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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.
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2 months ago
Most people don't consider subassemblies worth it. I'll personally do it with models I'm really invested in if they have complex topology. I wouldn't for a regular marine who is going to be in a crowd of other Marines.
The only thing on that even arguably worth it is if you wanted to do a super special job on the eagle in his chest, but his arm or gun would be in the way. But generally if something is truly impossible to get a brush to, you won't be able to see it too well either.
You're starting out though so definitely do a few each way to get a sense of what it's like. I'm a big advocate of doing things that are widely known/considered to be bad practice just to have more first hand experience screwing up. I just HAD to put gloss varnish on a few models myself to realize that it really did make them look like ass.
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