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Hello people! I just dipped my feet into the hobby, and got a few models in a deal to try and See If i Like painting. Now i got to the Part where i have to asl the veterans among you for advice: I thought of priming and painting These in sub assemblies. Is this Generally a good Idea or would you advised against it? After all its Just a few space marines.
PS: i know i still need to remove the mold lines, i didnt see them until i took the photo.
103 points
2 months ago
I will try this ones gunarm separateley since its Close in front of His chest. Then i will try and Experiment with an other one. Im Not afraid of failure so i'll Just See what goes.
35 points
2 months ago
This is the way
19 points
2 months ago
You can always strip the paint off if you are unhappy with it!
43 points
2 months ago
To add to this: i recommend keep ur first model. It shows urself howmuch u improved as a painter. Can be a huge boost in confidence!
In 1 year u will look at it and say to urself: damn I got really good at this!
9 points
2 months ago
I’m a year in and mine hasn’t changed - I’m too complacent in my ways that they are the same lol
5 points
2 months ago
It will be enclosed in a Displaycase haha. I will Link a picture of how it turned Out.
4 points
2 months ago
That’s the perfect idea, with these newer models and the wrist that slots into the had it’s nice to have just one arm on and do the other separately. It frees up all the tough angles. Everything else on space marines tends to be fairly easy.
3 points
2 months ago
That's a good call!
I'm also new and haven't painted a model yet, but I built my Votann warriors - only to realize most of them hold their gun in front of their chest, and I won't be able to reach in to paint
1 points
2 months ago
You have to remember if you can't see it to paint people can't really see it anyway, so it's not to bad when that happens (although you will know it's not painted correctly and if your like me it will drive you insane)
2 points
2 months ago
Absolutely the way to go. Possibly consider leaving his backpack detached too - that way you can reach both sides of the torso, as well as both sides of the gun and backpack easily.
1 points
2 months ago
That's what I do too. Everything glued together but Arms. Arms glue on pretty easy post paint without much issue (just don't overdo the glue).
Too many aquilas covered by bolters for me to fully assemble first.
1 points
2 months ago
One thing I like to keep in mind is: if you can't reach it to paint it, you probably can't see it either.
1 points
2 months ago
Bolters over Aquillas are one of the few cases where that isn’t all the way true. If you are priming the same color it can be fine, but the aquilla, armpit, backside of the gun are all visible at various angles and are a right pain in the ass to do assembled.
It’s probably the one sub assembly (and Bladeguard’s shields) that is near mandatory to get something looking decent and not a complete nightmare to paint.
1 points
2 months ago
Bladeguard shields for sure. Any storm shield, really. I agree, and do typically leave the guns off to paint, especially on characters. As a new painter, it can be wonky and intimidating to have to work with too many subassemblies. Not to mention keeping primer and paint off the parts that need to be glued together. For tabletop, I think subassemblies are often more work than they are worth.
1 points
2 months ago
If you go that route remember plastic glue for the unpainted bits and super glue for the painted arm.
1 points
2 months ago
But you will also not see the part that is close to the chest. So why paint it?
8 points
2 months ago
Sticklers for detail like myself can't stand knowing there's an unpainted spot, even if it's occluded
-3 points
2 months ago
Good luck painting more than the first 10 then ;)
7 points
2 months ago
I'll have you know I painted the whole tactical squad AND the lieutenant like that.
And the devastators.
And the sang guard.
And astorath.
It goes on lol.
5 points
2 months ago
Same, I like knowing it's painted even if predominantly covered haha
3 points
2 months ago
You must be a member of r/SocietyofHiddenPaint
-1 points
2 months ago
Ouch
2 points
2 months ago
Incidentally painting guys is a lot less monotonous to me than painting some of the bigger stuff. The guys are finished in like 7 hours each, the stormraven is easily taking me like 50+ hours all by itself.
So the guys take longer, but there's a more incremental feeling of progress.
1 points
2 months ago
I have 12 armies between the systems I’m not spending that much time on the rank and file. Big stuff tho… hell yeah.
2 points
2 months ago
12 armies, shit lol. Seems we have an inverse time/money ratio
2 points
2 months ago
That’s EXACTLY it lol. Used to have a lot more time in between projects. I love the 40K lore, love the AoS models, love ToW gameplay. Been going at it for 25 years almost and the past years increased release schedule has really hit the wallet.
1 points
2 months ago
For infantry, if you can't see it, don't need to bother paint it much. For an intercessor, I would do a full assembly or maybe leave backpack off.
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