Does it ever seem a figure wasn't meant to be?

[Jim Hockett]

Recently started prepping an Elite Highlander. Got the head properly positioned, glued and propped into place. Went back later and found the head lying next to the body on the bench. I suspect the cat may have had a paw involved. Thursday I groud off the cured JB weld and glued it in place again. Cleaned up the join line last night. This morning I washed it to prep it for priming, and placed it in my painting vise. Decided I should slide it a little further in to the vise, and in the process dropped it on the floor and popped the head off once again.
Looks like this one is going to fight me every step of the way!

Jim

 

[thegoodsgt]

What's worse is when that stop-and-go process occurs over a period of years, not days!

In January I finished a model that I started around 1994. There were times when I thought it would never get done.

 

[PJ Deluhery]

There's no doubt in my mind that certain figures have positive or negative kharma attached to them. Some almost assemble and paint themselves, and others are one strange problem after another.

I work on only one figure at a time, so I will just butt my head against the negative kharma until I finish the figure or throw it against the wall - at which point it becomes a "practice" figure.

 

[megroot]

That's why i am starting to pin everything that has some weight.

Marc

 

[Brad S]

Jim,

All the time, all the time , all the time. I get so darned excited about starting a new figure that I always seem to do something. In fact, thats what seemed to happen with that crazy horse figure I did. His arm kept coming off for some reason, even when I was almost done painting. I was so mad that I threw it across the room, picked it up again and spiked it (touchdown). I had to redo a lot of semi bent parts and a nose. Keep with it, I know you will persevere.

Brad Spelts

p.s. - I guess I better get mine out.

 

[Dan Morton]

:lol: :lol:

Throwing the figure up against the wall! Yeah, I been there before - more than once! Of course throwing the figure against the wall is slightly better than head-butting the wall - less structural damage and repair plaster work, cheaper, etc.

Hang in there!

all the best,
Dan

 

[Evan August]

That's tough man. I know I have had a few projects that pissed me off so much I had to give up on them, or at least take some time off and start something else. I have a Tamiya Tiger I've been working on for years, the curse of missing and broken pieces kept striking! :angry: Regarding throwing things versus headbutting the wall, I think I'd rather have a hole in my wall than an expensive figure damaged. Of course, some times it's just so satisfying to throw something and send it to modelling hell. :lol: Smoking helps too.

 

[mahross]

Yeah. some projects are just there to annoy us. you just can't seem to find the will to do it. and every time you try and paint it it just doesn't look right. this is the main reason i have so many projects on the go including a tank to take my mind off painting when it really frustrates me.

Ross

 

[Blind Pew]

I do distinctly remember one kit and NO MATTER what I did, I could NOT get paint to stick to it. Yeah yeah, Idid everything to prep the figure that you're all about to suggest. NOTHING WORKED!
I had another that I binned 'cos I couldn't get the thing to stick together. Locktite glue (which I swear by as it's so good) simply didn't want to know. Another one bit the dust.
Also I've certainly suffered from really liking a figure, getting it home and out of the box and then suddenly er, NOT liking it. At all. There must be a name for that.

To be fair though, I've had other projects that have seemed to paint themselves.

 

[garyjd]

I suffer from the same thing when it comes to painting. Sculpting is one thing, paint is like kryptonite.~Gary