Blood in the Water

So, to all my followers and assorted friends, lackeys, and tag-ons, I've finally finished my first beloved Hammerhead Gunship! It's a magnificent piece of tech, and I've actually enjoyed painting it this time. The broad curved faces are usually a bitch to paint with the colors I usually choose, however I used several of the techniques I covered in previous tutorials to end with an excellent product! The only problem I have is a possible lack of enough detail, so I'm leaving it up to my reviewers. I had thought of adding a black and grey zigzag camo scheme on several panels near the front, to break up the profile in a military fashion. What do you all think? Enough? Or add more?

As you can see, I used my white painting technique to great effect, the white paint is only a bit spotty at a very close distance (Primarily due to problems with the spray, and only one coat). The gem effect came out excellent on the rear taillights, and a bit of improvisation with the shape ended with the front cockpit lens in excellent shape! Finally, the black/grey highlights turned out quite sharp, although I was tempted to drybrush it on sloppily for the engine vents, making a sooty effect. But the sharp lines enunciate the model perfectly! Still need to work on the tank commander, don't have the paint to get the skin properly!

On a separate note, I need to rant a bit. I know this is a gaming/painting blog, but this is something that rather peeves me.

I have a rather good friend, who shall go unnamed at this moment, but he can probably recognize himself. Recently, my friend managed to convince a girl to go out with him. This is momentous, because he had a bit of a reputation as a flirt, and no girl seemed to get close enough to last. I'm friends with one of his old flames, through the school department I'm in. Recently, I was included in a conversation she initiated. The subject? You should be able to guess. 

Apparently, he had gone and done quite a bit with this girl, and when they broke up, she was not pleased. So, now that he's got a new girl, she is a mite bit jealous. Not pretty, let me tell you. Nasty comments, slipped into innocuous conversation. But this just took the cake. Apparently, she was being snarky about how she, in less time, managed to get further with him than his current gf. 

First, I wasn't aware that dating was a race to sex, with the fastest being the 'best'. That just seems slutty, for both man and woman. Secondly, and this was the part that made me both write this rant, and laugh at her pitiful comments, if the two in the relationship aren't going nearly as fast to get to sex, wouldn't that imply they actually care about the connection, and are doing everything to build it properly? Being the slutty girl who knows how to get into someone's pants isn't nearly as an achievement as being patient, so that the relationship doesn't end after you discover the other partner is only interested in sex. That's how I did it, that's how my friend's doing it (I told him, and he said as much), and that's how any good moral person does it. 

So to all the sluts and panty-jocks out there, fuck off and keep your genitals with your own strain of human morality. You can enjoy the shallow end of the pool.

Rant over, this is Fancyfeast, signing off. 

Good night, and good luck