i swear to god the fucking spine spikes on the deathclaw killed me
absolutely wrecked me
i wanted them to be bright fluorescent green
but every coat it looked great... until it dried. then it looked like dark shit
light on dark
over and over i put like a dozen coats of that fucking paint on and it did not improve
eventually used a bright yellow
same deal with the rim of the deathclaw base
that was black primed and fluorescent green will not do fucking shit on it
i layered yellow on it, then tried to layer the green
what is pictured is like 6 layers of green
it will not fucking work lololol
In an effort to murder me, dogmeat's right front paw is not touching the base
At all
can i leave it black? yes
will it look totally fine as black since his paw would shadow that area anyway? yes
will i leave it black? yes
will i personally be annoyed? oh yes xD
Honestly things are going too well
Might as well take a photo before I fuck it up xD
My detail brush's tip is fucked tho. The soap trick does not work
think imma stop for now
i put a cover over my HELLO KITTY wet palette loosely. need to figure out how covered that thing needs to be to last overnight tho >.>
assuming everything goes well tomorrow i wanna try washing these then drybrushing
hoping tomorrow is a productive day
if i finish dogmeat as well i'll have 4 more minis left from that 2 player set i bought
what the fuck man lol
wild shit
https://np.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/13utk9x/smallest_marine_i_have_painted_so_far/
the colors are mostly for show. you can get a 2d printing of it in color, but not a painted 3d mini
also heroforge only seems to offer minis in 30mm scale
you can order the stl file and print it yourself or third party tho
yesterday: base coat perfection
today, after drying overnight: terrible. model showing underneath. pain too thin in splotches. must repaint like a third of the base coat
Touched up
Experimenting slightly with highlights and dry brushing before doing a wash which I will probably fuck up
alright washing in sections, with non-black colors, with the mini in different positions because gravity, etc sounds way too complicated lol
BLACK WASH. ALL AT ONCE
LOL YOLO
i bet stormtroopers are a motherfucker to paint
white armor
fuck off lololol
i will cast brainstorm all day idgaf
unban top
Hrm. I mean yeah the wash was weak but some darkening in folds and cracks did happen
This was like 2 washes
One of the mutants has an exposed back and I feel like mixing in a wild gray would make it look like a weird semi translucent vein thing going on
Or look terrible lolololol
Hmmm I dunno
Feel like the wash/shadows came out way wrong
Drybrushing kinda fun tho
I think the wash problem was that it was way too weak
Should be a lot stronger so it looks properly dark, and I just wipe it off the raised areas
I might be better shading with a brush than washing
But that's mostly because I dunno how to wash xD
Drybrushing is a lie
It works better with a mildly wet brush >.>
Yeah okay brush strokes need... Work
But it's better
Glad I went dark green as the base skin color now, this highlighting works
(I have two greens and no white .>.>)
Alright I can layer forever obv I think this is good enough
Planned to just do bases today... zero bases done lololol
also like now that i can see my photos in giant size on my desktop: these do in fact look better under normal lighting conditions with normal human eyes lololol
good god that contrast
talking to my brother about fallout vs 40k
i think 40k space marines would prolly 99% squad wipe me, but my player character is juiced from6 fallout games and either 1) escape with his life, or 2) vats them all down, depending on their armor vulnerabilities
bolters prolly can't make it through a few feet of dirt
snuggle up to the dirt
start directing mortar fire. toss nades, smoke, bangs
buff up. put hilariously unrealistic suppression vats fire on the marines almost instantaneously
also like would the marines just charge us
they might. but in the face of suddenly surprisingly accurate and massive suppression fire they might not. they don't know my squad is full of squishy humans and one over-juiced player character
is space marine armor sealed. i have gas grenades. i pop those too
can my knife penetrate joints of their armor? they are going to find out i can knife like 24 of them in a round unless grim reaper's sprint triggers, which it almost certainly will, and i just keep going until they all die because i teleport into melee range like some kinda wizard
am i in power armor? usually not, but if i'm in some x-01 i could prolly tank some bolter hits, especially if they're oblique
i also have magic don't let me die drugs so unless they one shot me i'm gonna keep going
they're prolly better off not charging me. best chance is to pick me off with a bolter shot to the noggin at range
the 40ker war nerds tell me space marines can run upwards of 45mph
unfortunate for them since i can run faster, and sprint even faster for a limited time
i am willing to cede this point somewhat because there is nothing specifically in fallout lore about any of the player characters being able to move this fast, and that's calculated from gameplay/perk/mutation effects
taking this into account i can probably only keep up with a standard space marine for a few minutes at a time at best
that said even given the height of space marines in lore, they should not be able to biomechanically reach those speeds
if they come into the fallout universe i feel they should be capped to fallout universe human speed limitations, and if i enter the 40k universe i should outrun them xD
do space marines retreat? how many do i have to kill before they do? how furiously do they fight to recover their dead?
could they force me into a defensive position by just wounding my squad?
these are much more interesting questions that raw power level tbh
also how perceptive are space marines
they walk around in big clunky armor with bright colors emblazoned all over, typically
i am dressed in muted browns and greens to camo with (XXth century) northeastern post-apocalyptic wilderness
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