Damn, well done on those eyes!

Neon Genesis Evangelion for me. Easily top 5 all time favorites, but definitely intense all the way through.

I was in just such an impressionable age at the time, really related to Renton. Did a rewatch a while back and it was all holland. Rewatching now I feel like im more relating to Charles. Its been neat having it as I’ve aged and the different perspectives.

Eureka 7 always has a special place for me

I had a room mate once who had the john cena tune as his alarm and every day he would sleep through it for at least an hour.

Well done on these! Keep em coming. What have you been using for all your green plasma effects?

Oh sorry! I mean the witness trilogy by Steven Erikson. A follow up to malazan. The god is not willing was the first of the trilogy. Definitely a touch different stylistically but I really enjoyed the first one. Its Erikson so it’s a pretty long one so might be like what you’re looking for?

Also, Glenn cook released lies weeping, a new chronicle of the black company. I havnt read it yet, but its on my list. Might be worth checking out if you liked the stuff before!

Have you read the witness stuff yet? I read the first butbhavnt started the second yet.

Its definitely not the same scale, but I got into Glenn Cooks black company from malazan and loved it!

I’ve been holding off on short sun so I can really treasure the first read. Definitely a series I would wipe from my brain so I could read it fresh again haha.

Doing a reread of Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe with chapter by chapter with alzabo soup along side!

Honestly shocking this still hasn’t been done yet…

Looks like a pretty shitty prusik loop. Usually used in climbing or other ropes applications. A good prusik would be of a better rope quality and the knots would be more robust but same principle. More likely a summer camp bracelet of some kind.

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There is increasing evidence that these drugs may increase the risk of stroke, but the evidence is often of differing quality and is observational only, meaning it is impossible to say whether the use of these drugs itself increases the risk of stroke, or whether this is purely a correlation.

I’ve kept some of my first ones too! The amount of cheap acrylic I have on them adds an extra point of toughness ;)

I love the look of blood angels! But I like how you’ve done the ultramarine scheme, nice and grimdark

Looking great! Have you decided on a chapter for your army yet?

Thank you! Purple is such a fun color to work with. The newer models have such great detail on the carapace. I tried a few different approaches but found just a simple bright grey dry brush always ended up looking better than anything else I tried.

To shreds you say…

Thank you! I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. I was kinda just working with the paints I had on hand so ended up base coating with a slightly warm brown, valejo natural wood or something like that. Then I just added a little white at a time up to something flesh like. For the actual painting, I really tried to bring up the raised areas with the lighter shades while leaving the dark in the contours. I I used wyldwood contrast from citadel (a dark brown) like a wash around the eyes and cleaned things up with my previously mixed skin tone. The eyes wasn’t anything fancy, an off white, black and a steady hand. Getting the pupils lined up took a few tries, and I got them close but they are definitely not the same size on both. Fine enough on a table, but noticeable up close.

My Tyranids are purple, but gaunts are a pretty good way to practise anything organic/flesh and even with the different colours, the principles were all the same.

Looks like an osprey!