defiantworkshop
05-25-2016, 07:25 AM
I've been doing mechanical stuff (mostly Star Wars vehicles) for so long, I needed a break, so I'm going in a completely different direction and making the nastiest, most organic thing on my shelf, the Glottkin! This piece is pretty big, and honestly, can't really be done in sub-assemblies. Anything you pre-paint will have to be puttied and sanded at some point if you want to hide the seam lines, and for the most part, the seams on this are NOT well hidden, meaning I can't paint parts and then build...I need to build pretty much all of it, putty the seams, and then paint. And boy, what seams there are:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8BOVjD3da8/Vz_ifkxuLuI/AAAAAAAADGM/stvWO4hwxw4mzCaIFPtoB-_M9P_kVwl4QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2737.JPG
I'm waiting on the glue to dry, but I have a feeling this is going to require actual putty work, which is rare for a GW kit. Good news is, I'm not necessarily relying on each piece as a foundation for the next. I can build the legs, and while the glue dries, move on to the arms, etc.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kKz484BN4gc/Vz_ifn0kZkI/AAAAAAAADGQ/rH4DL6S4sK8QtUA5qrvHzJ9rLkHYP5HlwCLcB/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg
I've also noticed that while building, there are a lot of pieces that join just line to line, instead of being keyed to fit, which has a domino effect if you're even a millimeter off. To hide and larger areas where you can see in the kit because of this (or like the arm, which has a gaping open area where you could see into the arm assembly) I just mix up some putty and glop it in behind the gaps, which fits naturally with this piece:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VP479STyxM4/Vz_iftlNcKI/AAAAAAAADGI/R8oLhhESqJwaoAKwgSvRDpJ3EtrcZhyYwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2736.JPG
So, just building it one piece at a time, fully assembling, and on to primer after sanding the lines out of it next! Thanks for looking!
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8BOVjD3da8/Vz_ifkxuLuI/AAAAAAAADGM/stvWO4hwxw4mzCaIFPtoB-_M9P_kVwl4QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2737.JPG
I'm waiting on the glue to dry, but I have a feeling this is going to require actual putty work, which is rare for a GW kit. Good news is, I'm not necessarily relying on each piece as a foundation for the next. I can build the legs, and while the glue dries, move on to the arms, etc.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kKz484BN4gc/Vz_ifn0kZkI/AAAAAAAADGQ/rH4DL6S4sK8QtUA5qrvHzJ9rLkHYP5HlwCLcB/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg
I've also noticed that while building, there are a lot of pieces that join just line to line, instead of being keyed to fit, which has a domino effect if you're even a millimeter off. To hide and larger areas where you can see in the kit because of this (or like the arm, which has a gaping open area where you could see into the arm assembly) I just mix up some putty and glop it in behind the gaps, which fits naturally with this piece:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VP479STyxM4/Vz_iftlNcKI/AAAAAAAADGI/R8oLhhESqJwaoAKwgSvRDpJ3EtrcZhyYwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2736.JPG
So, just building it one piece at a time, fully assembling, and on to primer after sanding the lines out of it next! Thanks for looking!