>>10693075>has specks all over it toonot the best example
And minis are much more forgivable, thanks to being only like 1.5" tall, so the flaws are over a larger range of the body.
Whereas as the head is almost the entire length of a mini. One, two, three or four flaws in the same area covers just the face and since the face is super fucking important, it looks even worse than a speck on the skirt or the wash running over raised areas.
I mean, you can see various areas on that mini where the paint is all crusty (highlights), but maybe yo ucan pretend they're just battle damage? When you're it's that small, the flaws can be construed many ways. Whereas something bigger....