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Ok. On a completely different topic – how may of you are printing your own minis now?
(I’ve not bought a plastic mini for many, many years now).

I’ve a confession to make.
Ever since I realised my eyes now have a “fixed focal length” (I used to be awesome at close-up work but now I find I have to hold things a specific distance away, and anything “too close” is difficult to focus on) I’ve printed minis at 110%

It’s barely noticeable on the tabletop. But, man, does it make a difference when it comes to painting!
Getting faces – and particularly eyes – right is just soooo much easier.
At first it felt like cheating, because painting smaller = better, right?
But you know what? Bigger = easier = more fun = better results. I’m printing everything at a 35mm-to-the-eyes scale now and I don’t care! Anyone else ever felt like some hack they came up with was “cheating” (but you still do it anyway)?