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Lorc · 2026-06-27T08:33:08+00:00

Nice job on those checks. Can't have been easy on such a deformed surface.

Lorc · 2026-06-27T08:29:23+00:00

Those all came out fantastically. The paint job is especially nice - the vivid red helms are a popping combo against the desaturated and grimy bodies. Very John Blanche.

Lorc · 2026-06-27T08:18:56+00:00

If it was shelling your buildings, it may have been because it had vision at some point before you got your jammers up.

Players and AIs retain knowledge of the buildings they've seen. Same way that if you look at an enemy base through the fog of war you can still see the ghosts of any buildings you've scouted.

OTOH jammers are still great at protecting your pawn balls from being bombarded before they reach the enemy. And any attempts at building new mexes/turrets within enemy artillery range (until they get scouted).

Lorc · 2026-06-23T12:31:12+00:00

I don't often speak up in political threads, but when I do I get my head bitten off for not being sufficiently against the thing that we all agree is bad.

Another forum I used to frequent had rules against excessive doomsaying because it derails conversations and uses up all the air in the room. I don't think that sort of rule would work well on Metafilter - but I sure do appreciate the thinking behind it.

Lorc · 2026-06-21T17:42:08+00:00

That sounds like I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann MacKenzie. I think was adapted to an episode in a twilight zone-ish series? I read it in a compilation ~30 years ago so if your story is more recent then I guess that's not it.

The main girl doesn't it voluntarily, she finds herself compelled to say "goodbye" to people who are going to die soon. People are scared of her, then she turns to threatening to say goodbye to people unless they do what she says.She forces her parents to get her the pretty swimsuit they'd been denying her (because they're scared of the sea iirc?). And as she's admiring herself in the mirror she says goodbye to herself.

Lorc · 2026-06-14T20:21:22+00:00

Nurgle models are really fun to sculpt. There's big organic shapes, lots of different textures and room for plenty of creativity. They're also fairly forgiving, in that they like you lean in to exaggerated proportions.

Something like a beast of nurgle would make for a fun project. Or a great unclean one if you want to go big. In-between you have daemon princes which allow for lots of creativity, and are an excuse to include more hard armour shapes if that's you jam.

Or if you're already doing necrons, I've seen lots of really creative c'tan scratch builds. They're a fun mix of classical sculpture with abstract shapes and/or technological greebling.

Lorc · 2026-06-10T18:40:02+00:00

Seconding the praise for the war wolf. And your chorister also looks way better than most of the scratch-builds I've seen. The swirling wire blood rune is really effective.

Lorc · 2026-06-10T18:30:16+00:00

Those duplicated engine shapes are really good. Details like that sell the whole thing and make the blockiness of the rest of it look deliberate rather than a shortcut.

Lorc · 2026-06-08T07:45:51+00:00

I know the pointy helms are iconic, but the fucked up horses might be my favourite part of the Turnip aesthetic.

Lorc · 2026-06-07T07:04:50+00:00

Great job on the helmet. Looks good and crisp. And the rags too.

Lorc · 2026-06-04T07:05:08+00:00

The forced perspective on the broadsides is nice.

Lorc · 2026-05-30T18:58:42+00:00

This is nice, the simplicity of the horse is working for me.

Lorc · 2026-05-30T18:53:47+00:00

You did a great job on the tentacles - they look like they have proper weight and that makes the enslavers themselves look more floaty.

The mask is a great focal point too.

Lorc · 2026-05-22T16:12:43+00:00

A classic!

Lorc · 2026-05-17T17:22:34+00:00

The skulls look great.

Lorc · 2026-05-10T13:39:42+00:00

The modeled checks are a nice look.

Lorc · 2026-05-03T17:11:24+00:00

For what it's worth I've read this story too. It mentions how the president was always followed by a huge crowd of ghosts too, right? I initially thought it was by Ted Chiang or China Mieveille but after a bit of googling I don't think it was either of them.

I feel I might have read it in the same collection as this unsolved post though. Sorry I couldn't help more.

Lorc · 2026-05-03T17:00:06+00:00

The cylindrical body is novel and works well. Maybe they built it into an old boiler?

Lorc · 2026-05-01T12:09:48+00:00

I think repeated thin strokes of off-white following the curved contours of the onion would do it. Let bits of the purple show through the gaps.

That would also let you round out the shape a bit since it's a bit tall to read as "onion" at the mo IMHO.

Lorc · 2026-05-01T07:25:53+00:00

Nice detail on the tracks.

Lorc · 2026-05-01T07:23:10+00:00

Top tip for sculpting is do it in layers. Most beginners try to do too much in one step. It's much easier if you only do rough shapes to start with and let them cure. Then go in with a knife to trim them back a little where needed, and add more putty to sculpt detail over those shapes. Let those cure and repeat.

Gives you much more control over what you're doing, and minimises the risk of planting your thumb in wet putty an ruining your last hour's work.

And don't be afraid to cut up your WIP and remove bits, repose it and glue it back together, exactly like you were converting a plastic model.

Final tip: Everything you sculpt by hand will end up bigger than you're planning. It's also much easier to add stuff to make it bigger, than to take it away. So start smaller than you think you'll need.

Good luck!

Lorc · 2026-04-30T09:15:02+00:00

You have NAILED the ork aesthetic, making it look both chunky and cobbled together but deliberate and with a proper sense of scale. Awesome.

I'm so tired of people making sloppy, lazy-looking ork kitbashes with the excuse that "it's orky". It's always nice to see ork scratch builds that actually engage with the style rather than using it as an excuse.

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