However, as this is dedicated to new Skorne players, either veterans coming to Skorne, or more likely, new players who were drawn to the lash, I'm going to make this post dedicated to the horrible pain of assembling Skorne models, with advice from what I've heard from others and what I recommend.
This entire post is brought to you by Nihilators, the most limp-wristed hunks of pewter that have ever been cast.
The first thing that you have to understand is that assembling these models will sting and hurt, because everything is covered in what look like tiny spikes. These will, in turn, slowly feel like someone is digging into your skin with a cleaver. What I recommend for dealing with that is trying to find a comfortable position and move the model around to make sure you can still apply pressure and at the same time. It can be tough to find, but anything to get to either less prickly parts of the Paingiver pear, or just to balance things so more surface area of the spike is against your palm/fingers.
That's logical though, and I don't have to go into too much detail on comfort. What I'll be talking about first is one we've all experienced as logical Skorne collectors. If you got the metal version of the Battle Box, or just realized Gladiators are great and bought a metal one, there is the critical flaw in the Titan Gladiator. The Titan Gap. A huge gap between the upper and lower torso that we all know and hate. It's exposed and ugly.
What you use is Green Stuff.
It's an epoxy modelling putty, and it is good for conversion work, or for putting together angry elephants.
What you can do is get the Green Stuff prepared into a donut, set down the Gladiator, and then blend and fill in the gap.
Savages are also difficult to assemble because of how poorly they want to fit together due to the flat surfaces on the arms and the arcane way the arms have to align in the most arcane ways. In all honestly, I recommend scoring the surfaces, holding on, and praying when you get around to actually gluing them. What I'd also recommend is carefully preplanning so the arms fit properly. Particularly the Savage with both hands holding different parts of the sword, which is one of the most insidiously ridiculous design choices that I've seen and had to deal with.
Speaking of ridiculous arms. Nihilators. Nihilators are one of Skorne's best tarpits and you will have a unit of them. And most of them are easy to assemble, and most of mine are durable and fine. But, Oh My God, who ever things that Falchions should only be attached to a model at a wrist is an imbecile who seems to have no understanding of physics. The Leader of the Nihilators, who I am here referring to as Hannibal
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| I wonder if he keeps his fava beans in that face mask... |
That Wrist joint has way too much weight on it, and I offer no salvation to any sort of drilling in all the arms on your Nihilators. All your nihilators will cause you one or more problem. The ridiculous pain hooks that inflate their chests like steroids will hurt your fingers and the arms will never stay on. You'll have to break out a hand drill and pins to keep the arms decently on, and I am still working on getting one of those.
This serves as warning and advice for model assembly.
Welcome to the tortured peoples, the masochistic. They're creepy pain Buddhists. You knew this is what the faction's aesthetic and design philosophy is, you brought this suffering on yourself.
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