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الاثنين، 13 أبريل 2020

OSWA™

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How To Recover Files That Are Deleted From Recycle Bin

Well, Windows users have a bad habit of removing files from recycle bin. Deleting useless files from Recycle Bin helps a user to save some storage space which can improve the speed of a computer. However, Windows users do that more frequently and later regret. Actually, Recycle Bin is a place from where we can get back our deleted files and folders.

Sometimes, we accidentally delete our important files and folders and due to some reason we lose them from Recycle bin too! At that time, we search for recovery methods. Well, there are many methods available over the web which can help you to recover deleted files from computer, but, when it comes to reliability, nothing can beat EaseUS.

What Is EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard?

EaseUS is one of the leading software providers which is known for its data recovery programme. EaseUS offers some free data recovery software that can help you to recover deleted, formatted or lost data from PC, laptop or removable device easily and quickly.

One of the best thing about EaseUS is that it provides tools for recycle bin recovery which can help you to get back files that you have deleted from the Recycle bin itself. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard free can easily recover lost files, pictures, documents, videos and more from deleting, formatting, partition loss, OS crash, virus attack and other data loss cases.

How To Recover Deleted Files?

If you are struggling to get back your lost data files, then here is an easy data recovery method which will help you to get back deleted files on your computer. Below, we are going to share a mini guide on how to use EaseUS Recycle Bin Recovery to get back your deleted data.

Step 1. First of all, you need to download and install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your Windows computer and then launch it normally. You need to select the location where you want to scan and then click on 'Scan'

Step 2. Now, wait for few minutes until the tool finishes scanning your drive. The tool search for files that got deleted or cleaned from the Recycle Bin.

Step 3. Now it will show you files that you can recover. Here you need to click on the file which you want to recover and click on 'Recover'

That's it, you are done! This is how you can use EaseUS data recovery to get back your deleted files on your computer.

Benefits of EaseUS Data Recovery

Well, the data recovery tool provided by EaseUS comes with many benefits. It can not only recover accidentally deleted files, but it can also recover data in case of Virus Attacks, Hard Disk Damage, OS Crash etc.

You can also use this awesome data recovery wizard to recover deleted files from External Disk, USB Drive, Camcorder, Mobile Devices, Zip Drive, iPod, Music Player and more.

Overall, this is one of the best data recovery tools you can have on your Windows computer. EaseUS Data Recovery also has a free version with restricted features. Overall, this is a stress-free solution to get back your deleted files

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السبت، 11 أبريل 2020

DE: Black Heart Might Be The Best Kabal

At first, I was afraid, I was petrified.

That's right folks, you heard it here first. While I was balls deep in Flayed Skull in the beginning of all the rumors and previews, but now I think I might be some kind of Black Heart convert. OK, hear me out, I can justify it I think.

Here is my reasoning:

The 6+++ bonus literally affects everything, from flesh to metal, right from the get-go to the rest of the game. You always have it.
You don't need additional Archon tax to access the best Strategems, Warlord traits and artifacts in the book. Instead of paying Archon tax, you're one step closer to buying a Warrior unit in a Venom.
With the improvement to our weapons, our damage certainly went up for the points. However, one thing remains unchanged and that's our durability. Spirit Stones on everything will help keep our important pieces alive longer so we don't attrition as hard.
The Living Muse artifact makes that one Archon the single biggest damage amplifier in the codex (gives all Black Heart units within 6" of the Warlord re-roll 1s to Wound). It affects every weapon type and is super good, but you have to walk around like a baller.

Just one little note about Writ of the Living Muse: It's a huge damage amplifier but keeping everything that I can within 6" of the damn Archon might be a huge challenge. It also makes that particular HQ a huge pain in everyone's ass and everyone is going to be gunning for him. However, I'll just have to play him well and use all the long-range firepower that I have to really deliver some results in the opening phases of the game. Otherwise, I'm kind of screwed!

