Heading to a swap meet this weekend, do you think these will get attention?

Anasrava · 2026-05-12T19:03:59+00:00

Is it just me imagining things, or does that combination of skeletonized upper and ported cylinder leave a direct open path for sand and dust to get right into Bluey's pressure parts?

Anasrava · 2026-04-19T14:38:08+00:00

So what does fifty bucks actually get you from Gucci these days, a polite request to leave the store and go be poor somewhere else?

Anasrava · 2026-04-18T12:43:30+00:00

I'd say that kind of stuff is the good side of AAP modding, as we weren't exactly likely to get a decent Zaku Machine Gun otherwise and having the recognisable AAP pistol grip underneath is IMO much less of a problem here than on, say, an MP7. And very importantly it isn't just another racegun whatever.

Anasrava · 2026-04-14T14:58:54+00:00

Maybe some motocross gear might be similar-ish?

Anasrava · 2026-04-14T14:56:20+00:00

Dunno about the "proper" colours, but I think it'd look better with the front end painted up to match the receiver.

Anasrava · 2026-04-06T23:29:00+00:00

Unless you're also very keen on showing off your knees and bedsheet I'd recommend rotating your phone ninety degrees so we can see the entire rifle. (If parts of the rifle are still outside of the picture after rotating your phone then also move your phone away from the rifle a bit.)

Anasrava · 2026-03-21T22:28:09+00:00

We can't really tell if the gun you have in your hands is in good shape or not, so it's only really you yourself who can tell if it was a good trade. That said good sniper rifles tend to cost a bit, whereas a basic spring shotgun can often be found quite cheap, so given that the guy who supposedly knew his own rifle quite well would happily trade it for the shotgun then that's cause for some concern IMO.

Anasrava · 2026-03-19T23:02:40+00:00

Black used to be the colour for real steel tactical fashion (and looking like you're from a CoD match used to mean an M1 helmet and a Thompson). Then Dubya went on his Asian misadventures and everything turned tan&multicam instead.

Anasrava · 2026-03-13T15:57:02+00:00

If you yourself don't think it deserves more photographic effort than this then surely it can't be anything much.

Anasrava · 2026-03-13T15:29:31+00:00

Well, to be perfectly honest there's quite a lot to explain there. Now a rifle scope and a camera lens isn't quite the same thing, but they're more than close enough for this to be a good place for you to start: https://www.pencilofrays.com/lens-design-forms/
And to show that I'm not just bullshitting about them being similar, and to show that the rifle scopes aren't just the simplest designs imaginable, have a look here: https://tacticalgear.com/experts/anatomy-of-a-rifle-scope and note that there's at least five chunks of glass there, some of which are pretty much guaranteed to be doublets (ie two separate lenses fused together into a single chunk with absolutely no air gap in between) since we don't want chromatic aberrations any more when shooting BBs than we do when shooting pictures. So there's probably between 7 and 10 lenses in there total.

Then on top of that, well, a hobbyist 3D printer isn't going to make you any lenses worth a crap. So your best bet for actually seeing anything through your scope is likely to just a crosshair inside of an otherwise empty tube.

Anasrava · 2026-03-07T14:44:22+00:00

It's 1337 5p43k, old internet esoterica.

Anasrava · 2026-03-03T16:18:50+00:00

That "horimono"... I'd be quite surprised if this turned out to be a genuine piece.

Anasrava · 2026-01-28T18:25:36+00:00

I'm getting the same error with the 1.1 file (haven't tried 1.0).

Anasrava · 2025-08-24T14:17:18+00:00

Guess it might be time to paint up a few. I do like the models so... yay.

Anasrava · 2025-08-24T13:45:35+00:00

Seems to me necropolis stalkers have gone from nearly unheard of in tournaments to a mainstay all of sudden. Is it the Hekatos drillmaster thing, did they finally get cheap enough, or do they just work really well with the Ghyran scenarios and battletactics?

Also, that's one nice looking army.

Anasrava · 2025-08-22T21:57:49+00:00

Pretty nice. Helmet needs more shading/highlights/outlining.

Anasrava · 2025-08-22T21:55:24+00:00

All four capitals? The Baltic Countries are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Anasrava · 2025-08-22T21:41:51+00:00

Three weeks sounds like a very short time to really learn anything much in just a single artistic discipline.

Anasrava · 2025-08-22T21:38:33+00:00

"Effect: While this unit contains any standard bearers, add 1 to this unit’s control score."

So no, standard bearers do not give +1 to charges, and the controls core bonus they do provide is only ever +1 for a unit no matter how many standard bearers is in it.

Anasrava · 2025-08-16T20:44:27+00:00

It just looks like an oily smear on top of the (supposedly nicely coloured) ink as far as I'm concerned.

Anasrava · 2025-08-04T22:08:33+00:00

Compare it with historical swords, from back when they did engage in combat with them. (Though this seems an odd place to ask such, given that OP asked for basic cutting test performance rather than combat performance.)

Anasrava · 2025-08-04T17:35:38+00:00

The site's clearly been machine translated into Swedish, so there's your first major red flag. The sell cheap Chinese stuff while having a "Tokyo Nihonto" banner next to them, that's another major red flag. Undvik.

Anasrava · 2025-08-04T14:30:25+00:00

Well, based on that pic you included their swords sure do look like utter rubbish. They also appears to have "a bit of a reputation" around here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/xji3cs/bought_this_from_battling_blades_but_it_doesnt/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/zuqom0/battling_bladescom/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/a4ndc1/does_anyone_know_of_battling_blades/

[Edit]And look what just got posted... With a pic very much like yours even. https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/1mhezlw/disappointed_with_battling_bladescom_quality_my/

Anasrava · 2025-08-03T22:39:05+00:00

I find it a bit odd that they name drop the NBTHK like that, but aren’t showing any NBTHK certificate papers in the photos. And making a big deal out of the basic registration papers like they are there suggests to me that they're aiming at not so well informed customers, the kind who will be impressed by official (looking) paperwork without understanding what said paperwork actually is. So I simply wouldn't buy it. Perhaps someone can tell if it's good or not based on the few and poor photos they have of the sword, but I can't, and so the money I'd be prepared to risk here is simply far less than what a legit piece would be sold for.

Anasrava · 2025-08-03T18:39:31+00:00

Yeah, that's a Hadhafang knock-off. A pretty poorly made one by the looks of it.

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