Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

I think it looks best on things that aren't purely flat. I've not experimented with it myself, but I'm also thinking a coat of matt lacquer might make it even more interesting, on porous surfaces it can dry a little chalky.

 

Metalocalypse quote in there Lira?

 

Indeed. If there's a time to slip that one into conversation it's talking about black 2.0!

 

Any sort of overcoat would probably ruin it, or at least just turn it into regular black paint. These sort of ultra-absorbant pigments work on the surface structure they produce (which is why Vantablack is so bonkers expensive, it's more a vapour deposition coating process than it is a 'paint'). The Stuart Semple black paints don;t have the ordered CN nanostrucutre of Vantablack, and instead just use enormous amouints of fine pigment flakes to create a similar but less efficient microstructure, combined with an acrylic binder that evaporates just enough the expose the flakes but not too much that they fall right off (but this is why the paint is easy to scratch: not much binder remains to hold it on).
There's also now a Black 3.0, perfect for painting your spaceship interior before firing it into the nearest star.

 

Update on the blackout blinds. They came about three days back. All I had to do was put the built in blinds up, use two of the suction cups for the top then hold it straight and roll the built in blinds back down. They leak a little light here and there, but overall they are fantastic and will be easy to remove for winter without causing any damage.

Whilst cooking my dinner tonight everything on the tray stuck. Every lemon sole goujon and every bloody chip. I wondered why I've been putting up with it for so long, then got this.



I got two of these because I am now eating half sized meals. This means my two day spaggy bolly is now 4 day spaggy bolly with nowhere to put it. I have one, so I will put two in the freezer.



Wanted this as my all day everywhere drinking vessel.



And picked this up for £14.99 for when I am done with FO3.



And of course coils.

 

Quite like the look of that. Been after a new water bottle, all the ones i've had end up smelling rank after a while no matter how much i clean them.

Mind you got a dishwasher now, that may help. Prefer the idea of metal over plastic though.

Not played the RM version, just the original. Worried about going back to it as i loved it, there were times it was tugging at my emotions something rotten - not many games have done that to me.

 

I've never played the original. Simple fact was when the PS3 launched I was on my knees financially so I could barely afford to eat one meal a day. So yeah, really been wanting it for ages.

Just finished Point Lookout so I've only got Anchorage and the stupid aliens dlc to go and then just mopping up the bobbleheads I'm missing and The Keller Family unmarked quest and then I'm done with FO3. 41 hours so far....

Days gone just didn't really do it for me.

 

Aside from the graphics, frame rate and a slightly different (better) control scheme they're the same game, all the other changes from the PS3 version are extremely minor. It certainly isn't like Metro 2033/redux, where the second half of the game plays very differently.

 

A new car.

About time I got something again but it needed to be something suitable for the missus as well so we went and got one of these...



a 2019 gen 4 mazda 3 G25 GT with all the fruit.

a really nice little car to drive with only 2 things I dont like. Radar cruise control is bloody dangerous and i-stop.....

now to find a ute shell....

 

Ok i'm officially losing my mind.

I could swear i had a/some post(s) replying to @Vault-Tec about the Last of Us in this thread and they've been removed.

Have i really had that much fresh air i'm hallucinating posts now?!?!?

 

You did...

But maybe you're thinking of this thread?

 

Thank you, you have just saved my sanity.

I even looked through my recent activity.

Seriously, let this be a warning to all - too much fresh air is not good for you.

 

I can't find my birth certificate. So I went online and ordered a new copy. It will be sent to me by post. It was so easy.... that just blew my mind. An easy, 100% online process for an official document from the German government. What the ... ?

 

As decribed in the Life Sucks thread, I had a disciplinary, so going to do some Funko-based retail therapy, with the possibility of buying a Switch if they have the 2019 model in Smyths.

 

I had that... they sent it to me, complete with a 10 euro bill.
I would be happy to pay the 10 euro bill, but they don't do online payments or paypal, so I had to get someone IN GERMANY to go there, pay them for that, simply because payments from Namibia to germany cannot be done for amounts that small via the bank

 

So yeah, I splurged on a Switch last night. Not the 2019 model as no-one in South Wales will be getting them until they shift their current stock of the current Switches. Picked up a copy of Pokemon: Eevee, and got a £30 voucher for the e-store too.

 

You double check the weights on the box and manufacturer's specs or do they not think to give you handy things like that?