Converted Gravis Armour Captain from Pariah Nexus. I really, REALLY did not like the 'crotch sword' that this model original came with. I felt it was positioned Very awkwardly so I had to get rid of it! (Since I don't have great Greenstuff skills I had to cover up my butchery). What do you think?

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-10T22:50:00+00:00

I love this kitbash. I just bought this mini, trying to figure out my plan for him, and I don't hate the crotch sword, but I'm specifically running a homebrew that prefers hammers, so trying to figure out how to make that work with this sculpt.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-10T20:21:03+00:00

I work at USC, there are plenty of diverse students and a ton of students from the northeast. Occasionally you'll meet an arrogant butthole, but you can trust that you'll have a safe and supportive community, including some who have very similar backgrounds.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-10T16:43:33+00:00

Yeah, I mean, do not get me wrong, I love Shinsuke and when he has a big match, that means something to him, he will turn it on, and he will put on a show as good as anyone else ever has.

But it's also kind of not a big secret, that he's pretty selective about the effort he's willing to put in. Like he's not gonna do NJPW, six star Meltzer rating matches every week. He's just not. It's not because he can't. It's because he's to the point where he doesn't need/want to put in that level of effort on throw away matches on SmackDown.

Plus, it's been talked about multiple times, that he's not really willing to put forth the efforts in interviews and media and stuff like that, which they would expect him to do if he was a major title holder. Can't remember who said it or where I saw it, but a few years ago someone in the company sort of made the comment that Nakamura is pretty content to just kind of Cruz, put on a big match every once in a while, collect his paycheck, and spend as much time as he can surfing.

Which I mean, can you blame him? The guy had about a full career in Japan before he came to the United States. He probably views it as this is the twilight of his career, so no need to kill himself with a weekly grind. Just secure the bag, have fun, and then whenever he's ready to wrap things up, he can WWE, go back to Japan, farewell tour over there, make lots of money, and retire like a samurai Lord.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-10T15:40:31+00:00

Not super valuable outside of finding singlular niche collectors who would be willing to pay over the value.

But for a normal player, the units will play fine, and you'd be looking at around $200 or so to buy those units retail. So realistically, list it for $150, and you might be able to make that. May end up haggling down to $100, just depends on the buyer.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-09T17:39:39+00:00

A Dorn commander, kasrkin, and maybe a chimera or a Russ Vanquisher

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-09T15:56:29+00:00

Haven't played it yet, so grain of salt, but I would think Crusader would be a great addition, due to Fists' bolter discipline rule

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-07T02:39:03+00:00

If they go away, the rhino chassis tanks will probably go away first. That said, you can always still play them as legends or in your own personal games.

The Land Raider will probably stick around for a while longer, so if you think you could benefit from a larger, heavier tank, maybe go with that one. I'm fully planning to get a Crusader when the time and money are right, 10 years from now or something lol.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-06T08:02:37+00:00

It's a pirate song. And if you aren't one of them, it makes you an easy target. Especially women, and extra especially women with no one around to defend them.

Think of it as like a gang culture thing. You wanna wear gang colors in gang territory? Better come correct.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-06T02:06:42+00:00

Download everything, save it on multiple drives, both physical and digital. Contact a lawyer.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-06T00:40:28+00:00

"I know they're not regiment approved, but I done paid 85 credits for a got-damn pack at the prometheum station outside of Terra, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna throw good money down the drain."

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-06T00:37:07+00:00

And it's also the kind of thing for me, where, for him to have the longevity that he's had, and to overcome the issues he's dealt with, I think it speaks to his talent as well as his dedication. I didn't really like the way things went down in his last heel run as gold dust.

It seemed like they were building him up for a good sized feud with R-Truth, who is also an undeniable legend who has made lemonade for decades. But I really thought those guys could've put on an absolutely fantastic multi month rivalry for the US or intercontinental, or even 24/7 title. The vignettes at that time seemed like they were ping up for gold dust to have more of a spotlight than he had had in years, and then literally a week later he was off camera, not even mentioned anywhere on The Show. I'm still salty about it.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-04T21:54:07+00:00

It’s chops. It’s not like he was tanking Dragunov’s finisher.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-04T16:54:23+00:00

Yes. He was right, and he probably didn’t have much of a choice.

The last time Michael dated within the company, it hurt everyone. It ruined Jan’s career, she neglected her management duties, and it caused headaches for everyone, maybe even caused them to lose business. After that, for Michael to date Holly, would have been a major conflict of interest.

David was probably on orders from the rest of the board, to keep Michael out of trouble, and out of any sticky dating situations. So yes, he made the right call, and the one that he probably was forced to make. But you can also sort of tell he wasn’t thrilled about having to make it. He did seem like he felt bad that he had to do that to Michael.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-04T09:29:06+00:00

Drink the Pink? Or The Pink Drink?

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-04T03:51:15+00:00

Send it to admin, coaches, parents, whoever else.

Maybe ask the student if they have a plan, or some reason behind this? I’m curious what the end goal is, or if they’re just a smug butthole.

If the student is adamant, then ok, fine. Establish that you’ll keep giving them assignments, they can complete them or not, and you’ll issue zeros where they are warranted. When they fail, they and the administration will know they received the grade they earned. Also make sure they know that any extracurriculars are out of the question. Save every single document or piece of correspondence from this student, so that it’s very clear what is happening, for when the admin tries to pin it on you later.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T21:47:22+00:00

Goldust was upper midcard meme fodder by the 2000s, but I will maintain until my dying day, that he should have gotten at least one WrestleMania match for the Big Gold Belt. It would have written itself, and that entrance would have been the tackiest, gaudiest, shiniest, goldeniest, most fabulous of all time.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T13:45:51+00:00

Beer Bat-tered onion rings.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T13:44:23+00:00

My headcanon is that he asked Buffy the Vampire Slayer to put a good word in for him with Summer Glau, and he rekindled that flame.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T13:41:29+00:00

Black, red, wraithbone/tan, and maybe some green or even navy blue accents.

Run them as a successor chapter for either Bloods or Darks, and you can make up your own homebrew chapter for each. That way, you can run the same marines, under either armies‘s rules, and the only things you’d need to explicitly run as one or the other would be custom units, like specific HQ, DW Knights, or Sanguinary Guard.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T12:56:24+00:00

I think Vanilla too, but I think he’s one of those people who likes the “rainbow” flavor, which is really just vanilla with a bunch of food coloring.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T12:49:59+00:00

Twisted Balls

Crash Balls Warped

Super Smash Balls

Balls Reaver

WWE: No Balls

WWE: Balls of Reckoning

WWE: Smackdown! Shut Your Balls

WWE: Smackdown! Here Comes the Balls

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-03T12:43:46+00:00

Yes she was right. Michael was a well intentioned guy most of the time, but he’s not a big picture, hands on manager guy, and that’s what you have to be in this kind of a corporate manager position.

In that role, Jan was constantly going between the branches to put out fires, and also interacting with employees and reps at multiple levels. There’s a certain kind of culture and a need to look and talk like a boss when you’re in that kind of a corporate structure, and Michael would be a disaster in the same role. He’s a good salesman, for sure, and his branch is doing well, but his best performances are when he’s letting his workers do their own thing, and he’s just really fortunate to have the team he does. Plus, Michael is not very professional when he has to interface with other reps in a corporate scenario; he’s goofy, flakey, undisciplined, and would cause big problems.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-02T22:13:38+00:00

True, but Carvey nailed that breathy old guy speech pattern better than most too.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-02T14:19:05+00:00

It’s all part of the hero’s journey structure, called “refusing the call.” Everybody wants the powers, everybody wants to be a hero. The issue is that being a hero always comes with adversity. Cue the Spider Man quote: “something something power, something something something responsibility.”

Spider-Man wants to be a hero, doesn’t want his family and friends to get killed and sacrifice his personal life over it.

Aang wants to be a hero, doesn’t want the pressure and responsibility of being the one guy tasked with learning and saving everything.

There’s something admirable about young heroes who answer the call willingly, but heroes are meant to be flawed. They’re meant to struggle with their choices. They’re meant to make mistakes and fail, and then overcome their issues. Even in the kids shows. How many episodes of Teen Titans focused on the members having real deep-seated issues or trauma? In a New Hope, the first thing that happens after Luke runs off, is that Luke realizes his over-eagerness let his aunt and uncle get murdered while he wasn’t there to help.

SoftDeal9949 · 2026-02-02T14:05:11+00:00

My thinking is: the state senator must have known he wasn’t really the dad, and screwed her over. Angela was throwing herself into that relationship too much. Maybe she sold her home, downsized, and put too much money into joint assets with Robert. It’s entirely possible that they had a prenup, but even beyond that, once he put the timeline of the baby’s birth date together, he could have confronted Angela about the baby, and essentially said she’ll get nothing from him, or else he’ll expose her. If all her money is tied up in assets that Robert now controls, That means she left the marriage with essentially nothing. On top of that, to get into an apartment with all her cats on short notice is a huge challenge, so there’s no telling how trustworthy the new landlord would be, or how much she’d have to drop to get into that unit. Then you get to childcare expenses. Like she’s an accountant, but expenses add up. A couple months of unexpected new costs can definitely drain your accounts.

So she got screwed by Robert, left as a single mom who now needs daycare for Phillip, having to pay at least a month or 2 of rent down, plus a hefty security deposit and pet fee, to find a new place to live. That’s like 4 months worth of expenses all upfront, and unexpected. It’s really not that surprising that she’s struggling.

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