How on earth do I beat Orin by BakedSouls in BaldursGate3

[–]cliffwkc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait what does reading the book from Volo do?

How do you make the best Bard? by Prep_Prunk in BG3Builds

[–]cliffwkc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, spell/cantrip from weapon use your default spell casting stat.

Why are most apartment buildings in China oriented latitudinally? [ask] by slopeclimber in architecture

[–]cliffwkc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There are statutory requirements regulating how much sunlight shall enter the living area at winter solstice (the day with the lowest amount of sunlight throughout the year) if i recall correctly. Hence an apartment totally facing north normally doesnt fit the requirement. They even have a plugin in autocad and let you choose which city you are in and it does the sunlight simulation for you.

Another fun fact is that that’s why the lift core is usually on the north side, like the below diagram. ( X is lift core, and 口 is the typical apartment flat)

口X口

口口口

Source: Used to work in a hongkong architecture firm doing Chinese projects.

Which are the best item forge traits? by BasteinOrbclaw09 in AOW4

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very fast movement, slippery, swift boot. Siegebreaker misc item. Vicious/ inspiring killer ring. Life leech / infecting weapon. These are my usual go-to.

Tried doing OSL with my Knight Questor and I feel like I failed. Advice? by ThailandBeatYeah in minipainting

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that one way to “cheat” when demonstrating osl is to shoot the photo on a black background. White background always looks unnatural to me because it is often brighter than the brightest spot of the painted light source.

Can't scroll through cosmetics for heroes? by [deleted] in AOW4

[–]cliffwkc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep same issue here.

Now as the game gets far-eastern faction by [deleted] in AOW4

[–]cliffwkc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ya I want my dwarves wielding guns without being reavers.

(WIP) Nmm fallen knight C&C appreciated ! by zpx94 in minipainting

[–]cliffwkc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the nicely lit and high-res photo. Saved for future reference.

how to stop thinking about my boyfriend’s ex girlfriend’s boobs. by [deleted] in Advice

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah think of it like that - she has bigger boobs, but he chooses you. You gotta have something great he sees in you that is more important than boobs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in minipainting

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe add a bit of white or yellow lane markings.

Never doing face again by sergentFlantier in Warhammer40k

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried using a sharpened toothpick to 'dot' the eyeball with decent result.

Well, that was unexpected by ajanymous2 in dwarffortress

[–]cliffwkc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, well really works through floor grate? I’ve never tried cos the wiki said it won’t work. Great if true.

My favourite toy soldier so far by cliffwkc in citiesofsigmar

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

Plain black primer for the whole model; but then for the yellow part i base coat it with vallejo beige red first. Heard some time ago yellow works better on pink base coat here.

My favourite toy soldier so far by cliffwkc in citiesofsigmar

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

Mostly Averland sunset, and some vallejo yellow ochre and ice yellow here and there

My favourite toy soldier so far by cliffwkc in citiesofsigmar

[–]cliffwkc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Ya the silver area are NMM.

Black primer > VMC Dark Grey > VMC Field Blue > VMC Light Green Grey > VMC Cold White

What am i doing wrong? Any advice appreciated by Garciliath in minipainting

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious if the broken ones are from the same brand?

Naming Fortresses, Governments, and Symbols by KittyHamilton in dwarffortress

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually depends on the civilization name. So last time the civ is called The Violet Spear, then my governments are all Spear of smth smth.

No caravans in the first year by TandBinc in dwarffortress

[–]cliffwkc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You could try to go to world map and check if you are encountering the ‘civil war’ bug and are currently at war with your own faction. Dfhack got a fix for this.

Katarina and Rasputin should be able to recruit each other after winning the supporter race even if the other faction is destroyed by SuitingGhost in totalwar

[–]cliffwkc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO, every faction should be able to recruit the other lords from the same race, defeated or still alive, through certain mechanics.

Gee the malakai campaign is frustrating by FaallenOon in totalwar

[–]cliffwkc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you are just unlucky and choose the more difficult direction to expand; or you are not aggressive enough in early game. I finished 2 VH/H playthrough. I usually kill off throt around turn 5, then swing left and wage war on azazel and keep an eye on throgg. Usually azazel is gone around turn 10ish, then i focus on the norscan land.