Worthless BumsTwo 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
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
Kinda foamy?? Instructions say light coats
Does not specify number
Side note: wasted a lot of varnish
Shoulda waited to do more at once
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
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
hrm. maybe i kinda feel like it actually brightened the back of the power armor
maybe it's the lighting (in the last photo) but i feel like i lost some of the value differential between the highlights of the edges and the darker pockets
to my naked eyes it looks about the same tho xD
anyway apparently varnish might take /days/ to fully set?
so maybe it'll change over time xD
GUESS I'LL FIND OUT
it definitely did not dry as cloudy as it looked in the shot glass before i brushed it on
also it was foamy as fuck but all the bubbles popped i guess
i did try to poke them while brushing but... there were a lot of bubbles
kinda wondering if i can paint over it, then re-varnish later
i assume i can, but also it's probably not as good of a primer as literal primer
maxed butt settings still gives you a pancake ass tho
this is obviously very fantasy skewed, but there are some modern/sci-fi/tacticool clothese and shit
kinda makes me wanna replay torchlight 2
their "wasteland rifle" does not appear to be based on anything from fallout, unfortunately xD
there is an absolutely massive powerfist tho
you have a pretty fine degree of control over the stuff attached to you, can move around your helmet and stuff
avoid clipping? add clipping? you do you, they just print it xD
the smoke looks cool because of the smoke plume, but you can't size it properly to fit in your hand
you can sorta hide it with arm positioning and moving the grenade to clip through the thumb more or less out of view lol
bad feels tho
omg i missed that i can add items to the base
trying to batch my remaining minis by rough color palette so i waste less paint
mmm... the lack of white is coming to bite me
mutant hound teeth and deathclaw claws xD
Trying the whole layering thing
Not going well lololololol
Also I don't have white but I have a "heavy gray" which is quite light...
Okay this is shit but I think I figured it out
When artists say use a few layers it's like when chefs say use a pinch of salt or a bit of butter or a clove of garlic
They are lowballing the fuck outta you xD
starting to feel like 90% of painting miniatures is learning to thin paint appropriately for the task at hand
is this why everyone uses airbrushes xD
Feel like I could highlight better and redo the deathclaw horn colors but overall think I got what I got out of experimenting with layers
honestly i feel like a large part of my dissatisfaction with this is how shiny they are lol
and the one hard directional light is not helping xD
not sure that "ultra matt" varnish is gonna help either but i'll prolly do bases and varnish tomorrow
holy shit i just realized... that "blade" sticking out of one of the hound's mouth... maybe it's a tongue and not some blade it bit off lolololol
Keith Evans@worthlessbums partly. Because yeah, the more paint you use the less detail and the more shiny it gets.
I use an airbrush because I started to really dislike rattlecans but also like the control on blending it gives me. I'm also ridiculously lazy and half my painting these days is entirely prime dark -> light spray white -> drybrush edge highlights even whiter -> contrast/ speed paints -> drybrush and washes.
Like... just a single coat of actual paint there... and I'm going to see if I can load the contrast paints into an airbrush for the next batch I work on.
RethinkJeff@worthlessbums Some of my shirts of voting age are turning in to this and I am developing awkward emotions about it.