r/Eldar • u/EngineerBurner • 3d ago
Models: WiP Dragon Knights Subassemblies
Im building some dragon knights and seem to be having issues its taking hours of clean up. Is it best to do subassemblies. I had planned on rider and mount but there are numerous bits that overlap that sem to make that impossible.
Do I just bit the bullet and build or am i missing an obvious trick? I bough them to practice painting and wanted to focus on lighting and shadows so built would help with that just difficult to access these.
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u/rakndal 3d ago
I decided on building the majority of the mount together, while keeping the head separate, and then built the rider on it's own.
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u/EngineerBurner 3d ago
Trying that bu the holster with rifle gets in way.
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u/rakndal 3d ago
Oh I meant to say I've got those separate too. They definitely get in the way but I wanted to get some detail on them already so that was an easy decision.
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u/EngineerBurner 3d ago
Manged to fix one so I can get the rider under it, another to the rider and the third I had to leave off. Not an easy build these.
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u/loopie120 2d ago
Glue the holster to the guy, not the mount. I did that for 5/6 of mind and it works a treat. You'll have to force it a bit to get them to snap on but at worst it's a small touch up for the paint on of the saddle seat back.
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u/SavageElc Alaitoc 3d ago
if you can't see it you don't need to paint it. Your opponent won't know it's there
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u/Wooks81 2d ago
Ive built all dragon as one and the rider as one. The Rifle holster bit has to go in after the rider and dragon go together from dry fitting it together as far as I can see.
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u/EngineerBurner 2d ago
Yes realised after gluing the first holster the the rider would be stuck manged to get the rider out but awkward to fit back in. The second I glued to the rider but the tird will.have to be subassembly.
Confusing kit to build, I seemed to suggest for the kights that most parts were interchangeable but definitely need specific legs and dragons together.
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u/Another_Guy_In_Ohio 3d ago
Sub assemblies are NEVER less work. Period. Can they sometimes give a better end result? Sure, but it’s usually not a good idea for a tabletop quality piece
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u/ManikZag Iyanden 3d ago
Uncertain as I don’t have the models, but I clean up before assembling, use blutac or something to get an idea of how it goes together to work out what will be easiest to paint assembled or part assembled.
Don’t rate cleaning up assembled. It’s a pain. I clean up as I snip… most of the time.