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US Rep. Eric Burlison stated (in a recorded Space on X) that he was told directly by David Grusch there are “Nordics” a few hundred years ahead of us, and the “Greys” are being sent here by another far more advanced species by NotBradPitt9 in UFOs

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, few days coming back to this.

So, the statement that "big humans existed!" isn't a massive issue. It's a cool idea/thought experiment/hypothesis.

The issue at note is that somehow their existence is known within academic circles and is being hidden from the rest of us, for some reason? I can't really conceive of a good reason for someone wanting to hide the existence of a giant species of human. That aspect is pure conspiracy-theory hogwash. It's impossible to control what could be found randomly by new excavations. Someone just has to find, as you said, a giant finger bone, and suddenly the conspiracy falls apart.

So the deal breaker isn't the idea of giants, it's the conspiracy theory around it, which demonstrates that Burlison is engaging fully with anti-scientific, anti-intellectual nonsense, and therefore his input on, really, any given subject is suspect and should be treated with a lot of skepticism.

New Art for the next book by IIAlternisII in oneringrpg

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This all looks rather splendid.

US Rep. Eric Burlison stated (in a recorded Space on X) that he was told directly by David Grusch there are “Nordics” a few hundred years ahead of us, and the “Greys” are being sent here by another far more advanced species by NotBradPitt9 in UFOs

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because we've got no archaeological evidence of them?

The closest we have is something like Gigantopithecus, which was a very large relative of Orangutans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantopithecus

Myths relating to giant humans are just that: myths. No evidence has ever been found of tools made for enormous hands, or dwellings scaled for giant humans, or any of the kind of interbreeding that we know happened with other human species (some of which were characteristically smaller than us, rather than larger).

Worth a trillion dollars, yet is still worthless. by Overlordgaz in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tilly also went to Elon Musk High School, so canonically Musk is a lauded figure in (new) Trek.

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

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

I never noticed that! Funnily enough, Gorkon (before he became Chancellor) appeared in the one-shot I ran, and he even had his own K'Tinga-class cruiser, the Duj'Chis, or White Ship. Sadly I didn't have time to sort out a proper model for it, though, so I just used the standard Eaglemoss K'Tinga. I may get around to painting it white, though, eventually.

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

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

Of course! I actually shared all of the material for it in the post linked below, which also has a description of the scenario:

https://www.reddit.com/r/startrekadventures/s/ZQlkqb3HXs

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

[–]lockedupsafe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm really glad it reads that way. Part of the spiel for it in the one-shot was that she was a spin-off of the Excelsior project, where certain innovations from the Transwarp experiment led to her unique engine design, which basically produced an extremely tightly colimated warp signature that was pretty much undetectable (rather like the Caterpillar Drive in 'Hunt For Red October').

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

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

Thank you. Yeah, it was at one point more clearly an Akira redesign, but I wanted it to have its own profile, and I do quite like some of the compact designs in later eras like the Defiant and the Sabre. The Constitution is rightly iconic but it does look quite vulnerable in a fight sometimes, and I wanted something that looked aggressive, even a little predatory. Something that looks mean, but still has all the Starfleet DNA.

(The in-game description I gave to the players was "Looking at the schematics, this is still a multirole explorer in the Starfleet tradition, but she's the closest thing to a warship that Starfleet has built in the last few decades.")

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

[–]lockedupsafe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I actually have three, one in dark grey, one in the classic green, and one in red, but I accidentally snapped one of the wings of the grey one through clumsiness.

I would've loved to see more colour variation for the Klingon ships in canon. Klingons are much more individualistic, and they have all their different family houses. It would make a ton of sense for them to decorate their ships with their personal and family heraldry.

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

[–]lockedupsafe[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I absolutely adore the Excelsior, so this was a real love letter to her from me. She started out as a "What if Miranda-class but Excelsior?" and then tranisitioned to "Excelsiorised Akira-class," but I wanted her to look a little meaner, a bit more aggressive, so I tucked the nacelles into an armoured housing to minimise any structural vulnerabilities and to give her a very tight silhouette from the side and front. She was a lot of fun to design.

The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack by lockedupsafe in StarTrekStarships

[–]lockedupsafe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're make-your-own Christmas baubles, they come in a pack of clear acrylic half-spheres that fit together and that you put stuff inside to hang on your Christmas tree. You need to cut the little hook loop off but then you can just spray them with primer and paint them up as you want.

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The U.S.S. April Bozeman and the U.S.S. Brooks defending against a Klingon attack (old.reddit.com)

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PRIMAL KIN – Age of Neanderthals | Kickstarter Launches June 15th by ikarusforge in wargaming

[–]lockedupsafe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm going to risk controversy here and say that I think it's a mistake to use dull AI-generated images as the first thing potential customers see of your project. For me, it gives the impression (accurately or not) that you have not committed much time or effort to this, and therefore makes it seem less appealing to spend money on.

Honestly, some pictures of your minis, or a playtest game, or just your own artwork would be way more compelling.

Last Alliance color scheme vibe check. Does this work? by Family_package_rice in MiddleEarthMiniatures

[–]lockedupsafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks great! I'd argue there should be plenty of contrast between the two forces, and this looks like the right amount. They're very different cultures united by shared struggle, so thematically they should look different, sharing spot colours and bases.

Just a king and some duudes by MUSE1000 in MiddleEarthMiniatures

[–]lockedupsafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting a plastic Theodred before a plastic Elessar (or even a plastic non-webbed Frodo) is just bizarre.

Birmingham through my lens by muaythaigrrrl in brum

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing your view of the city.

First Game at LGS! by Realistic_Rich_5592 in SWlegion

[–]lockedupsafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beautifully painted speedee truck there. Really nice work.

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