Time for me to fall back on.

Now, i usually NEVER get an answer when I ask for help, but I only have two options, figure it out or ask,
All I want to know is how to prevent nodes from sticking out like this when making a muscular character, simple, if I don’t get an answer to that then im going to FUCKING EXPLODE.

Ive made this gif to both showcase the problem, and my frustration trying to fix it.

and for the other side of the war, the U.R.A (United Republics of America) the number one enemy of the Viskans, originally known as the USA but after a change of government, changed the country into a police surveillance state, something resembling present day China (in our timeline, not this project), the police are actually a brach in the military, and have constitutional rights above citizens, which include the right to raid, arrest, and Enhanced Tactical Options, (extreme force, violent tactics)
they also converted each state into a ¨Republic¨ , a different type of state system that has each Republic handel everything on their own, but are still governed by the URA government through means of military occupation and control of all crop and oil trade, and states have to pay a huge tax to the government, and most of that is aleady citizen tax payer money, places are rather unfunded because of this.

one beast of a nation, with a military might and the most advanced technology, they own a good foothold in a vast majority of the world.

some states I merged together, and there are a few new ones, if i may have mixed up a few states with each other, so tell me if i made any mistakes.

been way too lazy on this time to do things once agian

VPR map, with Republics, Anarchy zones, Separatists, and invaded territory (stripes) as well as the capital Atlanta.

Viskan Zealot Enforcer Unit, Part One
Current Progress: Torso and Arm Armor
(You may notice the “Sticknodes.com in the corner, haven’t bought Pro since i broke my phone because im broke)
Posting this because i just feel like i gotta put something out there, Theres not really much to say honestly, i want to put all the information about the character in the final version, so i guess ill talk about the ENERGIZATION INJECTION ARMOR SYSTEM or E.I.A.S (pronounced EI-AS)

You see that button on the front arm? With the biohazard symbol? Once the button is pressed it will inject the user with an experimental military compound called DX-10 a drug so dangerous is its concidered to be a FUCKING BIOHAZARD IN EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD EXCEPT THE V.P.R! even the V.P.R’s allies deem it to be way to dangerous for any sort of use.
It is highly addictive and extremely potent, a single grain of sand
worth will get you hooked, its effects makes users extremely strong, responsive, agile, and basically turns them into a killing machine.

Side affects include: pure rage, desire to kill, severe headaches, nausea, extreme withdrawals, paranoia, exploding heart, exploding brain, and finally, DEATH (obviously)
Not only that but it is extremely easy to overdose from it, and is responsible for 3/5ths of V.Z.E Unit deaths.

Any suggestions or ideas?

Hey Guys, Im Back! What Did I Miss?

[Introduction]
Hello! I hope you guys remember me, the one and ONLY jet! Now Jet Spookus, 25% more Jet per Jet!
Im exited to be back, Ive been sooooo busy its been killing me that i haven’t done any creative things in like, what has it been… Like, almost a year! Sheash…
But anyway, i really cant wait to get back to making things man.

[Sticknodes Plans]
You may be wondering why this post is in my series group, its because i have a few changes ive made to how im going to approach creating things,
I honestly dont think im ready to make a series, so im going to start off small, with test animations, short videos, things like that.
Basically i want to build up experience before i make something big to reduce stress, there will still be Viskans and all the other fuckers ive talked about in my stupidly long ass posts, just, not whole episodes (for now, at least),
im going to take a more slower approach when it comes to sticknodes, because as you may have noticed, ive never posted a single animation, so you can imagine how much I suck at it!

