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Been noticing that my YouTube banners for upcoming streams is rather lacking, being just a snapshot of the credits screen. I am definitely not a graphics designer – my artistic skill level is far more engineering based than artistic. However, a boring banner makes for very little interest. Since I can’t really provide a snapshot from the stream before the stream happens, I am trying to liven it up a bit with more color. As such, I reworked the banner somewhat into the shown graphic. This I can update easily for the episode number, and really highlights the actual group.…
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Considering signing up for a local Star Wars Legion tournament using Skirmish mechanics and getting out to try some competitive wargames. Never actually have tried this before, beyond friends and family, so a bit of a stretch for me. Of course, I am opting to go entirely new, and play a Rebel army instead of my almost fully painting Separatists – but that will give me motivation to paint more models (painting is optional to play). The event is being held at our local gaming store, Epic Loot Games, as a 6-week competition. Each week, players will be emailed their…
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As mentioned before, I am working to increase my live streaming presence, in many cases on Twitch. I have been streaming a number of times recently from my 3d printer, just a steady view of the printer at work with some status graphics – nothing too engaging, but simple to do. Recently, I have been trying to do the same thing with my painting and crafting, just as a way to see what I am working on at a given point. No real particular schedule or even a set plan, but whenever I am working, I figured I might as…
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The third model I have been working on painting this week is Darth Maul – a piece that was actually back-ordered for a very long time. I had even gone to the extent of 3d printing a proxy model, though I never ended up painting or using it. The model as pictured isn’t quite finished. Beyond the obvious based that needs to be completed, I still need to paint the tattoo marks on the face and neck, to really fill in the character. Everything else is done, a bit of necromancer cloak on the cloth and matt black on the…
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Continuing my recent painting, and opted to spend some time on the old landspeeder. Still have several figures to go on and in the vehicle, but it is nice to finally have paint on this particular model. We decided to apply a snow-theme to all the Rebel bases, so eventually this will actually be more of a snow-speeder (that model is also still waiting), but it is looking pretty good so far.
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A second model I have been working on, and recent acquisition over the holidays, is the recent Super Tactical Droid. The figure was fairly simple to assemble, being just a basic droid, and I opted to paint it in more neutral colors (rather than a special pattern of the named versions). Nothing too fancy here – a bit of zenithal highlighting, a couple layers of contrast paint, and some highlights on the eyes and the figure is done. Next step, once I finish the other pieces, is the basing. For that I will be following my established grasslands pattern, which…
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It has been a while, but with recent gaps in gaming, I am making some more progress on the painting backlog. My son and I are tackling more of the Legion troops, myself with a mix of Rebel and CIS forces, and George working on his Clone army. First up is an unlikely pair of droids, long part of my collection, but only now being colorized. I did end up applying some Nuln Oil to C3PO, and then a drybrush of a much lighter gold – brightened him up quite a bit. R2 looked a lot better too after the…
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Years ago, one of my favorite game systems for RPGs was and still is the Rolemaster mechanics. High fantasy, and realistic and deadly combat, combined with more than its share of technical crunch and math, we spent many sessions in the worlds and settings using those rules. Over time, the published ruleset evolved into a much more watered down system, but I have always kept the original books – especially the infamous Arms Law. At some point in the past, with extensive house rules, I opted to codify our ruleset into what we referred to as “Pathmaster” – a combination…
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