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I'm moderately pleased with my attempts at blond-headed Goths:

Tumbling Dice 20mm figs.





donald

Very nicely done, Ochoin. Though I thought all Goths wore black clothes and heavy makeup, mate? Or is that Punks?

Spanner wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:28 pm Though I thought all Goths wore black clothes and heavy makeup, mate? Or is that Punks?

Not sure. Sub-cultures tend to blur & merge over time. What was radical becomes passée.
I remember my tatoo'd grandfather (he was a RN sailor) was regarded as rather louche by my Mum's strictly Wee Frees' family. Now, everyone's tatoo'd - well not me, but neither am I judgemental.

donald

You and I both, mate. I can't tell a bodgie from a budgie or an emo from an emu. As for tat's, I considered a blood group and skippy badge tat when a young grunt, until one of the bloke's brand new tat got badly infected out bush. (Getting a tat done a couple of days before an exercise was not really smart.) I decided to waste my money on my car, girlfriend and wargames stuff (not necessarily in that order) instead.

I *do* have a unit of Gaestati - naked Celtic warriors- and rather enjoyed using a blue paint pen to add suitable "body art" to them.

The boys at work keep me as up to date on sub-cultures as I want to be. Eshays, for instance -originally from SA but now, so I'm told, infesting urban areas all over OZ.

donald

You've definitely cracked it, Donald. Very nice toys.

Iain

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:50 am You've definitely cracked it, Donald. Very nice toys.

Iain

Thanks, Iain. I'm not so sure my painting has improved as my photography has. Overuse of extreme close-ups has been abandoned - they only show up the errors you can't see with a naked eye.

donald

Me too. Photos at wargame distances from now on, unless absolutely essential. I shall be painting for the table, and not the camera.

Iain

ochoin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:16 pm I'm moderately pleased with my attempts at blond-headed Goths:

Well yes, they certainly look the part, but the real test is are they terminally stupid?

ochoin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:38 am
The boys at work keep me as up to date on sub-cultures as I want to be. Eshays, for instance -originally from SA but now, so I'm told, infesting urban areas all over OZ.

donald

A new one on me, but apparently from Sydney. https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/what-is-an-eshay makes me glad I'm (a) getting old & (b) have managed to avoid producing any such individuals amongst my kids.

Nice Goths too!