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**Spectral Ceramite**

Idk My top pissed off moments

Top :

1. Penitent Engines

2. Drop pods (include Deathstorm)
3. Having to pin and have no drilled holes, for alignment
4. Pinning 30 minotaurs in a row
I have had to hair-dryer many parts to be straight etc (especially all my forge world, like every piece ever, but they have been simple), just these are the biggest pain in the ass I have found.

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Spectral Ceramite wrote:

Idk My top pissed off moments

Top :

1. Penitent Engines

2. Drop pods (include Deathstorm)
3. Having to pin and have no drilled holes, for alignment
4. Pinning 30 minotaurs in a row
I have had to hair-dryer many parts to be straight etc (especially all my forge world, like every piece ever, but they have been simple), just these are the biggest pain in the ass I have found.

I do my drill holes now with a nikko on edge of oppoisite piece, but hey, give me drill holes to start with if needs to be pinned

**Clyde Frog**

Skitarii Vanguard and Rangers. I still have a sprue of those, but can`t bring myself to assemble it.

**Spartacus**

Im personally sick of assembling Custodes Dawneagle Jetbikes.

They seem rather drawn out to assemble and difficult to clean up . And then you get to the end and have to glue on the damned spear arm, - holy hell that thing is frustrating, every single one I've had to go in with a knife and putty to get it attached with any semblance of grace.

**ValentineGames**

The baneblade.
Sweet god I hated that gak!
It's bad enough you need a tube of miliput to fill all the joins and gaps. But it doesn't even fit!
Horrific model.
If only TAMIYA did GW tanks.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Clyde Frog wrote:
Skitarii Vanguard and Rangers. I still have a sprue of those, but can`t bring myself to assemble it.

Nothing like finishing a squad and finding that you used the wrong legs somewhere and now stuck with a torso and legs that don't fit!

Seriously GW, as much as I like the long coats some interchangability is mandatory, this is game modeling, we're not assembling historically accurate aircraft here...

**CatGotYourLas**

Worst time I've had is Wulfen. Their legs don't even fit together properly, it's dumb.

**AndrewGPaul**

Kelligula wrote:

That is a relief since I was looking at getting some flyers like the Thunderbolt or the Avenger.

I don't remember any problems with my Thunderbolt - well, none that weren't self-inflicted (like putting pins in the hinges in the equipment locker doors so I could have them open or closed, or magnetising the undercarriage). The main thing with the aeroplanes is to make sure the wings look balanced.

**prastie**

Necron deathmarks. It's terrible to have to hold them until the torso and arms get fixed in by the glue.

**Tycho**

Anything Mechanicus at this point. Beautiful models, but so many little fiddly bits that my giant sausage fingers always end up breaking something.

That and the metal Thunder Canon.

**ClockworkZion**

I know it's a little mean to knock on older kits buuuuut: The Monolith and the Stompa. Both have large sections with poor to no interlocking that you have to try and hold together while attaching to a baseplate.

**ServiceGames**

Arachnofiend wrote:
For a bog standard troop choice Warriors and Immortals are an absolute pain to put together. Nothing fits right. By comparison my Rubric Marines were a dream to put in place.

I know I said this already, but try putting together Skeleton Warriors and/or Grave Guard. They make the Necrons, with their tiny waists and arms, seem like child's play.

SG

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Fhanados wrote:
The Necron Monolith is the only model I own that I've completely given up on. There's such a thin point of contact to keep the edges together that a slight misalignment means it won't glue properly, the plastic core support thing doesn't quite reach where it should and the top plate was such a pain to line up properly! Mine fell apart the first time I put it on the table and it was never put back together again....

I've put a monolith together myself. If I had had rubber bands at the time, I think it would have been an easy model to assemble. But, I didn't. Glue didn't dry quickly enough, pieces got slightly out of place, and now I have noticeable holes that shouldn't be there (if you're looking hard enough for them). The only truly difficult part about the Monolith for me was the top jewel piece. It just does not want to stay in place... even after I glued it and let it set for a day or two.

SG

**vyse.04**

Necrons because of all the cleaning that is necessary across the lineup. Lines everwhere that need to be scraped. Positioning the arms can be a pain too.

I think that's why GW gave them such an easy paint scheme.

**pewtersplus**

Morkphoiz wrote:
Necron tomb sentinel from forge world. 20 tiny resin legs which come in two parts each, 20 secondary legs which are miniscule, 12 body segments which you can position as you please and looooong thin antennas made from resin.

