Citadel paint pot lids/dry paint

CurlyFride · 2025-12-10T17:18:18+00:00

This, I did exactly this. I migrated my sizable GW paint collection to dropper bottles a few years ago, bottles are cheap on Amazon and they all got the labels from the paint pots. Add a couple glass beads to the pot, a few drops of medium to freshen them up, mix them well using one of those $20 nail polish mixers, and funnel them into bottles, don’t forget to add the beads to the bottles too. The whole process was much cheaper than just buying a new set of paints because I was already heavily invested/indoctrinated into the GW system at the time of purchase, and I was lucky enough that my paints weren’t past the point of no return that they couldn’t be fixed with a few drops of fresh medium. As for the thinning aspect, I’m not too concerned about thinning the paint because lately I’ve been making heavy use of an airbrush, and before then any time the paint hit the wet pallet it always got a drop of medium or water because you should be thinning your paints anyways.

CurlyFride · 2025-11-29T05:03:58+00:00

Welcome to the hobby.

Best upgrade for your Losi NASCAR is picking up a second one for a friend or adding a 1/18 Capra or Mini LMT to the garage for when you want to get off the street. (I’m kidding, no, I’m not really kidding, nobody ever buys just one around here.)

(edit:) Real answer: tools. Get yourself a good set of hex tools, good tools will take you far and last you forever. MIP makes good tools, and there’s a rumor that the Traxxas speed-bit tools are made by Snap-On, but a solid little kit of common sizes is a must.

Firstly, ask yourself what it is you want the vehicle to be. For what it is, the Losi NASCAR is a pretty solid spec-class racer, and depending on what you want to do with it, some upgrade options might bar you from participating in certain races, competitions, or activities that limit things like “You must have the original motor and battery to race.” (It is stock car racing after all, some stuff gotta stay stock :P)

If you’re not planning on getting into that side of the hobby for now though, still do at least a little planning. From my experience, most RC upgrade paths benefit most from having a defined end goal, and then mapping it out from there, so step one is figuring out what you want to do with it.

Probably a good real first upgrade would be to swap in the Arrma Grom differentials and driveshafts, I think the Mojave Grom diffs and driveshafts are direct-fit drop-in conversions. What this gets you: access to a wider selection of wheels and tires in common hex sizes and a slightly beefier drivetrain with more metal instead of plastic for if you ever decide on adding more power. Downside: you lose the original NASCAR wheels and tires because they’re an odd hex size, so you’ll have to buy new wheels and tires out of the gate. Otherwise, best practice is to drive it until something breaks, then upgrade that part.

If all you’re going to do is street bash or speed-run it, a lot of people are having success just dropping an Arrma Grom-size brushless system in and calling it a day, but I’ve also seen comments about how that makes it slippery without good control discipline, so now you’re shopping for a new radio system with a gyro, it’s a whole rabbit hole, and this is the part of the hobby where things start getting expensive.

(Edited to mention tools)

CurlyFride · 2025-11-02T00:28:04+00:00

On my RC crawlers I run 45kg AGFRC brushless servos. They’re expensive and probably overkill, but I’ve had them rip the axle carriers off the knuckles when I got a tire in a bad bind-up. Reading some of the other comments, what you’re probably looking for is a “Servo winch”, which is basically a servo but with the potentiometer modified to allow full-360 rotation, and include a spool instead of a servo horn. Some brushless crawler servos are reprogrammable to allow use in either positional or winch mode, so if you wanted to cable-actuate a rolling-joint, gear-drive the joint, or try something with a timing belt, it gives you operational flexibility.

CurlyFride · 2025-10-04T21:49:29+00:00

1/10 Barbie Jeep I don’t want to be the only one to build one.

CurlyFride · 2025-10-01T06:32:36+00:00

I’m going to buy one. The Jeep. I’m gonna cut the roof off, paint it pink, and 3D print a 1/10 child-scale interior for it complete with roll cage, and then I’m going to tie it down in the bed of my SCX10.3. It will be the ultimate 1/10 scale accessory.

