This is one of the main reasons I left Warhammer behind, as it becomes more and more of a reddit chud sandbox echo chamber. I also always laugh at various dinguses that go all "no politics in my gaem!" - they actually want MORE politics, as long as it's theirs. ;)

You likely already seen it or heard about it but I could not recommend James Gurney's Color and Light more for that, it changed my whole approach to how I see light and color on my minis and I'm sure it translates even stronger to drawing and painting on canvas/digital.

"This dress costs 2000$, no way I'M CHANGING!"

I tend to stay away from the WWI & II stuff in wargames - it tends to attract a very... let's say Bowels of Reddit kinda dudes that I prefere not in a mile radius of my life.

Never bought anything from them as their stuff always felt kinda crappy, good to know my gut feeling was right!

I already bought some more Old Dominion.

Pure truth, this approach helped me immensly with both getting better and healing from burnout with miniature painting, as I was trapped in an endless cycle of "try to do better" and "there is a 2k Dark Angels army to be done on Monday" by setting a firm "I'm done" for both fast and slow works.

Seeing a bagel after a 12 hour shift be like. Love the Cronenberg vibe this gives.

Preach, brother. I have so much backlog due to constantly being sick last two months that I am unable to move with stuff, I actually felt relived that a large commissioner had to cancel their big order last minute as it gives me room to breathe.

The moose is a perfect choice for a winter monstrosity - they are pretty Eldritch Horror by nature, perfect representation of danger and terrible might of winter!