CAP Trooper Construction Tutorial

[chris_valera]

Also of note; you need to use a higher grade of glue. I forget the name of mine, but hit up a hopbby town, and tell them you need something that can glue lexan. They'll hook you up.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

 

[Jellicoe]

Really excellent guide (slightly better method of CAP construction than in the Official guide - dare I say this). Thanks for this it, saved me a lot of time assembling a squad of Pathfinders last night.

I would say though that it is better (an quite possible) to assemble CAP troopers in this way without sticking them to the base plate. This makes spray painting them with an undercoat much easier.

 

[Voracioustigger]

Wow, I've had 48 of these sitting on the shelf forever and decided to put them together...

1 hour gone by... 1.5 done...

bah

 

[Kristovich]

Warriors would be good, since the bloody legs of the bugs are a pain!

 

[Makoto]

The warrior legs are extremely simple if You remember to put them between those two lower torso bits without glueing the parts, then dry squeezing the lower torso together, and then glueing the legs one by one after putting them into desired positions.

 

[tneva82]

The warrior legs are extremely simple if You remember to put them between those two lower torso bits without glueing the parts, then dry squeezing the lower torso together, and then glueing the legs one by one after putting them into desired positions.

I put the glue over legs before squeezing the lower torso together. Then I'll quickly put legs to suitable positions. Fast and effective

I have found warriors to be one of the easiest models to assemble. Which is good thing concidering how many you need...

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

I just want to say thanks for this thread, my Son has found it extremely useful!

 

[razok4eva]

Wow, I am just starting out and waiting for my aloowance from my mum so i can buy the starter set. I have been saving up my money and this month shall give me enough money to buy it! I was realy worried about assembling the guys, but the "caps" as you say, look easy enough. I am still worried about the bugs, can I please get a tutorial for them too? Please?

 

[MI_trooper]

ok my sst big box shiped here yesterday i pute a cap trooper together and the backpack was kind of weird there was a gap at the bottom between the backpack and the back is this normal or dows the whole backpack have to touch the back spineal area?

 

[Aniyn]

No, there should indeed be a gap between the back of the pack and the troopers spine.

 

[Anonymous]

Reviving an old thread I know. But what about the other poses? The one you have done is very easy for that pose but ones for the others might helpful as well.