Because I'm such a nice guy I decided to help Brian out with his WW2 Japanese,by building two Zero fighters,but that's not all,oh no,I also decided to paint some plastic Japanese infantry to supplement his Japanese infantry . I accordingly sent away for a box from Warlord Games,and they arrived yesterday.
Beautifully illustrated box,and 5 sprues,c/w bases....................
Detail of one sprue(they are all the same!) and "Instruction sheet" identifying the parts.
Washers stuck to plastic bases to give them weight and stability,and the glue I bought to stick all the pieces together-Maybe it's just my simplistic approach and out-look on life,but I can not understand why they choose to put all the packs,bottles and scabbards on separate tiny bits,why not mould the bits onto the bodies?(of course I know why-diversity,but it would make life much more simple for the likes of me!!)-the glue,by the way,sticks very fast leaving no chance of readjusting where you have put the various items!
The seven figures I have made up so far-there were eight,but that one went into the bin after "umpteen" attempots to get it to lie flat(a prone figure firing a machine gun-there won't be any machine gunners in my squads!!)-Another "gripe"-why the "ballerina" pose of two of the figures-trying to get them stuck vertically to their bases was a nightmare!!I will start the painting procedure tomorrow,and see how they come out.
Brave man. Know you’re not a fan of plastics. You can turn your hand to anything!
ReplyDeleteNot at the moment.. it's glued to the table lol
ReplyDeleteJust looking at that sprue makes me feel queasy. I can cope with sticking a shield or even a head on... but like you say, why on earth are all those fiddly bits seperate?
ReplyDeleteExcellent!-I,ve actually finished all the figures now(blog to follow) and had loads of unused bits that just went in the bin-save the planet??
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