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 ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

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

trying very hard not to search specifically for elder scrolls minis (yet) because i know once i do imma get flooded with fantasy suggestions xD

it's so creepy looking at sprues with just rows of heads lol

like if you walk into a serial killer's home and there are just dolls everywhere

CRITICAL ๐Ÿงป๐Ÿงป๐Ÿงป๐Ÿงป
GO BACK TO BED
"Friendly Space Cadet that happens to be armed"
kingdom death is the horniest gore horror mini game i've seen yet
alright it's an open question if my fo characters could take 40k heavy hitters, but i think i could moderately easily take sigmar universe xD

"I HAVE A GIANT AXE"

me: *doesn't even look up from my pip-pad, pulls out pistol and vaporizes him*

age of sigmar dwarves might be up @DarkestKale's alley tho
yes ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š
the rectangular bases of some of the minis do not spark joy tho

let me eat

the forbidden chocolate squares

bruh wtf

they get to ride dinosaurs in age of sigmar

@worthlessbums were ye not aware of the Lizardmen faction from classic Warhammer?

With the cosmic space toads?

@DarkestKale i feel like your expectations for the amount of lore i should have been able to absorb in a week is not correlating with reality lolololol
@worthlessbums I suspect that it's more that ye went vastly deep on the bolter and ignored the obvious stuff ;)
@DarkestKale wrong i know who slaanesh is now too
@worthlessbums You can have a bronze star

@worthlessbums Knowing about Slaanesh, citizen?

That's heresy.

*BLAM*

@DarkestKale *triggers personal shielding device i've recently upgraded due to my advances into researching zetan technology with jack cabot*