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A repository thread for your thoughts on given kits. A chance to discuss our experiences and perhaps pass on tips relating to the kits.

Astartes Spartans

Really nice kit with the unit’s full suite of options. Extra bonus points for that including four Pintel Mounted Multi-Meltas that can be used for Rhinos.

Downside is some of the sponson weapon bits are super fragile. Now of course working in this scale fragile comes with the territory. But exacerbating things is the tips of the barrels have a flow channel. If you use clippers carelessly like I first did? You’ll bend the barrel and probably break it. So here, better to use a fresh blade on your hobby knife to free that piece from the sprue.

Astartes Legion Support

Lots of bits to the Dreadnoughts. I didn’t find them too fiddly to assemble thankfully. But, I think if they’d reduced those bits, they probably could’ve squeezed in weapon options for the Rapiers at least. But they didn’t. And at least once you’re finished assembly, you’ve a completely empty sprue. It’s an odd consolation where I’d have preferred options, but at least I’m not left with extra Dreadnought legs, I guess.

I managea to cut barrels fine but start with barrel, not main part. I have found that work on these.

Be super careful of these on support boxes. Spartans barrel or two lost wouldn't have been issue as i don't spam same anyway. Support you don't have spares.

Leviathan legs i had no trouble. Deredeos settling legs on pose was funny enough hardest step for me on all 4 boxes.

Sa support last stint on rapiers got mixed up tracks of rapiers. Had fun time figuring out which was which side lol. 3 box of support in 1 go rough. Was all boggley eye at the end

Deredeo legs were an odd one. I got them right first time, but it really didn’t feel like I got them right.

I’d recommend getting them on the base as soon as possible. Then let your glue set, because you need a bit of pressure to mount the Deredeo torso on its legs.

Tarantulas are an absolute doddle, especially the Lascannon ones.

Rapiers confused me, because I had the tracks backwards.

Couldn't put to base fast since they need painted separately. Different primer colour(black base, white models) and the way i paint bases involve lotsa drybrushing. Too messy with model in it.

But assembled more stuff while waiting legs to settle to allow push.

Made "screwup" gluing torsos to legs before noticing torsos are weapon specific so now all weapons have same leg pose. Bleargh. Well did follow instructions but now attack of clones...

Leviathans split even

Put you dreads legs on a piece of doublesided tape on top a popstickle.