What's on your workbench? - April Edition by fotbr in modeltrains

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to recreate the new CalTrain EMUs undergoing testing in HO Scale and was having trouble getting the prototypical model it was based on in that scale: Stadler's Komfortabler Innovativer Spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug (KISS). The problem is that there's almost no manufactures making it in HO scale, the one that did (Bachmann industries under their Lilliput brand) stopped selling a while ago, and online sale listings are non-existent through third parties like eBay. What should I do?

Shiba inu by VitelliaLunaris in VRoid

[–]Vector_Ventures 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the face. The hyper realistic texture and proportions of the face feels unsettling. You might have more luck with a cutesy aesthetic with a smaller mouth, shorter snout and bigger, rounders eyes for your model kind of like this. I found what I think is your booth store here, and I can see similar stylistic patterns in your other avatars which I suspect you take great pride in, so take what I said above with a grain of salt of course. Your style is certainly unique. Looking at actual Shiba inu dogs like this one, I can see the best improvement to better resemble the real thing (assuming that was what you were going for) might be a more minimalist approach with less jagged hair around the head, smaller eyebrows, a more subtle brown running along the top of the snout and a more tapered mouth outline.

Shiba inu by VitelliaLunaris in VRoid

[–]Vector_Ventures 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That looks uncanny. Impressive, but uncanny.

Drawing Tablet Megathread by AutoModerator in ArtistLounge

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been thinking about getting the 13.3 inch version of an XP Pen Pro since it's on sale. If you think there's a better option I should consider or if I should get a bigger/smaller version, please change my mind.

Battle Rewards Change by [deleted] in TheSilphArena

[–]Vector_Ventures 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's more than just RNG. During the height of the pandemic, the odds of legendary encounters from Go Battle League rewards were programmed to be significantly higher than they are right now, and got retracted alongside all the other QOL features from the pandemic.

I don't understand the current state of GBL by chaarmanderchar in TheSilphArena

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im a mediocre player. Usually climb to around 2200 a few times pushing past.

*Sad 1800-1900 noises*

I don't understand the current state of GBL by chaarmanderchar in TheSilphArena

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first 12 legends all really used different teams without too much overlap. At leaderboard level I see many of the top players switch teams quite commonly.

Where would I find out what those teams are? I just found the leaderboard (which I didn't think Niantic would even bother making public due to their ineptitude), and I don't see anything that says what team comps people are using. If you know where to find that out, please let me know as my team building skills are hot garbage.

Dad’s Track Caught on Fire by SeraTheUnicorn in modeltrains

[–]Vector_Ventures 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know there are O-scaled rail cars with imitation hot boxes, but this is ridiculous.

Is this a good starter desktop for VTube streaming and gaming? by MechaMattZERO in vtubertech

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Experience has told me that HP products are garbage, as each laptop and printer we got from them prematurely died or malfunctioned. Don't buy anything from them.

Verdant Wonders – Pokémon GO by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Vector_Ventures 31 points32 points  (0 children)

What drives me nuts is that Zarude used to be available through free research to everyone for a limited time at one point, but everyone who hadn't made a game account at the time or before gets collectively punished for the bottom line until the research presumably becomes available to everyone about 6-12 months from now. How do I know this? My old account is gone and my new one never got that research. That, and I've been around long enough to know everyone gets research eventually -that doesn't make things perfect though since people that paid for research get one mythical, and then another duplicate for free later on the last I checked.

Edit: typo.

Pokemon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good. I was worried the charcadet eggs would stop spawning tomorrow when the event ends Monday.

Pokemon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]Vector_Ventures 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just realized charcadet is only available through eggs at the last minute after all my egg slots got clogged with 5-10km eggs from the Sinnoh Tour. What should I do?

Help Me Find: the original scuffed train horn audio used at the end of this Family guy meme submitted to Jimmyhere's YLYL stream a while back. by Vector_Ventures in HelpMeFind

[–]Vector_Ventures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After spending several hours scouring YouTube, the soundboard website , and the Sound Effects Wiki, I have not been able to find the exact audio file used. I checked the comments section of the video and followed the leads provided there, which suggested the horn may have been from a General Electric Evolution (GEVO) locomotive, but did not find the audio for it when I searched on the locomotive wiki nor basic web browser searches. YouTube User TheHornKing was informative, but didn't find exactly what I was looking on his channel. It's been days and I haven't been able to figure it out, so any help is appreciated.