[Being Honest (I Also Lied About Things…)]
Another important thing is that im definitely going to need a lot of help and advice, because most of the time i really dont know what im even doing! I used to be reluctant on asking for help but fuck it, why not? There’s absolutely no harm in doing so anyway.
Im also going to start being 100% honest when it comes to things like this aswell, because, heh, ive lied alot before and i feel like shit for it, no more!
(What did i lie about? Being productive on this series really, ive barely made a damn thing since ive started this shit, and i just hate it, mostly due to both disctractions around me and procrastinating with the lore, i also think there was like 2 other thing i had lied about but I forgot what it was )
Honestly dont even know why i lied, think it was because i felt bad that i hadn’t done that much and i thought people would look down on me for that, but now that i look back at it, that was a very stupid decision.
And another thing is that I haven’t really made any of the final concept versions of the characters, been procrastinating on that aswell, and i honestly think i need help designing them because its way more harder than I thought,
(Not only that but i lost alot of progress due to the screen on my phone being ripped right off when I dropped it, how does that even happen?!)
I hope yall forgive me for lying ☹️, I was (and still are) a stupid teenager, and I’se do stupid thingys someytimes 🥺.
Its probably no big deal but still, I feel bad and just wanted to be honest about it.
Oh and i almost forgot, ive been struggling to make my OCs as well, and probably need help on that aswell.

[Outro]
Not really much else to say,
Thats about it, cya.

Attempt 2
Made a post early this morning, nobody gave a shit, let\’s do this agian.
This post will be more detailed, this morning I had to go to school so you know how it is.

I am currently struggling with making figures for this series and overall anything I try to make, barely made anything that actually looks good when creating my oc, and I feel bad about it, I know what I want to make but when I try it comes out looking cheap and just terrible, nothing like I had imagined, and it just makes me mad as hell,
not only that but I\’m struggling to get motivated, and whenever I finnaly get time to work on my personal things I just don\’t feel like it you know? And then I feel bad for \”wasting my own time\” and all that self doubt crap, even took an unannounced mental health break over the fall break because of how much I was stressing myself about it, and of course a few other things too, overall my mental health hasn\’t been the best, honestly I feel terrible most of the time and am way too damn depressed, but that\’s besides the point, basically, I can\’t get shit done! And it\’s really just getting tiring…
Edit: forgot to actually say I need help, lmao, but anyway yeah anybody got anything useful for this predicament?

No idea on how to end post, so I\’ll leave it how it is,
PEACE!

Hello! It\’s been awhile,
Came here to ask for help, I am really struggling with this series, I know what I want to make, but when I actually try I don\’t know how and it ends up looking rushed and cheap, or i just barely do anything and then forget about it,
been trying to make things like military armors and vehicles, mostly just the Viskans and US Forces, I am really struggling to make these characters, any tips or suggestions? anything of value really,
Anything is appreciated,
Probably should\’ve asked for help sooner but I thought I could do it, nope, very difficult,
Don\’t have much time right now this would be longer, bye-bye!

A new nation has appeared!
the Democratic Peoples Republic of Antarctica (D.P.R.A)!!!
This nation is possibly one of the worst to ever exist in this series, yes, even worse than the Atlas Anarchists,
This nation is notable because the dictator is a sentient AI, hell bent on extermination of all governments against it, and maybe wants to enslave the human race but that’s not anything to worry about,
Also very notable because it’s population is 59% robots.

It is relevant to the story because it is the leader of an alliance called “The International Terror Pact”,
There will be a separate post about that sometime.
But anyway one of the members of the pact is The Viskan Pirate Republics, The D.P.R.A supplies them with munitions, vehicles, volunteer fighters, and technology, not only that but a cut of the oil supply, which they have plenty of.

Very nationalist, somewhat fascist, and are communist, although certain regions are “special economic zones” and allow partial capitalism.
They also have a 9-10-7 work culture, similar to the Chinese 9-9-6 but more grueling.
For robots this is no problem, but if your human your pretty much fucked.
Not only that but the entire population is in the miltary, no matter the age, drafted from birth, and raised by the government, and of course they brainwash their people too, produce absurd propaganda, and kill anyone who dares question the littlest thing about the government, truly a hell hole.

They have nukes, and activity use them as a threat to get whatever the hell they want, which I’d very dangerous because this nation has almost caused nuclear Armageddon 5 times already, and counting .

“All Hail the D.P.R.A! Ahhrahh!!”