cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19359566

I’ve collected enough for a 1K army, just need to get through and finish up the painting now. Slightly regretting choosing an army with so much trim as the first minis I’ll paint, and even more so that I painted them in slightly ugly colours first and am now having to repaint the Rubricae… But I am excited to finally table them sometime in the future!

  • RayquetzalcoatlOPEnglish
    3•4 months ago

    Oh yeah I’ve been doing sub-assemblies, at least the first time around! It’s a bit of a pain repainting now that they’re assembled, but also there’s a base that the new paint goes over so it’s not like it’s just straight primer on the bits I miss!

    Ooh, why do you leave glue points unpainted? Does the paint make the glue less effective?

    • @WoolyNelsonEnglish
      3•4 months ago

      If you’re using plastic glue (which melts/welds plastic together), you need bare plastic for it to work right.

      Cyanoacrylate glue (superglue) doesn’t need bare plastic, but there’s always the risk of the paint coming off at the connection, breaking the join.

      • RayquetzalcoatlOPEnglish
        5•4 months ago

        Ahhhh… I’ve not left any glue points unpainted! So far nothing has fallen apart 🤞