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GAMING RELATED - click away if you don't know what Steam or Valve are. My son usually uses my Steam account to play on my Gaming PC, but were going to have a play together on one of the games we have two licenses for, but it asked for HIS password, which doesn't seem to be stored on my PC, probably because it's so long since we used it. I went into the Password Recovery process for him, entering his email, and clicking I am Not a Robot. Cue 10 minutes worth of reCatchpa screens getting me to click on buses, fire hydrants, bikes & cross-walks, after which it tells me I failed, when I didn't. I tried again, same end-result. I tried several more times, avoiding the ones that were a bit fuzzy, such as "Bikes". Do they mean the bike, or the bike and rider? They don't say. Anyway, about half a dozen attempts later and no further forward, I start looking for a way to contact them on their "help" pages. More valuable time wasted going round in circles, during which process I noticed that if you select an option, and that option doesn't give you what you need, there are lots of links to "more help", which take you RIGHT BACK to the help home page. No way to short-cut that or start a chat with a human being. I can also look at my previous help requests, but I don't seem to be able to start a new one, even when I'm logged into my own account. Is anyone else having a similar lack of response from these people, or am I alone? Did I miss something? I'm starting to doubt myself now, because could a company really be that bad when you need their help? They can't take your money fast enough, but it seems that the global demise of customer service is being implemented at Steam now. I'm really very angry, and if I hadn't been one of their customers with a library of games for years, I'd be seriously considering stomping off in a huff, but what's the alternative, and what would happen to all my games? Also, would the competition be any less brainless? Who knows, but in the meantime, I've missed out on a rare opportunity to share a game with my son, and wasted over an hour of my dwindling life

Are there any good models of some of the aircraft featured in the game? I'm looking for American and Swedish planes. I've been looking for some. Also, if you do play war thunder, i'd be happy to play with you.

Hi folk, I finished my Imperial Knight kit and enjoyed every minute. A quick step-by-step is here should anyone wish to view it: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234993227-warhammer-40k-imperial-knight-carapace-and-other-bits-done/ I opted for the Knight Galant boxing which adds more versions over the original kit. It costs a tenner more but you get the choice of carapace mounted weaponry and new main weapons over and above the first edition. I'm not a gamer so, on this occasion I chose a colour scheme that I liked and it evolved into something resembling "House Terryn" in the GW Codex. GW cleverly give the modeller or gamer a lot of freedom when they write their Codexes. If you prefer to make something up entirely then they call those Knights "Freeblades" and allow the modeller to work them in with their own backstory. Great lateral thinking. I bought the Codex as a kind of inspirational tool and marvelled at the painting skills that the 'Eavy Metal workshop have lavished on their miniatures. Beautiful painting in a typical GW style. Great to look at. I also watched some Youtube tutorials to get a feel for the kit before I started. Most modellers choose a very artistic finish to their creations. Some employ wild airbrush techniques, others use amazing hand painted murals to add that wow factor. Some are pristine, others are heavily weathered. Each finished model is unique to the builder and most of them look superb. I decided that I'd like to try some of the techniques that the armour community use on a regular basis. This model would give me a chance to flex my artistic side in way that aircraft modelling rarely permits. Chipped and worn paint, rust and weathering, basing, all techniques that I only use occasionally. For this model I used the GW Chaos black spray can to prime the bare plastic and give a good key for the next layers. I then sprayed some Alclad II lacquer over this on the chassis components like the legs and body of the knight. Many modellers will finish the main components in metal colours then apply the colourful house schemes to the armour panels but I've gone a slightly different route. Instead of bare metal I chose to paint everything in the way armour gets painted. It's not cammo of course but it is universally covered in the same way a tank or APC might be.. With the Alclad II stainless steel down I added salt in places and sprayed on a coat of hairspray in readiness for the initial weathering stages. I used a combination of acrylic blues through the airbrush starting with the darkest shade and working my way through three layers getting gradually lighter. This is not the actual House Terryn base colour, just something I had on my paint shelf.