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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

My favorite is the original Final Fantasy Tactics, hands down. I also liked XCOM 1, Advance Wars, Ogre Battle 64, Unicorn Overlord, Fire Emblem 3 Houses, and probably a few others I can't think of right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've had my eye on Tactics Ogre Reborn for a while now, but haven't bought yet since it seemingly won't go below 50% off, and the reviews say some of the later missions are pretty stacked against you, forcing you to play a certain way. Thoughts on this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Looks good! I have MG Jegan in the backlog that I'll get to at some point.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would suggest looking at MS certification programs, even if you don't want to take the exams. I haven't taken a Windows Server exam in a while, but looks like the latest one is Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate. You'll also want to look into things like Active Directory, Group Policy, printing and print servers, and domains and domain controllers. As you mentioned, some networking can be handled Windows-side, like DHCP and DNS, but depending on the org, may be handled by other solutions.

As far as getting your hands on Windows Server software, you can download from MS, and it will have a 180 day trial before activation, which can be extended.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I paint at least one spoon every time I try a new color or technique. Much cheaper than botching a kit. I keep all the ones with new colors, write the name of the paint on the handle, and keep them as a color guide.

If you want to remove seam lines, you'll want to use putty, sprue goo, or a surfacer like Mr Surfacer 500, then sand prior to painting. Using just paint by itself isn't thick enough to fill in any seams. My process is sand > sprue goo > sand > Mr Surfacer 500 > sand > surfacer and sand again if needed > paint. For things like mold lines, I can usually get away with knocking down the ridge with a hobby knife > sanding > surfacer > sand > paint.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I can't believe it's been 2 years since the great Reddit migration. I came to Lemmy (actually started with kbin, but same difference) during that same event. I still keep up with a few niche communities on Reddit, but mostly because that stuff has little to no presence over here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've used used Hobby Mio paints before without issue. Like you're suspecting, it sounds like your coats aren't thick enough, which is usually the case with the orange peel effect. There isn't enough paint on the piece for it to level out, causing the little dimples. Try practicing on a couple more spoons and you'll be fine :).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

One could argue a mech is more humanoid. I'm not sure what's robotic about your model as I'm not too well versed in GITS, but it clearly look more like an attack helicopter, rather than what most would consider a mech. In any case, the consensus here seems to be as long as the model is mecha/anime related, it's fine. We don't exactly have an abundance of content here to be super granular with what's allowed. I actually asked the question a few weeks ago:

https://www.lemmy.zip/lemmy.zip/post/39092875

In regards to your paint, what kind of paint was it? Did you use thinner? What kind? When you say bumpy, do you mean like an orange peel?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Way ahead of you there. FM Aerial was also my first Gunpla kit. I may or may not have bought a 3rd one to customize down the road...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I would buy any WFM kit in 1/100.

 
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Project Manager, I assume? A good PM is worth their weight in gold.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So, the article is about gacha MMOs, but then doesn't list any? Of the games it references, Honkai Star Rail isn't a MMO, and World of Warcraft isn't a gacha game.

 

This is a custom I made with 30MM/S parts and 3rd party ZeroPlan Wolf Claw.

 
 

This is a custom made of 30 Minutes Missions parts. I grew up building with Lego, so combining that concept with model kits has been great fun, and bad for my wallet.

 

I built this one a while ago. Despite being from 2001, it was still a good build. The hangar is custom built, using an AB1 and some 30MM hangar kits, and painted with spray cans. The Gundam is just panel lined, sticker decals, and matte topcoat.

 

I started this project thinking "this will be a fun little HG build, nice and simple", but between the multiple layers of paint and amount of masking, it took me around the same amount of time as a larger kit. I'm very happy with how it turned out and it was well worth the extra time.

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This is a 3rd party mecha kit and overall a nice build. It was definitely more complex than your average MG kit (26 runners if I remember correctly) but well worth it. This one is custom painted, and I looked up pics of lightning striking at night for inspiration on the color scheme.

 

Strike Noir wasn't edgelord enough, so I fixed that.

 

So this community is titled and centered around Gunpla, but there are plenty of Gunpla-adjacent model lines out there as well. How do we feel about similar kits being posted here? Broadening the scope can encourage more posting and help build a larger and more active community.

Other Bandai mecha lines like 30MM or AMAIM?

Non-Bandai mecha kits? (Kotobukiya and other 3rd party studios)

Bandai kits that aren't Gundam or mecha related, like Figure Rise?

Mecha girls?

Anything else?

I think more traditional models like cars and military kits would be too far out of scope, unless related to one of the above categories, if people want to see those posted.

What say you all? Should we do a poll?

 
 
 
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