My realisation from Golden Demon is similar to my take on virtuoso guitarists - exceptionally performed, amazing craftwork, eye-watering skill, true dedication, and maybe only 1 piece in 10 that I will ever remember fondly.

I feel like far too much of my life is spent trying to find the best colour matches to my remaining Goblin Green and Ultramarines Blue I bought in 1997 #oldhammer

Finally finished up the first portion of the Space Wolves, 1000pts fully playable for 2e 40k. I also painted up and based some terrain by @doctorspork.bsky.social which came out wonderfully vintage. Still working on my photography though #spacewolves #warhammer40k #oldhammer #miniaturewargaming

The depression is still very much there, but at least pushing myself to do some painting on the weekend has me amped to finish the work in my current queue, so that's something...

People equivocating generative AI with all "AI tools" is a fucking problem that people aren't considering enough. Many things that were never called AI are now under that moniker, and by not knowing the difference means that things that are fine are being used to defend shit that is not.

Depression and calorie counting do not mix well it turns out!

AWS really is just fucking trash.

I think my theme for armies that I want to collect in Flames of War basically boils down to "who is doing the weird shit?". It started with 21st Panzer and now I'm looking at either Daimler motor car companies for Brits or Italian light tank swarms with a bunch of trucks.

I need to start being more dedicated to daily hobby undertakings that aren't window shopping (sometimes sans window) and list building. Even one colour applied to a character is better than bloody nothing. Now if only work could be less of a battery drain that'd be sick.

Sunday hobby time was a build, drill, paint for a new guitar pedal, complete with a little orky skull face.

Holy shit the spin on the Nobel Peace Prize was real. Talk about an award that means less than dirt.

It's been a very long time since I've gone out on a Friday afternoon to buy liquor for the evening, and even longer since work has got me to the point that I feel like I need the alcohol, but here we are, allergies and all. Thank Tzeentch it's Friday...

The good guys of Infinity get a good dinobot friend?? Speaks straight to my heart.

Oh yeah, I just fucking love the rise of allergy season every October/November. Not breathing is my favourite thing in the world. And it's getting hot as well so I get to luxuriate in sweat all night too? That's the perfect sleeping conditions! Man, so happy right now.

The true beauty of (most) miniature wargames is that miniatures can be anything, the age of the rulebook doesn't matter, and so long as you have a beverage and some snacks with a good mate you're gonna have a hell of a good time.

Fuck Winston Peters, the hypocritical filth-peddlar. Zero convictions, zero ethics, zero morals, and they keep giving him parliamentary power.

Oh darn, what a shame, I needed a TM011 audio transformer for a pedal build but it's a $6 part with a $26 shipping cost so I had to buy a bunch of ICs for some other pedals as well to make it worth the cost, oh darn, more pedal builds, what a shame, so sad.

Oh boy, going to assemble some armour I printed a few weeks ago and finding uncured resin leaking out is a wee bit panic inducing. I stupidly put a resin trap in the model, because I am in fact a dumb dumb.

Sunday night hobby,getting very old school. Can I just say that the AMMO Premium Kolisnky size 1 brush is a real bloody gem? Good length, very fine, has been a real workhorse with all these vintage highlights and banners. #oldhammer #warhammer40k #spacewolves #miniaturepainting

As much as I despise the prick, Wayne Brown at least has the right idea when he told the so-called Taxpayers Union to fuck off.

Nothing like a jury duty summons to get me browsing for a new eReader and a power bank. Oh, and I guess I'll have to save up some fucking rent and bill money since not getting paid for a week or two in a single income household is just the pits.

Remember kids - these people have nuclear weapons. Bloody hell...

I really want to support a ton of musical artists, but the shipping cost of merch to New Zealand is so damn offensive. Paying 50% or more on a couple of t-shirts that are already very expensive due to exchange rates makes the process a little heartbreaking.

Nothing inspires confidence in a third party tech provider more than having to email a zip file of assets so you can test development against their UAT servers because their file upload service throws security issues with their infosec provider. CSS is dangerous yo, them digital crayons toxic.

With new Assault Terminators on the way, it seems an appropriate time to finish up my Terminators for my 3rd edition Salamanders army. And now I'm off to shoot mechs in Mechwarrior 5 for the evening #warhammer40k #vulkanlives #middlehammer

Some people I work with make me downright embarrassed to be associated with them.

BIG JUEVES :: youtu.be/-tvl8sDu9vo

I truly have too much stuff going on right now, but I managed to get the armour done on my Grey Hunters at least? Yellow next... balls. #oldhammer #warhammer40k #spacewolves

First time I've engaged with a Space Marine at this level. It really is a hell of a scheme. Decided to work on this lad first because 2e Wolves didn't have any banners but he had a ton of detail to test. Pretty damn happy #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting #spacewolves

Yeah... this army is going to suck to paint. The 2nd ed paint scheme is intense #oldhammer #spacewolves #miniaturepainting

Boy howdy the #horusheresy 3.0 stuff is a hell of a mess. I had ignored it for a long time, then spent the past week trying to catch up. I fucking miss 1.0, damn.

The final model to call my Bretonnian army complete. Never painted to this degree in my life, never done mass lighting to this level, never tried this much freehand, super pleased with how it all came out #warhammerfantasy #theoldworld #bretonnia

I do not like a bunch of things about this model, especially as a game piece, but it does look pretty damn hot #warhammerfantasy #theoldworld #bretonnia

My 1997 birthday present finally assembled and painted. Super happy with the classic scheme or as close as I could get with only 3 angles ever photographed of the model. I am so happy it is done, and it was such a joy to work with #oldhammer #miniaturepainting #theoldworld #warhammerfantasy

Been a hot minute since I posted anything (mostly because of a broken light box) but here's a WIP of a classic birb in a classic scheme. Still a bunch to do, but took shockingly little time to get this point. #oldhammer #warhammerfantas

I feel no small amount of concern that my love of history, miniature wargaming, and now electronics is all converging on an absurdly huge and time consuming railway display. Is this my impending mid-life crisis finally coming to the fore? God have mercy (on my family)

Finished my first guitar pedal build, my first proper electronics project, and my first time putting down a decal that large. Very fun project, very satisfying to have complete, had to force some patience into my bones. Wish Dad could hear it, though he'd probably complain it's not a Fender.

My exciting Saturday night life.

Decided on the art I'm going to put on my home made EAE Model feT clone for the new pedal board. Now I need something for the fuzz. #diypedals #guitarpedals #oldhammer #thousandsons

Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results. t.co/JXeTALBPds

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

I had no idea the Aussies had such an excellent museum and range of restorations, they are finally tempting me to do a weekend trip over the Straits.

Such a dingus. Bought two pedal kits last year, built one, didn't work, got demoralised, got busy, finally take another look - it helps to wire up the input and output to the sockets, who'd have thought?? #guitarpedals

I've been smashing out Bretonnians to finish off these lads, I should really get some photos sorted, but I kind of want to make some terrain and do some old school style shots (ambitious given my atrocious photography skills)

Finally picked up a long time wanted book. Been interested in the setting since the 90s so happy to find a copy in New Zealand to nab

Argh finally finished up my Pegasus Knights, went to mount the knights to the mounts, one of them doesn't bloody fit. I am the dumbest man alive. #bretonnia #theoldworld

At some point in my adult life, I will cease damaging, destroying, or breaking keyboards. Not tonight of course, tonight I continue with my traditional 4-6 monthly routine.

In today's experimentation, can I fit a 5th edition character on a TOW pegasus? #theoldworld #bretonnia #miniaturewargaming

Urgh accidentally licking the enamel rust wash brush, blech, do not recommend.