• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Painting some minis mostly (technically just dry brushing today, there’s too many for more). They’re for some sessions of One Page Rules that my buddies and I are getting into.

    And planning tomorrow’s DND session though I fully expect it to go like the last 2 sessions; sessions that should have been delayed as one player was in condition to play both times. (Once for getting too drunk the day before and once for having a kidney stone kicking their ass)

    Here’s a pic of one of the dudes I finished dry brushing before this current little break.

    The dude

    • averyminya@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      That’s super cool! I enjoy DnD from the outside (movies, games, concepts) but I’ve never really participated myself. My friend recently asked me to create a character, I’ve been thinking to play something like a Vash the Stampede type personality and, to get a feel for the game, go for perception and try to inspect as much as I can.

      I also love the idea of minifig painting! Something I’ve always wanted to do that’s similar is finding toys and figurines to resculpt and paint. Turning Iron Man into a WarHammer type sort of thing lol.

      He looks great!!

      • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        DND can be really fun with the right people and playing with friends definitely stacks it in the way of fun potential

        In terms of mini painting I really dig it, it’s so relaxing to just sit down and paint a mini

        Making minis both physically and digitally is also really fun though I don’t do it very often. Most of the 3D modeling I do is CAD stuff but I’ve been dipping my toes back into Blender lately. I don’t currently have any models I’ve made in Blender I want to show off but that’s usually how I tackle any creative endeavor; I spend a few weeks exclusivley doing internal feedback, then a few months to a year with some external feedback from a very limited group, then after that I’ll show stuff publically. That way I can learn and have fun without worrying about people sucking the fun out of it before I can grow into it.

        Edit: But the best way to start a new creative endeavor into a process is to just do it. Make mistakes, fail, learn. But most importantly: have fun.

        • averyminya@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Definitely! He’s also a very relaxed DM, if I wanted to I could find some silly ridiculous class - my other friend will be playing an enslaved dragon tamer that he found online for example.

          Honestly, the main reason I never got into it is that I already have so many hobbies that adding even more has always been a balancing act of “how interesting in this am I really?” It’s different for a group of friends though, so I’m happy to be part of this one even if I wasn’t as interested in the past.