>lurk for a couple months
>buy puni mofu tu, first model kit, off aliexpress
>tf is the point in buying expensive nippers
>grab hobby knife, cutting board, sandpaper blocks, side-cutting pliers from discount retailer & hobby megastore for about 10usd total
>build base first to practise before messing up the actual doll
>it's like a fucking michael bay movie, each "cut" with the pliers sends a white fissure of stress&torsion deep into the plastic; even when working my way in from the edge of the frame with six gorillion cuts.
>pieces flying across my room with the sheer force of these blunt fuckers raping their way through.
>mfw
what nippers should I buy? I've already pre-emptively ordered some more model kits so I'm in this for the long run.