Now when I look back at Flayed Skull, I think that the 3" extra move is the single best bonus it provides. The re-roll 1s for Rapid Fire only really kick in with Splinter Rifles and if I'm not taking many Venoms or Warriors double-tapping, I'm not getting the best out of it. The ignore cover part is also really nice since there's always some crap out there like CW Rangers, but I've been thinking back to all the 8th games where cover was game-changing. Can't really think of times where it decided the game if I'm to be honest.

With that being said, I could argue that Agents of Vect and Labyrinthine Cunning was enough to win me over, but the sustained durability of all our units really did it for me. Not paying additional Archon tax means that I can fit in more units and I think my next game will be full Kabal of the Black Heart.

Case in point, I'm going to roll with this in my Weds game this week:

2000 // 7 CP
Black Heart Battalion +3 CP

HQ:
Archon, Agonizer, Blaster = 91
Archon, VB, Blaster = 89

TROOP:
5x Warriors, Blaster = 47
Venom = 65
112

5x Warriors, Blaster = 47
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
132

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
199

HEAVY:
Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125

+++

Black Heart Air Wing +1 CP

FLYER:
Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135
Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135
Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135

>>>

Firepower:
15 Disintegrators at BS3+
9 Dark Lances at BS3+
10 Blasters at BS3+
2 Blasters at BS2+
1 Splinter Cannon at BS3+
44 Splinter Rifles at BS3+
3 Razorwing Missiles at BS3+

If you look at the firepower arrangement of this list compared to the other ones I've poured out over the last couple of days, I think this is the most optimized and most balanced. I got my command Raider where my Archons can go chill and I'm able to fit an extra Venom in there due to the points gained from not having a third detachment. This also allowed me to take 4x full gunboats instead of the previous 3 while still having my 3/3 ratio of Ravagers and Razorwings.

I think tomorrow, I'll talk about shoving Wyches into someone's face at the start of the game because why not. It only costs 160 points for 20 of them and Succubi are much cheaper now!

الأربعاء، 8 أبريل 2020

28Mm Italian Wars Town

Regular readers will be familiar with the Italian Wars Project which filled up most of this blog over the last year is so. One thing I did want to add was some more specific period buildings, during our recent big playtests I have been using our ECW houses for built up areas, as a famous game show host once said "Its good, but it's not right".

Like many others, due to the Phobon Plague, I have had to change my plans going forward and the holiday in May is off, the brass was still in the bank account and avaliable for redistribution. Searching through eBay I stumbled across a building (The one on the far right of the row furthest from the camera), I took a punt and was impressed, the rest as they say is history.

Three choices now for the reader, 1) watch the Utubes video below, 2) read the text below the Yarkshire TV special or 3) do both !

VIDEO

Before I continue I would just like to state that Yarkshire Gamer is not a company not do I have anything financially related to a gaming company, I have done a few reviews on here now and they have proved quite popular, I have also tried to concentrate on the smaller companies out there, let's face it Flames of War etc are on every other page of every magazine going.

The company in question is called Empires at War, a company I hadn't heard of before these purchases, a great range and a great service. I had added my mobile number to my order (for the two big sets), the following day the owner, Mick rang me and wanted to check if I wanted the duplicate building in the two sets, a quick chat and I was able to drop another building in to replace one of them. Anyway, link below if your interested.

https://empiresatwar.co.uk

The kits are pretty similar to other mdf kits out there, they are avaliable in plain mdf or for a couple of quid more they can be obtained painted, I went for the painted option (being lazy and not that keen on making terrain). They are easy to put together, I sat down with my son over a couple of afternoons and put all of them together is some quality Covid family time. The only tricky part was the window frames which are a bit fiddly but once you get the hang of it it's no problem.

The same town under lockdown

There are a total of 11 buildings including the one off I bought off eBay and these should fullfill my needs for the period going forward, they are also pretty useful for my Spanish Civil War games. I will definitely be going back for some Roman style buildings for my Ancient Punic Wars Collection.

It was also a good excuse to get some of my Italian Wars figures out for a little parade down the town main street.

Looking at some of the individual buildings now, above is the small farm, a couple of buildings which are walled and can be moved around to make a courtyard.

