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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Get him a super complicated model kit, he'll stare at it and be scared to start.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

side-eye-1 glances at dusty MG Zeta Gundam ver Ka box in my room

side-eye-2

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

My ds9 kit is doing the same. I'm speaking from experience.

[–] worlds_okayest_mech_pilot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haha my dusty MG ZZ Gundam ver Ka joins you

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

When I bought it as my first MG kit, I was like "oh I can get a MG scale ZZ and 100 Shiki next" clueless

[–] SnAgCu@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This, but with a kit from Five Star Stories instead of Gundam. Biggest you can manage to find!

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I started with this ds9 which luckily had a tiny USS Defiant and Cardassian cruiser packed in aa well so I built those for practice. Then found out the ds9 model is clear plastic so you can run led strips through it and all this other stuff which would make my initial project seem like crap and I'd known it whe ever I looked at it. However, I am SO HOOKED on models now and figured I'd do other stuff for practice and now I'm working on some Nascar sets cause my parents are big fans an it'll be a cool gift for them and good practice for me

[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I haven’t seen you mention the word “airbrush” so I don’t think the patient is beyond saving.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I am planning on installing lights in the ds9 kit and that'll be a whole thing

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Throw a giant asteroid into the Earth

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's not a bad idea!

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can always back out of the commitment by having nebulously defined angry psychic space sex(?) with him before impact. By the time you hit atmosphere the asteroid should disappear.

[–] worlds_okayest_mech_pilot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make sure to express your deeply-rooted mommy issues while doing so. Very important step.

[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, important step. And make sure you project these feelings onto your shared underage Indian girlfriend.

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you know how much clean up that will require afterwards?

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

It'll help the Earth clean itself up in time. Don't think too hard about it.

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

I'm so sorry, but it's already too late vegeta-pain

All you can do now is make him comfortable and buy a better panel liner, I recommend Tamiya Accent Color (Black)

[–] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Everyone has a giant space laser, why don't you try that?

[–] abc@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

realize that compromise is the foundation of all relationships hope this helps, can't wait to see the panel gaps on the couch

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Say you don't vibe with the artistic direction, and that you just feel less at home and would appreciate if you kept the furniture like it was before

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

don't, just shake until he reverts to factory settings