Worthless Bumsassuming 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/
i've discovered heroforge
that i other site i linked the other day seems like a subset of this
fukken nice 🌧️
https://np.reddit.com/r/TerrainBuilding/comments/1390n7i/first_time_practicing_making_rain_effects_for_a/
https://np.reddit.com/r/TerrainBuilding/comments/1390n7i/first_time_practicing_making_rain_effects_for_a/
i am still in hero forge lol
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
there is a height/size slider tho, and you might be able to Guesstimate TM an upscale from 30mm to 32mm scale using that
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 should let them dry longer first tho >.>
i bet stormtroopers are a motherfucker to paint
white armor
fuck off lololol
kill team sounds like the financially sound version of 40k
look i'm biased, but drawing cards is more fun than rolling dice
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
I don't have that many shades of green but I wonder if lightening some of the skin cracks and then highlighting green/yellow would look good
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
I squeezed my brush right inbetween two detail features to get right inside where I wanted it and it was better than sex
Hmmm I dunno
Feel like the wash/shadows came out way wrong
Drybrushing kinda fun tho
Shading fiasco aside, I do like the red brown orange silver exposed metal and rust look
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
apart from my atrocious basing skills i need to work on texturing/weathering and directional lighting next time
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
that is the only defense i will offer my minis
meanwhile, in /r/warhammer40k...
https://np.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/13vwf0j/wip_of_my_green_legion_of_the_damned/
https://np.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/13vwf0j/wip_of_my_green_legion_of_the_damned/
note to self: work on color transitions and blending/mixing
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
it's not 100% squad wipe because i have 19 perception and i feel it is possible i detect them first, or far enough away i don't get everyone instantly domed
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
it'd be funny if space marines achieved that linear top speed by /bounding/, although i would argue that would be tactically terrible for them, since i could then shoot them while they are in the air and unable to maneuver
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
apparently they have a bunch of lifesign hookups with themselves and their squaddies
some have "preysight" which sounds like thermal
also... kill counters? okay lol
so... lots of lore inconsistency from the novels, is what i'm getting lol
however, it does appear that space marines are still indeed human and you can divide their attention
so even tho a terminator suit might be feeding them information they might be overly focused on other crap going around them
this is a funny excerpt and more or less makes me think terminator armor allows them to fire like fo76-style vats
just point at where the fucking suit telemetry tells you and pull the damn trigger xD
i feel like their disdain for long range precision shooting will be their downfall if my rifleman detects them far out
also how much ammo does a space marine carry
i feel like they waste a lot and cannot possibly physically carry much
SPACE MARINE SPRUES COME WITH BOLTER MAG POUCHES AND SHIT
PLAYERS JUST DON'T USE THEM??? LOLOL
i've reminded myself that fallout lasers in lore are actually ridiculously powerful, and would not actually just poke a tiny hole in a space marine
like one wastelander with a laser pistol would gib a space marine level of overpowered
honestly the biggest problem here is that i have high charisma and intelligence and i should be able to roll to convert the space marines to my side
because fuck the emperor
also like i didn't build my current character this way, but what if i went full strength/endurance/agility build
like i literally rip deathclaws apart with my bare hands
what if i'm a walking uber ork in human skin and they don't even know
realizing a lore accurate assaultron might be able to squad wipe space marines