all reality, it wasn't that bad. It just... without a very liberal application of improvised chip-clip clamping it would still be a heap beneath it's torso.
completely agree. As someone who had to buy three heavy destroyer components I can attest to that. Finecast is so abysmal, that it's downright hilarious. Not to mention I also had several other finecast necron models like the original overlord model, the lord model, and Anrk'yr the traveler. The worst though was with the destroyer lord model I bought several months ago and actually had to order a replacement because it was so bad. Finecast is just awful in every way. It's always warped, brittle, and always detail that's ruined. not to mention all the air bubbles and flash that is always present. I would take metal over finecast regardless of the model.
Yes, this kit is so bad, I returned it for replacement 3 times to GW, before realizing there are no good replacements to be had...the sculpt combined with the material is just broke.
Drop pods are always at the top of my list. Some of that might just be the fact that they are a good mix of recent pain and irritation. Some of the old metals were a bear to work with, but they are so long in the past, time has dulled the wounds. That or my memory is failing.
Probably a combination of the two.
But drop pods; they can die in a fire. Of that I’m sure.
master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
I skewered my finger attempting to modify one of those. 5 stitches!
I chopped off the top of my thumb trying to modify a cadian too....
master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians. I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic.... Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
Any Swarm Army like this is such a pain. It's not necessarily that painting them is difficult, but the sheer volume that is so overwhelming. I think I have about 80 of my 100 Gaunts/Gants painted. And, since then, I haven't even attempted to finish them up. I probably will one day.
Wish me luck, I just started collecting guard and am in the process of assembling/priming/base coating 50 Guardsmen, 10 Commanders (two different command squads), a Commisar, and a Heavy Weaopns Team. I intend to finish up assembling them tonight. I have primed 25 of them and laid the base coat down on 15 of them. Got a LONG way to go. And, this is the army I hope to use for Armies on Parade on the 15th of next month (which also includes several Guard Tanks, an APC, and an Imperial Knight).
Necron Heavy Destroyer. But also getting two-handed polearm weapons on the lychguard is often pretty tricky too... unless they want to be known as wristily disjointed-guard.
Wulfen.
I look forward to using them, I don't mind painting them but I hate building Wulfen, fitting the legs and torso together is a damn nightmare - they rarely fit properly, spikey bits make holding them together a painand after a few slip ups they don't fit at all.
Eldar Guardians, always hate putting all those fiddly pieces of plastic together.
Also does anyone remember rage skulls promotion three marines planting the flag (ww2 style).That was one of the most annoying models ever. You needed to pin all six hands on the banner meaning trying to get it all lined up with bodies and legs was hideous.
Easily Necron Warriors. I just can not get the arms to line up properly, and it's even got a ball that fits into the socket on them, with no hand on the off arm that fits into a notch on the other. It's freaking embarrassing, considering I've put like 50 of the little guys together, and who knows how many other models. I can build a damn forgeworld knight or a spartan no problem, but the tiny little warrior gives me a hard time. It takes me less time to paint one than it does to build one, no lie.
I own a metal Empire Steam Tank. The second version, that later got redone as plastic. It's 2 fething pounds of metal, zillions of little pieces that I simply do not want to assemble. Every time I open the box, I look at it and put it away.
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master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
It is no accident that my IG are metal Tallarn. Sure, you pay like $5 more per squad compared to the plastic (not that plastic was really a choice when I bought the bulk of my Tallarn), but those mono-pose Tallarn are pretty easy to get on the board!
Of course, where I fethed up was doing a tiger stripe camo pattern on the first couple dozen of them. Yeah, I totally fethed myself there...
completely agree. As someone who had to buy three heavy destroyer components I can attest to that. Finecast is so abysmal, that it's downright hilarious. Not to mention I also had several other finecast necron models like the original overlord model, the lord model, and Anrk'yr the traveler. The worst though was with the destroyer lord model I bought several months ago and actually had to order a replacement because it was so bad. Finecast is just awful in every way. It's always warped, brittle, and always detail that's ruined. not to mention all the air bubbles and flash that is always present. I would take metal over finecast regardless of the model.
Yes, this kit is so bad, I returned it for replacement 3 times to GW, before realizing there are no good replacements to be had...the sculpt combined with the material is just broke.
I found painting Ghost Arks is even worse. Three Times? Oh man... I just got Mail that GW is going to replace em. I hope I don´t need to go through that many times.
I found the Obelisk also horrible to assemble. So many parts that have to mesh together.
Maybe not my most hated model, but most hated part is probably Crisis Suit left shoulder pads, I always accidentally pose the arm before attaching the pad and learn that now the jump pack hardly fits, at least I glue the jump packs last.
JohnHwangDD wrote: I own a metal Empire Steam Tank. The second version, that later got redone as plastic. It's 2 fething pounds of metal, zillions of little pieces that I simply do not want to assemble. Every time I open the box, I look at it and put it away.
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master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians.
I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic....
Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
It is no accident that my IG are metal Tallarn. Sure, you pay like $5 more per squad compared to the plastic (not that plastic was really a choice when I bought the bulk of my Tallarn), but those mono-pose Tallarn are pretty easy to get on the board!
Of course, where I fethed up was doing a tiger stripe camo pattern on the first couple dozen of them. Yeah, I totally fethed myself there...
Tiger pattern camo... What where you thinking you poor bugger!
Xathrodox86 wrote: Anything from FW, not bathed in a bowl of water and soap.
This. So much this. It's come to the point where I don't even look at the models/upgrade pack, is just immediately put them in a bowl of water with soap and a hot water bowl next to it, in case (4/5 times) anything needs to be straightened out.
Xathrodox86 wrote: Anything from FW, not bathed in a bowl of water and soap.
This. So much this. It's come to the point where I don't even look at the models/upgrade pack, is just immediately put them in a bowl of water with soap and a hot water bowl next to it, in case (4/5 times) anything needs to be straightened out.
Except for the smallest fidly bits, I usually cut them off the sprues and do some rough filing/sanding first, since washing it gets rid of all that resin dust that comes from that.
I got a first-generation Spartan. It took about 8 hours to put together, between the horrible tracks, cutting the damn thing off the gates, having to greenstuff basically every piece because none of the large flat surfaces would glue together by themselves. Bloody nightmare.
master of ordinance wrote: Imperial. Fething. Guard. Cadians. I must have assembled about a hundred of those little buggers and it never gets any easier. Yes, I know that they are simple models but the real effort comes from the sheer amount you have to do. Painting again and again ad infinitum as you try desperately to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that light is just the sun reflecting off yet more grey plastic.... Yeah, painting a massed army of bods is not fun.
It is no accident that my IG are metal Tallarn. Sure, you pay like $5 more per squad compared to the plastic (not that plastic was really a choice when I bought the bulk of my Tallarn), but those mono-pose Tallarn are pretty easy to get on the board!
Of course, where I fethed up was doing a tiger stripe camo pattern on the first couple dozen of them. Yeah, I totally fethed myself there...
Tiger pattern camo... What where you thinking you poor bugger!
I was thinking that the squad looked cool. And the platoon looked really good. Then I realized I had dug myself into a huge hole.
I need to salvage this so that only Veterans are in camo.
I used to paint armies on commission. Forge world resin is the reason why I never bought any finecast models when they came out. However, by far the most obnoxious model I ever assembled and painted was the metal Throne of Judgement. So many tiny, ill-fitting pieces had to be pinned, painted separately and then assembled into the final model. In the same collection was three Penitent Engines, which were also a huge pain.
if were talking fiddly bits try just about anything from infinity beautiful models but the amount of times I've glued antenna's or arms to my fingers trying to build them and i picked the easy looking faction ariadna god help nomad or aleph players tried but gave up
Dantes_Baals wrote: 1. Ghost Ark. One of the few things about crons I dislike more than the dex itself
2. Fire Raptor. I suppose if the hull wasn't warped into the shape of a shoe horn, this probably wouldn't be on the list. But the warping combined with terrible instructions lands this one at number 2.
3. Dark Eldar Reaver Jetbikes. I don't think I need to elaborate on these. Those who have built these know of what I speak. Those who haven't, we'll trust ne. You aren't missing any savory life experience.
Runner up: Drop Pods. They would have been tied with the ghost arks until I figured out that things are much easier when you build them from the top down.
Oh gods, the Fire Raptor.... Mine is mostly together. I use a hot air gun to fix resin deformation, so it is no big deal, but the whole model just ends up with gaps, stuff not fitting right, and if you don't have a ton of clamps and stuff, the damn thing will never go together. Literally the only model I've had to use clamps on.
I helped a friend assemble his. . . never again. It is bloody near impossible to get the legs so that they all support the body.
Nah, this one is easy, you just have to know the trick: Put a small box under the body (height appropriate to what you want for your defiler), position the legs, and glue. No big deal. I like to leave one arm mobile, along with its claws, so I can hold the first enemy model that it kills over head. Most of my opponents enjoy this
Sisters of Battle Pentinent engine. Solid metal that doesnt fit together at all, had to heavy pin, greenstuff, and made a popsicle frame to hold it up while the epoxy dried.
Sisters Of battle Exorcist. So much metal in the organ with huge gaps. such tiny parts for the organ player and servitor. I had the heart breaking feeling when my exorcist was knocked into the floor and exploded in 40 different pieces. never found her hand again.
Skaven Doomwheel. No matter how many times I assembled one, I screw it up and forget a part. There are so many tiny rats that go in the smaller wheel, but just barely enough to be a part of the larger wheel, that is past the weapons...I GIVE UP ITS A WHEEL!
I helped a friend assemble his. . . never again. It is bloody near impossible to get the legs so that they all support the body.
Nah, this one is easy, you just have to know the trick: Put a small box under the body (height appropriate to what you want for your defiler), position the legs, and glue. No big deal. I like to leave one arm mobile, along with its claws, so I can hold the first enemy model that it kills over head. Most of my opponents enjoy this
FFS. I wish I had heard of that before I had made my Defiler conversions. I would totally have one arm for holding dudes!
