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I stopped caring after two different angles of the same miniature I had put up got ratings ranging from 4 to near (some above) 7. On BOTH coolness and painting. Same figure, just different angles. I've posted on CMON as well and after lukewarm ratings to say the least (much more work on my model, 'bout same paintjob as "competing" model, mine got less rating) I'm just tired of public opinion.

Crudely put, and I've wanted to add this as my sig, but haven't.... Opinions are like human rectums, everyone has one, and everyone thinks that everyone else's stinks.

Modeling skill is often overlooked, slap some paint onto a bought forgeworld model and it's cooler than something someone spent a hundred hours building from scratch, making every little decision about every detail.

Here's my model in question... yeah modeling isn't super awesome, and the paintjob is tabletop.... but 4 as far as ratings go?