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

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

i should actually read that manual

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

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...

Kinda foamy?? Instructions say light coats

Does not specify number

Side note: wasted a lot of varnish

Shoulda waited to do more at once

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*

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

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

web resin builder for rpg characters

neat

https://eldritch-foundry.com/creator

I CAN GIVE HIM A BELLY

WHAT A WASTE

AFTER LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT