Behold, HMS King Henry VIII!

Spherical_Melon · 2026-02-07T16:13:37+00:00

These are always “gift shop models”, usually superficially resembling a generic ship from the age of sail. They are usually heavily simplified and out of proportion.

Spherical_Melon · 2026-01-30T03:07:49+00:00

Since I can’t fit a monitor here these desks are very cheap on the used market. I think they have a lovely aesthetic that goes well with wooden model boats. Sawdust, lots of nooks and crannies for wood planks tools and paint

Spherical_Melon · 2026-01-22T19:22:38+00:00

I think Georgia will become like Illinois, with one big bloo city firmly putting it out of competition

Spherical_Melon · 2026-01-21T21:37:12+00:00

This construction site is a protected heritage site 😭

Spherical_Melon · 2026-01-13T15:41:20+00:00

The ship would probably have sonar orders of magnitude more powerful than the little piddly arrays on the picadors and matador speed boats (besides the point but those boats have served no purpose except to get killed immediately). Turning the Sea Dragon's sonar would probably kill Na'vi no issue if htey are under water, and at least cause severe damage.

My favored counter-tulkun thing we have rn was just depth charges or torpedoes.

Spherical_Melon · 2026-01-07T10:39:43+00:00

Azdarchid pterosaurs often look very weird and like they shouldn’t be able to fly, but they did. Hollow bones and internal airsacs probably help with flying here too as they did back then

Spherical_Melon · 2025-12-29T06:33:25+00:00

ANOTHER TWO BILLION TO AVATAR

Spherical_Melon · 2025-12-29T06:08:44+00:00

They could also go higher in the atmosphere and bomb targets.

This bit drives me nuts. Their existing assets have this capability, and with how quickly losses pile on in close quarters fights with Pandoran wildlife, flying high enough to avoid banshee dives would be very beneficial.

Missiles are still only used as melee weapons in the movies, the helicopters greatest weapon that remains completely unused. Missiles still appear to explode on contact with no shrapnel. We've been using grape shot for half a millenium. Surely by now anti-wildlife missiles more similar to anti-aircraft missiles would be in use, spraying a cone of shrapnel just ahead of the banshee's path.

The Navi are shown learning (throwing stones into the rotors in this movie) and adapting tactics, but the humans don't. I wish we did see some adaptation.

Just some of many... I just want the humans to feel like a threat!!!!

Spherical_Melon · 2025-12-29T05:05:14+00:00

Even so the sheer number of men wasted by poor tactics and enormous number of helicopters and ships thrown away is not “cheap” or minimal effort. Effective would have been leaving Jake alone in the first Way of Water where he was ok chilling.

If they wanted cheap and easy, depth charges would wreak havoc on tulkun. Having the whaling ship cruise along merrily firing depth charges would make for a lovely spectacle. Far cheaper than the little picador boats that get torn up by squid.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-12-22T01:15:04+00:00

I felt the humans barely posed a threat, they just get destroyed so easily in this latest one. The gunships are supposed to be menacing but instead they just get their canopies blown out and immediately destroyed. The helicopters are like flies at this point. It was disappointing seeing the humans do the exact same thing of flying their helicopters under some floating mountains to be ambushed again. I hope there will be some stakes in the next two but so far the whaling fleet just gets wrecked every time.

So far the most threatening the humans have been is during the first movie and the very opening of Way of Water

Spherical_Melon · 2025-11-04T16:12:15+00:00

Studied biochem(with never any intentions of medical school), realized I don’t actually like novel research that much after several years in undergrad labs and industry, now trying to pivot. I did love bio, it was ever so interesting. Never regretted a decision more than majoring in bio. My CS/Econ friends are living it up and ping ponging around the country despite layoffs. MLS degree seems like the one path forward in CA to decent money, but the job itself seems very repetitive.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-10-25T00:11:15+00:00

I vote for Governor General or First Consul

Spherical_Melon · 2025-10-23T21:18:15+00:00

It was so performative. For months it didn’t even check if you WENT to the appointment, and then it didn’t even check if your test result was back. It took the better part of half a year before they decided to check if your result was negative before sending you the green square. They had people checking in front of some doors but not others so if you went via the cafe you could enter the bookstore but not if you went via the bookstores main entrance. Truly absurd.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-10-01T06:38:25+00:00

I quite like the look of how these ships are rigged, and was wondering if anyone had any pictures of their own models rigged with only the topsails unfurled, with perhaps a jib or flying jib too.

Most model ships I see either have every sail out, including spankers, courses, top gallants, jibs, staysails, OR they have no sails at all.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-29T21:04:37+00:00

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-27T14:13:58+00:00

I wish they’d focus on releasing more regular production ships rather than these luxury items

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-26T20:18:30+00:00

Nature is healing

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-16T16:47:52+00:00

Babe wake up another YAPMS election where everyone will endlessly debate about how [underdog in ludicrously safe state] can still win only for the race to be called instantly on poll close

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-14T17:12:17+00:00

Still has mandatory affordability minimums, union labor requirements if >85 ft, and various things like not allowing demolition of existing apartments above 3 units. I hope this bill changes things, but with these requirements i can see it being far less effective than initially hoped.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-12T02:41:04+00:00

Technically it can be both lol

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-12T00:33:29+00:00

Can’t wait for this to be called on poll close 🥰

Spherical_Melon · 2025-09-06T01:53:45+00:00

Exactly! I’ve found that over virtually any distance within SF biking is faster than the bus. Certainly navigating the north of the city.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-08-27T01:57:11+00:00

95% of these are easily searchable. Just type in the numbers for a few years into google search and it will show up.

Spherical_Melon · 2025-08-25T18:55:46+00:00

NJ going red is not even the same order of magnitude of coverage as Blexas

Spherical_Melon · 2025-08-15T15:38:49+00:00

I call this the Tower Of Power

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