Going down the row there is a three storey house with balcony on the left, a Monastery libary in the middle (that's the building I swapped in) with a small church on the right.

After the church we have a two store house and then at the end of the street, behind the Landsknecht Pike is a Villa.

The villa is particularly impressive (I forgot to put the end wall on for the photos !). Next to that is the rather impressive clock tower, some great detail on the clock here and the facade reminds me of the buildings in Florence.

Coming back down the street after the tower is a 2 storey building with balcony, a Taverna and then a 3 storey building with balcony.

So all in all a rather lovely town, all done and dusted for £200 or thereabouts, I haven't laid a paint brush on any of the buildings these are all straight builds. The only thing I might do with them is put a wash on the pan tile roof on the buildings to weather them a bit, but with my enthusiasm for terrain I probably won't.

Now what else can I spend that holiday money on 🤔

السبت، 28 مارس 2020

DE: Black Heart Kabal With Alaitoc Allies

Eldar brings the pain.

With the new book coming over very soon and with my experience with it so far, I've decided to visit some old comrades of mine to see how they can benefit us to the fullest. One thing's for damn sure: Our cost savings have been huge and Black Heart Kabal has been absolutely fantastic for me.

To give you guys an idea how kick-ass Black Heart has been, last night I must have saved at least 15 or so wounds from rolling those 6+++ on my vehicles over the course of THREE turns. I also started with 5 CPs since I was trying a hybrid Wych build and taking extra Relics and Warlord traits, but ended the game on T3 with 4 CPs AFTER casting a counterspell and multiple Cunning rolls on all the Strategems that were being thrown out.

I stand by firmly what I said before: Kabal of the Black Heart is the best Kabal. It's just too flexible and gives you a fantastic amount of protection for free. The Wych Cult that I brought yesterday was also freaking insane. I had a unit of Wyches with the Succubus in a Raider and the Succubus herself with the Whip and Blood Dancer threw out 14 freaking attacks (6s to hit turn into 3 hits!). Check out the article from yesterday to get some better insight into my thought process there. Sure, my friend had SS Termies eating all those Agonizer wounds (I think 9 or so) and saved like a boss, but if they were any single-wound model, she would have annihilated everyone. That felt awesome.. especially since you can look at her cost and just shake your head how cost-effective that is (she's 54 points).

With that said, I've been having a blast with Dark Eldar so far. They feel like they're in a good place so how do we turn it up a notch? Well for one, we should look to our nearest kin who is CW Eldar. Harlequins is right around the corner and there might be some good synergy there, but let's first look at what Psykers can bring to our army.

Here's the list:

1999 // 7 CP
Black Heart Battalion +3 CP

HQ:
Archon, Agonizer, Blaster, PGL = 94
Cunning, Living Muse

Archon, Agonizer, Blaster, PGL = 94

TROOP:
5x Warriors, Blaster = 47
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114
10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114

+++

Black Heart Spearhead +1 CP

HQ:
Archon, Blaster, PGL = 92

HEAVY:
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125
Ravager, 3x Disintegrators = 125

PARTY BOATS:
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85
Raider, Dark Lance = 85

+++

Alaitoc Patrol +0 CP

HQ:
Farseer Skyrunner = 135
Doom, Mind War

TROOP:
5x Rangers = 60

FLYER:
Hemlock Wraithfighter = 210
Jinx

Hemlock Wraithfighter = 210
Jinx

+++

Firepower:
9 Disintegrators at BS3+
6 Dark Lances at BS3+
7 Blasters at BS3+
3 Blaster at BS2+
26 Splinter Rifles at BS3+
4 Heavy D-Scythes at Auto

Yes, I was always an Alaitoc player. Said no Eldar ever.

