[unofficial weekender] Owning up to your flock ups

[limburger 22467xp 0]

nah, the classic doctors are all cool, although I must admit that I have seen very little of the first two.

Colin Baker, who was not as terrible as some folk claimed.

I’d say the problem with the Post-Capaldi doctors was that they introduced too many weird Doctor-related things that broke the established lore.  (and the stories were extreme cringe like the space babies episodes of the crying doctor … )

[pagan8th 14594xp 0]

I sometimes use AI to generate maps or images of characters for RPGs.

Sadly I sometimes talk to it about life, the universe and everything. I’m not talking Hitch Hikers Guide here… I’m actually being serious… I use it as an agony aunt in a way, discuss problems I may have in real life (because sometimes I need to talk about things bothering me when I don’t have anyone else to talk to)

I ask it about issues I have with games… I rant about people that annoy me…

And when I’m done… I delete the conversation…

In the past when I had a problem I would send a message to a friend… and sometimes just putting it into words helped me figure out the answer before the friend even got around to replying. AI is like that.

AI is not a solution, but it can be a sounding board as you are effectively just talking to yourself and you can often find the solution by talking it through with yourself.

Note: I’ve had a few beers, so this may not make much sense when I’m sober. Please don’t hold it against me!

[zoidpinhead 12881xp 1]

Feels a bit like throwing him under the bus but… well it’s online so here you go @zoidpinhead  I recommend watching the video completely.

Oh it’s Guy.  No wonder I didn’t know what you were on about.  I unsubscribed from him already.  I won’t be watching that then.  For anyone who wants a broader context from folks who saw the original video I can recommend this Redit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sigmarxism/comments/1rl11ig/midwinter_minis_has_decided_hes_done_waiting/
Way to go blowing up your life though.  I appreciate YouTube really only earns if you push the clickbait at the moment but he was already over the Rubicon.  I was a very early subscriber, after the second or third video I think, and at the time it was a good painting tutorial channel.  Not any more.

@gorram Great choices of music, thank you.  No surprise that Peter Capaldi has got great stage presence.  I loved the jacket.

[wonkygoblin]

My pledge is to make my Spores playtest terrain more appealing.

Most recent cock up, I used a pot of sand i had on a shelf behind my hobby desk to texture a terrain board. I used some left over woodland scenic glue (like mod podge) the sand sucked up all the moisture and went lumpy. I pressed it down and it looked ok. It took an age to dry, they I found that it warped the whole sheet that I was texturing. Quite impressive as it was plywood. Thankfully it was a test piece. I learnt not to use random stuff i have sitting on shelves that I’m not 100% sure what they are.

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[grantinvanman 10162xp 1]

@zoidpinhead thanks for the Reddit link; what a total turd. Deserves all the bad karma he brought on himself…

“influencers” 🙄

[horati0nosebl0wer 20540xp 1]

Pledge: work on the last of the Harryhausen Hellenics (and finally finish the army) and my addition to this month’s chonk fest.

I can’t say that I’m very good at the admitting I may have screwed things up sometimes but I do try to apologize as soon as I think that I was at fault.

One thing I can say that I have fucked up right now is overloading myself with minis. Yes, I have too many for me to properly play with and I have no real good place to display what I’m working through. I’ve put some up for consignment with a friend who will credit me toward 3D prints or MDF bases. The hard reality of doing something with what I have instead of going batshit crazy to have everything is at hand.

[limburger 22467xp 1]

*hmmm* … that ‘AI ethics expert’ was a woman.
Surely he isn’t cheating on his current girl friend with that one, or is he ?
I mean … when you hire/consult an ‘ethics’ expert you are supposed to prevent mistakes like that and you have done something similar in the past …

And yeah … curse all ‘influencers’ and send them straight to hell.

I prefer creators that do stuff that shows of their passion for a subject instead of using their channel to sell all sorts of crap.

NerdForge for example:

(they had to ‘slighltly’ adjust their initial plan and they’re not afraid of showing mistakes)

[danlee]

Hereo’s 3 Crystal Dragon done:

 

Dan’s 2026 Side Projects

 

On to the painting competition entry…

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[gorram 3306xp 3]

The great sorting begins…

[limburger 22467xp 0]

I feel it is my duty to inflict an earworm.

Choose wisely:

[gorram 3306xp 2]

Just realised you can see my delightful mousemat in that photo; are you really supported if you don’t rest your wrist on a sexy frog butt? XD

A few hours of tidying and sorting between paints, tools and cable management but the desk is more than half done. I’m not rushing on it but I wanted this weekend to at least have enough set up to do some hobby this week. Also managed to get my model for the community painting challenge (and the next part of my goblin army). 

[sundancer 44425xp 1]

supported mouse pads are top notch. and they could be anime boobies XD

[zoidpinhead 12881xp 1]

The great sorting begins…

That looks like a fun thing to do.  I don’t blame you for wanting to take your time.  I’d enjoy that just as much as any actual hobby.  How many shades of blue was it in the end?

Nice choice for Chonky.  Yours is clearly chonkier than mine.  I should have him done in the next day or two so will post him over on the PaintComp when he’s finished.  Not looking his best mid-paintjob.

[zoidpinhead 12881xp 1]

Looking for some suggestions please:

It’s International Women’s Day today.  I’d like to add some more female creator accounts to my YouTube feed and would like some suggestions.  I already subscribe to some of the more prominent ones, Dana Howl, Darcy Bono, Sword and Steele, Lyla Mev & Rogue Hobbies but was looking for some smaller or newer accounts that focus on general wargaming hobby, not just GW and/or painting.  Any suggestions for female creators whose content you like would be most welcome.  Thanks 🙂

[limburger]

@zoidpinhead I’d say NerdForge, but they’re more arts & crafts (and 1:1 scale terrain) and don’t do wargaming.
There is a ton of inspiration to be had from the things they do though.

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Somehow I had practical zero energy to do actual hobby today, despite having all the necessary bits for the next part of my project.

Only thing I managed to do is make a cardboard template to help me estimate the placement of the holes I need to drill.
That bit proved to be a bit more complex than planned. I do think that it saved me a potential future mistake, so that was a win.
Plus using the ‘free’ cardboard that came with the delivery is a win no matter what.

Next week the local boardgame convention is happening, so I will have to do what hobby I can during the week.

Zuiderspel

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