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 Argive wrote:
1. Cleaning any kind of resin/finecats..
2. Putting down base coat on a batch of dudes... Zzzzz..

I probably enjoy the basing side and doing fine detail/highlighting /edging the most.


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 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
I superglue plastic all the time. superglues are easier to find in shops and i can buy millions of them. I've only ever seen poly cements in model shops. I have a pot of GW poly cement from conquest but its not often used.


Cant believe the hate for basing here. Crazy

I know right?? I like it as it allows me to go nuts and experiment with different textures.

yeah. plus you can use it to add complimentary colours and contrasts to make the model pop. I guess this feeling comes more when you get into the competitive side of painting and have to consider all those elements to make it work. i remember when all my bases were rubble painted grey then washed and drybrushd

I agree that priming with a spray can often feels like a chore; with an airbrush though I imagine it might be a bit better. Cleaning mould lines can be a pain too if I'm not in the mood for it, but it's not that awful.

The one thing that REALLY irks me is having to touch things up or redo them. If I am finished with something and it chips or breaks, I flat out HATE having to fix that. If the model is done then the model is done; having to go back to it is infuriating.

Removing mold lines. Full stop.

It is what's putting me off from assembling models, sometimes for months.

I’m surprised by the number of non-mold line related answers here.

Edging is a chore, but I do it. Still better than mold lines
I worry about screwing up the model every time I drill a gun barrel. Still better then mold lines.
Getting decals to set right is a finicky procedure, Still better then mold lines.
Basecoating large vehicles is tedious and crushes my will to paint. Still better then mold lines.

Putting down basecoats on normal minis doesn’t bother me. I’ve always used shades and glazes, so I’m used to the unfinished look until right before the end.
I have a fairly simple baseing scheme for my armies, so it’s just a step, not a chore.

Mold lines are the true enemy.

Mould line removing - its soul destroying!!

For me the issues are:

1) It's destructive rather than creative. Yeah you're having to scrape/rub/file the model clean and you're not really getting anything at the end that you've feel you've made, more that you've just prepared it to start making it

2) It has a high risk of causing damage. Ridges on plasma guns and tubes have been mentioned, but there are often loads of fine, tiny details that appear on a mould line. Some designers and models are so shockingly bad at this its amazing that any designer worth their salt in the hobby ever thought it a good idea to make the model in the shape they did.

3) Hair - my gods the worst to clean though is hair! All curved corners and bits near bits so you can't always get a smooth stroke with the blade. As soul crushing as ridges are, hair is the utter worst (right after things like long thin plastic whips which are honestly just pure torment for everything)


It's the only thing in the hobby I wish was utterly gone. If mould lines vanished tomorrow no one would lament their passing and no one would wish for them back.
Heck its one reason that I get models at launch if I can because the moulds are fresh and the mould lines the lightest.




A hot second is cleaning finecast. Mostly because whilst all resins can bubble, finecast has the special quality of bubbling in a frothing patch and normally bubbles all over fine details. In my experience forgeworld, spartan games, privateer press resins tend to bubble in nicer spots and not often in thick clumps. Plus if detail is lost its often at random - whilst finecast it appears to repeat over and over - which makes getting replacement parts a pain. Thankfully finecast is a limited issue specific only to certain models which is the only reason its not at the top of my list.

Another mold line hater here. I like plastic models and do enjoy converting plastics but I still vastly preferred metal era due to almost no assembly required - I did a lot more painting back then due to this.

A lot of the new plastics gw kits seem to be designed to have mold lines covered during assembly.. But then on the same kit you'll have one right down the centre of a greave or something. It's a pain in the arse

Mold lines is a big part of why I hate assembling stuff but I also just hate assembling stuff.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
A lot of the new plastics gw kits seem to be designed to have mold lines covered during assembly.. But then on the same kit you'll have one right down the centre of a greave or something. It's a pain in the arse

Been assembling Necromunda Goliaths recently and got annoyed with that. And how sprue connections are just slapped on the side of some of the faces...

GW are getting good at squirting liquid plastic into the tiniest places. That does mean that the join between the model and the sprue can be silly. Getting that cut right is a pain, even with slope-ended snips.

Removing mold lines, especially at the older kits (Guardsmen) or on fiddly bits (Skitarii). It seems I'm the only one who hates it here.
I also hate waiting for green stuff to cure and fixing bent parts. (FW, I'm looking at you!)
I also dislike painting resin/metal monopose figures.

Either hacking bits off the sprue especially en masse or assembly of fiddly feckers - necron warriors looking right at you.

The most tedious part for me?

The playing of the games.

I'm a builder, a maker. I can put models and terrain together until the cows come home without getting bored.

The game thing is an extra, something to DO with the models afterwards, but the one does not require the other.

 Hawky wrote:
I also hate waiting for green stuff to cure and fixing bent parts. (FW, I'm looking at you!)

Oh I forgot about that. That's probably my #2, especially since I seem to have some models that just refuse to remain in place. I straightened the guns on my Revenant Titan's Pulsars no less than 3 times. Whenever the temperature exceeds 80F, they go right back to being crooked, so I gave up.

