Flamekebab 1d ago • 0%
Very kind of you 💚
I'm not particularly fond of how the skin turned out. The texture of the model and the contrast paint I used for it ended up sort of grainy. I'd also have liked to make his blades look better, but that was the smoothest I was able to get them.
Still, the bits of skin enhancement on the knuckles, lips, and ears, I quite like. I also found that I really like Vallejo's Strong Tone, so that was nice. Also, the model looks far better in person!
Flamekebab 1d ago • 100%
I changed my first name in part because of this kind of nonsense. In the old days companies would refer to you as Mr. Surname, these days they're gross and chummy. Stay in your lane, we're not friends, you can use my paperwork name that I have no emotional connection to.
Flamekebab 3d ago • 100%
I only played through the second one but the thing that got me was just how ambitious it was. It ruined many other games for me as I was left thinking "Where's the rest of the game?".
Flamekebab 3d ago • 100%
I was going to guess Vindolanda, but they don't have trees like that in the valley.
Flamekebab 3d ago • 100%
The opening act of Little Big Adventure 2 gets my vote.
Flamekebab 3d ago • 100%
Housesteads?
Flamekebab 4d ago • 100%
Odd idiom to take issue with...
Flamekebab 4d ago • 100%
I don't think I've ever signed anything when a card is involved. Cheques back when they were a thing, sure, but they were all but irrelevant fifteen years ago.
Flamekebab 4d ago • 100%
The French do not fuck around when it comes to strike action. Hang those execs out to dry.
Flamekebab 6d ago • 100%
Something I've not seen anyone else comment on Fallout 4 is that the voiced protagonist could have been used to fill in the world.
As in, when I visited the remains of Boston airport, it'd be great if my character could talk to themselves (or voice effect to imply thoughts) about how s/he had memories there. Give me a feeling for their life before they were frozen.
Flamekebab 6d ago • 100%
The spore lore was only implemented in 1997. Before that their reproduction worked differently.
Flamekebab 6d ago • 100%
Is there a single canonical citation for this? It feels like a meme.
Flamekebab 6d ago • 100%
Which Ork models have nipples?
I can't say my knowledge of the current range is exhaustive, but I can't think of a single model that has one from the 1998 - 2016 era. There's a runtherd with a piercing where a nipple would be, but no nipple.
Flamekebab 1w ago • 91%
How long are they planning to be hamstrung by the tech debt they've accrued? Sooner or later they're going to have to do something about it, surely?
Their games all look the same, in that it's always obvious that it's a Bethesda-engine game (whatever they're calling it this week). They're always janky, usually at least a console generation behind their contemporaries, and they always feel held together with duct tape and prayers.
Playing their games is an exercise in sighing and trying to ignore the jank. Everything always feels like it's wheezing along and trying to do anything beyond the obviously intended actions is likely to cause instability in the quest scripting.
I'm reminded of how Deus Ex players would try something only to find that the game was built to take that into account and allow for it. It's the opposite of how it feels playing Bethesda's games.
Flamekebab 2w ago • 100%
This takes me back to How to Kill a Brand in the PS3 era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfmBzllkbUM
Flamekebab 2w ago • 100%
I played through it on my Xbox One X some years ago and had fun with it. It didn't run at 60 fps, but 2160p30 was a very cinematic experience regardless.
Edit - here's a screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/nQcge1u.jpeg
Flamekebab 2w ago • 92%
I'd completely forgotten about that TV show. I watched all of it, so that's rather telling.
Flamekebab 2w ago • 100%
-There's a good chance you can beat Nintendo, but you've got to visualize how you're going to win, okay?
-Gotcha...
A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT HAS APPARENTLY FELLED NINTENDO'S LAWYER MOMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD STEP INTO THE COURTROOM
Flamekebab 2w ago • 100%
To quote Bernard Black: "Well expect away!"
Flamekebab 2w ago • 100%
I wish, I wish I hadn't killed that fish.
I didn't mean to time this one for Orktober, but maybe it's just a happy little accident. He's an obscure Forge World mini from 2007 or so. I've recently been watching Masters of the Air and it made me want to dig him out of my backlog. No idea what I might field him as, but he's a fun sculpt. There's a couple of more photos here: https://imgur.com/a/cmmgacE There's a press release about the mini here, if you want to know more: https://ifelix.net/forgeworld-newsletter-171
This crew of Ork-wannabes are my Diggamob. They currently don't have names, apart from the test model - Zagatha (back left). I mostly don't like the old Digga range, but there's a few exceptions, so I went with those. I've no idea when I'll get around to fielding them in Gorkamorka, but hopefully at some point. I deliberately opted for no heavy weapons on the vehicles to field more bodies. Diggas have access to archeotek and can get some very fancy bits of kit - but to find them and wield them effectively numbers are required. These are a combination of GW's original minis from 1998 and Red Nebular's Primal Raider range: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Red%20Nebular I mainly painted them using contrast/speed paints, but I didn't have the requisite paints when I did the test model, so the skin ended up being done the traditional way. I regret it, but it was too late to do anything about. I'm not overly fond of how they turned out, but hey, done is the best feature. There's a few more pics here: https://imgur.com/a/07Mzj17 Also, just to pre-empt it, no, the faction aren't called "digganobs". They're called "diggas", you memelords.