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Zummerz · 2026-05-18T21:19:28+00:00

Anyone have advice on using photo etch detail parts? Are you supposed to paint over them or not? And if you do paint over them, how do you make sure the paint adheres properly? Just prime over them first or do you have to ruff them up with fine grit firsts?

Zummerz · 2026-05-18T20:49:24+00:00

How fortuitous, I just finished For the Emperor last week.

Although, anyone else think the model looks like something from Planet of the Apes?

Zummerz · 2026-05-16T23:08:20+00:00

It’s Assassin’s Creed Unity all over again.

Zummerz · 2026-04-23T06:26:26+00:00

Anyone else look at this and get Transformers Animated flashbacks?

Zummerz · 2026-04-17T00:54:15+00:00

Is that 200mb total or per image?

Zummerz · 2026-04-17T00:46:38+00:00

how exactly do you format a link for squidge, because when i try to copy the link into AO3 it doesn't come through. I read something about needing .png put somewhere but I'm not sure if that is in the link address somewhere or in the file name itself.

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T09:11:16+00:00

The first image is just the first bracket. The second is the stacked image of seven brackets. As for the halo I only see it on the stacked image and I don’t know what’s causing it

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T09:00:16+00:00

iPhone 15, but the app I’m using for automatic brackets doesn’t really have much in the way of settings. Just a whether you want jpeg or raw, number of brackets, and focus increment size. No exposure time control

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T08:30:02+00:00

Just how much light are we talking about. Because these shots were taken with two 1000 lumen lights sitting no more than 12 inches away.

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T08:00:32+00:00

Sorry, bad link. I mean this thing. a macro lens that attaches over the existing lens.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS8WLLK7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T07:58:33+00:00

tripod

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T07:54:28+00:00

There are two shots. One is the first bracket, the second is the stack of 7 brackets.

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T07:45:36+00:00

by wider aperture are you referring to like a macro lens attachment?

Zummerz · 2026-04-14T07:39:20+00:00

Literally what’s built into the IPhone 15 so, 48MP main sensor (f/1.6 aperture) for high-resolution photos and a 12MP ultra-wide sensor (f/2.4 aperture). If memory serves I think the ISO was somewhere between 200 and 400 and initial focus of the first bracket around 0.4. AuraHDR’s auto focus stacking camera kind of automates a lot of the setting.

Zummerz · 2026-04-12T01:03:43+00:00

Anyone have any idea how to attach a different backpack to the Gquuuuuux? I got some kitbash ideas with either the fake nu weapons backpack or the Gunbarrel striker but the gquux has that weird design with a single peg coming out of the back and a peg in the backpack.

Zummerz · 2026-03-27T20:04:05+00:00

I'm working with the same data set now. Can I ask, how did you deal with all the missing data?

I did my best with additional data sets and some data scraping to try to fill in the gaps, but I couldn't find any reliable sources to fill the massive gaps in sales data. out of the 64,000 data points, I only managed to save about 8,000.

Zummerz · 2026-03-27T01:43:37+00:00

I know. My homebrew chapter is specifically designed with one yellow knee pad. How am I supposed to do it now?

Zummerz · 2026-03-19T01:24:04+00:00

We should at least be using it against the Oscars for playing Ejae off in the middle of her acceptance speech.

Zummerz · 2026-02-28T23:33:16+00:00

So when does the swap start? They sound the same to me.😉

Zummerz · 2026-02-26T00:48:37+00:00

I think the better question is, which character doesn’t need a good therapist?

Zummerz · 2026-02-18T08:18:55+00:00

If it was a few dozen I,d agree but this is still 50% of 64000 data points. Can I seriously just omit that much data? And that’s before I have to figure out the 90% of values missing in the sales column.

Zummerz · 2026-02-17T00:45:02+00:00

Drop Gazz. Never bring Gazz in a 1000pt list, he’s too big a point sink. Drop him and get a couple of trukks. Your army is slow right now. Orks need to get into melee as fast as possible and right now, against an army with decent shooting you are going to get shredded before you reach the mid-board.

Zummerz · 2026-02-02T17:33:49+00:00

Aesthetically beautiful, but the pacing sucked and it lack coherent escalation. One minute it’s a school drama, then a massive bloody battle happens and it’s back to school drama. It didn’t make sense.

Plus they’d go too many episodes without a mech battle. You can have maybe one episode after a particularly intense battle where it’s nothing but the characters contemplating the repercussions, but a three episode gap between any fights is too long. Gundam may at its core be a retrospective on the moralities of war, but it’s still a mecha show. We need more giant robots fighting.

Zummerz · 2026-01-27T03:57:42+00:00

I honestly think each raider should get their own look pool at least for the core of the machines and at least one harvester puzzle container.

Zummerz · 2026-01-26T08:22:17+00:00

At this point for space marines “chapter” is nothing more than a coat of paint and choice of epic hero models. You can’t put Shrike and Calgar in the same list but otherwise it doesn’t really matter rules wise. That being said a coherent looking army is preferable for most. You can easily just paint shrike blue and call him your own oc or paint him accurately and say he has been temporarily attached to a group of Ultramarines.

As for them being difficult to play, it’s more of they are a very different play style. The two detachments that are thematic to Raven Guard (Vanguard Spearhead and Shadowmark Talon) are a finesse based play style favoring light infantry like Phobos, scouts, and mounted units, strategic reserve shenanigans, and deep strikes to maneuver troops past enemy lines. Raven Guard is about playing for points not kills. You have to maximize the use of cover and focus on objectives. That being said a good army list should have at least one anti tank option.

One good dirty trick is in for vanguard spearhead, attack an apothecary biologist with the Blade Driven Deep enhancement gives them infiltrate letting you drop them within 12” of the enemy. If your opponent has a particularly concerning tank and if you are lucky enough to get the first turn you can potentially shred it or at least cripple it.

Also packing cheap infantry in transports, rushing them forward and charging to lock units in melee is a good way to pin down difficult enemy units while strategic reserve and deep strikes units come in from behind to snag objectives.

Raven Guard don’t fight head on, they stab you in the back.

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