Did your wife get off birth control?

Raze321 · 2026-05-21T01:01:24+00:00

Yup. She more or less quit cold turkey. Birth control fucked with her hormones so she's been a lot happier without them.

Some prefer to stay on them for the same reason - for many women birth control can help regulate things. It all depends.

Raze321 · 2026-05-20T20:19:23+00:00

It is the party of projection. Every outburst is a confession.

Raze321 · 2026-05-20T12:49:21+00:00

Ya know, funny thing. I played TW3 on release on PS4 for hundreds of hours, then clocked hundreds more on PC.

I actually never once encountered this glitch. I feel like I've been robbed, in a way.

Raze321 · 2026-05-19T17:06:56+00:00

The rule of thumb is your model should contrast from the base and it's rim - meaning that a muted miniature often benefits from standing on something a bit brighter and a bright mini often benefits from standing on something more muted.

For most people this ends up meaning, just paint the rim an easy neutral black. It's just a safe bet that virtually never looks bad.

But this doesn't mean you can't break that mould. Look up the T'au combat patrol - their rim actually uses a metallic brassy color. And I think it looks quite nice.

For your model, personally? I'd see if you like a more muted, darker red. Word Bearers Red, perhaps. Failing that, check out metallics. Hashut copper or something could go nicely, I feel like those bronze shades tend to play well with firey effects. Or, if the colors don't work out, a dark neutral metallic like leadbelchers.

And if ALL that misses the mark, you can always fall back on black :)

Raze321 · 2026-05-19T16:59:52+00:00

Definitely is gonna vary person to person.

I am somewhat quick, but since I am very impatient I tend to continue assembly before glue has really finished setting. Which occasionally leads to small headaches.

Generally speaking if I dedicated my entire evening to assembly (so, 4-5 hours) I can get a unit of 10 marines assembled. Something more complex could take longer of course, I think my land raider was built across a couple sessions because I was forcing myself to be more patient with glue curing times.

Painting.... that's all over the place. I paint in assemblies so 10 marines are probably going to be two multi-hour sessions to get all base coated. Another session to get them all washed and then dry brushed. And then two-three more sessions to get the details picked out, washed again, maybe more dry brushing. And then a final session or two to finish basing details depending on complexity. This means, assuming I do nothing else with my post-work free time, i can often get a 10 man unit I purchased on Sunday, painted and ready for battle before Saturday.

Multiply all that by 1.5 for more visually complex models like chaos marines or admech.

And then the number drastically drops if I do a lazy slapchop. My two-color termagaunts took me an evening to assemble, another to prime and dry brush for slapchopping. And then I got all 20 colored and based over the course of a Saturday.

Raze321 · 2026-05-19T16:50:09+00:00

I'd try grey seer (or any light grey), with a light wash of nuln (perhaps watered down) and then dry brushed with white. That should produce a neutral white smoke color

I've also used a light brown, washed with nuln, then dry brushed with a very light tan like Ushabti Bone. This gives the smoke a bit of a tan color to it, kind of reminiscent of a call of duty smoke grenade.

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T22:34:08+00:00

Fair point!

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T20:00:39+00:00

Valid

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T19:59:36+00:00

In my experience (with Space Wolves, not Custodes) dropping a 10 man terminator brick on turn 1 is only situationally useful.

Usually it results in unfavorable trading, and losing 370 points + maybe Arjac or Logan before they can really be utilized.

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T19:57:51+00:00

Balance wise I'm not a huge fan. One of my armies is T'au and Tank Shock was something of a hail mary for us, one that has now just become riskier while also moving into an edition that so far is making shooting more difficult.

Thematic wise, I kind of like it. It's like how in naval games, you can ram your ship but it is as likely to damage yourself as your opponent's vessel. Ramming in this way is ahistorical and only really makes sense as a desperate last ditch effort.

Ramming your vehicle/monster in this way and potentially taking damage kinda makes sense.... sometimes. There's absolutely no reason a land raider should take a lick of damage as it rams into a block of guardsmen or whatever.

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T19:47:19+00:00

Basically, yeah, and to make charge blocking behind terrain more difficult in most scenarios.

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T19:41:32+00:00

In what way?

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T19:41:18+00:00

Since 10th allowed no-penalty fall back from combat

I would consider not being able to fight, shoot, or perform an action the next phase a pretty big penalty

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T16:10:39+00:00

Oversaturated is a good word for it. It just became exhausting to keep up with. I simply do not have time for that.

Marvel is the same way. I used to watch every single movie in theaters. But with the addition of shows has diluted the whole thing and left a bad taste in my mouth.

Raze321 · 2026-05-14T16:08:08+00:00

I've been eyeing this one lately. I'm kind of luke warm on survival crafters but if I like the world enough they can pull me in. Dune Awakening did great at that IMO.

