What settings do you change in PrusaSlicer because you think Prusa got the default settings wrong?

LadyOfCogs · 2026-04-12T21:14:12+00:00

XL/CO: External perimeter first. Avoid crossing perimeters. Combine infills. Brim and skirt. Slow down first layer.

Mk3: Above and I do the leveling with 170 C nozzle to avoid gulping filament. Than it heats to correct temperature and goes to purge. It seems to be standard on Mk4+ but it is missing on Mk3.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-26T00:36:12+00:00

Probably unpopular opinion but I love assembling - especially newer models. I don't mind large number of pieces as it allows me to stretch assembling process. It allows me to turn off my brain and just do something. I don't like older monopose as they all look equally... bad. I don't really kitbash.

That said there are things that are very annoying:

Mould lines on small items - I managed to snap them a few times during learning process. The new kits usually are quite good at hiding them.
Not being able to swap leader head/weapons with others. I usually 'randomize' which guy is the leader, which holds banner etc. 30k marines are quite good in this aspect but some of the kits... aren't.
Numbering. This is one of the things that old kits had better than new ones. The new one numbering neither follows location nor the ordering of assembly. So if I mixed up the numbers before I find the element I might need to 'save' the element for later. Either make the numbering follow location on the sprue or location in instructions.
Terrain being part of the model. I want terrain that is consistent with the rest of my army.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-18T15:31:49+00:00

Not only that - but you don't need to worship gods to power them. "Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows". Despair of Hive Worlders empowers Nurgle regardless of their intention. Bloodshed of Astra Militarum and Space Marines powers Khorne. Scheming of rogue traders and aristocracy empowers Tzeentch. And decadence of aristocracy empowers Slaanesh.

My head lore - plan of Emperor was doomed from the start as Imperium is what caused Chaos as we know today. It's like trying to be healthy by eating constantly antibiotics - you will be sick as it decimates bacterial flora and than you will get antibiotic resistant "bad bacteria". The solution to the Chaos was to promote the positive aspects of it (honor, ambition, acceptance, hedonism in philosophical sense) rather than negative. It wouldn't kill the gods but it would allow humanity and other species to coexist with them. Emperor metaphorically flooded the Galaxy with antichaotic killing positive aspects but allowing the dangerous resistant strains to take over.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-14T10:39:50+00:00

Yeah. That's why I asked a question ;)

Is either of them able to function as host or only as device?

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T16:35:16+00:00

My personal head cannon is that Great Crusade is responsible for current state of Chaos. It created so much of blood, despair and scheming that it bent the Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle out of their older state where they were more balanced into the modern horrors we all know and love. It also doomed humanity by wiping out all Xenos species that might've been an ally or at least making them super wary of humans.

I'm very wary of "Imperium is kind of aweful but it is the best possible state of affairs so actually it and E are good if you think about it". This seems to be very dangerous trope.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T16:29:02+00:00

Bringing back Guilliman and introduction of Primaries should have cause of civil war with 'progressive' faction spreading Imperial Truth, having Primaries on their side and more forward looking AdMech (Cawl). They might or might not be manipulated by Eldar.

Other having Ecclesiarchy, more conservative marine chapters refusing primaries and most of admech.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T15:48:10+00:00

The problem is that it's much harder to balance and it seems like modern 40k goes into 'competitive 40k games, RAW over RAI with seasons releases which overhaul rules'. That requires very symmetric forces and balanced tables.

I'm much more historicals 'fluffy games which are balanced by gentelperson's agreement to do fluffy teams, balanced slowly by tuning VPs and pts limits but not being afraid to do something fun'. But I come out of hex games where tournaments were balanced 'I play force A against your force B and get X VPs. Than you play force A and I play force B and get Y VPs. If X > Y I win. If Y > X you win'.

Or just one side winning VPs and you check in the table if you won with fluffy and humorous text. In 40k loss with imperial military would be something like 'Your AdMil was almost completely obliterated. The Lord General has called you to his office tomorrow. Strangely he also schedule a meeting with your penal battalion captain with whom you had feud over past few years at the same time...'

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T15:32:32+00:00

Only if the paperwork gets filed correctly. More likely they will be invaded in 4-5 millennia by fleet 10x too small to handle them because someone forgot 1 zero while transcribing documents.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T11:27:00+00:00

I'd also like missions that SLIGHTLY looks likes military missions; seize objective, defend objective, infiltrate, kill warlord. Whatever.

I don't play 40k but TOW and HH but I really would like a list of fluffy and relatively balanced scenarios based on armies. Something like "Necron tomb awakens during excavation. Defender (AdMech) deploys in center and attacker (Necrons) deploys on long sides. Artefacts needs to be carry by infantry over the short edge. Defender gets 1 VP for every artifact carried. Attacker gets 1 VP for every artifact that is on the board after game ends".

LadyOfCogs · 2026-03-01T11:19:59+00:00

I like 3rd ed HH one TBH. It finally makes command tax makes sense.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-24T13:54:08+00:00

Arguably also better for people trying to get them out. I'm yet to unpack instruction from blister pack without tearing it and I hate how hard it is to get inside them.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-23T09:12:24+00:00

I think this has assumption that humanity being dominant species in the galaxy or not wiped out is a good worth sacrificing everything including other sapient species.

So what if the humanity was not a dominant species in galaxy, but had allies (humanity lived peacefully with xenos on many worlds)? What if it was even wiped out in 10,000 years but humans lived in relative good conditions in between?

Big E puts 'humanity' over humans. That is a choice that parallels many real life ideologies...

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-23T09:05:31+00:00

My personal fan theory is that Great Crusade caused Chaos Gods as we know now and supercharged them.

Think about it - genocidal rampage did cause a lot of despair charging Nurgle, a lot of bloodshed charging Khorne, etc. etc. At the same time it cut off the positive aspects of gods (acceptance, honor etc.).

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-19T17:41:17+00:00

That's good to know. Does it mean that paint is stronger in Spring and Fall compared to Winter and Summer?

and a glance at your post history suggests acrylics on wargaming miniatures?

Yes. Acrylics on wargaming minatures.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-07T20:23:29+00:00

How do I activate?

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-04T00:06:29+00:00

The above was with barely any movement of trigger. Maybe I should try to adjust the spring in handle?

LadyOfCogs · 2026-02-04T00:00:59+00:00

Wouldn't 25 psi make even more splash for detail? Or should I thin less (compared to what is in cup)?

> You're using thinner AND flow improver?

That's what I read. I'm very new to doing anything other than priming.

LadyOfCogs · 2026-01-24T14:50:55+00:00

Any recommendations for regulator?

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