This year has just been an unending marathon of shotgunning obligations and events one after another, which is cool in a "being alive in the world and having experiences" way, but also, when do I get time to be a schizoid weirdo in my art hole? Am I truly alive if I am not drawing?

Yes I know my setup sucks, it's my first colony... still learning the ropes. Did figure out a trick to make use of raiders... Hyden + the resident cannibal + the stoner hippies stay behind while the more sensitive folks go on a caravan day trip, then come home to long pork in the freezer. Yum yum.

For all that the internet has become a tool of evil, it's still a tool for connection. I love that I can be a tiny part of your life, and you of mine, even if we are separated by distance, borders, language, laws, oceans. I love that we can share art & ideas & pet videos & kindness with each other.

Thank you! I love turning the most awful depraved husks of humanity into tiny little nuggets and animals made out of candy and such.

Definitely pleased with how the decals and detail painting turned out!

They're almost there! Then we can put them on a shelf facing us and look at them. :)

Oh yeah the prep process is pretty much identical to those things.

Definitely a great option for symmetrical eyes and other details that'd be tough to hand-paint! As I just noted in my other post tho they're translucent, so I'd test a few on junk first to get a feel for how the colors work.

They're "waterslide decal" material, which is the go-to material for decals on Gundams and model ships and such. I'd never heard of it before, but it opens some interesting possibilities for crafts with detail more precise than you can feasibly paint by hand! I'll report back when I've tried it out.

Yesss they are coming along... I can't wait for our mid 2000s angle and devel OCs to fully manifest as the period-appropriate anime chibis they were always meant to be :)

I designed them but paid someone on Etsy a couple bucks to print them. My printer's way too crummy for that kind of crisp, high DPI goodness! Apparently it can be done just fine with a (nice) home printer, though.

Thank you! I'm really pleased with how they're turning out. They'd BETTER turn out well given how much extra pain and expense went into sourcing everything with the tariffs. OTL I picked the worst time to start this project.

Wow those accessory pegs went right in there with a drill. Would've been even easier with metric drill bits... I think. They're snug enough to stay put but can still rotate.

Waiting on a pointy-snout faceplate for Ambroys... then I will dig the air compressor out of the garage & learn to airbrush.