I guess if it really mattered I could straighten them and then put a nice brass rod down the middle to keep shape. But that will have to wait until autumn.

I dislike removing mould lines and basecoating, once I get past those stages I love tackling blending and edge highlighting.

I hate painting. It's why I drybrush almost everything. Barely passable, as quickly as possible.

I am available for commissions, by the way...

Crispy78 wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
A lot of the new plastics gw kits seem to be designed to have mold lines covered during assembly.. But then on the same kit you'll have one right down the centre of a greave or something. It's a pain in the arse

Been assembling Necromunda Goliaths recently and got annoyed with that. And how sprue connections are just slapped on the side of some of the faces...

Yeah. And on space marine arms.. Why is the sprue join on the elbow joint, and not on the shoulder so it gets covered by the pauldron?

 Excommunicatus wrote:
I hate painting. It's why I drybrush almost everything. Barely passable, as quickly as possible.

I am available for commissions, by the way...

From reading these posts, you would make more money offering a commission service to remove mold lines

Fairly certain I've never removed a mould line in my life.
Not deliberately anyways.
Not kidding.

 Red_Ink_Cat wrote:

 Hawky wrote:
I also hate waiting for green stuff to cure and fixing bent parts. (FW, I'm looking at you!)

Oh I forgot about that. That's probably my #2, especially since I seem to have some models that just refuse to remain in place. I straightened the guns on my Revenant Titan's Pulsars no less than 3 times. Whenever the temperature exceeds 80F, they go right back to being crooked, so I gave up.

I guess if it really mattered I could straighten them and then put a nice brass rod down the middle to keep shape. But that will have to wait until autumn.

Indeed. Straightening the pulsars on my Scorpion was a real pain, not only trying to get them as straight as I could but also trying to get them to match each other - in that twin turret it's really obvious if one is a bit bent. I still think they're not quite perfect, but I eventually managed to get them to a point I was happy with them. Now that I've finally primed it I'll probably notice them go wonky again. I also need to bend/straighten some of the bits for my Shadow Spectres, and I've been putting it off somewhat, so even though I've had them for at least a few months by this point, I haven't assembled a single one.

Assembly, specifically, removal of mould lines. A close second in assembly is gluing things together where absolutely no creativity is required as it only goes together one way. Posing can be fun, but gluing together torsos or weapon halves or a vehicle chassis is tedious. But still not as tedious as mold line removal. lol.

Mould lines are a pain, but what I will say is that I was genuinely surprised how good the GW mould line tool was to use and it's improved my experience considerably.

For me it's painting skin, particularly faces. All the work you've put into a model, but one wrong move with the face could spoil it. Contrast flesh paints are a big help though.

 Red_Ink_Cat wrote:
My most hated aspect is base-painting and doing the initial color-blocking on a model.

I have the same feeling when I look at a primed model, knowing that there is lots of work to go. As soon as the base coat is on I get inspired to finish.

My two cents,

CB

Wouldn't it be great to just paint one mini and all the rest of the same model instantly get the same paint job, too? I like to paint, but that regiment of minis doing the same thing over and over really kills me.

Ah! looks like I was beaten to being "unique": I find "block painting" tedious.
The initial "paint by numbers" just getting that bottom coat of colour on.
It needs to be even and accurate.
It makes or breaks the model.

Highlighting, shading, all of the tiny details that do not seem to be as much work.

Next is attaching dissimilar materials: I do not want to build a model a second time!!!
I rough/course sand surfaces (NOT PAINTED!!), I pin everything I can, then use the most insane glue I can find in my arsenal depending on how heavy the parts are:
Crazy glue for plastic, resin, brass and the occasional wood:.Anything with pewter gets:General sand and flocking:
I am FINE with mold lines until I find them when I apply a wash.

It all sucks from building, cleaning through painting and basing.
My problem is I will only play with painted and don't want to spend money to pay someone to do it.

Painting in general. I like the end result of my painting. But i get burned out quickly and easily even though my painting is fairly minimalist compared to most.

Nids

Base first.
Prime black.
Dark flesh base for skin.
Leather brown as a layer over top (messily- it adds a splotchy variation and depth to the dark flesh).

Skeleton bone teeth, scythes, hooves, spike.

Necrotic flesh for eyes tongues and other gooey bits

Wash the bone brown the body black.

Touch up the shell to make everything black. Goldens green/orange color shift on the shell.

Couple greys for the rocks i base and dark flesh (a very reddish brown) on some dirt/base rim.

Flock dead winter grass.

Top coat clear satin spray.

I can paint 3 tyranid warriors in... 40ish minutes after priming. And then i wont paint anything again for 2 weeks.

Cleaning up the parts before assembly. That means things like removing mold lines and removing the little bits of plastic where the part was clipped from the sprue.

Deflashing, hands down. Has to be done though, cant stand mold lines ...lol

I don't mind mold line removal, except for... after you've applied some paint and realise there's a bit you missed that now stands out like a sore thumb, and it looks worse the further along you've gone (especially if you've drybrushed or used a wash)