It was a frickin Nightmare to clean and assemble.
The body needed a ton of green stuff and overnight drying to hold the shape, the fiddly legs were far too thin to support the weight of the body reliably so I had to pin the body to the base.
Then i had to position each leg with tweezers in a way that looked "natural" relative to the body position and the position of the other legs.

I hated every second of it but the result is stunning. Awesome looking model.

Edit: Sorry, I dont know why dakka decided to rotate my image

You did that thing justice!

Basically I try to avoid resin at all costs, for lack of knowledge on how to deal with it, Im pretty okay with anything pewter/plastic

**Rogerio134134**

Pretty much anything to be honest, really not a fan of assembling the models. The bit I love is the painting, I am a scythes of the emperor player and so every model with a 2 handed weapon needs to be built without its weapon so I can get to the midriff and paint it yellow!

I recently had an absolute nightmare with my hellblasters as I assembled them all armless then painted everything separately. I put the plasma incinerators in my bits tray and could work out which arms went with which guy... Absolute nightmare.

**Big Mac**

Older kits of Leman Russ and Chimera chassis, the track assembly was a nightmare prior to the new kits with alignment tabs.

FW Dark Eldar Tantalus, requires a lot of sanding to fit, the brass deck barely overlaps the hull rims, complete nightmare!

**leopard**

models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

**HoundsofDemos**

leopard wrote:
models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

I feel the opposite, all those extra little bits add a ton of character to a model. Assembly is one of my favorite parts of the hobby and deciding who to give an ammo pack or knife to and then fitting it perfectly is a ton of fun.

**leopard**

HoundsofDemos wrote:
leopard wrote:
models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

I feel the opposite, all those extra little bits add a ton of character to a model. Assembly is one of my favorite parts of the hobby and deciding who to give an ammo pack or knife to and then fitting it perfectly is a ton of fun.

on a small nuber of models I agree... with goblins etc though, perhaps less so

beauty of the hobby though, we are all differnt, hats off to you for having the patience to do it

**Asherian Command**

Spartacus wrote:
Im personally sick of assembling Custodes Dawneagle Jetbikes.

They seem rather drawn out to assemble and difficult to clean up . And then you get to the end and have to glue on the damned spear arm, - holy hell that thing is frustrating, every single one I've had to go in with a knife and putty to get it attached with any semblance of grace.

Wait really? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME BEING A COMPLETE GOOF!

Glad I am not the only one struggling with that!

**barboggo**

leopard wrote:
HoundsofDemos wrote:
leopard wrote:
models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

I feel the opposite, all those extra little bits add a ton of character to a model. Assembly is one of my favorite parts of the hobby and deciding who to give an ammo pack or knife to and then fitting it perfectly is a ton of fun.

on a small nuber of models I agree... with goblins etc though, perhaps less so

beauty of the hobby though, we are all differnt, hats off to you for having the patience to do it

Yes. Assembling any one thing more than 30 times is... ugh kill me. I'm in the middle of 30 plaguebearers right now and I'm uh.... halfway there....

**HoundsofDemos**

Guess it depends on faction. I'm primarily a marine player, with a small host of other imperial factions and a surprisingly large ork collection that I've used once lol. My favorite things to build were SM, closely followed by orks because the sky is the limit. I can see how some armies would get dull because it does come down to the same five or six models over and over.

**godardc**

Van Saar. I think they are my new number 1 hated kit.
However, all the Necromunda kits are horrenduous

**HoundsofDemos**

godardc wrote:
Van Saar. I think they are my new number 1 hated kit.
However, all the Necromunda kits are horrenduous

What makes them bad? I'm curious, was thinking of picking up some of the biker ones for a pet project but if there gonna be a pain in the ass, I'll look else where.

**Ezki**

I really hate assembling the Death Korps of Krieg guardsmen. They look amazing, but the process of preparing them to be primed is just a pain.
So many mould lines, bent / snapped lasguns and the fact that it's really hard to find the right hand / torso combination.
First time assembling a squad of these almost made me cry. After two to three hours of swearing I suddenly realized that I could not mix and match any hand with any torso.

**ERJAK**

ccs wrote:
"I really hate building these things."
This thought occurred to me tonight as I was assembling SM Drop Pod #3/8 (6 standard, +2 more customized for dreadnought delivery until I can track down a pair of actual FW Lucius Patterns).

