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looking forward to seeing ultras painted that way

Thank you for running the event! (And my apologies for my failures, Dread Lords of the Eye, as I fear I may have been instrumental to our poor completion rate)

The 3.5 Chaos Codex *to this day* is why I continue to play the game.

Just look at my post history here to get an idea of ADHD's impact on 40k as hobby Nothing wrong with it though, as it's a hobby, not a job. Do what makes you happy now, now, and do what makes you happy tomorrow, tomorrow (and don't sell your minis! you'll want them again some day!)

You're making an incredibly strong claim that lack of gender segregation is the cause of this, and I don't see any reason to accept it unless you can provide specific evidence. But I know that men absolutely do struggle to connect with people, especially other men. We as a society don't teach men how to express emotional intimacy, not even giving language for it outside of romantic relationships. That definitely screws someone up, and the structures of our society are very much geared toward teaching men and boys to put up walls, instead of connecting. There's a conversation that happens in feminist spaces about how men often put all their emotional load on female partners, because it's the only socially acceptable place they're allowed to show vulnerability. And that's awful. It's awful for the women who have to handle all that pressure. It's awful for the men who are trapped, unable and disallowed from expressing themselves. Men absolutely need spaces where they can talk about how they feel, and those spaces are certainly lacking. I don't believe it's necessary or productive for those spaces to be segregated by gender, but I also understand very well how much men are taught to not let their guard down except under specific context. It's a complex issue, and there's not a single simple solution.

So, I've been looking, and I can't find the source for that chart, though I see a lot of people talking about it. Does anyone know who ran the study and what the study methodology were?

Can you site these studies or say what it is you claim they're afraid to? Also, what are your concerns with "breakdown in both men and women" and how is that relevant to the 40k hobby?/gen Why shouldn't people be judged for being negative about women in a categorical way: that is misogyny. If you have specific complaints about specific women in your life, then there's no need to segregate who you complain to, your friends of any gender should be more than willing to listen to your woes, if they're not, either they're bad friends or your complaints are unfounded and they're trying to hold you to that (I don't know you or the other people in your hypothetical, so I make no claims as to which that is). As for losing 5 men and gaining 5 women, that's not the math I tend to see. You get a lot more people than you lose by getting rid of people who are actually awful in your community. Having poor hygiene doesn't make you a bad person, though. Talking to someone, explaining the impact they're having on those around them, asking if there's anything they're struggling with or that you can help with, all good ways of solving the problem so you don't lose anyone. It's not zero sum. There was a guy I knew who used to come to my flgs when I was younger and he struggled with hygiene. Just meant that sometimes you had to gently take him aside, ask him to go home and shower/change clothes, and he'd come back and it was fine. To my understanding he had some mental health issues that made it harder, so it's not like he was trying to harm anybody, so there's no reason to treat him like he was (I think he also may have had an impaired sense of smell, but I don't recall perfectly).

Makeup and mini painting have transferable skills (something I found out in the perhaps the reverse direction of most feminine folks, but glad I did). In my experience, hobbies like ours tend to silo into places marginalized genders feel welcome and those we don't. We gravitate toward spaces where misogyny and transphobia are minimal, but the presence of them can also turn a lot of us off more entirely. So you get spaces where women and trans folks dominate, and then a whole lot of places where we're entirely absent in favor of cis men. Also, like...we talk. When we find a place that feels comfortable, we bring our friends along to join in the fun, and you can see a rapid change in a spaces demographics pretty quick. But then there are folks like my ex who have one bad experience early on and just swear off all wargames forever. Imo, the biggest way to get more women in the hobby is simply to have equality minded folks be the ones doing introductions; first impressions are so important. I think whether or not individual armies are inclusive or not is much less of an issue, especially in 40k where it's not like we're supposed to be emulating any of these factions (Diversity Win, the Space Fascist is a Woman!/s). That mainly comes from whether there are interesting hobby opportunities, except when dealing with the books. I personally think primaris should have been used as an opportunity to overwrite the old lore about gender/sex restrictions (either get rid of it entirely or make it clear that it's done because the imperium just want men and are a reactionary force opposed to progress or change. The old lore justification just doesn't hold water in a scientific context and unfortunately coincides with some common misperceptions that drive real world issues. If they made it clear that the mechanicus just thought that was the case though, that'd be fine.) I will say though that "women don't play the sororitas, see, adding women models won't help" isn't the argument people might think it is, given the S&M influences in their design and the way many people might see that as demeaning (personally, I find the kinky catholics aesthetics to be pretty funny and satirical, but I can get why it's not everyone's taste). TL;DR: Getting more women in the hobby is gonna require a focus on first impressions and community reputation much moreso than any content of the game itself. It's not that surprising to see any marginalized group, well, group up within a niche hobby, particularly one with 40k's demographic history.

the terminator is super sinister and imposing, well done

this is super exciting

It *really* depends on how you cut the styrene/if you cut on an angle. If you're willing to create a bevel, you could use the papercraft template as is. If you aren't beveling, you'll need to reduce the size of the papercraft components to account for the styrene thickness. I suspect, given the nature of materials involved and papercraft designs in general, you could just use 1mm thickness for pretty much everything except 3mm for internal supports.

Thank you so much everyone! I'm really enjoying pushing myself on these at a bunch of different hobbying skills. I do have some ideas for next steps once I get all these painted, but I might work on some other projects and wait for night-runners to be released.

I was looking carefully for holes in the side of the face to show that it was a mask of someone else's face she was wearing. It seems just...too wide for the rest of her from a drukhari build perspective.

maybe a more flexible cement instead of superglue plus blustuff on a stick to draw it in? superglue is very shock vulnerable in ways some other adhesives aren't, which might help not sure if you could use a vacuum seal as well once it's in place, to pull it tight to the glue (not sure what I'd use to create the vacuum though)

I'm keeping strictly to john blanche masterclass + technicals/effects/etc... but I'm guessing I can do something similar with some paint mixes I'll try it inspired by yours on one of them! Speaking of, decided on black fur on one of them!