Seems like I don't have much time to work on my model but I have been progressing slowly. The abomination is almost ready for priming and then the real fun begins. I discovered that when I glue parts together it is good practice to put a little too much glue in the gap areas and then simply wipe it off with a towel of some sort. This both gets rid of those unseemly glue blobs on the gaps as well as filling the gaps in nicely so I have less work later. After it dries it's a quick scrape with the exacto and I'm good to go. Sure beats having to try and use glue as a filler later on. Putty works great for the big gaps but it's a tad messy. I'll try and post shots of the filler I've done for both situations. Glue is much easier if the gap is small but has a tendency to run all over the place if I am not careful. I should look into thicker glues. Anyway, I now have the tail assembled and gap approved as well as a few other bits on the main body. I'll soon attach the lower right arm, some of the legs, do a bit of a cleanup and then some sort of QA over the whole model before I prime. Why do I take all the time to make it look pristine before I paint? Well, because this model is huge! Gaps and mold lines are even more obvious at this level and past that I don't like my stuff looking all hastily put together. If I am to paint it (or try to paint it) professionally then why not assembly professionally? I also think I am going to try a new method for basing. I know a lot of people like to glue the model to the base first thing and prime the sanded base with the rest of the model, but I have not had luck doing that. I always end up getting highlight paint as I am completing the base all over the model and it's a bummer. I suppose I could be more careful in the basing portion but I'm just going to make it easier by outlining the parts of the model that touch the base, then work around those outlines. I've seen GW do that with the Screaming Bell tutorial on their website so I figure I might as well give it a shot. Can't be that bad. I was also thinking of using some of the left over bits from the abomination to mod some of my rat ogres or something. Might look neat if I can do it right.
Well, that's all for now. I'll post pics of the final prepped model before I spray it. Should be fun!
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