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Post by JohnY on Jun 16, 2022 16:50:23 GMT
I have, in 17 or so years of wargaming, only ever painted two 1/32 cavalry figures and a few 1/72 cavalry. in both scales, I painted the riders separate from the mounts and then glued them together afterwards.
The 1/32 figures were Armies in Plastic and their riders have a little peg that goes into a hole on the horses back. Lesson learned, don't paint/gloss around that hole or you might end up with some cracked surface.
I have some AiP lancers on the paint table, so the peg issue looms large in my memory.
The question though is, would it be better to glue the rider on first?
Is there a benefit of one way over the other, or, is it, dare I say, horses for courses?
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Post by thereferee on Jun 16, 2022 17:29:45 GMT
I’ve done both, but now glue on first. Reason being that in attempting to glue afterwards I’ve had it run and destroy a lovely paint job.
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Post by Mike Lewis on Jun 16, 2022 19:21:33 GMT
I always glue on first nowadays - it is easier to paint the rider as you have the horse to hold...
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Post by rossmac on Jun 16, 2022 19:31:07 GMT
Hmmm, for the last 25 yrs, pretty well all the 54mm cavalry I painted have been 1 piece toy soldier castings, which doesn't help.
Thinking back to the few Imex and Hat 54mm cavalry I've done, they weren't pegged but I glued them in place before painting if memory services, otherwise you end up gluing paint to paint. (A dufferent issue than pegs)
With smaller figures in any material, while I have tried impaling the riders and painting them separately, the vast majority over 50 years were fixed to the horse before painting.
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Post by 79thpa on Jun 17, 2022 12:42:48 GMT
I glue them in place first.
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Post by JohnY on Jun 17, 2022 15:48:10 GMT
Thank you, everyone! Seems to be a universal preference for gluing on first. I'm going to try that route this time around.
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Post by Quantrilltoy on Jun 19, 2022 22:37:07 GMT
Ever the contrarian, I paint them separately as it allows me to access parts of the rider less easy to get to. I generally then Araldite the figure on. It is possible to leave part of the figure unpainted and likewise with the horse for adhesion of plastic to plastic. This is one of the few occasions where I paint items separately.
Just a point on the AIP plugs. I usually drill out the hole in the horse and move it or even make a new one slightly more forward as I am not entirely happy with the positioning and also the hole is often not big enough.
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