While preparing this model for assembly, I had lots of great things to say about it, but my glowing praise was dampened during assembly.
Before GW kicked my gaming group out of the store, I hadn’t realized that there were other miniature companies who made models that looked great. I knew that Privateer Press existed, but that was another game with models that I never really liked the look of. And I knew that Reaper was a thing, but that in general their models were kind of lackluster.
Fast forward a few years, and now there are dozens of companies doing lots of good things, and now I have a Hell Dorado Jaws of the Deep model on my desk that I’m assembling to be a Beast of Nurgle, because I really don’t like how the GW model looks.
There was very minimal flash on this all-metal model (a rarity in this brave new world of resin and plastic). There was still mold lines, but for the most part the pieces had been parted and cast in such a way as to reduce their effect. As I happily cleaned the model, I was amazed at how well the whole thing was going.
As I started to assemble it though, I found a flaw – there was excess metal in the tongue/groove joint where you glue the parts together! I had to cut into the groove as best I could, then cut down the tongue as best I could, and then hope that the joint would still hold!
Putty in the joints and then liquid green stuff to fill some gaps. The tails are a little worrisome, but here we are.
These are fantastic looking models, and I’m really excited to add them to my army!
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