>>9403190>>9403253>>9403283I don't usually butt into these sorts of conversations, but considering you guys have been arguing about this for the better part of this thread, I feel like I should say something on the matter. I wasn't trying to "make the /toy/ thread into the /m/ thread" or anything along those lines when I brought the groupbuild to both boards this time around. The main reasons were 1) Bring a groupbuild to these threads again since the last one here ended around December/January or so & 2) to see how builders from both sides of the site handle the same challenge/prompts.
I don't do these builds out of a desire to see super high quality builds meant for GBWCs, but rather to get people's imaginations flowing and to let people try new building/painting techniques (Which is why I prefer to go for themes that are more open ended than say "Build something super specific in a hyper specific colorscheme"). It's normal for me to receive a bunch of builds from people who are submitting their very first custom (Be it their first time painting or their first time kitbashing), and in the case of this build I got new builders from both /m/ and /toy/. Overall, I do these to encourage people to build and share their progress on their buillds and encourage discussion in threads. That "argument" I mentioned you guys having is the exact sort of discourse I like to see after posting the entries for the build. Moreso the "This build is good/bad because of X/Y" rather than the "X builders are better than Y builders"
Whatever the next theme ends up being will be open to participants from both boards again. The duration might bump back up to 3 1/2-4 months though, depends on what theme gets voted on.
