Yesterday I
built my Great Unclean One. Even considering I was watching a film
and taking the odd break to let some assemblies dry before attaching
them to the main body it still only took me about an hour.
Considering my less than fond memories of building the Lord Of
Change, I was agreeably surprised.
It is a
stunningly simple model. According to this little infographic GW
shared on its Facebook page it has a grand total of 59 components.
That includes three alternate builds and six Nurglings who are just
embellishments. In fact, there are a lot of significant spare parts,
all sorts of horns and hands, a bell and a big knife as well as the
hilarious collection of Nurglings, all of which I'm keeping aside for
when I make a Death Guard Knight.
Now, part of
this simplicity is that a Great Unclean One is a big, round dude. In
fact, whilst building him I was reminded of a hollow Easter egg. A
really, really ugly and yet somehow adorable hollow Easter egg.
Still, I
think part of the philosophy here is owed to the recent Easy Build
kits. Obviously there's a lot of differences between this kit and the
actual Easy Builds (optional builds and the massively higher price
spring to mind) but a lot of thought has seemingly gone into cutting
the main body into as few pieces as possible.
I certainly
can't argue with the results. I finished the building model in a
little more than an hour, didn't once have any trouble finding a
component and even have bits left over for a future project. If this
is the direction GW are planning to go for future huge monsters I
heartily look forward to them.
Especially
if there's going to be a plastic Keeper Of Secrets because my Dark
Elves Cult of Pleasure army would greatly appreciate a one of those.
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