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It finally started to cool down after our second heatwave this year. Definitely not a fan of this kind of weather when it’s too hot to think.

So I’m hoping to get my Ork boys completed.
I also got a few bits and pieces to please to do some light conversion work and add a bit of extra character to the army.

Hint : it’s not an Orky vehicle … but it will be when I’m done with it. However given that I haven’t ever done that kind of conversion I won’t know if I can do what I have in mind.

On an unrelated note I’ve been tinkering with the new-fangled Blazor from Microsoft.
It’s definitely interesting.
This is the ‘Hello World’ equivalent (the interesting bits are invisible) that I’ve got :
https://dutchjafo.github.io/
I may update it when I find inspiration&time to program something a bit more interesting.

> 1. What do you like to watch? Be specific. Do you know why?
The Orville … it’s Star Trek without being so damn preachy.
I do wish they would drop the childish attempts at humour … but then it is an American show and I’ve yet to see any comedy that could compete with British comedy.

‘Savage Builds’ (Discovery Channel).
It’s so cool to watch him design and build all sorts of crazy stuff.
Best episode so far was when he build a functioning version of the gun from ‘Fifth Element’.

A few YouTube channels that are interesting :

– Lindey Beige

– Laura Kampf

– Shadiversity

– Lindsay Ellis

– Colin Furze

(’cause when you want to watch a crazy maker doing stuff that makes you go WTF … you need to see this guy do his thing)

Also waiting for the next episode of Doctor Who …

@ceppie I agree that some of these experts in documentaries appear to be pretty useless. I guess they’re aiming for less intelligent people who need to be told over and over how something happened ?
I might not know enough to tell if they’re talking nonsense, but the end-less repeated statements (usually before and after commercial breaks) can get pretty annoying when watching anything on Discovery Channel.
isn’t it kind of strange seeing Nussbacher after his conversion ?
He was more interesting when he was doing commentary for TimeCommanders show.

> 2. When you see a new miniature what do you think? …
I’m not buying a single figure just because it looks cool though.
Unless it’s part of an army/game then it may be the one that gets me to start a collection or buy the game.
It’s why I got the new Ork vehicles when they were released …
It’s why I got that new not-Ork vehicle …

> 3. Tell us some things that you want to do in the future…either tomorrow or sometime?

*eh* finish building at least one of my many armies that are part of my big mountain of resin/plastic/metal
The vast majority were part of kickstarters where I went ‘all in’. With things like Blood&Plunder that means I’ve got all factions and every model/feature that was available in the kickstarter.
Why ? Because I can rarely decide which faction to pick and I want to have at least two so I don’t have to rely on someone else having an army …
Of course I do need to find some time and space to build & paint, which at my speed means I probably need to find the secret of eternal life.
I’ve not been successful at stopping myself from backing more projects, because the shiny is sooo tempting  …

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I do wonder if anyone else has ever discovered an army/game that made them want to do a bit more than build the models as instructed.
The Orks definitely had that effect on me.