Here's what the Alaitoc Patrol offers:

Hemlocks - These things are insane with the -2 to Hit from Alaitoc and their auto-hitting S12 AP-4 D2 damage weapons. Not to mention they can Smite, have Jinx and have built-in Spirit Stones. Let's also not forget that they debuff leadership within 12" of them and that works very nicely with our sped up PFP table thanks to Black Heart, PGLs and Mind War.
Doomseer - This is damage consistency at its best. The Skyrunner gives you movement to keep up with our army and Doom is arguably one of the best spells in the game. It drastically increases the killing potential of all of your units on a single target and works perfectly with Disintegrators due to needing 5s in some cases vs. heavier armored targets. This works very nicely in conjunction with Jinx because you're just increasing damage so much higher, turning Dissies into AP-4 in most cases vs. 2+ armor or removing that cover save bonus.
Mind War - With leadership debuffs, you can actually get this off pretty reliably and kill key targets before they ever get a chance to hit your lines. When you have the right kinds of debuffs, this becomes a much more reliable Smite that can seriously threaten even the most daunting of foes i.e. Magnus.
Psychic Protection - Let's not forget that the Farseer can dispel twice a turn and so can the Hemlocks. Enough said there I think.

Sure, I lose firepower overall, but I also gain Heavy D-Scythes that are utterly ridiculous in their own right. I also gain the ability to turn up the damage big time on key targets when I want to and that cannot be underestimated. What do you guys think? Is this more powerful than pure Kabal?

Something A Little different....The First Of The Romans

One on-going project I have at the moment (and one which is going to go on for quite a long time!), is painting up a lot of Warlord Early Imperial Romans. Not for me, I might add, but fun nonetheless. Here are the first 2 cohorts- eventually I'll have a couple of Legions worth + all the Auxilia to do. So, quite a bit.
I'm not doing this alone, thank God, but as part of a team of painters in order to accomplish this massive task.

I've always wanted to do an Early Imperial army, but have never actually got round to it, one of those situations common to just about every wargamer, we all have "those projects" I guess, so having the opportunity to paint one for someone else will hopefully get it out of my system.

Early Imperials have always been the "classic" Romans for me, Square Scutem, Lorica Segmentata, I suspect my like of them goes back to a bunch of Timpo figures I had when I was a youngster.
The Warlord figures have been around for while, go together fairly easily, choices of sword-arm or pilum, a few different head choices. The ones in the pictures are a mixture of the basic set and the set sold as "veterans" - these give you a few extra choices - different heads and helmets, and battered shields. All the veterans have the additional magnia sword- arm armour a few legionaires adopted for the Dacian wars. Fortunately these are indeed for the Dacian campaigns so they will fit right in.

There are a few extra metal command figures mixed in- manufacturer unknown.

Anyway, I'm enjoying doing these, which is probably just as well, seeing as there are a few to paint! It makes for a good diversion from the WWII projects which I'm also doing for myself.

So thats a few Romans, Next up, I'll be showing some rather lovely Dacian tribesmen to oppose them

New Year, Fist Update....

Hello all,

Just wanted to drop in and give an update. The transition from WGF is complete, we have our warehouse and have been shipping from that location for about two months. We have worked out the software issues for the wholesale orders and have been filling them.

We have about a year's supply of product on hand and OOS items such as the Panzerjäger are on the water heading here now.

I have been working on the day to day business aspects, cost analysis, product restocks back end implementation issues, etc. so not a lot of glamorous items to give an updated on for that front.

We have two restock orders incoming from China, the cost has been educational. The cost of shipping is not just crazy expensive for my customers but for us as well. In some cases, it costs more to ship a product than it does to produce it, in other cases the cost to produce a kit was not in line with what it is being sold at into distribution. Some kits were being sold at a net loss once shipping was factored in. Unfortunately, this will mean a price increase, some kits will see a marginal increase, other will be a bit more drastic.

I will give a detailed SKU by SKU run down and explanation later this week.

We have two new SKU's that will be offered once they arrive. The 15mm scale Capacitor cooler and a 60mm tall display model of one of our Assault Troopers. We should have these in hand sometime next month. We are putting the final touches on the files for the Shadokesh main trooper box set. No eta on a release date yet for the Shadokesh, until they are on the water and heading here it is simply impractical to give an estimate.

That's it for now.

All the best!

Mark