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Will AI replace Warhammer Painter jobs? · Latest report #badj3uvf
Your job has an expiration date
October 22, 2028
In 2 yearsYour steady hand is just a slow, imprecise actuator for paint.
Professional plastic-sculpture pigment enthusiast and table-top tactician.
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no no noyouAI▸ POLYPAINT 9000▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 2 YEARSAI's Special Power
applies three-layer wet blending in seconds
You spend hundreds of hours thinning acrylic paints and applying edge highlights to tiny plastic soldiers. It ends soon.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still decide which specific shade of edge-highlight conveys the correct amount of grimdark despair.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
Vision models scan your army to suggest the most efficient palette.
Month 6
Robotic spray booths apply perfect, non-clumped base coats every time.
Month 12
Miniature-focused arms apply edge highlights with sub-millimeter accuracy.
Month 16
Automated dispensers flood every crevice with precisely metered technical washes.
Year 2 · D-Day
Your painting station is sold for parts to feed the assembly line.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 97.3%
12 hours
Avg hours per miniature
4 per project
Paint pots wasted
Daily
Back strain incidents
Your severance
A lifetime supply of premium grey plastic primer.
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