Nightshrike
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I think it could be interesting, but again it does depend on the pilots. If you limited it to PS7 and below, it could be a fun match, I think. With named TIE Interceptors though, I think the Scyks would get massacred.
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Steam Sale
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For $1.79 you can get the Naboo Starfighter game. I mean, it's not a good game from that selection, it doesn't really qualify as a space sim, but it's cheaper than a cup of coffee.
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The Star Wars Starfighter game featuring the Naboo N-1 is only $1.79. Yeah, it's not a real sim, but man that's ridiculous. Had to pull the trigger on that one.
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Nice. Pompeii is a sweet site. And we teach the "Pompeii premise" as a thought exercise for all of our undergrads at the university where I teach archaeology, so that's cemented its fame if nothing else.
As to the Roman tunics, I've seen a variety of opinions too. I'm not a classical archaeologist, so I'll refrain from venturing an opinion on the historical coloration. However, I always liked having my legions in the video game Praetorians wear blue. So, I'd paint the tunics blue.
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Invasion stripes on the A-Wing was a really clever idea. I think a B-Wing is just begging for a P-47 Thunderbolt paint job with invasion stripes.
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Success! Thanks, I was using the wrong link the whole time. I obviously have trouble with simple instructions.
Evidently not, because you followed mine.
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I love that dragonfly Starviper. That last picture really sells it too. What a cool squadron!
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I would like to buy one of those for my Clone Wars collection. Should be similar in length to my Naboo Royal Starship.
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I was worried that I'd picked one out that was too big. He was a male fiddler crab, and he had this giant claw that he was menacing her with. She reached out with her antennules to see what he was, and he tried to snap them off with his claw. So, she kicked him in the claw, and his big crab claw exploded into five or six different pieces. And then the crab tried to run away, but Lily lunged on top of him and kicked him repeatedly in the head until he stopped moving.
With material like that, you really need to start writing children's stories!
Actually, I already have. Mantis shrimp are the absolute best. Well, them and falcons.
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She loved watching flight sims and space battles on the computer, as well as kicking things to death and using their corpses to decorate her burrow.
That description is amazing and mildly terrifying.
She was an awesome little predator. I remember the first time I fed her a live crab (they need it to be healthy, so if you're going to keep one, live prey occasionally is more or less required. For an octopus or something, live prey is absolutely required.), I was worried that I'd picked one out that was too big. He was a male fiddler crab, and he had this giant claw that he was menacing her with. She reached out with her antennules to see what he was, and he tried to snap them off with his claw. So, she kicked him in the claw, and his big crab claw exploded into five or six different pieces. And then the crab tried to run away, but Lily lunged on top of him and kicked him repeatedly in the head until he stopped moving.
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She was such a fascinating animal with so many interesting behaviors beyond the violence most people associate with mantis shrimp.
...and yet at the same time, I'm guessing the insane levels of punchy-smashy violence was pretty interesting to watch as well?
Are these beasties difficult to look after and care for? (I'm assuming they require little in the way of cuddles or grooming, which would make them less needy than a cat for a start)
So, I realized I accidentally said peacocks were havenensis in my post, they're scyllarus, but that's important for this question about taking care of them. Most people say that mantis shrimp are almost impossible to kill. They're considered pests in the reef trade, as they can come into your tank via live rock, and then murder all of your pretty fish and cleaner crustaceans. Well, the idea of them being bulletproof and easy to care for is only really true of species like Neogonodactylus wennerae or some of the Gonodactylids. An Odontodactylus, like Lily or Thor, is harder to care for. For O. scyllarus (the famous peacock mantis shrimp that is pretty much what the internet thinks a generic mantis shrimp is) is one of the largest of the smashers, with amazing colors and behavior. They make great pets in a tank. However, they need their own tank, of at least 30 and preferably 40 gallons, and the tank should be designed to maximize the footprint, or bottom area of the tank, as that's where these guys live. So, you'd want to make the tank short and squat, but very long and wide. Also, the peacock is a deeper-water species, so you should never use reef lighting with them, it can cause shell rot. The pics of Lily the tank lights were on, but only momentarily. Most of the time, I only used actinics (blue lighting) on her tank, and even then I turned them off at night. Also, they have to have the ability to build a burrow to live in. Mantis shrimp are thigmotactic, they like their burrows. And they need the protection from light to keep from getting shell rot. The other issue with peacocks is water quality. You need to have good water quality and do frequent water changes for them, and they can be sensitive to rapid salinity climbs. Lily actually died from a salinity change when I screwed something up. I was devastated. I never made that mistake again with a peacock, but I never found a peacock I liked as much as her either.
