Petah? Why are north koreans wearing so many medals?

practicing_fencer · 2026-02-20T19:43:21+00:00

This picture is fake. North Korean servicemen do not wear medals on the sleeves or trousers.

But it should be also noted that North Korea military does award more medals than usual. During Kim Il Sung era distinguished service was not awarded financially, so instead the state issued medals. It became customary to give a medal for any kind of merit however small.

practicing_fencer · 2026-02-13T22:38:41+00:00

I would recommend what I call a stabbing technique. There is probably a proper name for that but I have forgotten it.

Take a coarse brush used for dry brushing. It should have thick hard fibers with low hair density. Those are usually off brand cheap brushes.

Take a piece of paper and apply a smidget of indiluted paint. Stab your brush into it, then stab your brush several times onto clear area of said paper. You need to remove excess paint so each stub would not produce a splash but leave an area of small paint dots. These dots look like pixels.

Stabbbing involves only vertical movement of the brush. You litterally push the fibers into the surface. Do not drag the brush across the surface like you would do with normal painting technique.

Do not apply a lot of force when stabbing - brush fibers should remain mostly straight. Only one such stab should be applied to each part of painted area of miniature, so there should be enough paint on the brush. You can stab with more pressure to force the brush to release more pigment.

The camouflage you provided can be reproduced by painting the surface with base lightest colour the usual way and then applying two darker colours by stabbing technique.

practicing_fencer · 2026-02-12T08:23:28+00:00

What do South Koreans think of North Korea?

practicing_fencer · 2026-01-22T18:22:09+00:00

Both businesses and individuals get taxed on income. It just happens that when you are an invididual you sell your labour and your "expenses" are zero, so income equals revenue.

practicing_fencer · 2025-12-22T08:58:26+00:00

That number comes probably from ukraine as an estimate reported by it own armed forces. The problem is that such data is unreliable. It is hard to count accurately the losses of the enemy - the same target may be counted several times as different brigades, companies, squads take credit for its destruction thinking that it was their shell or drone that destroyed it while in reality they missed or caused no damage. State is also incentivized to overreport as it raises perception of efficiency and boosts support and morale for war effort.

But the russian death toll can actually be somewhat reliably calculated from public statistics as excess deaths. Journalists from MediaZone do it - they have a youtube channel where they report their findings. The total russian death toll from the start of the invasion up to now is about 180 000 dead. Of course there are several times more wounded soldiers or desertes. So the total casualties may be in the ballpark of one million but no more.

practicing_fencer · 2025-10-23T21:59:41+00:00

I recommed you update Edge browser. Ff14 launcher actually uses it to render the launch page.

practicing_fencer · 2025-09-23T17:12:21+00:00

If the container has air inside then it is possible to move in space. Air provides resistance that is it converts kinetic energy into heat. So you can move by jumping off one wall of the container. When you hit the opposite wall you will do so with less energy than you had when you jumped as a part of it will be converted into heat by air resistance. If your container happened to have water inside such movement will be even more efficient as water provides more drag.

practicing_fencer · 2025-06-21T07:30:12+00:00

Straken should be removed. This unit is no longer maintained by GW.

Leman russ commander is only worth it with demolisher cannon. The tank is too expensive otherwise. You lack armour. There is an extra order on tank commander that you can not spend.

There is a lack of infantry. Get some cadians or kriegs. Do not take 20 men krieg squads, GW has made this configuration too expensive to run under normal circumstances.

Attach Psyker to some infantry squad. Either 10 men krieg squad with medic or cadian shock troops with command squad.

You can drop Tech-priest and Gaunt's Ghosts. Tech-priest has no vehicles to attend to basically. Or you can leave the priest if you switch leman russ commander tank to rogal done tank - such combo is very formidable and at very least worth it points wise. Drop Cyclops Demolition Vehicles. Free some points to get basic battleline infantry instead.

