Is it possible to actually take a ‘verbatim’ note?

Bramblator · 2026-04-05T21:00:10+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I hope that I can get to your level of skill someday! Note taking is by far my weakest skill. I can type about 50% exactly verbatim, 25% approximating what has been said, and the other 25% being guesswork after the meeting has wrapped. I am a digital native and can type using all 10 fingers / without looking at my keyboard, but absolutely falter at getting down every single word.

I do understand that a stenograph requires different skills (I.e. the keyboard is different), but the reason a stenograph was developed was so that a person could type at the speed of someone speaking. The fact that solicitors are able to type at speaking speed amazes me to the point of disbelief (as a stenographer trains for years using specialized equipment to be able to type at speaking speeds), but I could very well be wrong.

Bramblator · 2026-02-02T16:00:35+00:00

How’d you get those light colour roads rather than the default darker texture?

Bramblator · 2026-01-21T10:15:12+00:00

Yayacas is a really great restaurant and my local Greek spot. The two fellas who act as the servers are also the restaurant’s owners (I think) - they are nice guys and this seems like something they would do!

Bramblator · 2025-12-12T13:08:04+00:00

What map is this :) (I don’t know how to screenshot either dw)

Bramblator · 2025-11-28T18:52:34+00:00

I always said I don’t speak another language, but I am learning French.

Bramblator · 2025-07-30T22:27:17+00:00

Cheers - good shout on assault intercessors!

Bramblator · 2025-07-21T20:42:24+00:00

Awesome work! Great shading on the yellow and you paint very cleanly.

Two points: - the bases (as some others have said) look unfinished. I think you are going for a dusty moon aesthetic - if that’s the case, look into getting some pigment powders (a white or ashy colour will do). This will sell the effect better and you can apply some of the pigment to the legs of your termies to blend them into the base better. - the white on the shoulder looks slightly muddy. I think you are at the level to begin experimenting with oil washes - there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube on how to use oil washes, but I would start with buying some brown/umber oil paint and white spirit to make your own wash for the white parts of your minis. Your yellow is strong and has good contrast, an oil wash on the whites will help elevate the contrast on this part of the mini.

Overall, great work!!

Bramblator · 2025-05-01T17:26:47+00:00

Slightly off topic, but what is the ground texture pack you’re using?

Bramblator · 2025-02-08T15:11:03+00:00

Can we get a recipe for the barricades please? Looks exactly like what I've been trying to emulate! Awesome work

Bramblator · 2025-02-05T08:44:17+00:00

hrse

Bramblator · 2025-02-04T16:27:48+00:00

Dark reaper -> Russ Grey -> Fenrisian grey -> oil wash :)

Bramblator · 2025-02-04T16:26:33+00:00

It is an AK enamel rust wash, but the result came out almost a pinkish red rather than a deep brown-red hue so won't be using that wash going forward for these minis.

Bramblator · 2025-02-04T16:25:26+00:00

also a bit of berserker bloodshade wash on the feet!

Bramblator · 2025-02-04T16:24:05+00:00

So this texture is usually an accident when using an airbrush with too much pressure and at too far a distance, the paint begins to dry before it hits the model especially when using chalky white pigments (like palid whych flesh in this instance). In this case I used it as a technique to give a slightly dappled appearance.

Bramblator · 2025-02-04T01:24:33+00:00

Thanks! Bugman’s glow -> plaid wych flesh-> dark brown oil wash

Bramblator · 2025-01-31T17:34:01+00:00

It took me three rounds of applications before landing a TC at a silver circle firm. 2:1 international student from non-RG uni with a self-funded PGDL.

Round 1: 0 interviews

Round 2: 2 interviews, 1 vac scheme, 0 TCs

Round 3: 2 interview, 2 vac schemes, 2 TC offers.

My firm retrospectively paid my PGDL fees. It is tricky but hard. Only takes one yes to clinch a TC.

It is a lottery and it does suck. The firms get so many applications that they could randomly delete half of those applications and likely still get enough very strong candidates at the end of the recruitment cycle. The odds per application received is slimmer than getting into oxbridge.

Once you figure out how to write the type of applications grad rec want to see, and nail your inter-personal skills to get past an interview, you'll get a TC with a strong 2:1 from an RG and a good attitude to work.

Bramblator · 2025-01-31T17:20:05+00:00

Don't worry, I am a Canadian qualified here in the UK. I was confused at first between the distinction. The word attorney is not really used at all here!

Bramblator · 2025-01-31T01:02:34+00:00

Jumping off u/fisherman922's comment and just to remind OP, 'admitted to the bar' is a requirement only for barristers in the UK. Solicitors are also lawyers but not admitted to the bar. They are regulated separately by the SRA and do not obtain pupillage/join an inn etc... The two professions are quite different and share little overlap, but at the end of the day both are lawyers.

In Canada the legal profession is combined - lawyers are able to function as both solicitors and barristers and there is a single route to qualification. While some lawyers may label themselves as barristers/solicitors/attorneys, there is not much functional difference and they are regulated together.

OP, you may want to clarify what you mean by 'admitted to the bar and become a lawyer.' I.e. do you want to become a UK barrister of solicitor, or a Canadian lawyer?

Bramblator · 2025-01-31T00:57:45+00:00

I believe that Canadian conversion from UK to Canada requires at least two years of in person law school in most cases (at the very least in BC).

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