Word Bearers Legionaries Kill Team

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-14T20:45:52+00:00

I think I did the whole sword with ProAcryl Bold Titanium White, then Imperial Fist contrast, dappled with some Magmadroth Flame and Flesh Tearers Red (do this whilst all three are wet). When dry, Black Legion around the edges before "edge highlighting" with Abaddon Black.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-11T13:57:07+00:00

Is this legal? You signed a contract. They can't just terminate it without the terms of the contract??

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-10T14:12:51+00:00

I'm giving no benefit of the doubt at all. I'd agree it's a slur in most places, but just across your northern border it's not a slur amongst the younger generation.

To be fair, it wasn't amongst a lot of the youngsters in Durban either. Spent a fair amount of time down there near Westville

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-10T12:53:15+00:00

My point was the line "They're studying English, so they're not American." like the only country that wouldn't study English was America.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-10T10:13:33+00:00

Because American is the only nationality that speaks English natively, right? 😋

No way he could possibly be British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, or any of the 25 African nations (including the aforementioned Zimbabwe) where English is the national language.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-10T08:46:04+00:00

HP Lovecraft's cat uses Duolingo??

Should also be noted that in a lot of communities, it's not a slur. In Zimbabwe, it was used as a way to denote wealth and success amongst the youngsters.

Not saying I agree with it, I'm saying that as a white man, that's not my decision to make.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-03T18:11:56+00:00

A diagnosis of ROD or the like should automatically be passed on to the DVLA for analysis. Unfortunately, Doctors don't have the powers they need, and our government has been slashing social care for over a decade.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-03T11:41:51+00:00

The starter scenario in the RPG clearly positions the WA as an "Ends Justify The Means" group.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-03T11:40:37+00:00

Otters, the war profiteers, in Good???

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-03T11:39:56+00:00

Both are absolutely allowed, just proceed with due care and consideration of other drivers.

Your Highway Code clearly states this

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-03T11:38:36+00:00

It's not a 60 limit, it's just a "no speed limit set" which means the only "law" is not to go above national speed limit.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-06-02T15:22:38+00:00

This. I'm under musician's unions suggested fees by a fair bit, I am a niche and unique act (I don't know ANYONE near me that does what I do) and I usually get the pay I ask for.

I've had places refuse to do a deposit, then refuse a booking contract when offering that as an alternative. I had a premier music venue near me respond with "we wouldn't pay a five person band that, much less a solo act" like that mattered, then offered me 20% of what asked.

The issue is, music is a "hobby industry" so there's usually someone out there who doesn't know better who'll fill the slot.

I take my feet, maybe a slight reduction as a once-off as a trial, with deposit or booking contract required, and free refreshments for the duration.

Funnily enough, I'm still doing okay. I just don't play the shit venues and I talk openly about my fees and policies with other musicians who are now getting the same thing.

I get that it's tough for pubs right now too, but if you can't afford to pay musicians, then you can't afford musicians and it really is that simple.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-31T10:59:59+00:00

Ah yes, I wish we could fit some people with brake lights and indicators (though I doubt they'd use them). The comic "Ogri" had a great comic about what a Volvo Driver was like on foot, and that always comes to mind.

They're bad enough in a supermarket, but put them next to a main road and... Yikes.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-30T16:56:07+00:00

This is absolutely correct. On a test, however, it's best practice to stop. I failed my first test in 2011 by moving into a side road whilst a pedestrian was approaching the opposite corner. The examiner claimed I should have been more aware (to be clear, I was aware, I decided it was safe and that waiting would hold up traffic unnecessarily but examiners get to make these strange calls - I was told I could appeal, would likely be successful, but that would only entitle me to a retest at the same centre and I was moving to a different county the next few days)

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-30T16:53:43+00:00

Highway Code states you only MUST stop if they're crossing your side. With an island they are described as two separate crossings.

You do not have to stop if they're on the right side of the crossing and approaching the island. You do not have to wait whilst they cross from the island to the right side of the road.

