<2022-10-19T22:41:56.000Z> GhostBear: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/964663167760351312/1032407079132069978/20221019_140438.jpg
<2022-10-19T22:42:33.000Z> GhostBear: Here's a WIP. I'm often a bit nervous sharing about my painting, so this is just the undershade before I start applying color. 
<2022-10-19T22:45:43.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: ahh, neat! Granted, I'm not going to pretend that I know a thing about hand painting but I'd love to see how it progresses
<2022-10-19T22:47:06.000Z> GhostBear: If you want to actually see some shit I've done...
<2022-10-19T22:49:30.000Z> GhostBear: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/949835632803471401/1031946763625574460/20220522_234823.jpg
<2022-10-19T22:49:42.000Z> GhostBear: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/949835632803471401/1031944346456567919/20221018_075608.jpg
<2022-10-19T22:49:57.000Z> GhostBear: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/949835632803471401/1031946232857370755/20221013_122624.jpg
<2022-10-19T22:50:14.000Z> GhostBear: There. I won't spam any more!
<2022-10-19T22:51:21.000Z> GhostBear: I've got a ton of other goodies, from my Ghost Bears, to all the fuckload of minis I've painted for my wife!
<2022-10-19T22:55:04.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: they all look pretty neat, so you're good
<2022-10-19T22:55:47.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: What franchise are these from? The only tabletop stuff I know is magic the gathering, and even then I don't have cards anymore
<2022-10-19T23:03:08.000Z> GhostBear: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/908601578469089282/1032428574684233758/20221019_160116.jpg
<2022-10-19T23:03:20.000Z> GhostBear: There's some of my new Ghost bears!
<2022-10-19T23:04:15.000Z> GhostBear: Anyways, the mechs are from a game called "Battletech". Think political space opera meets giant robots. It's a more grounded Gundam, with more warcrimes.
<2022-10-19T23:04:41.000Z> GhostBear: The Dwarfs are from Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar, the square bases specofocally are Fantasy.
<2022-10-19T23:04:53.000Z> GhostBear: And the dude with a laser gun is from Warhammer 40k.
<2022-10-19T23:19:35.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: Gotcha! My brand of hobby autism doesn't cross pollinate over, but I do appreciate the work people do to customize their miniatures.
<2022-10-19T23:20:26.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: How long does it take to get them painted? And do you use them for games or just have them up for display?
<2022-10-19T23:25:56.000Z> GhostBear: Depends on the model, the paintscheme (I'm extremely autistic about canonical paintschemes) and all that. If I'm rushing... 20 minutes. If I take my time... About a mini a day!
<2022-10-19T23:26:32.000Z> GhostBear: I do play Battletech and Warhammer Fantasy/AoS/40k, but since the coof I've only played Battletech.
<2022-10-19T23:27:12.000Z> GhostBear: Cool thing about Battletech too- The novels are fuckin' DOPE. Plus there's a ton of free online options to play the tabletop game by yourself!
<2022-10-19T23:28:10.000Z> GhostBear: They also go by "Mechwarrior" for their video games, basically the supreme mech simulator of the 90s!
<2022-10-19T23:28:22.000Z> GhostBear: (Apologies, my autism is not in check currently.)
<2022-10-19T23:35:41.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: yeah, thats a lot of information overload on someone who doesn't play, but I understand lol
<2022-10-19T23:37:10.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: I tend to be the same with keeping colors in line with the official palettes, partly because I've seen the deviantart brand of recolored art and just me wanting it to be more faithful to the source material in general
<2022-10-19T23:38:35.000Z> GhostBear: When it comes to canonical stuff, there's thankfully websites for retards like me: camospecs.com/
<2022-10-19T23:41:56.000Z> GhostBear: i.imgur.com/oF4wlVe.jpeg Warhammer is more of a pain in the ass to look up, due to shit like this.
<2022-10-19T23:44:31.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: huh, so there's options. That does sound like a pain
<2022-10-19T23:45:32.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: oh yeah, that does remind me that I have to eventually look up guides on drawing and shit. Been half-assing everything. I eventually want to get to sketching irl things for practice too
<2022-10-19T23:46:49.000Z> GhostBear: Still, the cool part IMO is that each regiment in Battletech is usually fleshed out in their service and is generally treated as a specific piece to the overall faction's war-effort. (Warhammer less so, barring the big posterboys like Space Marines or Chaos shit.)
<2022-10-19T23:48:15.000Z> GhostBear: It's always fun to improve! (Well, not really. But the end results makes me feel better than before.) Traditional art is something I feel is super cool, and will have a large revival with the birth of AI generation.
<2022-10-20T00:01:54.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: I've been pretty supportive of the AI art going around, it has just been an unfortunate timing on my part that I decided to get back to drawing around the same time lol
<2022-10-20T00:07:36.000Z> GhostBear: I believe AI generation is great myself! I just think that if one were to make art profitable again, they would need to learn traditional skills.
<2022-10-20T00:08:11.000Z> GhostBear: I digress, I've taken too much of your time- Thank you for speaking with me! I can't wait to see what else pops out of your activity.
<2022-10-20T00:33:51.000Z> TsunTanLotion@kiwifarms.cc: It's no problem fam :agooglethumbsup: 