An interesting comment in the ‘trolls’ kickstarter by ‘avatars of war’.

Looks like they changed to plastic because their previous material and production method did not scale.

Regarding the miniature sets you mentioned from previous campaigns, unfortunately they are not currently available. Those sets were produced specifically for those…

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And here is my second entry of the month. It’s an old Ogre Kingdoms metal model, weighing in at 310 grams, Skrag the Slaughterer.

yup … without cognitive dissonance we’d have to live on a remote island as everything we use or need for our survival is tainted by its own dark history and often even on-going unethical practices.

It’s why I avoid facebook as much as possible, but I do have WhatsApp …
It’s why my pc  has Windows as its primary OS, because as much as I’d…[Read more]

that’s what forums are for

Indeed it is 🙂  This is why we like OTT because it hasn’t instantly descended into ad hominem but is an open exchange of information and opinion.  He’s my two-penneth:

AI usage is an interesting debate and well informed by the posts here – thanks to all.  As a few of you have said the boat appears to have already sail…[Read more]

It was theoretical. no publishing in my immediate future. ai always spark conversation and that’s what forums are for.

except these days Photoshop has built-in ‘smart’ filters that do the work …  (I think it is a ‘magic wand’ tool?)

they may have relabelled them ‘AI’ for marketing purposes, but some of that tech definitely predates ‘AI’.

I’ve used Claude Code at work. It is an amazing piece of technology.
We cannot undo any of the unethical training data that…[Read more]