This. Exactly. All of my marines have painted chest plates and arms are the last thing to go onto them. If you are ok with it however don't let that stop you from doing it the way you want to.I always assemble my miniatures as much as I can, without hindering myself to any details. In the case of a marine, I would leave the bolter off, as that hinders me from painting the chestplate with any real detail.
Some would argue "Why would you want to paint something that is hidden behind a gun?". I always say that it's not about what others see, but what I see myself, when looking at it. And I would always notice that unpainted area behind the gun, that I can see when looking from the right angle.
I would leave the bolter off, paint it and put it on afterwards
Building/Painting Marines. Leave bolters off?
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for shoulder pads i use either tooth picks or bamboo skewer and cut them into 3 inch lengths a=then ball up a small wad of blutack and squeeze it around the back. this also helps mask the plastic so theres no need to scrape the paint off when done. this is a pretty good representation of how to do it.
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This is typically how i hold my weapons and arms when painting them
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Marines themselves are put up like so. you'll notice one arm is glued on as a reference but it doesn't interfere with working on any of the details.
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If i have a specific weapon loadout that i want to keep then i ten to stick all the pieces onto the same cork piece. makes painting the whole model cohesively work a bit better.
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This is typically how i hold my weapons and arms when painting them
Marines themselves are put up like so. you'll notice one arm is glued on as a reference but it doesn't interfere with working on any of the details.
If i have a specific weapon loadout that i want to keep then i ten to stick all the pieces onto the same cork piece. makes painting the whole model cohesively work a bit better.
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