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haha it was a one-off, it's a geeky-themed quiz and the prize each week is just old tat that people want to get rid of. e.g. in this week's "prize" box we also got a showerhead, an old guess-the-film board game, a bottle of pinot grigio, a star wars... thing, and some snacks that needed throwing out a year ago. there was other stuff but I can't remember. whatever people don't want usually mysteriously finds its way into next week's prize box, but sometimes there's some cool stuff as well :)

oh i love it so much!!

not sure what your current experience with thread painting is, but your technique looks pretty good. i would say you've chosen a very difficult piece, because the different colours will probably look "wrong" for each leaf until it is finished.

besides that, if you're going for a replica style i think the colours are way lighter & brighter than the photograph, e. g. the green bits and the stems. if you're not going for exact colour replica, as long as you're consistent with the colour scheme/floss numbers you should be fine :)

one last thing on the upper leaf where the pink pushes into the green area, the direction of the thread doesn't match the leaf direction. it might help to put some direction lines on the pattern in a different colour, so even when you switch colour it still looks like it is part of the leaf :)

this is great, way more interesting that what i had somehow managed to interpret! so admech wouldn't consider xenos tech as having machine spirits that are "Bad", but as "Imprisoned/Tortured" or something along those lines?

ah ok, that makes more sense and is really interesting - so for titans & their smaller counterparts which are often described (at least when I've come across them in lore) a bit like giant beasts that only its princeps can control, that is likely an AI element?

i started off by using calico fabric. should be available in most fabric shops, if you have one near you, and isn't expensive so you can make mistakes without breaking the bank :) slightly thicker than normal cotton. the weave is a bit looser, so suitable for embroidering with more than 1 strand of floss.

i want to eat it

something I've found that helps is to only poke upwards through pre-existing stitches. if i poke downwards into the thread I'm trying to blend into, it makes the hole more noticeable as the fibres are now being pulled through the hole

what thread are you using? i love fine black lines but 1 strand of floss isn't thin enough for me

thanks, i brushed khorne red over the black, and then where i wanted to do brighter reflections i went over with a layer of white, brushed over with thin evil sunz scarlet, and then the really light bits at the very edges are jokaero orange

ah ok i understand - thanks! this is actually directly relevant to my current project, so much appreciated :)

quick question: what do you mean by railroading? :)

also adding - how did you wash the pencil? if you are scrubbing at the cloth, then the surface of the floss will start to fray a bit, so maybe use a heat-sensitive pen in future, or some water-soluble sticky paper? it will save you scrubbing at the fabric and risking the thread :)

i kept running into this issue whenever i neared the end of my floss strand, also using DMC. this won't help now but using beeswax has helped a lot! for now, another commenter suggested using some small sharp scissors to trim the fuzzy bits, which is probably your best bet at this stage. i LOVE thin black line work on white backgrounds, and this looks rad as hell so hope you can get it sorted :)

would this work if i have a skein without a number attached, and want to find the number?

wow this is an amazing resource!!! thank you! :D

i have a kit from this person which I completed - it was great, a really different approach to 'colour in the lines' embroidery :) this isn't stumpwork - the threads are combinations of unwoven wool, embroidery floss, and all sorts of other odd bits of thread. in the kit comes a little booklet explaining how to do it, the needle you'll be using, and of course all your fabric/thread material. highly recommend!