mini painters are weird because they're like yes i will spend $200 on these minis but $10 to save me eight hours painting the minis is an abomination and a money grab
Mtg players: "I love this card. It cost $100 and I paid $15 to get it signed, which reduced its value to $80, and now I will double sleeve it and put it in a hard case for display"

i never actually played vampire the masquerade but i feel like their novels could be good

(i need to throw away books not obtain more books)

oh shit
i already ordered minis from this etsy store so waiting on that to see if they're good quality xD

Two and a half hours later I melted Nora's face

I am so sorry Nora

I learned a lot tho :3

notes: holy hell the rifle on the back was hell

the yellow vault numbers on the back and yellow stripes on the front are hell because of the rifle and arms in the way

did not thin the paint, was seeing what i could do without it. didn't thin the primer on her either

since the base was black i assumed it would be hard to do yellow + blue stripes

not really, just two coats of yellow made it pretty solid

anyway no thinning, no washing, no lighting/shading, this will be good to see what progression is like as i go on

this takes so fucking long tho lol

Start was easy

Layers slowing me down and I dunno what I want lol

Ngl I have no idea wtf I'm doing lololol
Honestly the best thing about this is the fusion cell in the gun lol

i dunno how many of these i need to actually play a solo campaign/mission thing

i should actually read that manual

i thought i had a box of q-tips somewhere but i can't find them
gonna wrap paper towel around a small screwdriver lol

Stripped Nora's face to try again

And again

And again

I am very bad at this and artists should be paid more lolololol

I tried eyes, highlighting, mouth, shadows, everything is hard on these tiny ass faces

Nothing works. Face bleeds into hair. Hair bleeds into face

I added butt spackles like she sat down in something to amuse myself after failure so many times

At least I can do these between bouts of my medication fucking me today, and it gives them time to dry! 🙃

Bruh btw

I do not recommend glaucoma

My lack of depth perception up close has led to... numerous fails

Don't get glaucoma

I think I wanna highlight/recolor her boots but that's it lol

After that dry and varnish TO MAINTAIN MY FIRST FAILURE FOR ETERNITY

Roughing up your mini for wear is a lot easier and more fun tho ngl lol

Bonus: is a soap box the right size for a 32mm scale cargo container 🤔 bit tall, width is good...

i'm finding out varnish can be... coplicated
Fuck it yolo lolololol
Looks uhhhhh

Kinda foamy?? Instructions say light coats

Does not specify number

Side note: wasted a lot of varnish

Shoulda waited to do more at once

Two coats prolly enough
he went hard on the butt 🍑
i do like how some of these (40k) minis seem a lot more stylistic and exaggerated so you can do a more cartoon/cel shaded look
ebay is a great place because items will be listed as brand new and in the description it will say shit like "opened, looks to be 80% there"

lollllllll ebay hides nude minis behind verification

the verification is in effect even if you're logged in

you just have to click on the blank perview

*golf clap*

the way etsy (sellers) seems to get around this is by providing a censored preview image, or by having options in the product page (the superior method for various reasons) with a sfw version as the default preview

when i was young this level of puritanism was annoying

the older i get the more mad i get

you think young people don't know what tits look like

you fucking jackasses

this was not hidden behind a blank preview

because stars lolololol

MARIO POWER ⭐⭐

i know that's not a mindflayer, but no lie mindflayers still creep the fuck outta me

not because of the mouth tentacles (okay a little) but because MIND CONTROL is so underrated as a power

that shit will have you constantly questioning your entire reality, without actually changing reality

legit chaos super power

that is a good pose. and way to hold your sword idly
ebay sellers seem even worse than etsy sellers about telling you what the fuck scale they printed in

so 40k is both 28 and 32mm scale, depending?

annoying. fallout warfare is 32mm scale and i find that hard enough

28mm sounds even worse xD but i guess big chonky space marine helmets are easier than faces

on one hand there is really no giant central site to show off 3d printed minis

otoh it is cool to hit up a bajillion sites to see what all the third parties are doing

very early internet vibes

*squints potato programmer eyes*

I can't really see a difference lol

Maybe that's good? But it was an ultra matt varnish... xD

Maybe the metal on the power armor is more dull

@worthlessbums I really dig now Nora's come out. Her face looks really good after all the palaver!

@HauntedOwlbear i think it's awful i need to get better at detailing on tiny ass faces xD

SO MANY TINY ASS FACES IN FALLOUT WARFARE