Why was I building 8 drop pods? Because my Space Wolves have always been a 100% deep strike/teleport/infiltrate capable force.
Since 2e I've been using the rather crude (and inconvenient to carry around) pods Armorcast produced back in the 90's.
2 weeks ago the packs hit the table for the 1st time since 5th edition. The shop owner (a good friend) was mocking my giant chunks of 2e resin. So I jokingly told him that I'd have him order me a new pod for any squad that earned its pts. Or all of the armies pods (8) in the unlikely event of a victory.

This deal must've sounded great to the troops - for though they took heavy casualties doing it, they completely thrashed a Thousand Sons force.
So I had to have the shop order me enough pods to fully re-equip.
Free time on Fri/Sat was spent clipping/cleaning bits & priming.
Sunday was spent painting.
Monday afternoon/evening was assembly.

Bleh! If I ever decide I need any more SM pods I'll just EBay somebodies cheap cast offs, deal with the added effort to paint the innards, AND save some $....

So what models have you found that you dislike assembling?

The repulsor. The kit itself is tedious but not overly difficult to put together. The thing that makes it my least favorite model to build is because if you make even a small mistake on the first two pages of the instructions, you can just throw the damn thing away. The way it's set up means that even a small error in the early construction will cause the entire chassis to fit wrong and the grav plates not to line up so you end up with an 80$ paperweight.

**Elbows**

Building more wraithguard at the moment, and remembered why I disliked building them the first time. Clean crisp models...BUT...why GW feels the need to put all of the plastic gates on tiny inset pieces or the inside of curves...is beyond me. I dislike needing to assemble 10-15 pieces for a miniature anyway, but the paintstaking cleaning of these is an extra squirt of lemon in my eye.

They look good finished, but if I didn't love Eldar I'd put them aside for something else.

**Spectral Ceramite**

HoundsofDemos wrote:
leopard wrote:
models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

I feel the opposite, all those extra little bits add a ton of character to a model. Assembly is one of my favorite parts of the hobby and deciding who to give an ammo pack or knife to and then fitting it perfectly is a ton of fun.

Totally agree. I love adding ammo pouches, pouches, grenades, knives, seals etc to my models (I actually buy a lot from bits sites to make sure each model has a good amount because you never get enough in a box set and makes my standard units slightly more individual).

**cole1114**

Spectral Ceramite wrote:
HoundsofDemos wrote:
leopard wrote:
models that have utterly pointless detailing that needs assembling. My Imperial Guard and olde tactical marines generated a huge box of bits I say no point in fitting, ditto my fantasy orcs.

when you have that many who cares if one has a pouch on their belt?

I feel the opposite, all those extra little bits add a ton of character to a model. Assembly is one of my favorite parts of the hobby and deciding who to give an ammo pack or knife to and then fitting it perfectly is a ton of fun.

Totally agree. I love adding ammo pouches, pouches, grenades, knives, seals etc to my models (I actually buy a lot from bits sites to make sure each model has a good amount because you never get enough in a box set and makes my standard units slightly more individual).

I love how they look but they're super frustrating to add. Especially with shaky hands.

**Spectral Ceramite**

godardc wrote:
Van Saar. I think they are my new number 1 hated kit.
However, all the Necromunda kits are horrenduous

I have not found Van Saar a pain at all. The only problem I found with them was the upgrade packs from forge world, the weapons/arms are mostly designed for the male models (the arms are to big for the female model) and it was not stated (was a pain found out after gluing it on my female model and had to clip the arm off and clip the weapon and glue on a female plastic arm and then glue the weapon on. Not enough to go into penitent engine falling apart even if pin or deathstorm drop pod alignment territory, but was annoying).

**Aaranis**

Well I've assembled 2000 pts of AdMech and yes, the only things I've found frustrating were the hoses on the legs of the Dragoons (although after the first one you know you just need slim tweezers) and the neck ornament on Fulgurites. That thing was frustrating.

But regular Skitarii ? Just follow the instructions. Yes the coats make a rift between the two pieces but I just use more glue, you can use liquid GS afterwards too. Except the hoses, Dragoons are fine to build. Infiltrators are easy too, the hardest part is when you want to grab them and make them explode because of the antennas I reckon.

Skeletons from AoS/WFB are indeed horrible, especially Grave Guards with two-handed weapons.