The O. havanensis like Thor is notoriously difficult to care for. They require high oxygen levels in the water. So, for his tank, I got a tank that was oversized for him - I think it was 20 gallons, but with a big footprint, like a 20 breeder. And then I ran double the amount of filtration you'd want. On top of that, I added a second double-sized filter, and put chaeto algae in it, to use it as a miniature refugium, so it was constantly pumping oxygenated water into the tank. O. havanensis are fine with tank lighting, so I had some lights, but not much. Anyway, he was totally happy and healthy and water quality was fantastic with that set-up, but then the tank sprang a leak and I knew I couldn't cycle up a new one in time to keep him, so I gave him away.
Also, keep in mind, lifespans generally are 3 years or so, max of 5 for a peacock even if you do everything right.
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Yoga mat bags are great, but they come with increased risk of Pumpkin Spice Latte consumption in the Fall, just a word of warning.
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You live near Nottingham? That's so awesome. If I lived there, I'd basically spend all of my time in Sherwood Forest dressed in green carrying my longbow.
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I've only done one. I couldn't see the picture so like 5 got put in the initial post, all corrupted or something. But there was never more than 1 to show. I'm going to finish painting it before I post more. But not tonight, too late for more painting.
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I got the mantis shrimp for this quiz too, which is appropriate because I've kept them as pets for the last 10 years or so, off and on.
This is Thor, my Odontodactylus havanensis. He was a cutie, but his tank sprang a leak, so I had to give him up to a friend. I was super disappointed, as he was my first havanensis, and he was really great:
This is Lily eating a crab. She was my first peacock (Odontodactylus scyllarus) and my favorite mantis shrimp of all time. I picked her out from a shop that had like fifty of them, and she was the best one. Very active and interactive. She loved watching flight sims and space battles on the computer, as well as kicking things to death and using their corpses to decorate her burrow. I miss her a lot. She was such a fascinating animal with so many interesting behaviors beyond the violence most people associate with mantis shrimp.
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They are angled slightly inward. All laser cannons which are wing-mounted ought to be, in order to have a convergence range of some kind. They're probably angled too far inward, but I'm not perfect and getting them set on the wings was pretty tough. I have so much glue on my fingers, despite my best attempts to use moderate amounts. I also agree that the paint scheme really makes it look different. Prior to that, I just saw SR-71 mixed with MiG-17/19, but now I can see it as a starfighter. And, with the X-wing and Z-95 next to it, along with the N-1, I feel like you can believe it's from the same universe.
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The WiP shots are looking good, but the second post, the pictures aren't displaying.
To be honest though, I preferred the first one.
Yeah, I've been having net issues all night. I got it fixed. I prefer the second one. It makes logical sense, and it has all the key elements of a fighter. I also think that since I'm designing this for a sort of Clone Wars-ish period, having that kind of retro-future jet look is handy.
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Just put the first coat of paint on it, keeping with the purple and gold scheme. I decided the leading edges of the wing/fuselage would be gold, as it'll be some heat-resistant alloy or something.
Suspicious dice shuffling and rolling ... cheating?
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I oftentimes have my hand open. It's not big enough to hold all the dice and shake them with the hand closed. Maybe he has the same problem.