Could try 3D printing. I recently picked up an Ender 3 printer and have been having a lot of fun. I’m in a pretty good spot with a few figures printed and I’m ready to start doing the clean up and polishing type stuff. After I feel like I have a good process I’ll start figuring out the best ways to paint.
It’s been a fun hobby with a seemingly endless amount of depth, so there’s always something to learn or just improve your current process.
The printer I got, plus the filament was around $195 to get started. Budget permitting I think its a fun creative outlet.
Karl Popper’s “paradox of tolerance”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance