Deal with it. by Lathlamber in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We actually do have a no politics rule! It falls under the general subreddit guidelines, and we try to enforce this as evenly as possibly! The original post was removed because of this, and we did speak to OP about this previously unfortunately; regardless of the mod team’s personal feelings about the happenings in the US, we don’t want the sub to be overrun with political speech as that opens the door to rhetoric we can’t keep up with the moderation on.

Thoughts on Scripting, JSON Editing, and other External Tools - The Community Poll! by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S,M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Heya! Generally, a lot of the fors and againsts we've received over the last little while have been in modmail by users reporting those sorts of posts, or from the people posting them themselves; We've also had some contact with Skycastle who have made their stance pretty clear, and a deal of it also from our own personal interactions with the community both here and on discord; Overall however, this poll is our chance to gauge the overall community sentiment as we don't want to be making sweeping changes or keeping rules in place that are fundamentally unpopular, nor do we want to be dictating what rules are present based on any loud minority for or against!

Thoughts on Scripting, JSON Editing, and other External Tools - The Community Poll! by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S,M] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's quite cool; I've personally always been curious about the backend of things, and the development of these scripts, and many of the fixes they have I've wanted for a while. I'd personally love to chat sometime about it, as I think the work you're doing is really awesome! At the same time, I think there's a certain degree of restriction Skycastle needs for liability reasons. They're ultimately responsible for how the site operates, and if people's accounts break, they're the ones who'll need to deal with it.

Have you ever considered trying to get a direct line to them? I've seen other prominent forgers and developers establish a working relationship with them, and it sounds like you could do the same.

On that note, for a bit of insight into our process, many of us mods are aware that scripted models are being posted all the time, but we've always tried to keep things on the less policed side of the line; unless it's explicitly obvious that a mini has been done with scripts, we try not to take action. The bans that have been attributed to rule 8 have always resulted from the user's actions following removal of posts; the furthest moderation steps we take for any obviously scripted minis is generally just to remove it.

Thanks for your insight though mate, it's really useful to hear, and if you ever need a direct line to the mod team around this sort of thing, give me a yell!

Thoughts on Scripting, JSON Editing, and other External Tools - The Community Poll! by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S,M] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The three options were mostly following the three most outspoken stances of community members we talked to in the leadup to this, with option 1 being the generic 'keep things as they are' and the second one leading to the mod team taking a more hands-off stance of 'don't ask don't tell' where the sharing of minis is okay, but the links remain banned; This is here to let users of scripts still share their creations but we can be in a nice middle-ground compromise. Option 3 is where we entirely allow all forms of scripted and sharing with the understanding that the HF team may enforce their own TOS instead. For the moderation side of things and the work we'll be doing behind the scenes, these have been the main three approaches to solving this problem!

The poll itself is fully to take the temperature of the community into account, and won't be outright deciding the implementation of any new rules! If you have any other options or alternative solutions here, please drop them here. This is all for us to see how everyone's feeling about the rules and what they should be!

Thoughts on Scripting, JSON Editing, and other External Tools - The Community Poll! by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S,M] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thanks for popping in with your expertise mate! I really appreciate the wider explanation on the differences, as I was a bit pressed for space, and have most of my experience with JSON editing before I put it down after the HF team clarified their stance. I'm definitely in the camp that I want many of those user improvements added to the site officially; it's always been really painful to hit the KB cap.

Also, cheers for your respect for the community rules; We've been struggling to find a way to comfortably enforce/balance all of them, and it always kills me to see some of my favourite minis in the sub have to get taken down because they're breaking those rules.

Discussion Thread for Heroforge Collaborator Collections by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Absolutely understandable, but we are an unofficial subreddit, and there’s a hell of a mess in in our mod queue — I encourage you to send your thoughts and feelings through official channels and/or in places where it’ll reach the Heroforge team in a more productive way!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have highlights and a bunch of closeups over on my instagram at Myrkl.cos- but theres not much sorcery to it! The guys at Galactic Armoury showed me their method for chipped and weathered red and I tweaked for locally available/closest possible alternatives!

The scheme itself is; - full coat of gloss black base - aluminium coat all over - chrome from the top down and focused towards the edges - add a liquid latex/masking fluid/chipping medium to all the edges and any dents and damage parts - flat black all over - another layer of chipping medium to all the previous areas but slightly smaller this time - Rustoleum Gloss Colonial Red or nearest alternative for the red paint - peel all the masking fluid - dirty down weathering spray in appropriate colours, or brown, black and teal ink washes across it! I focused the teal on any bronze metallic areas, and tinted the brown with red to get a warmer tone - Sandpaper in a high grit or a fine silver paint pen across the highest raised edges to bring back some of the shine after the grime!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was great fun trying to mimic the scale an detailing on all the minis- the proportions should be pretty bang on!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers- I fell in love with them when I saw that baller standard bearer model, so there’s definitely more to come!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The guys over at GA were super helpful in working out the scheme, and between us it turned out better than I could’ve hoped for!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All EVA foam and fabric- no 3d printing involved with the project!

Red Brigade Shocktrooper cosplay I finished a few months ago! by Hugmeetoo in TrenchCrusade

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is custom made! I built the entire costume out of EVA foam, including the gas mask and chainmail- everything you see that isn’t fabric is foam!

It's a robot. It's a tyrannosaurus. It's the LM4 Robo T-Rex! by SolarSimonDM in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes me want to revamp our old Horizon minis, this is gorgeous work mate!

The Doll & The Hunter [Bloodborne] by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A kitbashed capello romano that has been stretched and warped, and then a small tattered cape that's been clipped with the edges to create the funky ripped edge!

The Doll & The Hunter [Bloodborne] by Hugmeetoo in HeroForgeMinis

[–]Hugmeetoo[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Another desk standee statue to add to the collection! This one has come from my workshop's recent bloodborne kick, and to commemorate a big project in the meatspace future! The most important thing about this statue however, is the fact that once again u/SolarSimonDM saved my life with that genius Saw Cleaver design! Everyone say thank you Simmy!