I've decieded to glue everything together first, and there is a lot to glue. I started with the Devilfish and moved on to the Stealth Team.
I made an attempt at Warhammer 40k back in college and even have some Space Marines left over from that. Back then, saving money was key and as a result I cut corners. I think it's OK to save money, but not by cutting corners. So this time around I got two things that have made things much, much, easier.
I bought a sprue cutter for one. The thing the minis come molded into is called a sprue. These are like wire cutters a bit, but they have a flat edge on one side for a very flush cut. Better than a regular hobby knife, butter knife, or simply twisting the minis out.
The other thing was a new little glue bottle invention. Testors makes it and it's very accurate and sets on the table very neatly when not in use.
Things went pretty smooth. The only gotcha I will mention so far is when assembling the Devilfish. Note that the assembly lines on the instructions don't neccessarily denote order of assembly. I put the Devilfish together thinking that, and got to a part where it was impossible to attach the top and bottom part together. Luckily, the glue had not 100% dried and I was able to pull it back apart.
Instead, work from the bottom up. Put the center panel and back panel on to the bottom panel.
Add the top piece and then put the side panels on.
One thing to note about assembling the Stealth Team is there didn't seem to be a correct atenna for the drone controller on the Shas'Vre squad leader. So I cut one of the left over atennas down a bit to make it fit better.
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