Sentinels for gluing, I've long since figured out how to make them stand up correctly (gotta prop them up on something), but if they fall off it all goes to pieces.
Painting I'd say infantry. The super small details are a pain... multiplied over ALOT of dudes (IG, Skitarii, Mechanicus) it gets beyond tedious...
Engine of War wrote: Sentinels for gluing, I've long since figured out how to make them stand up correctly (gotta prop them up on something), but if they fall off it all goes to pieces.
Oh hell, do not remind me about Sentinels. I love the model when it is finished.... Building it though, is a major chore.
- The Necron AB/CCB is unbelievably annoying to build imo.
- Slaanesh plastic Daemonettes are a pain in the arse, those arms . . .
- Maybe 2 out of the 5 or 6 Necron foot positioning on the old bases were almost only touching it with their heels - like just lol @ the sculptors trolling us with their sumo stances.
- In Fantasy, Beastmen Bestigor, when equipped with two-handed weapons, need some special attention so the pieces all line up properly.
- I've built a lot of Forge World in my day, and I can say with absolute certainty that the Forge World Slaanesh Keeper of Secrets is unbelievably tedious. Consider this image:
Every spike on the leg needs to be attached, which means you need tweezers to cleanly apply each one - we are talking like 50+ spikes all over her body, including some blades on her wrists. On top of that, do you see how her head tentacles are curved? Well FW casts them as STRAIGHT PIECES, so you have to heat them and bend them so they are manageable and presentable. It is ridiculous, you need to put an unusual amount of effort and use special techniques to build this chica properly.
diepotato47 wrote: Drop Pods. I decided to build seven in one day for a Steel Rain Blood Angels. That was my Vietnam.
That got a laugh out of me, but it really shouldn't have.
I don't think anyone's mentioned Land Speeders yet. I really hated those.
Land Speeders have been mentionned once. I recall I had some difficulties to glue my Speeders, but I don't think they deserve to be the most hated model to glue^^
- Slaanesh plastic Daemonettes are a pain in the arse, those arms . . .
- Maybe 2 out of the 5 or 6 Necron foot positioning on the old bases were almost only touching it with their heels - like just lol @ the sculptors trolling us with their sumo stances.
- In Fantasy, Beastmen Bestigor, when equipped with two-handed weapons, need some special attention so the pieces all line up properly.
- I've built a lot of Forge World in my day, and I can say with absolute certainty that the Forge World Slaanesh Keeper of Secrets is unbelievably tedious. Consider this image:
Every spike on the leg needs to be attached, which means you need tweezers to cleanly apply each one - we are talking like 50+ spikes all over her body, including some blades on her wrists. On top of that, do you see how her head tentacles are curved? Well FW casts them as STRAIGHT PIECES, so you have to heat them and bend them so they are manageable and presentable. It is ridiculous, you need to put an unusual amount of effort and use special techniques to build this chica properly.
The Land Speeder is just a super crap kit which doesn't fit together...nothing hard about assembling it...but making it not look like a turd? It's just a bad kit.
I have a partially completed land speeder on my desk currently (need to paint up the shoulders and head for the crew) and it didn't strike me as being very difficult to make.
For me the top 3 most annoying to build was
1. Drop Pod - I think most of us know why.
2. Hammerhead Tank - for some reason that zogging thing just didn't like lining up and it happened with both tanks I built.
3. Ork Weirdboy - Seriously I hate finecast and the amount of times I had to rebuild his staff because it broke is too darn high. So much flash, had to heat + bend the parts to straighten them out, and
I have to add a vote for the Fire Raptor, after six hours of fiddling, cutting, gluing etc. it got moved to a box and never looked at again.
Second least favourite would have to be the TGG2 huntress model, with the thick as mold release, the horrible fragile parts, the stupid vent placement and the horrible mould lines in every recess they could find. That model went out of the window before I really lost my cool with it. Still it now makes a decent Ordo Hereticus With hunter with Condemnator.
Elbows wrote: The Land Speeder is just a super crap kit which doesn't fit together...nothing hard about assembling it...but making it not look like a turd? It's just a bad kit.
It could also be fifteen years old, from an age before quality.
I'd like to add the Harlequin troupe (how the ass are you supposed to line up the arms?) to my previous answer.
I'm used to speedbuilding miniatues and getting right into the converting but knights have so many little fiddly bits to put in as well so they get really tedious.
The most hated of all time is a 1:200 model of HMS Nelson I'm currently working on. I bought the detail-up kit for it from an independent retailer and while the degree of detail is absolutely staggering, so is the amount of effort going into it. For example, building one of the 20mm AA guns requires bending and shaping around 15 brass parts into precise shapes and glueing them all together to form something no larger than a Laspistol. Seems ok until you realise you have 62 of the bloody things to make!
what a stupid model to glue and especially to paint !