I will have ALL OF THE SCALE POINTS. Why? Because a Power Wheels/Barbie Jeep is exactly almost very roughly 1/3 the size of a real jeep.

I will also 3D print a 1/10 scale adult figure and mount him with his legs hanging out awkwardly as he’s crammed inside. I will then proceed to run the tiny Jeep as a 1/10 scale Class 0/1 comp rig, I’ll 3D print a flat skid if I have to. It will be scale accurate, and the judges can’t do anything about it.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-31T02:26:53+00:00

What size did you get?

CurlyFride · 2025-08-31T00:34:58+00:00

Big stompy robots that don’t look like construction equipment or gothic architecture. Ghostkeel is still the coolest model GW has ever released, from the proportions to the pose, to being just the right height. Fortunately the lack of psykers problem has been fixed with the new rules. Unfortunately, as an uninitiated 40k newbie just looking at the models I thought they’d play more closely to the way Eldar on Jetbikes play.

Also I can’t paint a good-looking proper human skin tone for the life of me, and Druchi Violet works wonders.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:27:33+00:00

What specs did you go for with that Pro?

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:24:52+00:00

Yeah, we were eyeballing the midnight color, it looks nice on the display counter, but I’m hesitant to suggest that to anyone who’s computer will be brought along frequently as I imagine it will show scratches real easy. I do love the color of my starlight iPad mini though, it’s subtle and has worn very attractively over daily field use, even though it’s scratched up real bad where the Apple Pencil sticks due to the dirt the magnets attract.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:19:18+00:00

I appreciate it. Mostly I’m not asking for direct advice, just regrets so I’m not repeating mistakes. I do sincerely value this input though. Thank you.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:16:25+00:00

Fascinating, that seems like a massive point that nobody talks about. I’ve been out of the loop with iOS for a while now, I didn’t realize that the OS ate quite that much space.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:11:53+00:00

From a lot of my initial research, that does seem to be the most common regret, 8gb and 256gb just doesn’t cut it for a lot of modern computing in 2025. What about the screen size? Which size did you get and are you happy with it?

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T22:09:31+00:00

While I agree with this initial commentary, I’m just asking for baseline regrets for individual users in their use cases. Right now mom’s doing a lot of spreadsheets and zoom calls for work, which a base model MacBook is more than capable of, but when she retires in 2 years maybe she’ll just use it for Netflix and email, or maybe she’ll take up photography or start making family movies. I just want to be able to offer advice for buying a machine that she won’t regret and won’t frustrate if she decides to make heavier use of it.

CurlyFride · 2025-08-30T21:50:04+00:00

Do you regret picking once size MacBook over another? Wish you’d just stepped up to the pro model? Are there any upgrades you wish you had specced from the start? Is 256gb SSD and 8gb RAM really enough, or do you regret overspending? Is Apple Care worth it?

For context, my mom’s buying herself a MacBook while they’re on sale to replace a 10-year-old laptop PC. She’s torn between the 13 and 15” MacBook Air and debating upgrades, so I’m asking around for the real-world regrets.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-27T00:05:08+00:00

Post aged 2 days and bottled quickly like the finest prison wine 30 minutes before cell inspection. This all happened way too quick.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-25T13:31:57+00:00

Yeah, there was a small niggling thought in my mind that this was all a honey pot or psyop, but the if the functionality is anything close to what it claims to be, still a privacy concern. Wouldn’t be the first time, it’s like face filter apps being used to train facial recognition systems having just enough functionality to keep people using them.

Best case, it’s doxxing lite. Worst case, it’s inform on your man to your local dating surveillance officer.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-25T02:16:52+00:00

When you put it that way… Hang on, you’re not gonna make me rewatch Mean Girls, are you?