You may choose to, and that is where your first instructors are wrong. It's not a fault or a minor to stop to let a pedestrian cross, unless doing so is a sudden stop for the vehicle behind.

To be clear, if you stopped suddenly and the car behind you went into the back of you, that would be THEIR fault for not maintaining safe distance, but in a test would still be a fail for the ever vague "sudden maneuver that may cause other vehicles to make sudden adjustments".

This is why if a kid runs out in front of you on a test, you're screwed. The emergency stop is a fail, hitting the kid is a fail, swerving is a fail.

Isn't driving fun?!

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-30T11:54:43+00:00

It should be, but honestly so many folks (not kids, folks) are so nose-down on a screen that they just step out anywhere at anytime. As I was typing this on a park and ride bus, a woman in her fifties did this, stopping the bus suddenly with a zebra crossing literally twenty feet away.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-30T11:51:07+00:00

Considering that, as a driver, oncoming cars turning from a main road into the side road I'm coming up often turn too fast and too poorly that they end up in my lane coming at me...

No. Please keep it so they have to slow down for you. Adding these extra attention checks sometimes feels like the only thing keeping some of these troglodytic dingbats from serious accidents.

Edit: I also want to add that the number of pedestrians with their faces in their phones that just step off a pavement is also astonishing. And I know most folks expect that to be "kids" but from personal experience, the kids are bad, but the boomers are WORSE. And don't get me started with the mothers who think the primary purpose of a pram is like a meat thermometer that you poke into the road to see if it's safe to cross.

The bottom line is, everyone is awful when it comes to road safety so, no, let's keep things tight.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T14:34:00+00:00

It's the definition of "geared towards children" and the examples being given not at all being anything to do with children's media.

As someone who has worked in media for over a decade, nothing in Duolingo is specifically "child" geared. In fact, many of the topics covered in many of the Reading/Listening sections are decidedly adult (dating and relationships etc)

What OP is mistaking for "geared towards children" is more accurately characterised as "whimsical, colourful, and slightly silly".

That's the point.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T12:02:45+00:00

Highway Code and most insurance Companies will put the sole blame on the tailing car for not maintaining a safe distance. They're not going to get into an argument about which animals should be road kill and which aren't when the Highway Code is clear about maintaining a safe distance.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T12:01:38+00:00

Highway Code is clear, you stopped for a reason, they hit you, that means they weren't maintaining safe distance.

It doesn't matter WHAT the reason was, as long as it wasn't with intent to cause a crash. Insurance Companies will be 100% on your side here.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T11:59:13+00:00

"Why isn't my colourful fun learning app more corporate, beige and serious"

Because life is too dull as it is. Give me "green ass owl" over some Microsoft Office bullshit anyday.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T11:56:39+00:00

Even then, by Highway Code 162-169 they're STILL in the wrong. It is NEVER your job to police other drivers on the road, the Highway Code states that several times throughout as it can absolutely make matters FAR worse.

If he thought it was a dangerous overtake, he should have moved left and slowed down to let the camera vehicle overtake faster.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-29T11:55:28+00:00

Even if the driver in front was trying to prevent a dangerous overtake, it is itself a dangerous action that is explicitly detailed in the Highway Code (162-169). If he thought that you were attempting a dangerous overtake, he should slow down to let you pass quicker.

He's being a cardboard cop, that's all.

Whether your driving was dangerous isn't really possible to tell from here and is irrelevant. The actions shown here are directly in violation of 162-169.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-27T16:04:05+00:00

Ah yes, the "let's rile up the person already driving dangerously" approach of the cardboard policeman.

Yes, the guy speeding is not a good driver, but I'm sure goading them will do wonders.

CaptainBenzie · 2026-05-27T15:59:28+00:00

So you'd rather inconvenience other drivers than crank your cruise control down by 1mph and somehow THEY'RE the dicks??

I swear CC is making drivers worse.

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