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The Skitarii, more-so than any other race I've come across in this game, has a lot of pointy weak and frail parts to their kits. From the ever present antenna used for sending information from every single Skit on the ground, to the railings, flapping cables and footholds on the tanks, to the pointy bits at the top of each Ironstrider's helm, the kits are absolutely riddled with very fragile parts.

I'm a fan of the aesthetic though, so I work around it. I've ordered a fully custom Battlefoam bag to hold each individual model safe and sound.

But at some points I feel like it's being done completely unnecessarily, with no thought to the stability of the model.

Look at this part. It's a footrest on the Ironstrider model.



It's a very fancy footrest, and no lie. Looks good on, I suppose. Even with the very weak build of only having it stuck on with two tiny plastic pipes, it's at least very fancy.



But hold on. WHAT'S THIS? You can't even see it once the rider is on! So what is the point of the weaker build? It's completely pointless! (no pun intended)

Don't swear it: Beautiful models, but really, really frail. Looks like the days where I carried my 40k toys in a shoebox are gone for good

Some armies have a lot of these finicky spots that you have to worry about. Dark Eldar have a lot of whips/chains/pokey bits that you've gotta worry over.

I understand the frustration.

I have broken some small piece off of my guys every single game so far. Its really annoying.

But...isn't it also glued onto the model's foot? Surely that would be another anchor point...

Dude, have you seen the most recent Wood Elf models?!?!

Especially the Treeman. he's nothing but little spindly vines and leaves. The wild riders are all tiny thin horns and hair with spindly spiky spears.
I can barely pick those models, much less move them.

the_scotsman wrote:
But...isn't it also glued onto the model's foot? Surely that would be another anchor point...

No, the foot hovers just above it. You could fill it with a little greenstuff to make it connect or with a lot of glue. But then again, you could snap off the antenna and replace it with metal as well

 Icculus wrote:
Dude, have you seen the most recent Wood Elf models?!?!

Especially the Treeman. he's nothing but little spindly vines and leaves. The wild riders are all tiny thin horns and hair with spindly spiky spears.
I can barely pick those models, much less move them.

The treeman isn't really that vulnerable though. The vines are about as bad as the Skitarii cables, and that's the best part of them. It's hell to put together with the leaves, but it doesn't really risk snapping all the time like the Skitarii. The Wild Riders, though, are up there with the Skitarii. Those things catch on everything and break from nothing.

I was actually really impressed with how the treeman went together. All the joins are really cleverly hidden. The leaves were a bit of a pita, but it was also surprisingly customisable.

Some of the Skitarii stuff does look a nightmare. Have you ever built Malifaux models? They have some stupidly small bits (three piece heads on gremlins for example which are like goblin sized, or a seperate leg about the size of a needle on the Dreamer model that I dropped twice).

Had this discussion a lot in the past month in my club. Most of the newer models gw puts out are in no way made for someone that transports their army to play a game. More proof that gw doesnt think anyone plays their games at all but want to cater to collectors.

Even with my space wolves i have to deal with the occasional transport damage but i cant imagine how i'd transport something like dark eldar or harlequin models without damaging them regularly.

Yea the wood elves are starting to prove more of a conundrum to travel with. Especially the 10 wild riders that I have and the treeman.

With orks i just carry them by the bucket. They seem to hold up pretty well to the bucket method. Heck, thats how I deploy them as well.

 Icculus wrote:


With orks i just carry them by the bucket. They seem to hold up pretty well to the bucket method. Heck, thats how I deploy them as well.

Should be a rule in the codex on how to deploy them!

Zomnivore wrote:
Some armies have a lot of these finicky spots that you have to worry about. Dark Eldar have a lot of whips/chains/pokey bits that you've gotta worry over.

I understand the frustration.

yeah coming from the DE point of view, Skitarii are a little better off.

Ever see all the sails, spears, blades and random hangers on on a raider?

I don't know why you think the footrest isn't visible once the model is finished, it's very clearly visible in your picture of the completed model.

Aerials on Russes and Chimeras, omfg. I have a box of broken ones.

 Peregrine wrote:
I don't know why you think the footrest isn't visible once the model is finished, it's very clearly visible in your picture of the completed model.

Not talking about the footrest in itself, but the joining to the rest of the model. It is joined with two VERY frail bits stuck into the main body, rather than just having the full side of the footrest against the side of the body. So it's obviously for aesthetic reasons, right? It looks cool. Except you can't see that joining, so it might as well have been joined with a much larger surface against surface ratio.

You dig?

The Infiltrators are a nightmare. I'm so worried about dropping them that I always drop them.