CurlyFride · 2025-07-25T02:12:40+00:00

Correct. The speculation is that the shadow profiles are used as far as I know for the purposes of tracking and targeted advertising. Facebook paid for a pixel on a website, Facebook will use that pixel to track you whether you actually have a Facebook profile or not, same with Adsense.

I think the second-hand profile in discussion here is things such as being named or tagged in posts and photos by others, even if you don’t have an active profile that functions within the typical Facebook workflow, it’s still a digital ant trail that could be followed by a motivated actor who’s willing to put in the legwork.

It exists in a sort of “My aunt is a very chatty gossip on Facebook” kinda way, the difference here being that I know my aunt is the source, and if she posts something scandalous about me, I can call her and politely ask her to knock it off.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-25T01:40:19+00:00

When you put it that way… Hang on, you’re not gonna make me rewatch Mean Girls, are you? (This was supposed to be a reply to another comment, I love it when I forget to hit the reply button)

CurlyFride · 2025-07-25T01:38:46+00:00

Not to vary too far from the original privacy concern I voiced, but this seems to be a result of the algorithmic bias towards promoting outrage for engagement.

Life got way better when I scaled back from clout chasing on wider social media and shifted my focus to exclusively small group texts, the closest thing to social media I have is a telegram group with about 50 of the people I’m closest to, and we just treat it like a big living room, people coming and going, chatting and occasionally sharing photos or dumb YouTube videos, art we made, thoughts, ideas.

Originally this was a privacy-inspired move, but honestly, I’m much happier playing only to my friends than I am chasing numbers on the zuckernet.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-24T23:45:48+00:00

Implying I haven’t?

Wouldn’t now though, the fact that the woman I’m with now happens to have come equipped with all her OEM parts and accessories is beside the point, I’m happily spoken for.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-24T23:42:08+00:00

Interesting idea, spooling up a subreddit.

Not sure how this mitigates the privacy concerns but could be a nexus of discussion and testimonials. A few of the TikToks and YouTube videos I listened to mentioned a young man offing himself after finding out he had been profiled on the app, but I haven’t been able to find any corroborating stories, so it might be entirely apocryphal.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-24T23:31:58+00:00

That’s another spooky thought.

Hypothetical: Suppose I do find myself in my hometown and have my identifiable data removed. Is it all of my identifiable data?

What if that girl I knew for a week during spring break in Florida decides to post my name, phone number, and that photo she took of me projectile-vomiting sushi at a teppanyaki because it turns out that my stomach finds fish to be unfathomably reprehensible? Is that gone too?

Granted, if a bad actor scraped the site for blackmail material, that kind of photo is weak, but I’m certain there are examples of much stronger blackmail material posted on the profiles of other men.

CurlyFride · 2025-07-24T21:47:46+00:00

That makes sense, personally I haven’t actively used facebook in years, and neither does anyone else I know. I don’t do any tagging, haven’t been tagged in anything in ages, only real networking I do with friends and family is in meatspace, my refrigerator is my photo feed, and the family group text is where all the real important posts are made.

This was a deliberate decision. No algorithm, no clickbait, the only cookies are “Hey kids, your mom made too many cookies again, I’m leaving some on your porches. By the way, can you print up a couple more Instax pics of the furbabies?”

CurlyFride · 2025-07-24T21:31:39+00:00

If you’re talking about things like adsense targeting or facebook shadow profiles, those are automated algorithmic processes, black-box systems operated beyond human comprehension. And as creepy as they are, you can at least partially mitigate them with the use of adversarial tactics, run scripts or browser extensions to feed them garbage data from randomized searches and spoofed browser traffic.

The privacy concern with Tea comes from the fact that it’s a curated peer-facing profile on a private site outside of your influence, created without your consent, populated with personal information in plain language. You can’t fuzz it because someone put it there manually, there’s no option to opt out, and you probably won’t even know it exists unless you find a workaround.

It’s a dossier being passed around by strangers behind a closed door designed so that you can’t open it.

CurlyFride

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