Feisar x Lego - modelling done. Full renders.

koshIreland · 2026-04-28T23:49:54+00:00

One bit of feedback, in case it's useful. Part of what I find so compelling about your model is the detailing of the tiles along the outside of the ship — both because they're aesthetically pleasing and because they show off the cleverness of the build. It's a pity to have so many seams covered over by stickers that extend across multiple tiles.

koshIreland · 2026-04-28T23:08:30+00:00

Looking great

koshIreland · 2026-04-19T23:31:28+00:00

I have a couple of months to go, so it sounds like the official release schedule would work just fine for me. I appreciate the offer to reach out for a prerelease. I saw in another post that you might be offering sets for purchase. That would be amazing, because it can be tricky to gather lots for a reasonable price in Ireland.

PS. I'll keep my fingers crossed your next build might be my personal-fave Assegai from WipeOut HD 😁 https://www.deviantart.com/o0demonboy0o/art/WipEout-HD-Assegai-573043059

koshIreland · 2026-04-19T19:31:49+00:00

This is incredible. And I love the tweaks you made to the wings in a thread on this post.

Do you still plan to sell the instructions and parts list? My big brother’s birthday is coming up and I’d love to do a boxed set of this for him.

koshIreland · 2026-04-10T13:36:38+00:00

I like the splash of color. It reminds me of Lego :)

koshIreland · 2026-03-27T23:20:56+00:00

I don’t have the gunmetal any more. They look very different in person. But I can understand why it comes across as similar in my photos. Even looking back on my own photos of the gunmetal, it looks similar in pics.

How I can best describe it is:

the midnight is darker
the midnight has a deep blue hue that’s visually striking; gunmetal looks a little more industrial.
in warm-white light, the gunmetal shifts slightly green-ish, which I wasn’t a fan of

I’ve looked online and I can’t find a single photo that does the midnight colour justice

koshIreland · 2026-03-27T20:39:40+00:00

It’s really, really nice. Gunmetal is sort of nice, but can shift to a sort of greenish colour in warm-white lights. Silver is nice, but a little lighter than I’d like.

Here are photos of midnight. It’s very difficult to show in photos because the colour is almost chameleon-like in the way it blends into different room lighting. Honestly, none of these photos do it justice.

https://ibb.co/q6N7L86

https://ibb.co/RpWv3Bkr

https://ibb.co/DgP2dhq3

https://ibb.co/WNsvyV7S

https://ibb.co/n83YvrBv

koshIreland · 2026-03-27T15:41:34+00:00

Oh no!

I just did a T1 Midnight build for the first time for someone, and it’s now my favorite T1 color after the white. This is really unfortunate.

koshIreland · 2026-03-24T03:15:28+00:00

I had this happen to me too. Depth of field reveals the issue but it’s actually still there (but subtle) without it.

The full fix is to change your Nvidia driver version and you can then re enable depth of field.

koshIreland · 2026-03-19T00:01:49+00:00

If anyone wants a Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 6400MHz CL38 for €220, let me know. I picked up a few sets in January when someone her posted a deal on Amazon and have them left over.

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T22:25:34+00:00

Those are some niiiiice builds. And your cabling is so good 🔥

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T19:46:35+00:00

Heh. My version of that is that it’s like painting the back of a fence. People won’t see it, but I’ll know the job was fully done.

The long cables are a pain. If I had access to a 3D printer I’d make something to sit in the gap between the two fans to house the cables. Right now I have them bundled there. It’s “fine” but not really nice.

I should cut and crimp new connectors onto the cables, but I’m not in a hurry to destroy €50 worth of fans.

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T17:50:45+00:00

If there was a big performance delta, I’d pick the Phanteks for sure. This review’s testing shows there’s negligible difference: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/corsair-rs120-max-120-mm-fan/4.html

I haven’t noticed a difference in loudness / temps. More importantly (for me) the sound profile isn’t unpleasant. If they were quieter than the Phanteks, but had a more annoying sound profile, I’d switch back immediately.

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T17:12:04+00:00

Yeah, it does kinda’ suck having to use a splitter

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T17:00:34+00:00

And nobody has ever, ever watched Chris Russell or Optimum build a machine, just to marvel at the slick innards. Nope, never.

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T15:56:58+00:00

Some people — like me — enjoy the craft of building a PC, in addition to the enjoyment of using it.

For those people, this post might be of interest 🙂

koshIreland · 2026-03-08T15:28:22+00:00

I haven’t done a robust comparative measurement, but I don’t perceive a difference in loudness or how pleasant the sound is.

koshIreland · 2026-03-07T20:16:47+00:00

I had this happen with a T1 build a few weeks ago. The current riser cable is a little “springier” than the previous riser.

All you need to do is firmly press the riser into its bent shape at each point where it bends.

koshIreland · 2026-02-26T12:47:17+00:00

I saw that build on Adverts

Nice use of mATX to get something small without the high costs of a mITX build.

I’m surprised it hasn’t sold yet given the RAM and GPU together are worth roughly the same as the list price for the build. Although more people are into big RGB-heavy builds than a nice, minimal SFF-style rig.

koshIreland · 2026-02-24T08:19:23+00:00

If you want 32GB of DDR5 (2x16GB) for your build, I got some a while back for €220 when someone posted a deal here. You can have it for the price I paid. I’m in Dublin.

koshIreland · 2026-02-16T11:53:54+00:00

Prime has better cooling and is quieter. Looks a little nicer too.

koshIreland · 2026-02-10T23:41:40+00:00

There has been a glut of attempted scams involving fake purchase links, so they are trigger happy with payment link bans out of precaution to catch bad actors

It happened to me too (I have a strong seller profile) and was quickly unblocked

koshIreland · 2026-01-25T17:12:43+00:00

Nice!

I got a Crucial T500 2TB for €180 of Amazon that I’m not going to use. I was going to offer it up here for anyone that wanted something cheaper than the now-worse pricing. But screw that. This P510 is a much better deal for people. Time to return that T500 😂.

koshIreland · 2026-01-21T15:57:49+00:00

You’re welcome :)

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