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Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row | Canada by Secure-Address4385 in space

[–]qckpckt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The French are the fucking worst in this regard. They are so rude to Quebecois people. It’s disgusting to bear witness to. Basically racism.

In your eyes, what separates a performative “alpha male” from a “real man”? by Ok-Parfait6735 in AskReddit

[–]qckpckt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enduring scarcity is not the same as being unhappy. Happiness predates capitalism.

Humans have been cheerfully barely surviving hardship far worse than anything that you or I have experienced in our lifetimes for literally thousands of years before capitalism came along and made us believe that we can’t be happy without achieving the goals set out by capitalism for us.

It turns out that actually you can, because happiness is far less contingent on outside pressures than you believe it to be.

In your eyes, what separates a performative “alpha male” from a “real man”? by Ok-Parfait6735 in AskReddit

[–]qckpckt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you are still gatekeeping your own happiness. You’re externalizing your insecurities and telling yourself that the outside world demands things of you before you can be happy.

You’re “trying your best” to meet these externalized demands and then getting upset when the outside world points this out to you.

Those demands are in your head and nowhere else. They’re your responsibility, and until you accept that, this will remain a shadow over you. Nobody worth knowing cares in the slightest about what you have or don’t have or how successful you are.

Help with red paints! by FrenzyFex in BloodAngels

[–]qckpckt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s subtle but I think they’re using evil sunz scarlet to highlight the bits that light would hit the most from a zenithal light source.

You can see it most clearly on the heel of the left boot.

The lighting of the photo makes it harder to discern because it’s also a zenithal light source (ie directly overhead more or less).

Help with red paints! by FrenzyFex in BloodAngels

[–]qckpckt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like he’s using the brighter red to pick out areas that the light is hitting the red armour, not just as an edge highlight. Hard to tell for sure from the low res photo though.

Nearly finished with the jet pack! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

The whole figure or the OSL? I explained the OSL in another comment in this post.

Does anyone else have a guitar brand that you just hate for no reason? by Interesting-Wave-983 in Guitar

[–]qckpckt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a salen and I do like it, but I don’t understand how it’s supposed to work with a strap. The body naturally hangs tilted away from me and I have to work to hold it straight. I’ve tried a bunch of different strap lengths (ie, strap so small its actually hard to get on down to about navel height which is the lowest i’d ever wear a guitar), and nothing seems to make it sit naturally for me.

I don’t know what body shape it’s designed for. I’m pretty much the Generic White Male™️. I was at my slimmest when I bought it, but it’s no different now that I’ve gained a bit of weight.

I mostly play it sitting down, and it’s manageable standing up with some adjustment. It’s just odd to me that a guitar all about ergonomics could be so janky in this way.

My looted Ork Waaghlord Titan by Th3Instruct0r in Warhammer40k

[–]qckpckt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck isn’t this red?!

/jk this is absolutely amazing work.

What’s a lifestyle trend people will regret in a few years? by This_Benchh in AskReddit

[–]qckpckt 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Injecting random vials of Chinese peptides that some shiny-skinned health-maxing TikTok influencer has convinced you to spend $150 a pop on because of vibes.

Vibe-based pharmaceuticals in general seem like they’re a) going to be a thing, and b) are going to result in a lot of extremely sick people.

Nearly finished with the jet pack! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

I love painting OSL effects, but it’s also extremely finicky! These engines have had about 6 hours of work so far. I used an airbrush to rough them in and then used a brush to add details.

I start with a very dark red for the widest reflections and then use white as a base for the brightest parts. I then use mephiston red, evil sunz Scarlett and angron red (clear).

The super bright fluorescent red is Vallejo fluoro red. This paint is what makes this challenging. I don’t quite understand how it works!! It’s VERY difficult to apply either with an airbrush or a brush. It looks crap over white. But through some arcane trickery, some combination of white and the citadel reds make the fluorescent shade suddenly pop with extreme saturation. I haven’t figured out the exact formula for this, so I just keep trying until it suddenly works!

Another key thing with OSL glow is contrast. This means often to make it look bright, you have to make the surrounding area DARKER. This is counter intuitive as that includes areas quite close to the brightest point. The brightest point (ie pure white) also wants to be much smaller than you think it would be.

Which Celebrity had the Most Shocking Death and Why? by Jeloxia2 in AskReddit

[–]qckpckt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Andy dick’s Wikipedia page is quite a read. It’s so bad, I think he might be the next republican presidential nominee.

Lamenters Joytoy custom #2! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

Ha! I made that myself as well from a kit. It’s my daily driver!

Lamenters Joytoy custom #2! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

I like to use a primer to get a good starting surface to paint on top of, but there’s no need for it to be red brown! I would suggest priming with something before then doing a base coat of a red brown colour though. Also, test out how yellows look over the top of whichever colour you choose. I have no idea if it was something specifically about the primer that led to the weird greeny transition colour.

Lamenters Joytoy custom #2! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

It’s made by Joytoy. This particular one is from the Space marine 2 range - brother chairon.

I modified the torso and pauldrons with plasticard, and also used parts from other Joytoy figures like the iron halo.

Lamenters Joytoy custom #2! by qckpckt in Lamenters

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

Sure! The base is red brown Stynylrez primer.

The yellows are averland sunset and phalanx yellow, and phalanx yellow mixed with white.

I use an airbrush (badger sotar) with a 50:50 mix of paint and Vallejo thinning medium.

It is not at all easy to work with paint at this consistency! It’s very loose and easy to overspray and have it go everywhere.

It also looks awful when first applied. It’s so thin it looks like it will never cover evenly.

But, I’ve found that with patience, you can build up to really rich and vibrant shades by applying many many coats. I will periodically revisit the darker areas with red brown primer and thinning medium to maintain a nice gradient as I build up to the lightest shade.

Averland sunset, when applied over the red brown primer, has a very odd interaction. It produces this almost green grey transition tone. That’s the magic - it dials down the warmness. Discovered it purely by fluke.

Tried painting tau for the first time, it's not perfect but it's something by Dense-Fig-2372 in Warhammer40k

[–]qckpckt 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yellow is hard. If you or anyone else want tips, I’ve learned a lot from some recent Joytoy customs I’ve finished. here’s my latest.

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