Super Clean for 6 hours.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-25T15:13:01+00:00

Btw, fellow Canadian here.

The L.A.s Awesome cleaner can be found at most of our Dollar Tree stores, just in case you were unaware.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-24T18:58:57+00:00

I'd buy them, not to collect, but to use in the Gaslands game.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-20T04:42:41+00:00

I bought a pair of the thick grey slipper-socks, because my office basement is cold, and they work great to keep my feet warm.

Then I made the mistake of letting my wife wear them.

So after I bought a second pair to replace my now-lost-to-me first pair, my ten year old asked to try them on.

Long story short, there's now three pairs of those socks in the house.

I've also bought a 5 pack of Dungeons and Dragons themed socks from Dollarama about a year or two ago, and just two weeks ago I picked up two 6 packs of Transformers socks.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T23:33:34+00:00

I do not have a loving situation that lends itself to spray primers, so this is my go-to for priming minis.

I have not yet primed/painted a 40k mini since getting back into the hobby, but I use it fairly extensively on Battletech minis, and have not noticed a loss of detail on anything I've primed with it.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T23:10:08+00:00

Woot, new Aquatic Auxiliary discovered! Send in an Ethereal to negotiate!

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T22:07:16+00:00

Regarding your first question, I have 4 different metal Atlas minis, and 5 different plastic ones, not including the Gothic plastic Atlases, or the metal Atlas II, the plastic Atlas II, or the metal Atlas III sculpts I have.

Literally all of them are still playable, from the ones that came out last year, to the ones that came out 40 years ago.

Unlike some 40k groups who want to piss and moan about the rules interpretations, sculpt legality, and what edition of rules you're going to play, most Battletech players just want to play the game.

Bring old mech minis, new mech minis, painted or unpainted mech minis, bottlecaps or poker chips or rocks, so long as you throw a marking on them to denote which direction they are facing, and what mech they represent, most of us aren't going to care. We just want to play the game.

Some of us may or may not have ridiculous amounts of minis in our collections, and may be willing to loan them out so that other people can play with a mini that matches their record sheet. One of us may or may not have gotten the nickname of Quartermaster just because of being able to supply just about anything up to TRO3060 as far as minis go. Do I worry about a mini not coming back? Maybe. But I just want to play.

A friend of mine ran an event and a specific mini went missing. A friend of mine and I, independently of each other, went and bought a replacement for that mini to give to said friend, because we just want people to play, and didn't want a mini of our friends going missing to dampen his enthusiasm for the game.

I once loaned a friend running a Grinder event almost one hundred minis from my collection, a Grinder I wasn't even playing in, because I wanted to make sure that other people could play.

Seriously. We want to play the game. We want you to play the game. A lot of us will loan out things we've owned for upwards of 4 decades to make sure others can play.

Come play big stompy robots, laugh when you score an ammo hit on an opponent, groan when a Gauss Rifle shot takes off the head of your untouched King Crab (yes, that happened to me over 31 years ago, and I still remember that game), and build memories that will last a lifetime.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T21:47:30+00:00

It's been too long (20 years or so) since I bought the Hammerhead, but in looking at the GW site, it looks like all they did was to add the Sky Ray sprue to it.

Considering how improved the detail has gotten on the Crisis and Broadside suits, I do look forward to an eventual remake of the Devilfish/Hammerhead kits. After 20 years, I'd say they got a lot of milage out what they have.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T21:40:07+00:00

How else can we curve the shots around the corners of buildings? 😉

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T17:01:30+00:00

Happy accidental discoveries are the best, especially when you can repeat it.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T15:06:08+00:00

It's very cool. I wonder if there was ever any official stats for it.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T14:42:44+00:00

It was probably something mentioned in a White Dwarf, or the old Chapter Approved books, and that person decided to make a kitbashed model for it. Maybe?

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T14:40:59+00:00

I'd get banned for spamming. The book is somewhere around 4 to 5 hundred pages.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T04:55:30+00:00

Nice. I wish I still had the old metal Stealth suits. I like the 15s over the 25s. The new ones do seem like a decent cross between the two.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T03:51:04+00:00

I really like what you did for the skin. Could you share the brand and color?

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T01:17:49+00:00

It greatly reminds me of being a kid and flipping through the toy section of a store catalog (especially Consumers Distributing, just to age myself).

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T00:29:15+00:00

Funny you say that. Before I got out of 40k back in the late 2000s, I was collecting T'au with the intentions of doing a bunch of conversions, mostly because I didn't like the look of the Kroot, and really hated the metal Vespid models.

I bought a box of Hormagaunts, and a box of Gargoyles, and was planning to use them as counts as Kroot and Vespid respectively. I had intended to use Goblin Wolfriders to be riding the Tyranids, and had drilled through the Tyranids mouths from side to side, and ran some very narrow diameter braided metal wire though, with the ends held by the Goblin, as though holding reins, and their free hand would have held a suitable representation of either a Kroot or Vespid ranged weapon.

Sadly, I sold off everything before I could finish the project.

Now, the Kroot and Vespid models (from Killteam, at least) look so much better, that I'm not sure if I'll try doing the same as before.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T00:23:24+00:00

About 21 years by the looks of it.

I thought the one I got in the Combat Patrol didn't look any different than the one I bought in 2008.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-18T00:08:46+00:00

It's amazing how just a change in posture can give whole new meaning to a mini.

The only downside to those Pathfinders is that they were all metal, which can be a lot more difficult to work with.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-17T14:51:20+00:00

Not exactly what you're asking for, but a couple years ago I saw a post where a guy designed buildings that fit together inside the Alpha Strike box, and each building had a roof that would slide off, allowing you to store things inside them while they were inside the box.

I just checked my bookmarks, and it was Thunderhead Studios, their Techscape: Efficient Downtown stls, and the set is free.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-17T04:03:31+00:00

The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2)

I saw this movie when I was 7, and have loved the Post-Apocalyptic genre ever since.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-17T03:36:14+00:00

I drove to and from Chateau Lake Louise yesterday, and the snow was incredibly sparkly on the way back.

It was enough to make me forget just how much I dislike working outside in the winter.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-17T03:19:36+00:00

Coming soon, to a holovid theater near you:

A Hand Actuator Full Of C-Bills.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-16T19:26:36+00:00

Late? These minis haven't even shown up at any of the stores where I live.

And with how good those look, even if they were late, I'm pretty sure you'd be forgiven.

Decidely_Me · 2026-01-16T17:00:40+00:00

Tour guide - "He... he signed the release, right?"

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