Models from Strike Force Agastus - Positives and some real problems. First impression

[Blindhamster]

Been building the brutalis, goodness me it’s painful, nothing QUITE fits together correctly, some parts fit flush then the same part doesn’t at a different point like it’s warped, and the mood lines too, it’s crazy to have such bad mold lines on such a modern kit

[Orange Knight]

9 hours ago, Blindhamster said:

Been building the brutalis, goodness me it’s painful, nothing QUITE fits together correctly, some parts fit flush then the same part doesn’t at a different point like it’s warped, and the mood lines too, it’s crazy to have such bad mold lines on such a modern kit

 

Wow, I really hoped that my experience wouldn't be this common.

 

I still can't bring myself to paint the thing. I know it could look OK once sprayed and painted but I still have the experience of building it burned into my mind.

[Khornestar]

Is it obvious based on the sprue if yours is miscast or not? I’m looking at mine on the sprue and nothing odd stands out. Don’t/won’t have time to build it for a little while.

[Guest Triszin]

5 minutes ago, Khornestar said:

Is it obvious based on the sprue if yours is miscast or not? I’m looking at mine on the sprue and nothing odd stands out. Don’t/won’t have time to build it for a little while.

For me.

 

It's obvious they were taken out before the sprues could fully cure.

 

There's a bunch of tension marks on my sprues.

 

Bent/warped bits.

 

Deformed joints that you need to shave

[Guest Triszin]

You see the "lines" on theleft arm?

 

Those aren't mold lines.

Those are tension lines and are deformed.

You can tell which ones are mold lines, which ones are tension.

 

I have tons of tension lines

Edited April 10, 2023 by Triszin

[Sir Clausel]

Totally unrelated but that pose is hilarious/awesome!

But im glad i havent bought that kit yet

[Blindhamster]

Yeah mine had the same tension lines

[Khornestar]

6 hours ago, Triszin said:

You see the "lines" on theleft arm?

 

Those aren't mold lines.

Those are tension lines and are deformed.

You can tell which ones are mold lines, which ones are tension.

 

I have tons of tension lines

Thank you and OH MY GODS that is cool!

 

I got my Agastus set for quite cheap, and hadn’t looked too close at the contents yet. After reading this thread I was sure I got screwed by someone who knew about this problem, as there was no shrink wrap on the box.

 

However, I seem to have lucked out and got a normal sprue. Maybe customs opened ‘er up, as I ordered it from the UK. Who knows. Definitely doesn’t look like that, though.

Edited April 10, 2023 by Khornestar

[Orange Knight]

That Brutalis pose is simply incredible lol

[Guest Triszin]

18 hours ago, Blindhamster said:

Yeah mine had the same tension lines

I'll look for a barcode/production code and post it here.

 

Maybe we can identify the problem batch

[Burni]

For what it's worth, mine doesn't have the lines and has gone together fine. 

 

And to answer my own question, the vengor launcher will fit on other models, not just the one pointed up.

[Lemondish]

On 4/10/2023 at 10:19 AM, Triszin said:

You see the "lines" on theleft arm?

 

Those aren't mold lines.

Those are tension lines and are deformed.

You can tell which ones are mold lines, which ones are tension.

 

I have tons of tension lines

I'm stealing this idea and including the new Tyranid models in my plans here. This is just pure awesome.

[b1soul]

On 3/6/2023 at 6:15 AM, Captain Idaho said:

The size isn't the issue. It's how they're holding the absurdly large weapons.

 

The weapon on the right is proportionally even larger...so the different ways of holding are acceptable (to me)

[War of the Eagle]

My brutalis went together rather smooth, but my friends had some fitting issues especialy around the arms so I think maybe an entire run of them had some issues.

[Karhedron]

Looks like I have a dodgy one. The tension lines that look like mold lines but actually aren't seem to be the give away.

 

The arms do not fit as intended. I am going to have to shave them down and probably glue them in a fixed position. Nothing I can't handle but I really shouldn't have to. Definitely quality control issues with this model.

 

I am half-tempted to ask GW for a replacement but I bought it from a splitter on eBay so I don't know where that leaves me on the replacement front.

[Blindhamster]

Advice for the arms:

trim the inside of the slot on the body, on an angle. Don’t do the arm and it’ll fit.

 

mine too so long, but actually looks pretty decent sprayed and painting started

[Orange Knight]

I ended up glueing the arms into place also. It ended up being an issue for the storage foam I had planned to use on the model but it couldn't be helped. I was short on patience by the time I got to the arms so I gave up on doing any more trimming or fitting lol.

[JeffJedi]

Do we think the Desolation Squad will be 5 or 10 men in a box?

[Marshal Reinhard]

10. Just like intercessors and hellblasters.

[Helias_Tancred]

The desolator kit needs more "open" hatch bits for the kraken missile launchers.

 

 

[Marshal Reinhard]

16 hours ago, Eilio Tiberius said:

The desolator kit needs more "open" hatch bits for the kraken missile launchers.

 

 

Funny, here I was thinking they need more closed ones. Matching my marines facing with the facing of the top gadget.. Wanted to model my marines so that only forward facing ones have open hatches

[Helias_Tancred]

My Brutalis built easily. I didn't have all those mondo mold lines either. Guess they had some bad batches?

 

 

[Blindhamster]

Yeah I saw plenty of pictures of ones which looked absolutely fine