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[yvannairie]

I have most certainly made this exact joke before but while I agree that sandpapering away all the flaws a character has is bad, I think putting them through a rotary tumbler to remove burrs and dull the edges of their writing slightly and to achieve a more consistent surface finish on their characterisation is beneficial and, indeed, great fun.

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[palominocorn]

Being dumped in a big barrel with other blorbos and tumbled around: fun! Enrichment for the blorbo!

Being clamped in place and aggressively sanded: painful and boring!

[yvannairie]

(the parts inside our big toroid tumblers actually move quite slowly, sort of swimming around in the ceramic grindstones. it looks very soothing and restful, like a full-body massage XD)

[palominocorn]

Mmmmmmmm, relaxing. Like a cross between martial arts and a hug.

[yvannairie]

They come out looking cared-for, all of the rough tooling marks removed, pleasant to handle :D

EDIT: AND!! If for some thematic or aesthetic reason you want to retain some tooling marks, those surfaces can be masked beforehand :3c Only wiggle the parts that need it. Same as sandblasting.

[greenarolizard]

Pressure explode water inside them to make their polygonal selves spherically smooth