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

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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

hear me out, what if i drink while painting

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

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

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

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

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

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