I Have Found A New Glueing Method: Giving Nox An 80s Style Headband. And Maybe A Head Ornament In The

I have found a new glueing method: giving Nox an 80s style headband. And maybe a head ornament in the shape of a PVC pipe.

Goodnight sweet prince, wake up a glued helmet tomorrow.

Hello! Engineering related question if you don't mind me asking:

I was doing some research on grey-water recycling, and am not sure why it isn't the standard in the majority of the world. It seems to reduce water usage by a reasonable amount (maybe 20%) without having significant downsides (maybe a small upfront cost?)

Despite this, it isn't very common. Why?

I don't mind, I love engineering questions!

The prime reasons are: cost and regulations.

Grey water recycling still takes tanks, pumps, and other filtration systems that require tending. While it's not particularly more expensive than a septic system up front, its still an extra cost that most clients don't want to pay for, plus long term maintenance costs (too which the client sees only these, not the reduced water bill, its just how most people see things: big number upfront bad). Plus, at least for American housing, the house would need special plumbing for grey water collection and use, which would cost you more from the architect or from a plumbing company for retrofitting an existing residence.

Second is regulation. I know some states and countries are changing this, but grey water still has limited usage. For Arizona, USA, it can only be used for gardening and up to a certain amount (400 gallons per day) (https://www.azdeq.gov/graywater) and worse again, only on non-food plants that aren't trees or bushes. Arizona is currently working on changing regulations for Direct Potable Reuse (taking wastewater and treating it enough to reuse as potable water) which would likely see some changes to the grey water reuse rules as well since our state is on the cusp of water scarcity.

Grey water reuse can be a huge help, and since it can be used for flushing toilets (one of the larger wastewater producers of the house), gardening, and some other minor uses, it tends to be a good reduction to water use. The biggest hurdles are regulations and cost, since unless regulations lighten, there isn't anywhere to go, and most clients want the cheapest upfront cost, not the cheapest long term cost. The best way forward would be for regulations to lighten AND for the government to offer rebates like they do for solar panels. That'd incentivize it financially and make it more legal, thus more would do it.

Thought I'd show the WIP I've been toiling over for the last while, and probably will continue to toil over for many a more week until she's done.

This is going to be Lyessa Var Terrefta, who was one of my favorite DND characters I played. She's a necromancer. I'll reveal a bit more about her when I get the model more completed!

Thanks again to the base model maker @galileogb. This model couldn't be possible without what dissecting the Talio model has taught me, and it helped me get the base proportions correct before modifying it as heavily as it is.

i want to do UNSPEAKABLE things to that otter

who said that ..

Unspeakable? Well, when you find whoever said that, give them this and tell them to write it down next time! Much easier than trying to use unspeakable words!

That or show me! I love a good demonstration!

I don't think the post above is following the site safety plan. I'll have to note this for the OSHA report.

Finally got around to making an outfit for engineering mode. Most of the time I'm just wearing slacks and a polo as a CAD monkey on a computer (or CAD otter, but my coworkers probably wouldn't understand), but on the few occasions I make a construction site visit or do a soil investigation, I look a bit more like this.

Also had fun with the idea of anthropomorphic safety, and realized that tails would be a liability with how they are behind the person. High vis straps on tails feels like the same as wearing the hard hat or high vis vest, just another layer of safety for something that could go wrong.

Learning Log: finally decided to tackle UV unwrapping. The vest is a UV unwrapped texture I made in Photoshop, so figuring out how to make it work here was nice. Definitely have much to learn there, but I'm glad to have finally dipped my toes into the UV wrapping side and actually have done something successfully.

Introducing, Lyesse Var Terrefta, your not-always-friendly, not-always-neighborly necromancer.

Wanna know about her? Read below.

Lyessa Var Terrefta, or just Lye for short, is a politician who is also a necromancer. She works at the local city hall as a secretary, keeping records straight and schedule on track, but she also serves a secondary role as a member of the City Defense Agency. Being in the woods means monsters are not an infrequent problem, thus her use of necromancy has helped keep sectors of the city not easily accessible by other forms of the City Defense Agency safe.

I'm currently unsure of her sexuality, but I was thinking of hetero-leaning-asexual as she doesn't see too much need to socialize as such but knows she'd rather be with a man if she did. She's got a nippy and blunt personality, and lacks a ton of patience for people she interacts with. However, she does understand that toning it down is useful for cooperation.

She and Civil are housemates, with Civil and her having met in college and deciding that due to financial needs to co-own a house together. This may lead to some interesting interactions as the nippy-and-blunt personality of Lye interacts with Civil's friendly-and-loose demeanor. Due to this, their relationship is entirely platonic. Plus I've been thinking that Civil is leaning more gay than bi recently.

I'm currently creating a small world where anthros and magic are the norm, but set in the modern day. She will live here, as well as with Civil, in a mythical version of my home city. I'm also planning to create a few more characters, at minimum a co-worker for Lye, and best friend for Civil, and a boyfriend for Civil, to eventually embark on maybe trying to make short animations or comics out of it.

Lye is based on a DND character I played where she was a politician in charge of her nation's defense agency as a necromancer. She was a very powerful wizard until she got isekai-ed to another world where she basically reset to level 1 and had to regain both her magical and political power. She was one of my favorite characters, trying to play the stealthy wizard who used necromancy for larger fights, and tried to talk her way out of others.

This is an in-progress model, and so there are definitely still some issues with it. However, much like the Civil model, its now at a state that I'm happy to start messing around with and trying to make art. Improvements will be made incrementally as I find them and deem the need to fix or add to her model.