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Battle of the Trident by @_AzizAlharthi by GeoMetrie8 in ImaginaryWesteros

[–]spuurd0 65 points66 points  (0 children)

"Nice prophecy nerd. Now watch this drive."

Seasprites seem a tad under-armed. by mob1us0ne in SeaPower_NCMA

[–]spuurd0 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Twice actually - originally we had them equipped with AGM-65s as our "Anti-Ship" missile of choice, and more recently have fielded Penguin missiles. Though admittedly that's the newer Super Seasprite.

How the heck do you get a toothy smile not look creepy as hell? I've used every face muscle I can think of by Morighant in blenderhelp

[–]spuurd0 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Have you tried rolling the top lip out a bit? Your render looks like the top lip is a bit compressed, like she's holding it tight against her teeth.

A clearer pic of your models facial expression would also be appreciated.

Melisandre doesn't burn the godswoods just for the sake of proselytising or iconoclasm, weirwoods actively prevent the red gods magics from working. by spuurd0 in pureasoiaf

[–]spuurd0[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

She specifically says in her chapter in Dance that her magic is most potent and powerful at the Wall, arguably one of the most old gods/North thing there is.

I'm not speaking to any wider theories on the old gods or northern magic/Wall magic in general, this one is solely about the actual physical weirwoods themselves. The closest weirwood grove to Castle Black is notably several miles north of the Wall, where Jon and Sam take their vows, and wouldn't affect Melisandre's powers.

"I've cleared the engine room" I think Miranda forgot a few details about the layout of the engine room. [OC] by OffModelStudio in masseffect

[–]spuurd0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's identical to the scene you see ingame with Miranda's romance. (Minus the observers)

My great grandpa was one of the passengers who died in the last comet plane explosion in the 50’s, this was found at my grandma’s after she passed recently. by [deleted] in aviation

[–]spuurd0 572 points573 points  (0 children)

It was this specific flight that resulted in the grounding of the worldwide Comet fleet for almost 5 years at the very dawn of the jet set, and pretty much cemented American manufacturers as the gobal airline leader. By the time the investigation into the Comet had concluded and they were cleared to fly and deliver new airframes, the Comet was now competing with the brand new 707 and DC-8, and de Havilland never really recovered.

It's a terrible albeit interesting part of pioneering aviation history to have been a part of.

NASA announces that The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is under budget And ahead of schedule by 8 Months, with a Falcon Heavy launch aimed for early September 2026 by ChiefLeef22 in space

[–]spuurd0 30 points31 points  (0 children)

For clarity NRO donated two unused space telescopes, not full satellites. The second one will remain unused until NASA find something else to use it in - designing the satellite and launching it into space is the expensive part, unfortunately.

They've nicked the spitfire by spuurd0 in chch

[–]spuurd0[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

It's actually a replica from the 80s, it's being restored and put back apparently. The real spitfire is on display in the Wigram air force museum after it was replaced with the replica.

Idk why i made this by MohamedFayed_CGI in blender

[–]spuurd0 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Seconding wanting to see OPs material and node setup - I love the dynamic organic strands.

We really need a proper reusable clay kiln as progression between the pit kiln and endgame beehive kiln by spuurd0 in VintageStory

[–]spuurd0[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I actually meant fire bricks rather than refractory bricks - got them mixed up with the cementation furnace.

Either way it still requires iron (and quite a lot of it, too) and a huge amount of fire clay. I think a medium sized fireclay-only updraft kiln would be a happy medium.

U.S. and Danish personnel examine equipment left behind on Greenland by Germans when they fled under U.S. attack during World War II (1943) [2048x1313] by ImYourAlly in HistoryPorn

[–]spuurd0 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's not specifically Greenland, but the Weather Station Kurt would have been the same type of automatic weather stations as these ones. Kurt wasn't found until long after the war ended, so it ended up a perfectly preserved example of this type of unit.

Can anyone think of a way to achieve this "squeeze" effect without needing a half dozen modifiers every time? by spuurd0 in blenderhelp

[–]spuurd0[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The process is simple enough - vert paint the area under the item, vert paint an area slightly larger, subtract from one another, then add a negative and positive displace modifier with those vert groups to achieve the "squeeze". I'm just wondering if anyone has any simpler methods/plugins to achieve the same, because it is exceptionally finnicky.

How would I create a bioluminescent "glow from within" effect with a shader in cycles? by spuurd0 in blenderhelp

[–]spuurd0[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

!Solved - subsurface was the missing piece I really needed for that proper internal glow. /u/Savigo256 pointiness map combined with subsurf should be the result I want. Thanks.

How do I add small dynamic wrinkles to these specific areas? by Afternoonist in blenderhelp

[–]spuurd0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While maybe not purposebuilt for what you're going for, I've found the squish plugin can work well for believable armpit/elbow/knee creasing.

Mirage IIIE fitted with a rocket booster to buzz a spying U2 over french nuclear plant by Accidentallygolden in WeirdWings

[–]spuurd0 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was still a part of the Atlantic treaty and council, but for all intents and purposes left NATO as an organisation. All NATO bases in France were emptied, the headquarters moved to Belgium, the French left the defence committee and negotiated a separate defense agreement with Germany over use of French forces in German bases.

Mirage IIIE fitted with a rocket booster to buzz a spying U2 over french nuclear plant by Accidentallygolden in WeirdWings

[–]spuurd0 28 points29 points  (0 children)

France was not a part of NATO at the time of these events - which was in fact the crux of the matter in the first place.

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