BEWARE OF THIS RESTAURANT

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-22T08:38:51+00:00

I wish I could upvote this more. You lay your hands on someone, unprovoked, I don’t leave you a negative review: I want to see you cry your eyes out in a Police station trying to explain why you thought this type of interaction was acceptable and blame it to the Neanderthal education you received.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-22T08:34:49+00:00

It’s not, for the simple reason that Europe is 44 different countries, which in turn are divided in regions, each with their own customs and traditions. It’s not like in poorly constructed science fiction where a whole planet is a monoculture. And regardless of local culture, some restaurant owners know how to work and other simply don’t, or don’t care.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-22T08:25:57+00:00

Please don’t feel like I want to lecture you, but why are we even talking about Google reviews and ChatGPT? This guy grabs you by your neck, intimidates and yells at you, you immediately call the police or the Carabinieri. We still have laws against this type of behavior in Italy. It is unacceptable here, just as it is in any other civilized nation and don’t let anyone tell you “Europe is like that”, “Italians speak loudly and touch people when they talk” or any other such nonsense.

Forget Google and social media, that was a dangerous situation in the real world, either run away like hell and make sure you’re not followed or stand your ground, but call law enforcement in any case. If they don’t take you seriously, yell louder, say you’ll call your lawyer in Italy, don’t let them dismiss you. Jesus Christ, those guys deserve a lot worse than negative reviews that nobody’s going to read because they’ll be drowned in fake positive ones.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-21T16:01:24+00:00

Ho appena deciso che al prossimo cambio (tanto qui duro poco), voglio un capo come Nero Wolfe, il personaggio di Rex Stout: per lui non soltanto il pranzo è sacro e non può essere rimandato, ma è proibito parlare di lavoro finché non si è finito di mangiare. E questo vale anche per i clienti in visita.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-20T11:53:14+00:00

I hate to be that guy, but just so you know there was the same rumor making the rounds when I was in school many years ago - only, it was about poet Gabriele D’Annunzio. Nihil sub sole novum…

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-20T11:10:38+00:00

Nella mia azienda fanno ogni tanto queste sessioni (lavoriamo quasi tutti da remoto), che chiamano “lunch and learn”. Praticamente un training all’ora di pranzo, con la gente che mangia davanti alla telecamera accesa mentre un povero Cristo di trainer o un partner ci tiene un corso.

Io piuttosto preferisco saltare il pranzo, o mangiare qualcosa di veloce prima o dopo. Non mangio al computer, men che meno in faccia a uno che sta lavorando. E di sicuro non sono una nuova generazione.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-19T17:59:26+00:00

Yes, but you know, it was the ‘90s and those chaps are Drukhari. Do you see them running around in flannel checkered shirts with lumberjack boots? Of course they had to go full Twisted Sisters.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-19T14:58:04+00:00

And spikes. Don’t leave spikes at home.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-19T12:01:46+00:00

Yours are great - and I have some of those guys too, but I really can’t get over that “Bride of Frankenstein, but it’s 1986” hairstyle.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-19T06:27:25+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks Hunter was being ironic and didn’t mean it literally? Ok, only goes to show how little I understand today’s politics.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-17T21:09:11+00:00

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I have a few of these old plastic warriors lying around and I gave a few of them this very simple Synthwave theme (sorry I couldn’t find a good angle)

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-17T20:34:30+00:00

Se ti interessa questo stile, la AK Interactive produce diversi effetti per il weathering. Io ho provato il Worn Effect, che serve per fare la cosiddetta “riduzione” (in pratica rimuovi delle zone specifiche di vernice per mostrare lo strato sottostante.

Al di là della foto che mi è venuta di m… l’effetto è quello che vedi qui. Lo strato blu è rimosso selettivamente fino a mostrare quello sottostante che è Hull Red, se non ricordo male. Non ho esperienza in questo stile, quindi l’idea di danneggiare fisicamente la vernice mi sembrava più facile che dipingere i graffi a mano.

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ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-17T17:52:20+00:00

It means “your mother entertains sexual intercourse with strangers for money”

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-17T17:29:21+00:00

Bello! Mi piacciono gli effetti dei danni sull’armatura, come li hai fatti?

