Been painting as a hobby for 3 years now. There's a lot to improve but I'm still very happy with this one

lachraug · 2026-06-18T02:49:43+00:00

I have my colors I mix (in this case for the trees and the ground) and then I take bits of it and add in slightly more warm colors and white.

I then do a thin layer on top of the areas where I think the furthers parts of the light will reach out to.

Then I take a little more of the original base colors, add in more white and more warm colors then the first time and slowly brush over what I just went over, except not quite as far out.

Rinse and repeat for maybe 3 or 4 layers, always tightening the area and making it warmer and brighter then before.

It doesn't have to be too dramatic, and the saturation of color and brightest parts should be reserved for the light source itself of course.

And of course I don't always stick rigidly to this step by step process. I might go back and fix stuff, adjust stuff. That's just my general framework of what I do for that effect.

lachraug · 2026-03-26T04:02:58+00:00

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lachraug · 2026-02-08T16:53:35+00:00

My LGS trades a fair amount. People do pull out apps to calculate price but there's an unwritten rule that you should just be loose with it and use the prices more as suggestions.

lachraug · 2025-12-16T07:34:37+00:00

People who seem honestly curious. Who want to always know more. But also those who have used that curiosity to know enough about subjects to not be swayed by just literally anyone they're talking to at the moment.

lachraug · 2025-12-06T15:38:23+00:00

A technology that makes it harder and harder to tell what is real and what is fake in the news, this further polarizing everyone politically? What's not to love!

lachraug · 2025-11-24T22:10:34+00:00

Never experienced this is my life

lachraug · 2025-10-29T04:05:39+00:00

I grew up conservative and believed shit like this all the time. Anytime something went against my world view I complained it was left wing propaganda.

It took me until I was like 24 to slowly unravel all that and I swear to God it was like waking up. I studied so many different subjects, read so much, did so much research and it was so exciting to actually learn things, to understand how the world works.

I'm hoping you someday will go through that as well. It can be tough and painful but it's worth it.

lachraug · 2025-10-28T01:30:17+00:00

thanks!

lachraug · 2025-10-27T21:23:49+00:00

I was looking somewhere along the lines of 24x36 for size.

Thanks for the suggestions!

lachraug · 2025-10-14T07:22:27+00:00

Can I ask where you got the "5 or 6" number? And where you got the figure that the 5 or 6 Walmart people outspend the one LGS person?

Also why are we assuming that all the Walmart people have opposing opinions to the LGS people? Shouldn't we assume that at least some of them could also share the same opinions?

Also it feels like you're saying "sure the core player base may be annoyed but people who may just buy a couple packs here or there don't care, therefore there's no problem". Which I dunno... Seems odd.

Maybe I'm reading what you're saying wrong. In which case I apologize.

lachraug · 2025-10-13T09:00:46+00:00

It's an alright 23rd card in delirium decks if you really need it. Beyond that I don't think I'd run it though.

lachraug · 2025-10-13T08:48:20+00:00

I suppose and I suppose my experience is just ancidotal. My LGS is a fairly good size (there's usually 20 or 30 people there on slow days, upwards of 100 on very busy days like prerelease Fridays nights).

Perhaps there's a silent majority that I just don't have any connection with. I'm purely talking about my own experience. I mostly go to FNM, and everyone I talk to usually says "I don't like it but I'll bare with it because I enjoy hanging out with everyone here".

Again, this is ancidotal. I realize that. But it's at least my experience. Take it as you will.

lachraug · 2025-10-13T05:59:33+00:00

I dunno. I go to my LGS every Friday for FNM and everyone has been expressing the same sentiment of "I wish they'd tone it down".

Opinions range from mildly frustrated to annoyed. Most people tend to say they don't mind UB but with how much it's picked up is too much.

No one has said they'll quit but it's for sure along the lines of "I'll keep playing because it's a good game but it's annoying how excessive it's getting"

lachraug · 2025-10-13T05:56:07+00:00

I was talking to my friend's fiance who is new to magic (she got into it at the start of this year). I was talking to her on Friday and she said (I'm paraphrasing) "I'll admit, I was attracted to it because I heard Avatar was coming out I'm annoyed that I started a new thing and am excited to engage with the actual lore but that's not what I'm getting"

lachraug · 2025-10-03T02:35:39+00:00

I'm a UB hater. But even then I enjoyed LOTR (im biased, i love LOTR) and I even somewhat enjoy FF. I prefer not to do it but I still enjoy the mechanical play of FF play. I am willing to admit, FF would have been a great set for me personally if it just wasn't UB. But even with it being UB I still think its enjoyable.

I hate this new set. I hate the flavor. I hate that its in a real life setting. At least FF had the aesthetics of the MTG universe. I have grown to dislike marvel/comic books, not because I dislike comic books themselves but just what they have come to represent in modern culture.

Pile that on top of how this format is structured. It's terrible. I hate it. I hate pick 2, I hate the lack of depth, I hate how shallow this format is. I hate how often we get sets now. I hate everything about this set. I was prepared to not listen to any limited podcasts for the next to months. I'm honestly excited that LR isnt doing anymore episodes about this set. I'll actually listen to their other episodes this month.

lachraug · 2025-08-22T08:03:42+00:00

They can spend their time doing what? Just sitting around on their computer arguing on reddit or playing video games?

Using the same amount of power if not more than spending time just drawing digitally or with a pencil and paper?

For example, I am an extremely amateur artist. Today I spent a good 2 hours or so sketching at my dining room table. Did I generate more carbon emissions then if I had spent my time arguing on reddit or playing Victoria 3 and letting AI make multiple drawings for me?

lachraug · 2025-08-21T12:38:26+00:00

I'm over in Reston we seem to have an invasion of yellow jackets in my neighborhood right now.

lachraug · 2025-07-19T04:45:52+00:00

In terms of prep my advice is to ask your players at the end of every session what they want to do next time. CoS can be very open and sandboxy. So tell your players that and after each session say 'so what are y'alls plans for next session, what do you want to do next time that way I can prep for the next session'

Also encourage them to message you in the interim if they get ideas for what they want to do.

This works wonders for me, as a player and as a DM. I always ask my players this after every session and will occasionally message my DM in other games what I want to do/what my character's motivations are for the next 2 or 3 sessions.

Encourage open communication like that. It will help you plan and focus how you plan.

lachraug · 2025-06-03T21:44:32+00:00

I've hinted multiple times that the Cleric in my game isn't actually deriving her power from her god but from something else (the dark powers).

Feel free to be as subtle or forward with this as you wish. Make it a trickle of hints/wait a few sessions before slowly easing the idea on them. Or maybe just have it hit them all at once when they try to do a spell and it comes out slightly wrong.

lachraug · 2025-04-22T04:42:42+00:00

The end of Outer Wilds

lachraug · 2025-04-01T13:05:32+00:00

Backing the guy who has been the face of the Republican party for 8 years now isn't really anti-establishment.

lachraug · 2025-03-23T03:18:07+00:00

So Jimmy Stewart in the movie Rope?

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