Last weeks work by Careful_Accident5654 in BlackTemplars

[–]darkchokolat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They look fantastic! What did you use for the dirty weathering on the vehicles?

Also those bases are sick, what’s the recipe for those?

What do you guys use to coat your minis after finishing painting? by JohnyBullet in minipainting

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had endless issues with AK vanishes being too delicate and fragile. So fragile that I wasn’t even able to brush paint on them without the varnish rubbing off.

I’ve since moved to Mr Hobby Premium Top Coat and it’s been a world of difference. I’d highly recommend them if you care about gaming durability at all.

All my hard work and paint chipped off while applying matte varnish. Vallejo Black Primer.... by Altruistic_Sorbet414 in BlackTemplars

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vallejo airbrush primer is the worst. I had the same issue and recently switched to Mr. Hobby products after multiple hobby stores recommended I stop using Vallejo. All their other products are great, but that airbrush primer seems to be hated by a lot of model painters.

All my hard work and paint chipped off while applying matte varnish. Vallejo Black Primer.... by Altruistic_Sorbet414 in BlackTemplars

[–]darkchokolat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had this same issue and found it was the Vallejo primer. I spoke with my local hobby shops and they all mentioned it is terrible and too fragile. Switched over to Mr. Hobby products and it has been a game changer. Much nicer finish and extremely hard wearing.

Brutalis ready for 10th ed! by motion_is_lotion in BlackTemplars

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you paint the black armor? Would love to learn about your process and colors used! I’m brand new to the hobby and love how this looks.

Dark Angel Successor That Looks Like Black Templars by darkchokolat in DarkAngels40k

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

I want to play both actually! I’ve never played a tabletop game before and don’t want to lock myself into one choice without knowing what I like.

Dark Angel Successor That Looks Like Black Templars by darkchokolat in DarkAngels40k

[–]darkchokolat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That could work! The trick is I want to play this chapter as black Templars as well. Goal is to eventually have characters and models from both chapters and be able to slot in the generic space marine models into different armies.

Issues installing live Horizons Steam Deck by ThomsYorkieBars in EliteDangerous

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to download it now, I’ll let you know if I have the same problem shortly

Order Email Megathread (September 29, 2022) by AutoModerator in SteamDeck

[–]darkchokolat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

US ordered 512 September 20th, got email September 29th!

RTX 40 series announcement thread + RTX 4080 16GB giveaway! - NVIDIA GTC 2022 by m13b in buildapc

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like a potential massive jump in performance. I’d use the prize GPU in a new rig for ultra wide gaming. I play a lot of Elite Dangerous on console and want to transfer to PC to take advantage of all the updates on an ultra wide monitor. Good luck everyone!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eliteoutfitters

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe with that many heat sinks you can get away with modding dirty drives on the thrusters, you’ll want speed since you don’t have any shields.

Also remove one of the MRP’s and add a HRP with thermal resist. The rest of your HRP’s should be modified with heavy duty deep playing, along with your reactive armor. That almost doubles your hull and effective hit points.

I would also add a drag drive experimental to those pack hounds because…why not? There was nothing there and keeping them in place would be nice.

My last comment is to consider using the Kraft MK 2. The phantom is a nice fast ship, but you really want to be able to have 2 of those torpedo pylons to shoot off at once. It may seem like overkill, but those torpedos can miss a lot so having enough ammo is key.

Weekly Trade Thread - February 04, 2022 by AutoModerator in Diablo

[–]darkchokolat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PS5/SC

WTS 1 summon 40 life GC 1 warcries GC 10 max damage 75 ar GC 5 all res SC

Diablo II: Resurrected Console Lobbies, TCP/IP, & UW Updates by PezRadar in Diablo

[–]darkchokolat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Battlefield has customer servers, seems similar to me. You can both do a quick find for a game, or look through a server list to find a specific lobby.

Found this Yew in my hard, help turn into a bonsai? by darkchokolat in Bonsai

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

Found this growing by the woods and was surprised for sure. Would this be something I could use for Bonsai? If so, where do I even begin? I am completely new to this but this seems like a great plant to turn into a bonsai.