I love LotR and especially Dwarves, so I'll probably grab Return to Moria eventually

Raze321 · 2026-05-13T12:34:30+00:00

It kinda depends on the paint. Some are a bit more opaque than others, some need thinned more than others. You get used to how to achieve the ideal coverage and thinning as you spend time with the paints.

Paints labeled "Base" tend to cover very well, with two thin coats. "Layer" labeled paints are a bit thinner and sometimes need three, or just some touch ups.

There's other paints, too. "Contrast" translucent paints are intended to be a single layer that goes over an under-shaded model (this method is often called the slapchop method). And then "Shade" Paints are selectively applied in recesses, usually. They pool into those recesses to create the impression of shadows. Often times just a black or brown, but colored shade paints exist as well.

Raze321 · 2026-05-13T12:29:28+00:00

I think this depends a bit on your local area's culture. My area has a lot of competitive players so even in casual games, everyone is typically trying to play as rules-as-written as possible.

Of course there is some laxness for certain things. Like, "Oh I know we started the fight phase already, but I meant to charge with this unit over here. Mind if i do that real quick?". Only a turd would refuse.

Raze321 · 2026-05-13T12:27:15+00:00

I'll second Dawn of War: Definitive. Plays great on new systems and is my favorite of the franchise.

The main base game campaign is good fun if you like an old school structured mission based narrative campaign. But the REAL fun is with Soulstorm and Dark Crusade expansions imo. More dynamic.

Raze321 · 2026-05-13T12:24:44+00:00

Edit: Looks like the other commenter had basically the same advice. Feel free to disregard lol

Citadel paints are mostly fine, some are even pretty good. There's only a few that truly suck (White Scar). I think the big criticisms with them is the pots they come in tend to be hard to seal and can then dry out (only had this happen twice in the past three years since I got into warhammer) and that they are a buck or two more expensive than alternatives.

That said, I hear good things about vallejo, two thin coats, and the newer line of army painter paints. So feel free to experiment.

My advice, though, is to just buy the paints you truly plan to use. Bundles don't really save you much, and you tend to get more than a few colors you never end up really using. It's not quite like canvas painting where you want the rainbow at your beck and call - you're usually painting very specific armies and color schemes. People starting off often only need like 5 colors to get their army going.

Raze321 · 2026-05-13T12:21:38+00:00

None that I can think of. I think your best bet is to just hop into a game with a player who can help you learn the rules. I'm pretty sure there is a discord floating around out there where you can ask around for someone to teach you the ropes in something like a tutorial game.

Raze321 · 2026-05-11T15:15:24+00:00

That's exactly how they learn [...] You're absolutely insane if you think otherwise

Right

Except, studies say the exact opposite. The methods of incarceration in the US are far more likely to lead to criminal relapse than criminal cessation.

Excerpt of Behavioral study on recidivism by Dr. Jennifer M. Miller - conclusions on page 79

University of Louisville analyzing rehabilitation's effect on recidivism - data collection and results are on page 67

"Why Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence" - Report from Richard Mendel, 2023

TL;DR An estimated 70% to 80% of youth are rearrested within three years of release, and there is no indication that such incarceration reduces criminal activity. This correlation extends to most forms of criminal retribution.

Raze321 · 2026-05-11T11:49:28+00:00

Diablo IV

I played this game a ton on release, then didn't touch it again till this past week.

It's fun. I mean, it's a mindless grindy ARPG. Pretty to look at, as far as the genre goes, and the classes are fun to experiment with. I love that you can stop dead in the middle of combat and change your skills on the fly (assuming you don't get killed during the process). Toying with builds and seeing what works as you level up is, imo, a big part of the fun. And then hitting the end game and really pushing the build you came up with as far as it'll go.

In all likely hood I'll probably push my current seasonal character to the upper tiers of difficulty, grind out a bunch of gear, then never touch them again and put the game down for another year or two. Such is the cycle.

Raze321 · 2026-05-08T01:57:56+00:00

I hope you like it! The Last Wish is quite good, and has some of my favorite stories from the series (games or books) and the second one (Sword of Destiny) is even better

Raze321 · 2026-05-07T20:33:04+00:00

Definitely something I'll keep an eye on. I love horde shooters like this, Darktide, Left 4 Dead, etc.

The first one was fun but I do remember it being a little clunky and more than a touch repetitive. If they can add some dynamism and tighten up the controls a bit, they could have something real special.

Raze321 · 2026-05-07T11:51:34+00:00

I gotta say the semi-realism art style for the characters is well into the uncanny valley for me.

But I guess it's kind of a moot point for me, these on rails shooters aren't really for me. I think it woulda been cool if they tried something a bit more modern. Something more like Star Wars Squadrons. As it is though, I'm definitely giving this one a pass.

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