The worst part is....

[grizzlymc]

The entire process between opening the pack and putting the freshly varnished unit in the box.

[goat major]

Multi-part plastic figures. Gluing them can be tedious.

yeh I feel your pain. Especially those with separate weapons requiring specific but unlabelled arms to hold them

[Purple]

Multi-part plastic figures. Gluing them can be tedious.

Simple fix - just sweep them all into the bin!

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Sounds exactly how Frederick would have dealt with them.

[FreddBloggs]

Unless they were very tall, then he would have kidnapped them to be his grenadiers....

[valleyboy]

I think it has to be de-flashing - its marginally worse than basificationizationism

[goat major]

also feeling that pain. How come that no matter how much de-flashing you do, as soon as you start painting you find some that you've missed

[Jeremy]

I usually find it at the varnish stage

[MarshalNey]

Multi-part plastic figures. Gluing them can be tedious.

I agree, not that I've done much in the last year.

[levied troop]

At 3. It’s painting British - something about red coats and white cross belts drives me mad.
At 2 - deflashing. A re-release of the ‘always miss a bit’ feeling.
And at 1, with a bullet - photographing the buggers. The camera never lies about the mistakes and always looks too glossy.