i kinda wanna expand it. the in-game diamond city is obviously super compressed because video game, but i imagine just a buncha lawn chairs and bleachers and scattered tables with food and shit

maybe takahashi hired some helping human hands as well xD

also like, i realize most mini/terrain builders /i've/ seen don't really use actual flowing fabrics and stuff?

they all almost always use stiff materials that look like it, and then paint them that way

why tho

i could just use cloth for the awnings xD

i'm not sure how to make that neon sign

do they even make lettering that small. how would i mimic the font/style

i feel like the big stylistic things here are:

1) the big tower shape of the power plant,
2) the awnings covering the counters/stools,
3) TAKAHASHI! and
4) that neon sign

the rest is all secondary

the power connectors (and wires?) might be harder than i think

the wires would also interfere with gameplay if you wanted to play with it

i kinda want takahashi and a mr handy in there now

maybe it's ALL run by robots xD

this probably works better as a diorama

gotta wait for my display cases to arrive so i can take more precise measurements

I installed the etsy app on my phone

This is a mistake but

green stuff world canceled my order at least

but they also screwed me on $1.90. their response email was also some condescending bullshit on how exchange rates work which, you know, was only part of that trainwreck

whatever, fuck it never buying any of their shit

like why you fuckers

now i know why your company is called gsw

me: "i suck at painting faces. impossible. detailing too difficult"

also me: "i could paint these boxes and arcade machines with fallout in-universe themed shit no problem"

usps says my fallout minis are coming today

i dunno if they boxes are small enough to fit in the secure box outside so i should keep an eye out on that

might tho, since the minis are small and unlike the starter kit this doesn't include a buncha play manuals and wide stuff

"but the bolter is fully automatic!"

that just means space marines are even more incompetent for taking long range shots on fully automatic

you got a laser pointer? go find the longest straight line of sight you can in your home and aim at something small across that distance

hold it

hold it

yeah. now imagine because 40k lore is full of space marine wank you have a second heart, somehow your ribcage has fused around your lungs (how does this work?), and because you're technically still human your circulatory system still functions

you breathe. your heart beats. blood and other fluids are constantly moving inside your body

cool. now move one of your fingers touching your laser pointer, without causing the laser pointer to move. just a little!

and then remember you're supposed to be on fully automatic

oh and that distance you're aiming at is certainly not like 500 yards or something

enjoy

it's wank

it's absolute wank

the reason you all headcanon bolters as massive explosive ordnance is because space marines couldn't hit shit with them in real life. they need the explosion to splash damage what they're aiming at lololol

the safest place to stand is where the space marines are aiming

star wars storm troopers level shit

you know what i hope gw does actually come out and say bolter rounds are the size of fucking energy cans

that way it's canon bolter magazines only hold like what, 6 rounds? 8 rounds?

space marines run out of ammo about 10 seconds into any enemy contact, that's why they have chain swords

bolter is for losers

get a lasgun. shit is a directed energy weapon that somehow runs off solar

this is basically like someone offering you a stick of dynamite or a magic sword

you take the magic sword

know what's really annoying? they absolutely coulda just straight up specialized space marines given the level of sheer weight carry/mass they gave them

like okay, no, you are not sniping someone a mile away with your shit for brains designed pistol

but you can carry a ton of ammo on your back and just hose an area with machinegun fire

just a hulking mass of suppression fire

but no, they instead gave them generic ass power armor and then a generic ass fantasy do-it-all pistol

you coulda had a space marine sniper be able to just smash through buildings to better positions

you coulda had a space marine shotgunner just completely hold one hallway by himself. just filling the entire corridor with lead (or whatever space material you want). just flak cannon the shit out of that sector

i'm actually a lot less mad about space marine pauldrons than i thought i'd be

i mean they still do not make any geometric/combat sense, but it bothers me less than the bolters

i think they're related actually lol

i think in my head space marines shoot like the soldiers in the starship troopers movie

so they don't aim or anything, not really

so their arms don't actually ever have to move up that high. but also even if that was true that seems like a hindrance for melee combat

i think this is /less/ of a lore problem, since if you want (at least terminator) power armor to be able to give you spatial awareness and biofeedback then it seems more plausible you could at least sort of track some kind of semi-accurate shoot from the hip fire

but also you are giving up a pretty big advantage which is that space marines are tall

like really tall. taller in power armor

the height advantage when shooting gets negated if you can barely lift your arms to boob level

"if they're really tall maybe that's why they don't need to lift their arms"

terrain can be asymmetrical you wanna be able to aim up. it's important lol

i know in lore and gameplay space marines never go prone, but standing/kneeling is a thing so

is there art of space marines assaulting up something

like a hill lol

what the fuck does that look like