Used some workshop scraps to build a backdrop holder as another option for setting up miniature pics. Can be collapsed and folded together to store. Just have to put some varnish or something on it now! Might embed magnets to hold backdrops. #Miniatures #Minis #ModelPainting #MiniPainting #DIY

Painting an actual rock so that it looks "more like a rock" feels a tiny bit silly. It *does* look more like a rock now, though. #MiniPainting #Miniatures #ModelPainting #Terrain #Minis

Tried a new scoring technique on my bread. Half whole wheat with some milk and honey, which gave it a nice color. #Bread #Baking #Breadmaking

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The gateways to the Reverie are not always as subtle as one might expect. Discover the world of Nemus in ‘The Tales of Hildur of Greikar’ 🔗 www.amzn.com/B0FNS4YP4M #FantasyLiterature #nerdlings #fantasy #booksky #bookish #fantasyreads #dnd #rpg #writersky #warhammercommunity #terrain

Built a fold-up painting table for my office. Matched the wall color so it doesn't stick out visually too much. So now my desk won't get covered in painting things! #Woodworking #DIY #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Minis

I rarely take pictures of my food, but this came out pretty. Also super tasty, a treat dinner I made for myself while my family's out. Chickpeas, spinach, and tomatoes on a bed of lemon-saffron rice, with mozzarella-white wine sauce. #Food #Cooking #HomeCooking

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Another small wood project I finished this week. Sort of a miniature end table that sits on the arm of our couch. Red oak with walnut plugs over the screw holes, clear shellac. #Woodworking #DIY

Built a couple of decor shelves for my wife. Front lip to protect the treasured Christmas cottages Made them from a piece of red oak and varnished with clear shellac. #DIY #Woodworking

Finished the last two members of the band for Five leagues from the Borderlands last night. Now to make some bad guys!

Oh my ravening grawlix, I am so glad I noticed the whiteboard is different in each card! You're killing me. Peak chat, Steve. 👏 If any #SFFChat peeps are interested, I'm soliciting ARC readers (and that's Aug 7 not Jul 8) forms.gle/virZ9TaZc6p6...

#SFFChat Outro: my queer cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in just over two months and features a pseudo-1910, fake-fantasy-Scotland setting that nonetheless inexplicably includes 1980s bodice-rippers! www.elizmanderson.com/the-lord-of-...

#SFFChat Outro: Well, with this week's topic, I think I have to promote 6-time Hugo Finalist podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists! We talk about these topics all. the. time., often in the company of excellent guest stars! Give us a listen. 😉 worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com

There's a civilization in my primary setting that has a source of zero point energy. But at a pre-modern level of technology, they don't know how to efficiently capture and distribute that energy. Which yields systems of extraction inspired by Roman large scale water-powered machinery #SffChat

Mork Borg is a wildly grim dark tabletop game, whose worldbuilding is packed with what I would call macabre whimsy (extremely macabre). The worldbuilding, as expressed partially through game mechanics, really structures and sets the tone for a certain kind of emergent narrative in gameplay. #SffChat

I think one way to evaluate worldbuilding is how well it sets and matches the tone of the story. IMO, Discworld and ASoIaF both have incredible worldbuilding, but it would be bonkers to exchange those stories' worldbuilding, even if you could shoehorn together the bare facts.

Hi! I write mainly high fantasy adventures, with a hint of horror. What I want to emphasize is that I didn't eat the last unicorn. Nobody saw it happen, because it didn't happen. Stop trying to peek in my smokehouse, OK? Not relevant. I'm glad we settled that. #SffChat

Continuing my vaguely Mycenae-inspired mdf terrain, I tried building a version of the Lion's Gate. #Terrain #MiniTerrain #ModelPainting #MiniPainting #Miniatures #Frostgrave

Page 6 happens to start with the first lines after the prologue of Oath and Memory. #Booksky #Writesky #Fantasy

Started thinking of this guy as "halberdude" (not to be confused with "halberdoodle," his hypoallergenic counterpart). #Minis #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Frostgrave #5Leagues

A strange traveler in a peaceful land treads between ruins, whose glory he alone recalls. #Terrain #MiniTerrain #Minis #ModelPainting #MiniPainting #Miniatures #Tabletop #Frostgrave #5Leagues

Cyclopean wall made from pieces of MDF. #Terrain #MiniTerrain #Minis #ModelPainting #MiniPainting #Miniatures #Tabletop #Frostgrave #5Leagues

Cyclopean wall has entered its gaudy phase. Eventually, the bright colors should become undertones in the stonework. #Terrain #MiniatureTerrain #Minis #MiniaturePainting #ModelPainting #Tabletop

I love worldbuilding* *imagining a place where everyone is nice to me

I had some mdf scraps in my workshop and thought I'd test making them into megalithic blocks for terrain. Roughed them up with sandpaper, a saw, and a chisel. #Terrain #Miniatures #Minis #ModelPainting #Frostgrave

