a weregamer
there sure was a lot of slavery in 70s wargaming
why is rapier the only weapon in quotes
i mean these are pretty good odds
they're describing an entire class and socio-economic system of birth and shit
i mean it was so obvious
alright my goal was to actually crack through these issues and hit warhammer lore fast and the alt text is slowing me down so... seeya later
i'm sorry, i need to post this

in issue #87 of white dwarf (before rogue trader released), they ran an interview with the design team (for warhammer fantasy roleplay)

it's a medieval fantasy game. white dwarf even published a little adventure to play with it, and it's just a straight fantasy game

---

fast forward to white dwarf issue 93, and the front cover is warhammer 40,000 rogue trader: full sci-fi space marines blasting everything lol

and the space dwarves? THOSE FUCKERS ARE STILL MEDIEVAL IN QUILT ARMOR AND SHIT

those poor bastards got like no sci-fi reboot till recently

no wonder the tyranids ate them

reboot space dwarves don't seem to be raging assholes tho so i feel like gw gonna spring a fast one in the future lol

turn them into every other shit faction

they're just space dwarves with functioning stcs that wanna mine shit?

stop worshipping tech as gods tho you weirdos

at first i was like oh finally a faction that can make shit

and then it turns out they just have stcs

perfect video i can potentially dig for material to annoy @DarkestKale with xD
looooooooolololol
what if i make a little quilt tabard and pin it on them
honestly the actual squat minis back then were... not suuuuuuper far from the reboot either
every time i see palatine i think palpatine
wow these old minis were... rough lololol
today is "how does ork/sob belief warp reality" day
Warhammer: Royal Mail issues stamps to mark game's 40th anniversary

Warhammer is a fantasy theme game, described as "a British institution and a global success".

BBC News

hear me out, what if i drink while painting

i'm afraid i'll accidentally drink paint water tho xD

HRMMMMMMMMMMMMM lol
i am buying this at some point lol

oh the come pre-painted too? damn

good price

gateway drug

GATEWAY DRUG

they have a wendigo but it does not look like a fo76 wendigo

it's part of a different series, not sure what for

someone stop me i'm going to end up spending more money on terrain and buildings than minis
*sobs quietly*
i feel like the building setpieces would facilitate mini play more than the big vault interior(s)
the astro mart seems to do both fairly well tho 🤔

i feel like i should try and build some of this myself first

that way when i fail i'll think "ninety bucks for that is a fucking steal"

alright imma paint those 3 settlers

prolly not the zetan till i get that white paint

This is normal right
I knocked out the two women super fast but this half naked dude is giving me a lot of trouble lol

I might try a wash again

Maybe fail less this time

I think actually more failure this time

Too dark holy shit lmao

I do not understand washing. trying brush highlighting to salvage but I think I literally need to redo like half the work

-2/10

Dieeeeeeeerr
Alright I'm ready to wrap these up because that wash was super demoralizing

alright you know what i'm just done for today lol

i'll fix this pile of shit tomorrow xD

i've been mixing my black ink with water ~50/50 (today was a little stronger because last time it fucking dried gray instead of black/darker???)

it is not working. might be the ink. might be the water. i understand some people use oils, and stores sell actual washes so you don't have to mix them yourself

i don't know what i'm doing wrong. obviously i am doing something wrong

i am also absolutely destroying the tip of my tiny brush

synthetic, i am told i should try natural hairs, but this was a cheapo brush so whatever

it's fine tho, destroying the cheap tools using them and then slowly moving up the chain until you find the satisfactory balance was part of what i was gonna do anyway xD

the faces infuriate me man lol

i have done no face i'm even vaguely satisfied with so far on a human

32mm scale with realistic human proportions has such tiny ass facial features

i briefly considered painting with a needle

if i could even thin the paint correctly to coat the face without squashing all the features and pooling down the neck or some shit i'd be mildly satisfied at progress

so far 0% success rate

paint is always too thin or too thick

too thin on most areas of a mini is fine, because you can just wait for it to dry and coat it again. tedious, but you just need patience

if you fuck up the face you need to fix the parts it fucked up, and everything is fucked

too thick? scrape that shit off good luck have fun

too thin? pooling. wipe it away and then scrape what you can't wipe away good luck have fun

infuriating

it's also frequently a recessed area (assembled models suddenly sound a lot more reasonable, even if takes more up front work)

get your brush in past clothing, arms, a gun, hair, etc

just the worst fucking thing to paint lol

i feel like i shoulda started with larger models lolol

otoh i loathe the no texture flat mini bases

and bigger models likely means more smooth areas like that

oOOoOoooo i could get that heroforge mini in a larger scale

can't play it in fallout warfare, but style is more cartoony anyway 🤔🤔🤔

ALSO it would let me measure it and see if i /could/ guesstimate a proper 32mm scale for minis from them in the future

hrm i'm confused now. because on the buy section it specifies 30mm scale on a 1 inch base

what is the height character body scale actually do?

ohhhhhh

alright i get it now. you can click on the cog next to height and you get this scaling map

... so actually i can make this more realistically proportioned

just fucking myself

a circle of fucking myself xD

rip their premium plastic has an extended delay

i'll sleep on it xD

So much effort for worse results lolololol

Too lazy to strip the paint and make it not shit

i'll prolly wake up mad and work on them some more
when you see an extremely horny fallout miniature but you want it just for the mini nuke model
hah

they also have a bunch of power armor helmet kitbashes for sale

fallout x 40k confirmed

@worthlessbums ah. Okay. Its awesome you're mixing your own washes but I would advise parking washing as a technique and picking up a very small selection of premixed ones from a game company. Particularly I think the difficulty you've got is using a black ink when you might want to use a brown or sepia.

You've probably already seen the memes about Citadels own Nuln Oil wash, which is their generic Sepia wash that tends to go with everything. I like using Army Painter Soft Tone for the same kind of effect.

@worthlessbums (wait no. Nuln is their black wash. Agrax Earthshade is their brown)
@kaynSD i'll have to check it out because washes infuriate me xD