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Practice painting instead of getting others to paint for you (where's the sense of accomplishment in THAT?!)
Practice without being afraid of messing up; it goes with the territory!
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I don't necessarily think I'm a good modeler but I'm not afraid to try anything that will make me better so if I learn something, then I think that's cool. If you want to get someone else to build your models, cool but don't mess the hobby up by presenting something as something you built but you really didn't. Happy modelling:grey:
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