Wrapped up a shop project I've been plugging away at. Improved miter cart for my new workshop space. Opens up to about six feet. I ceremonially cut the first two boards after pictures. #Woodshop #Woodworking #Carpentry #Diy

A sepulchral throne. Last one in the batch of terrain arrangements to get a sense of what I can do with the lightbox. #Terrain #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Tabletop

A quiet place in the shadow of the mountain. #Terrain #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Tabletop

Some more angles of the venerable dreadnought. It has a few pieces from other kits on it - a flamer greeble from the Contemptor and some Terminator/Paladin bits. #Minis #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #40K #Warhammer #Nerdlings #Tabletop #WarGames #Astartes #GreyKnights #SpaceMarines

The venerable Lord Galad leads his smaller brothers through the ruins of Tavrinus Secundus. (Finished painting the dreadnought my wife gave me for Christmas!) #Minis #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #40K #Warhammer #Nerdlings #Tabletop #WarGames #Astartes #GreyKnights #SpaceMarines

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The old tower's carcass stands dark and empty beneath a sickly twilight. #Miniatures #Terrain #MiniTerrain #ModelPainting #Frostgrave #5Leagues #Tabletop

Grymar Bloodskull, disciple of Nerophet the Ancient One, glowers about the forest, as he reflects on the fact that he has never liked camping. Yet here he is... #Miniatures #MiniPainting #Terrain #ModelPainting #Frostgrave #Nerdlings #Tabletop #D&D

Really enjoying my photography setup with the bigger lightbox and some new backdrops. #Miniatres #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Terrain

Artemis II today.

A few works in progress. My dreadnought has all the base colors down now. And a few freshly built models, probably for 5 Leagues. #Minis #Miniatures #ModelPainting #MiniPainting #Tabletop #Wargames #40K

I do not want it on my phone. I do not want it in my home. I do not want it in my brain. I do not want its supposed “gain.” Not in a book. Not “take a look!” Not in my art. Not any part. I do not want it here or there. I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE.

The Winter King, by Bernard Cornwell. It was much less like the Chronicles of Narnia than I was expecting. #BookSky

Similar minis painted about 2 years apart. Happy to see how much I've improved, particularly because I remember feeling like I'd hit my skill ceiling around the time I painted the first one. Makes me excited to see what I'll be able to do in another couple of years. #Miniatures #Minis #MiniPainting

Freshly painted bowman for 5 Leagues. Oathmark body with Perry arms. Oathmark's Light Human Infantry sprue is so good. It kitbashes really smoothly with other ranges. #Miniatures #Minis #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Nerdlings #Frostgrave #WarGames #Tabletop

I think this guy was my favorite of the old paintjobs I rebased. I can hear him belligerently shouting, "Come at me, young 'un!"

Dug out some of my earliest sprue builds, which I painted about two years ago. They were standing on black plastic, so I started basing a bunch of them to use as brigand NPCs on the tabletop. #MiniPainting #Miniatures #ModelPainting #Frostgrave #Nerdlings #Wargames #DnD #D&D

The #TransRightsReadathon is happening and I'd love for people to check out my work (I have a queer horror comedy and an epic fantasy). But honestly, just read a trans book--they're good for you! 🔥 steve-westenra.itch.io

Thanks for hosting! I have a book coming out! The Need for Dandelions is an MM Fantasy Romance about two men forced to work together despite their differences in the face of a crisis! Cover by @nooskadraws.bsky.social Preorder Links! 🌸⚔️ Uni link: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: bit.ly/3N1RDWk

#SFFChat Thanks for hosting! I'm glad you're feeling better. I have a webpage: lionstoothpublishing.com It's not much, but there are some thoughts, it'll have news, there's a newsletter, what have you.

I hope lots of people read Out of Dark Waters! (This thought also terrifies me.) I suppose, I hope some readers find my work, whom it means something to. Even a fifth or sixth of what it meant to me would be great! For my current manuscript, I hope my wife likes the draft when I finish! #SffChat

I wrote Orin as borderline meta. He heard the songs and tales of heroes when he was young, which is another way of saying that, like me, he essentially read Dragonlance when he was a teenager. He wants to (subtly?) shape his little band of friends into a party of heroic adventurers. #SffChat

Hi! I write mainly high fantasy, sometimes a little horror, sometimes a little horror-fantasy. I feel like Bilbo Baggins would make a great traveling buddy. He's polite, considerate, and a good cook, but also curious and interested in new places. #SffChat

Sorting through my Miniatures folders, I found a few old paintjobs I took pictures of and forgot to post. (a) Wizkids Female Human Wizards, and (b) the chest that came with Wizkids Bronze Dragon Wyrmling. #Miniatures #MiniPainting #ModelPainting #Nerdlings #DnD