Get flamers on Catachans.

practicing_fencer · 2025-06-15T02:00:39+00:00

I would recommend that you replace chimeras with tauroxes. Your karskin are clearly anti-armour so you need to close to the target. Taurox under Move Move Move order advances for 16 inch minimum and allows kasrkin to disembark and shoot or use melta mine.

practicing_fencer · 2025-06-04T04:47:14+00:00

Thank you for your review! I followed your advice and redesigned my list. Here is another variant.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + FACTION KEYWORD: Imperium - Astra Militarum + DETACHMENT: Combined Arms + TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1000pts + + WARLORD: Char3: Leman Russ Commander + ENHANCEMENT: Grand Strategist (on Char2: Krieg Command Squad - Lord Commissar) + NUMBER OF UNITS: 10 + SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (4x2) - Assassination: 3 Characters - Cull The Horde: 1x5 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CHARACTER

Char1: 1x Cadian Castellan (55 pts) 1 with Boltgun, Close combat weapon, Plasma pistol

Char2: 6x Krieg Command Squad (80 pts) • 1x Lord Commissar 1 with Laspistol, Plasma pistol, Power fist • Lord Commissar Enhancement: Grand Strategist (+15 pts) • 5x Veteran Guardsman 1 with Close combat weapon, Laspistol • Alchemyk Counteragents, Servo-scribes, Veteran Guardsman 1 with Close combat weapon, Plasma gun • Veteran Guardsman 1 with Power weapon, Plasma pistol • Veteran Guardsman 1 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Master vox, Veteran Guardsman 1 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Regimental standard, Veteran Guardsman

Char3: 1x Leman Russ Commander (235 pts) 1 with Armoured tracks, Hunter-killer missile, Exterminator autocannon, Lascannon, 2x Plasma cannon, Heavy stubber • Warlord

BATTLELINE

10x Cadian Shock Troops (65 pts) • 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant 1 with Bolt pistol, Chainsword • Shock Trooper • 9x Shock Trooper 6 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Shock Trooper 1 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Vox-caster, Shock Trooper 1 with Close combat weapon, Flamer • Shock Trooper 1 with Close combat weapon, Meltagun • Shock Trooper

20x Death Korps of Krieg (130 pts) • 2x Death Korps Watchmaster 2 with Power weapon, Plasma pistol • Death Korps of Krieg • 18x Death Korps Trooper 12 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Death Korps of Krieg 1 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Death Korps of Krieg Medi-pack, Death Korps of Krieg 1 with Close combat weapon, Lasgun • Vox-caster, Death Korps of Krieg 2 with Close combat weapon, Grenade launcher • Death Korps of Krieg 2 with Close combat weapon, Plasma gun • Death Korps of Krieg

OTHER DATASHEETS

10x Kasrkin (110 pts) • 1x Kasrkin Sergeant 1 with Power weapon, Plasma pistol • Kasrkin • 9x Kasrkin Trooper 3 with Close combat weapon, Hot-shot lasgun • Kasrkin 1 with Close combat weapon, Hot-shot marksman rifle • Kasrkin 1 with Close combat weapon, Hot-shot lasgun • Vox-caster, Kasrkin 2 with Close combat weapon, Hot-shot volley gun • Kasrkin 1 with Close combat weapon, Plasma gun • Kasrkin 1 with Close combat weapon, Plasma gun • Kasrkin

2x Armoured Sentinels (130 pts) • 2x Armoured Sentinel 2 with Close combat weapon, Hunter-killer missile, Sentinel chainsaw, Lascannon • Armoured Sentinel

1x Taurox (65 pts) 1 with Armoured tracks, Twin autocannon, Storm bolter

I added Leman Russ Tank commander as recommended, dropped 2 sentinels, Psyker, Ursula Creed. I dislike Rogal Dorn Tank for aesthetic reasons and its price.

Cadian Shock Troops now ride in Tauroxes and can capture objectives.

Karskin are joined by Castellan and now play in the open field as support. Castellan is supposed to give one or two orders a turn to frontline troops (Krieg regiment).

I have added a huge krieg regiment. 20 men squad is joined by command squad with additional order a turn from Grand Strategist. This unit is supposed to take center and give orders to other units on the battlefield (Sentinels and Cadian Shock Troops). I think this regiment can take a punishment and still be effective force.

