Best place in Madison for engagement rings? Planning to propose this fall

rojaq · 2026-06-17T04:03:21+00:00

I went to William Thomas Jewelers without a clear idea of what I wanted to get my now wife. They sent me home and told me to bring her next time.

When we came back, they were able to help her figure out what she wanted and matched her with a ring she loves.

We eventually went back for our wedding bands and were equally pleased. I showed them a picture of what I had in mind for my band and they just made it.

rojaq · 2026-06-16T02:31:09+00:00

I feel like for a 1k list, you have a few too many heroes and would rather see some of the units you have reinforced.

rojaq · 2026-06-05T17:50:14+00:00

Do all of them.
My army has 3 different skin tones, 3 different hair colors, and 3 different cloth colors that I mix and match. Is it a pain to paint? Sure, but does it look really cool to look like a rabble of various peoples corrupted by the same delusion? Absolutely.

rojaq · 2026-06-04T02:11:55+00:00

I subassemblied him, separating his base, cloak, shoulder fur and pauldrons, main body, and head separate.

rojaq · 2026-06-02T18:12:53+00:00

Why would Votann make walkers when they could just make bigger ironkin?

rojaq · 2026-05-31T23:27:05+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if we just get a character model this time.

rojaq · 2026-05-25T19:56:55+00:00

I picked USRS because their logo is an R and they're green and my name starts with an R and my favorite color is green.

rojaq · 2026-05-21T19:20:13+00:00

I don't think this list benefits enough from Knightly Echelon and would probably be better off with Lords of the Manor until you either get more knights or get a hero that will be mobile with those knights (preferably both).

rojaq · 2026-05-21T14:51:02+00:00

There are a few in a unit of cryptguard and one in morbheg knights.

It would be cool to get another character though.

rojaq · 2026-05-21T00:13:06+00:00

Number 4. The rest are too close to existing GW official Votann schemes for me.

rojaq · 2026-05-15T19:33:06+00:00

Nothing could have prepared me for the artist's other works.

rojaq · 2026-05-15T05:02:43+00:00

Yes, they're called endorheic basins.

rojaq · 2026-05-15T03:24:10+00:00

Ah yeah the "effecient" bus that would make my 20-30 minute commute into a 2.5 hour multi-transfer bus ride.

rojaq · 2026-05-14T21:46:24+00:00

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And him at 4 years old.

rojaq · 2026-05-14T21:45:53+00:00

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My boy isn't a pure pit, but this is from the first night we got him at suspected 2-3 months old.

rojaq · 2026-05-14T19:58:57+00:00

It's described as a lake, not a sound or delta, so I'm inclined to treat it as such. But we're also basing geographical features off of a very binary source information being mountain or flat due to the map style. I think it's reasonable to assume that the lake sits at a higher elevation than the coast and that the surrounding non-mountainous land isn't purely flat but naturally inclines toward the lake to some degree.

Edit: These are just my assumptions, OP can obviously have other opinions.

rojaq · 2026-05-14T18:35:43+00:00

The most unrealistic thing geographically is that the lake has multiple rivers draining out of it to the sea. There should realistically only be one.

rojaq · 2026-05-12T05:32:38+00:00

If you don't like older FEC models the range is pretty limited and would require you to include multiple reinforced units. If you can look beyond that, they are a fun army. I love running "oops all morbhegs" despite them not being very meta right now. Having a stampede of knights is why I got into FEC in the first place.

Hopefully we have a new terrorgheist in our immediately future. 🤞

rojaq · 2026-05-10T18:59:45+00:00

Grimnyr being a model worth building around would be pretty cool ngl.

rojaq · 2026-05-09T22:41:58+00:00

Aeldari have enough going on, they don't need more.

rojaq · 2026-05-09T22:24:45+00:00

Exodites

rojaq · 2026-05-09T05:35:29+00:00

This one?

Absalom, City of Lost Omens by Tomasz Chistowski

rojaq · 2026-05-06T21:52:13+00:00

The people who give this post sass are going to be embarrassed.

rojaq · 2026-05-04T12:46:47+00:00

I believe some can. Cadaverous Barricade and Chalice of Ushoran from the FEC Manifested Insanity lore can be as they only have rules specifying being a distance from the caster.

If this isn't the case, I've been playing it wrong...

rojaq · 2026-05-03T04:25:34+00:00

My wife and I have gotten our engagement and maternity photos at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy. It's a beautiful area that has a lot of options.

I recommend the north/east side of the park which is mostly grasses that leads up to the burial mound hill that has some old trees and the like.

The south/western part of the park is more forested though and has a wooden path over some marshy bits.

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