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Having just finished putting together my first Doom Scythe, I've decided it's by far the best Necron model I've assembled to date. It's solid, the pieces snapped together well, and it looks cool to boot! Plus, I didn't have to spend an hour putting together the cockpit (which seems to be a recurring problem with Necron vehicles....)

What's everyone else's favorite model to assemble?

I know what its not
feth Annihilation barges...

I would probably have to agree that the Night Scythe was by far the easiest Necron model so far.

Nid carnifex.

Simple, brutal and awesome looking, with a heap of options

Shame i don't play them any more, but my daughter will be starting them soon, so i'll at least get to play with her toys

Are we counting conversions? Or just the out of thbox model? I would say Imperial Guardsmen turned into veterans with awesome and fun kit bashing.

Out of the box probably either the chaos terminator lord or the imperial guard command squad.. so...many...options

Ooh, the new ork kits are all really fun.

I'm throwing my hat in the ring for the Killa Kans Kit; krazy amounts of bitz, a pure joy to assemble, and fun models on the field to boot!

-cgmckenzie

Ignatius wrote:Are we counting conversions?

Sure!

I love building my own Obliterators.

War Machines of every kind.

Leman Russ Tanks to Sentinals and everythign in between. I've "tinkered" upon eveyr single vehicale i've built and each is unique unto itself.
No one Leman Russ tank is the same in my entire army. Each Battle tank is different from one another. each vanquisher, executioner and so on.

TBH, I like building Rhinos.

Yes they're boring and the casts are not the greatest/consistent ones ever, but god can I assemble them like a mad man.

I think the fastest I built a Rhino was 20 minutes. It's almost a mind-clearing exercise to me.

EDIT: Since we're also including things we hate to build, I dislike building Necrons. They're very boring design wise, all look exactly the same, have no options for individualization, and their guns are pain to put together.

I get that way with DE raiders.

I put four together in series yesterday, in a semi-trance. I would up more relaxed than i generally get to be

I loved putting together my storm talon, not to mention to looks awesome, i might even break my cardinal rule a field this guy unpainted.
Worst? Flipping land speeders, built two, they are evil incarnate. I build one from a regular box, one from the ravenwing. Raven wing was the WORST. Built a storm though, went together like a dream

I have a lot of fun putting together sentinels. Not only are they a great model/kit, but posing them them the right way is a fun and challenging endeavour.

I have put together hundreds of Marines so I think that's probably up there...it's almost a theraputic exercise for me at this point. I HATE putting together any necron model, as they are often incredibly flimsy and difficult to manage.

I do enjoy space marine vehicles though, having put together a few dozen I can say that the only one that I found to be a real pain are the drop pods. All of my land raiders have been a labor of love though (I have three)

AoBR Space marines. My hands-down favorite.

I love building Black Templars with CCWs and Bolt Pistols. They got their templar bits on them and they look downright epic!

Dreadnoughts. I just love the kit and they way they fit together. Plus you can just dry-swap the weapon options without the need for magnets.

On the bad side are drop pods. They are so hard to get together right. Even the picture on the back of the box is mis-assembled. Hate, hate hate. I also hate the fact that I need to get one more at some point so I can have a 3rd for rounding up on drop pod assaults.

My Warhound Titan was a blast to assemble, but also a nightmare. So many bitz.

I'm actually partial to putting together Tau Fire Warriors. The kit is surprisingly dynamic and allows for a wide array of poses without the need for any conversion at all.

Of the kits I've put together, the new Necron Immortals with Gauss Blasters are a massive pain. I ended up just doing a simple conversion to remove the cable that runs from the body to the gun so that I didn't have to spend an hour trying to get it to line up.

RegalPhantom wrote:I'm actually partial to putting together Tau Fire Warriors. The kit is surprisingly dynamic and allows for a wide array of poses without the need for any conversion at all.

Of the kits I've put together, the new Necron Immortals with Gauss Blasters are a massive pain. I ended up just doing a simple conversion to remove the cable that runs from the body to the gun so that I didn't have to spend an hour trying to get it to line up.

Favourite kit would have to b the sentinel kit! great to pose!
my least favourite kits are any kits that have the chimera chassis! they never seem to fit right!

I really liked putting together my Grey Hunters. Lots and lots of choices and good bits.

Least favorite has already been said, drop pods. I built one and that is enough for me.

I used to love putting togethor Dire Avengers. The pieces all feel perfectly round so you can move their arms into any position you want and they still look fluid smooth. Then the torso glued really well intothe legs, and the heads always fit perfectly.
Plus the shuriken catapults just felt satisfieing.

I to very much enjoyed the sentinel kit. I would have filled an entire fast attack with them if they hadn't raised the prices. The Valkyrie is super fun also.

Carnifex. I was actually pleased that lots of the options are now redundant, as it lets me give them all kinds of crazy gak! In fact, most plastic Tyranid monsters are pretty cool. Warriors are great to assemble as well, but swines to paint.

The worst? The metal Hive Tyrant. Gaps, warping, flash, spiky bits, vents, not fitting together properly, and so damn top heavy...

Pretty much all tanks. I had a blast building my magnetized Leman Russ Demolisher/Punisher/Executioner.

The worst model would be any metal models with plastic bits, especially third edition Hive Tyrant. I had the wrong type of glue back then, and man did I struggle with those Scything Claws...

Sentinels! The old hubrid ones were a nightmare but the new ones are a sheer joy to put together. I even magnetised the lot...

Trukks, I had a real blast assembling those, just so many detaild bitz.

The worst model have to be the metal Boss Zagstruck, he was just soooo unstable and weighty when I tried to glue him.

Really enjoyed putting together a Land Speeder Storm recently, but my absolute favourite has to be this kit...



....because there's so much you can do it with particularly when you combine it with bits from other Marine kits.

I really like putting together space marine bikes. Fit together so well, fairly easy to do, plenty of space for extra bitz.

Ascalam wrote:Nid carnifex.

Simple, brutal and awesome looking, with a heap of options

+1

The Carnifex model is downright brutal looking, and there's no way to not make it look brutal. While some of the peices could have fit a little better, building that model is fantastic.