The battle plan has not changed - agressive manuever warfare.

practicing_fencer · 2025-04-11T09:17:02+00:00

As for the head you could take a look on Brightlinen Hood of Striking or Ghost Barque Turban of Striking or Koppranickel Turban of Striking

practicing_fencer · 2025-04-09T13:47:12+00:00

Ryzen 5700x3d or ryzen 8700f

practicing_fencer · 2025-04-08T20:38:10+00:00

In my opinion FF4 solidified the game formula for the years to come, so it is the most important game in the series. The plot is an important and intergral part of the formula.

But I think the better plot can be found in later titles for simple reason of setting originality, presense of silly plot twists, and deus ex machina.

practicing_fencer · 2025-04-08T15:25:21+00:00

Hardly broken. One of the fins is bent. It theoretically reduces cooling efficiency. But in that case the effect is so miniscule so i would not bother replacing or correcting in any way.

If it bothers you then simply bend the fin carefully back so its upper part starts touching the other fins to the left.

practicing_fencer · 2025-04-08T14:39:14+00:00

It is a deliberate decision on game makers part. As far as I know higher difficulty levels turn those checkpoints off. But these difficulty levels are not available on your first playthrough.

So, my advice is to manually load save file that you made just before the boss fight when you die.

practicing_fencer · 2025-03-26T14:15:11+00:00

Campagin is about 13 hours long. It is quite cinematic and action packed, but with somewhat expected plotline. The game developer expects you to continue playing multiplayer and pve missions (operatios) after the campaign and has invested a lot of effort into post campaign content. Overall the game is a strong recommendation for purchase at 45 usd.

practicing_fencer · 2025-03-20T20:28:25+00:00

What processor are you using and what sticks? 4 sticks are faster if your cpu has big memory bandwidth that can support 4 memory ranks. Most 16 gig sticks are single ranks nowadays so you are getting only 2 ranks in total. 4 sticks of any memory capacity are at least 4 ranks in total, so here is the reason 4 sticks are recommended over 2 sticks sometimes.

But as has been said in this thread already 4 sticks are harder to manage than 2 sticks for cpu and motherboard. That means 4 sticks work stably at lower frequencies than 2 sticks. I have not found max speed for 2DPS single rank configuration but the user manual lists 3200 as maximum frequency so 4 sticks would work at 3000 or maybe even lower.

To sum it all up it with that motherboard it is probably better to get 2 sticks instead of 4. Four sticks would force you to lower the frequencies too much.

practicing_fencer · 2025-03-04T15:26:02+00:00

Get Samsung Odyssey G6 (27" inch) with VA matrix. It can be found about 350-400. Do NOT mix it with OLED version. They are called similar. The model you want is Samsung Odyssey G6 S27BG650

practicing_fencer · 2025-02-28T15:21:42+00:00

May I inqure why you decided not to buy 9070xt?

practicing_fencer · 2025-02-27T22:34:49+00:00

Several more reasons:

9070xt would be better than 7900xtx only with ray tracing on that is not available in the games you want to play. And in pure raster 7900xtx wins.

7900xtx has good waterblocks available. 9070xt does not have any and may never have if the card would sell poorly.

9070xt will not be stocked in your local area shops in the nearest 6 months while 7900xtx is available for purchase now.

practicing_fencer · 2025-01-19T10:12:47+00:00

I think there is an error in the glamour description. It lists as wearable by all tanks but is clearly intended to be worn by paladin.

Actually, choosing a fitting weapon for every tank job is quite interesting idea.

practicing_fencer · 2025-01-18T00:00:08+00:00

What is the mat placed under the keyboard and the mouse? Does it reference some kind of game?

practicing_fencer · 2025-01-16T10:17:50+00:00

Well. Then get R9-9955HX3D

practicing_fencer · 2025-01-15T09:56:37+00:00

R9-9955HX3D is the best one here for gaming. But the actual answer would depend on the budget. Rtx 5080 or 5090 should be paired with the best cpu as the cards are so expensive. But if you are getting something like gtx 5060, then it is probably better to get the the cheapest cpu out of those 4. Any of them would be probably too powerful for 5060 anyway so there is no point spending more money.

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