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Gunpla is still for queersWe aren't talking about straight builds. Failing to understand how the same shit to paint and weather a gunpla diorama or anything else from the scale modeling hobby can apply to something like 40k vehicles is redditor faggot behavior and why it's so damned laughable at times seeing what 40k painters consider "great" without being some golden demon award winning thing. Half the shit in the average LGS for painting and basing minis was adapted from elsewhere, and understanding that is how you can avoid getting fucked from buying shit targeted at idiot 40k players or be able to answer shit like the guy above asking about sources of chains. This is why kitbashing is treated like some lost art if the parts don't have shitty ball joints, and 5 minutes of work with some LEDs can generate "wow" from people walking past, or even goblin hobbies and their overpriced nailpolish treated like it's some innovation. Even Vince Venturella recently posted a heavy body acrylic video because so many people just fail to look at shit that isn't marketed as "muh grimdark" specific bullshit.
I agree with what you're saying, and what you're saying would also be an interesting and informative write up. Sometimes, especially for new people, being told that YES, you CAN do whatever you want with your miniatures, and heres how to buy 5lbs of texture paste for 25 cents is pretty invaluable. All the information is locked to shit tier youtube videos and fucking reddit, what few nuggets of gold are buried in something titled 'THIS IS HOW YOU DO SLAPCHOP 100% EFFECTIVE" and its a 10 minute video with 4 ads, when zenithal highlighting is easily understood and conveyed if you actually give a shit. A compendium of techniques and products that arent 40k.specific, that isnt fucking REDDIT, and can get hyper autistic men the go ahead to actually do something artistic.
There also seems to be this weird thing, maybe its because warhammer is tide locked to people willing to shell out money (nerds with adult jobs) but that also have 0 artistic talent and havent done anything artistic since they were in kindergarten because drawing outside the lines fucks with their heads, but people are obsessed with recipes and/or the heavy metal style, when you could learn some basic art principals and blow the fuck out of 90% of painters by just being a little original and crazy.
Edit: tl:dr, for every Vince Venterella there are a 100 Midwinter Minis, and sometimes even Vince can be long winded and I dont want to sit through a 30 minute video to explain a concept that can be referenced in a written format.