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Hey all,

I usually completely build my space marines before painting them. But I now need to paint 8 grav devastators and was thinking it might be a whole lot easier to paint these in parts i.e. main body and then stick the arms and gun on. However I have never done this and am worried about messing it up.

If any of you have tips or advice for this that would be great. Also is it even quicker to paint this way?

Cheers

I build in as few parts as I can and still get a brush places. So do some sub-assembly first.

A lot of people, who probably know what they are doing more then I do, will temporarily attach the bits to paperclips stuck in corks or other setup that lets them hold the tiny bits without getting their fingers all over them. I just paint in parts.

I’d not say it’s quicker to paint this way, but I find it easier.

Another way if you are lazy to attach parts to corks is to just paint the weapons and arms as they are on the sprue. Then when you are ready, you detach them from the sprue and just paint the patches left from the mold.

Or go a step further and super glue the arms back on the sprue at the connection point.

I painted Donlads devs completely unassembled, it's my preferred method.

It is absolutely slower to paint this way, but easier and more precise. Pinning to cork or wood is handy, as is using as little glue as possible when assembling. That is where you're going to have a problem if at all