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ackblom12:
That is a KS I purposefully avoided because it was going to lead to another terrible financial decision. As much as I love the artstyle and theme, I'd love for one company to prove to me that the miniature industry knows how to make a female warriors set without boob plate and cleavage on every figure. I'd also love the fanbase to prove to me that it would get crowd funded.
GarandMarine:
I think it would, (I know I would throw scads of money at such a company) but I also think the emphasis on boob plate is as much a limitation of the art form as anything else. It's hard to make females the size of your thumb appear female. Oh well. The girls are all dressed (barring the Jail Birds and their various "Rodriguez" impersonations) they look competent, and bad ass. I'll take what I can get for female minis at this point.
On the plus side, with Kingdom Death running around, it's hard to call the RH girls "cheesecake" any more.
ackblom12:
Kingdom Death is just an embarrassment as far as I'm concerned.
Jace:
Finished all 9 frigates. Started on 3 cruisers, will probably complete those after work today and then start on the battleship.
ackblom12:
Ok, barring a wash, doing the base and sealent (because I don't have any of that), I think I'm done.
I definitely need to actually sit down and watch through an entire tutorial at some point to get a real feel for when and how to do dry brushing. I also need to get more comfortable with a semi-set order of base painting, but overall I'm happy with my first attempt. I did some of the goblin's weapons with a basic gun metal gray painting, and a couple with a dry brush over solid black for the same color. In the images with the 3, the one on the far right is dry brushed. I'm not entirely sure what mini I want to start next, but until I get ahold of some simple green, I may put off the cyborg gorilla. I may try some humans so I can try and get a feel for skin tone, because colors and color mixing is definitely one of the things I'm not confident about at all.
Also, I think that after a year of sitting around and not being used, a couple of these paints may be on their way out. The Golden Yellow especially has tiny clumps in it. Also trying to get used to the fact that different colors are going to have different thickness.
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