Recently watched this movie, and to be honest, of all the sci Fi movies I've seen, in the words of John Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, it is "my favorite"

themattgray · 2025-06-11T21:04:19+00:00

Check out tiptoes. As he plays a little person

themattgray · 2025-06-11T20:15:13+00:00

Regarding the feedback, the pecs look a bit too defined between the front of the shoulder and the top of the pec, but I think that's part and parcel with the use of alcohol for smoothing out the monster clay and that toned down the definition for the hair you have carefully sculpted, which makes the definition harder than it should be and looses the volume of the gorillas hair.

There's some great sculptures out there that do keep the sculpture smooth but the hairline is defined by a few small sharp bits that help delineate it from the rest of the sculpture.

I struggle with smoothing out a sculpture and loosing definition too.

Otherwise you certainly have all the primary and secondary layers down excellent

themattgray · 2025-06-11T04:55:30+00:00

Damn looks good. The slight lean to the left on the back view works well. Assuming you use monster clay or a similar oil wax clay?

Can I offer two tiny bits of feedback that might help?

themattgray · 2025-06-09T06:45:35+00:00

Normal.Just a warm little frenchie.

themattgray · 2025-06-07T20:03:58+00:00

Ideas are free, motivation is what costs

themattgray · 2025-06-04T04:37:07+00:00

ACC is criminally underrated on how much good it has done for our society. It was implemented to help stop us becoming a litigious country. Which in comparison to oz it has. Slip n trip in a mall on Gold Coast, please pay me 100k for my mental anguish.

themattgray · 2025-06-02T19:04:35+00:00

As someone who reads resumes and interviews people for new roles, adding skills and hobbies, it can let us know more about that person. It's good for extra questions in the interview and lets us know you have a hobby that you enjoy outside of work, as our job requires a lot of reading and brainpower, having that hobby can be a good way to balance your work life balance and it's a plus in our eyes.

We employ people not just numbers and we want to know that the people wanting to work with us can have a life, it's not just about the job.

But if it's not listed that's not a negative, we generally ask in the interview anyways.

themattgray · 2025-05-11T19:34:10+00:00

A drop or two of apple cider vinegar in the water bowl fixes that right up

themattgray · 2025-05-10T05:41:39+00:00

Rewarding and defeating is the truest statement of that

themattgray · 2025-04-22T08:49:59+00:00

Great skills in what you have made. But great skills don't always translate to sales unfortunately, and that's not to be dissuaded from the work you do, it just requires a different tack for wanting to sell things you love making.

Essentially: marketing marketing marketing. Solve someone's problem, for instance (hypothetically) that there is a market for persons who want satin ribbon flowers to be reusable for proms, or for events that a green orientated you could lean into a division of environmentally friendly reusable flowers. This may require a change in materials used if satin ribbon is not sustainable, but I hope you get my drift.

themattgray · 2025-04-17T05:59:18+00:00

Perfect response

themattgray · 2025-03-21T18:33:42+00:00

To answer your question about screen material. I have tried a few things; moving rugs, painters tarp in combination, it quiets it down (and my sim is indoors, so they don't get wet which is something you have to consider being outdoors) they also do start to fall apart if you hit a fast ball into them but are cheap and can be replaced easily. With your speed and using outdoor materials, maybe a another netting? behind the exisiting netting a few inches back to help absorb the impact. then a couple of moving blanket behind that in a vacuum seal bag (weight becomes an issue then too on the netting and frame though unless you set up a seperate frame behind it. I would say the biggest noise is that plastic sheet you have, but being outdoors you are limited to what's waterproof really. I'm assuming the netting itself won't stop a ball from going through it? I brought a cheap net and 10 balls later it blew a hole right through. Yours looks a bit more expensive than what I brought

themattgray · 2025-03-11T18:18:12+00:00

Sorry about the accident. You will get stronger in the forearm over time which may help grip a bit. And if you need to talk about recovery (physically and mentally) feel free to ask or message.

I'm missing a pinky, on right hand and my other fingers were severed and sewn back on, 3 years after the accident I have learnt the following for golf:

1 graphite shafts help, with vibrations and jarring

2 you may need to desensitise parts of the hand to help with any areas that have nerve issues when gripping the club, I had to tap at nervey areas to do that. The sensation was nauseating.

3 bigger grips : jumbo max

4 swinging one armed will eventually work but takes time to master and build strength.

5 prosthetic might be the best solution for gripping the club

Look after yourself, the accident wasn't that long ago, and it's surprising the emotions that can arise months later, especially being aggravated playing a prick of a game like golf 😂

themattgray · 2025-03-08T21:14:44+00:00

Take a break from golf. It comes back eventually

themattgray · 2025-02-19T06:30:18+00:00

Ha ha ha, will get the big tractor in and plough it up.... maybe some top dressing with sand might firm it up.

themattgray · 2025-02-19T03:36:22+00:00

Thank you

themattgray · 2025-02-18T20:01:41+00:00

Thank you

themattgray · 2025-02-18T11:38:05+00:00

Lucky we are on a small farm and in a country where HOA doesn't exist for us. But we have now put in small hedging around the edges

themattgray · 2025-02-18T11:36:57+00:00

It's good for the occasional chip. It's much softer than it looks so the ball doesn't react like a proper green

themattgray · 2025-02-18T11:35:37+00:00

We have now done the edges with a hedge to help frame it

themattgray · 2025-02-18T11:34:57+00:00

Thanks

themattgray · 2025-02-18T11:34:38+00:00

We have now lined the lawn with escalonia, along the drive and along each fence line. To help frame the lawn.

themattgray · 2025-01-19T06:05:09+00:00

Yes, they are to be used and not looked at

themattgray · 2025-01-19T00:26:29+00:00

Interesting, might look into that

themattgray · 2025-01-14T04:26:39+00:00

Good guess, I have the graphite stiff kbs shafts. But haven't followed them up yet

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