Saturday, March 11, 2023

AOS construction

Obtained some glue, brushes, and more paint, so ready to build and undercoat the Storm of Sigmar set.

Building the AOS minis was messier than I remembered. Construction has always been my favorite part of the "hobby," but Games Workshop has sharply reduced the customizability of their models. These are monopose, so it took a little work to make sure they were assembled correctly. They are also designed in such a way that you almost have to puzzle them together - for example one of these figures has the back and one leg matching up with the other leg and one arm!

On the corner of a dark grey keyboard, five plastic miniatures, an inch high, of armored warriors with hammers. They are highly detailed, with cloaks, shields and motifs of hammers, lightning bolts and lion heads.

In the same position as previous, five plastic figures with muscled skin, horned helmet and angular axes.
Next step is basecoating (with Army Painter Skeleton spray), but I've just remembered my bottle of regular Skeleton-colored paint is at work, so won't be able to touch up right away. It's dark out anyway...
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4 comments:

  1. RichardMarch 12, 2023 at 10:42 AM

    A good start. Normally by this point I would be trying to unglue my fingers.

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    1. JenniferMarch 12, 2023 at 11:30 AM

      At first I nearly did, before I learned to dry-fit and work out where the connections were BEFORE I added glue!

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  2. StewMarch 13, 2023 at 8:30 AM

    GW figures are not the easiest things to put together in the first place and those guys do indeed look complicated with all the doohickeys and thingumajigs sprouting off them. 😀

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    1. JenniferMarch 13, 2023 at 10:09 PM

      I understand that's deliberate, to deter recasters. I loved their kits when I started over 20 years ago, because you could mix and match pieces from any kit - no longer.

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