some of their models are cool but their lore is kinda meh

Tau lore is meh but I like MOAR DAKKADAKKADAKKA

i have space marines i still need to paint

I think i picked a bad scheme, as a beginner, for my first batch. I wanted to do white but the white goes on badly

I primed them black

Re doing the portrait but with a different medium (pens). I think I got proportions better this time.

Finding dedicated time for anatomy studies is pain in the ass tho

I’m going to put a wood finish on a chamfered walnut frame. Should I use linseed/tung oil or polyurethane?

@clossington I haven't used tuning oil so I can't speak much about it but if you are going for slightly darker finish then colour of your wood then linseed oil is the way to go. Just don't use boiled linseed oil, it has some unhealthy solvents. If you want you could use white spirit (turpentine) and mix it with oil 1:1, the spirit will evaporate and oil will cure faster.

If you want darker finish you could also try burning wood on the surface first.

I was originally going to go with lacquer but I don’t enough of it. I’m probably going with Linseed but it takes forever to dry and many layers to cure properly

Good rule of thumb is once a day for a week, once a week for a month and then once a year

And turpentine speeds up the curing and won't give you cancer.

Fair enough

Ready for shading.

Does anyone know how to use Blender?

I’ve been working on a Vaporwave project but I can’t add emissions

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/shader_nodes/shader/emission.html this is what duckduckgo says

My problem is that the emissions and the viewport display are disconnected

I haven't used Blender since college

there should be a massive amount of tutorials though

inb4 most of them are pajeets

I think I "over cook" it.

Do we have gardeners of any persuasion?

I am a gardener of questionable skill.

@McFansy What kinds of plants do you handle, what do you do?

garden beds mostly perennials

planted some fruit trees last spring

Nice. I have a wild peach tree that sprouted in our garden 10 years ago or so, its the only one thats actually disease resistant and produces a lot of fruit, Im looking to propagate it this year and replace the 3 or 4 other trees (that we bought) with it. Also want to propagate a plum tree that produces large fruit with great taste, tastes somewhat like oranges. I will try to air-layer it.
Im trying to start some bonsai too, will go out and collect some young hawthorns for that later

Nice

bonzai is pretty zen, pun intended

good for someone who doesn't have much land to plant on/is restricted indoors

I dont know much about zen philosophy but Im not uninterested in it. Bonsai is cool because it allows you to capture the beauty of trees, forests and landscapes, and its relaxing to work on. Its living art.
Youre right in that they allow ppl with small or no gardens to dabble in gardening, which is especially true in Japan. But in the west people have larger gardens and many people make larger bonsai too. The ones I just started which are conker trees will be above 1,50 meters tall at their final hight I think, which is necessary because of that species´ thick twigs and large leaves, and I also want them to flower heavily if possible.
But I will also start a hawthorn or dwarf-pomegranate landscape/forest, which might be the size of a dinner plate in height and width.

zen is gay

why

WEEEEEEEEEEEB

I've been listening to shortwave for a while. Ham might be useful in the future.

You have to get a license. But the process is apparantly very easy. Id recommended looking for a local Ham radio club/group on Facebook. They're always happy to have new members. They'll set you up for success when it comes to training and licensing.

Anyone play guitar? I've been using a public guitar and the strings are really eating up my fingers even on my strumming hand. Waaay worst than any other guitar ive used.

Is it possible they used some sort of cleaning product on them and that made the strings more abrasive?

Maybe talc or the compound used on strings of the violin? Other then that you can always use a pick.