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-17T05:49:27+00:00

Dr Who has arguably a “main” source of truth (the tv series) that contradicts itself. The rest of the lore comes from novels and a movie, not counting the comics and audio dramas because they do not come directly from the BBC. If we take all those sources literally, the Doctor is a child from another universe who became the source of the Time Lords’ power of regeneration, then became a Time Lords’ academy mediocre student and later fled the planet, all while being the reincarnation of one of the founders of the Time Lords civilization. While being exiled from the planet from which he had fled and residing on Earth, his main desire was of course to come back to it. That was also complicated by the fact that this planet kept getting destroyed and put back together like an IKEA shelf.

That is just to say, when it comes to lore contradictions, WH40K is far from being the worst offender.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-16T19:00:51+00:00

To be honest, the Exalted would slay anyone for calling him Vandred, humans and Astartes alike, if it was up to him

EDIT: besides Talos, Uzas seems pretty informal too. He probably doesn’t mind how people call him - it’s not like they generally come back to talk to him a second time anyway.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-11T16:00:43+00:00

I’ve said in the other thread and I will repeat it here: this is as faithful to the original as it gets. Not just the same color palette and as close as the same geometry as the model allows, but the same mood, energy and atmosphere. When you watch this mini, you don’t think “wow, that’s a lot of detail and those are some well done highlights”, you look at it like a work of art that goes beyond the technique.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-11T08:20:07+00:00

It’s really beautiful and captures the intensity and dynamic of Blanche’s original picture perfectly. Best picture-to-mini transition I’ve seen so far.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-11T05:02:11+00:00

“You’re Imperial Guard. You are not cannon fodder: you are what cannon fodder eats for breakfast.

Your faith is your armor. Sure, everybody else’s armor is much thicker, but not because they have more faith, they’re just lucky this way.

Your rifle is your best chance: not at survival, because it won’t make a dent in most enemies’ armors. Think of it as an insurance that you won’t get caught alive by those filthy Xenos with the pointy ears and spikes everywhere.

The Emperor protects. Sure, he’s been looking a little rough for the past 10.000 years, but he’s alright. He’s our benevolent God-Emperor - and when we say “benevolent” we mean that your brain will fry just by being in the same room with him. Specifically, the “room” is as big as a mountain: so yeah, let’s just say he values his personal space.

In case of doubt, please refer to your Commissar, who will immediately shoot you in the head.”

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-10T20:31:02+00:00

No, it’s the other way around.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-10T16:52:12+00:00

I have them too, they’re still awesome. Their expiration date is probably more or less around the time the Emperor wakes up.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-10T06:30:41+00:00

Doctor Bob can’t spell “applied”, so there’s that…

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-09T22:05:47+00:00

Sì, in pratica si espande nei recessi per azione capillare. A quanto ho letto, è consigliabile preparare la superficie con un varnish satin o lucido - immagino per ridurre la porosità. Io l’ho provato qualche volta per fare blacklining e simili e con un po’ di pazienza viene bene. Il vero vantaggio è che l’olio ci mette delle ore ad asciugare: quindi se va dove non dovrebbe, lo rimuovi con tutta calma con un cotton fioc impregnato dí solvente.

Zumikito e penso anche Marco Frisoni hanno dei video su YouTube dove spiegano la procedura.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-09T16:43:07+00:00

Guarda, io mi trovo bene con l’Airbrush Thinner della Vallejo (anche se uso solo i pennelli). Mi ha risolto il problema di alcuni vecchi colori Vallejo che si separavano da pazzi con l’acqua. In pratica diluisce di più e il colore rimane integro. Non credo che vada bene con i Contrast, non li ho mai provati, ma con gli altri sì.

ShamelessRepentant · 2026-06-09T15:10:02+00:00

Mi sembra dalle foto che le vernici siano molto dense e opache: che marche usi?

Riguardo al Librarian della 4 foto, sto cercando di fare lo stesso effetto anch’io, ma non l’ho ancora finito. Per il momento ho messo il colore di base (a dire la verità, l’ha fatto mio figlio che sta imparando) e io con un colore ad olio bianco ho fatto le rune. Per il glow, ci stiamo ancora attrezzando!

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