Hi, can recommend a good and reasonably priced nipper? Thanks in advance.Very easy, since Bandai's products have easy to follow step-by-step instruction manual. Kinda like Lego. The video you saw of Adam Savage build, more people just make it faster, not easier.
The only thing I recommend getting for newbies that won't invest into the hobby are:
Nippers - To cut parts out from sprue