Oh the irony. I've been getting some pressure from above to take my 2 remaining weeks off (a problem that has been something I've been guilty of as I always forget to take vacation time). I FINALLY give in and start laying the groundwork to take a week next week and one in 3 weeks...

Obligatory Psychostick post for today youtu.be/XkHDxUBwoo4

Running my 2nd Playthrough of Aces Burning Sands, but this time in not calling the shots! The chosen Sortie by the other players: Coming In Hot! Preemptive Strike, let's Go!

Finished printing and assembling the Dropship, and with my modifications it CAN carry all minis plus have a seperate compartment in the back with foam insert for the metal mini. Won't be fully painted for tonight's session BUT I'll still use it to carry the minis

Resized the front part of the body 10%, again hollowed it and split it to make a lid, and added magnets... SUCCESS! All 12 minis fit, and the bottom is lined in magnetic sheeting so I can magnetize the minis for storage. All that's left is printing the rest (aft section, wings, landing gear and gun)

So overnight I tried printing the Dropship I mentioned yesterday hollowed out, and while it is wide and deep enough to hold the 12 minis I want it to, it's not HIGH enough (missing maybe a couple CMs. I'll try and rescale it just a tad this evening to see the result

Random thought: An Army carrying case for Battletech (say that can hold like 12 minis) BUT that looks like a Dropship, sized to also act as terrain Get to it, 3D Printer designers

Over the weekend I got a couple friends to try Alpha Strike, and they decided to try Aces. So, running a second playthrough, but letting them do the decisions! This the force we made. Some notes: a) I printed the Madcat and Dasher on seperate sheets so we could have all the variants when we...

Exodia and DOT Mommies strike again in Memory of Chaos (to think Lygus scared me before...)

HELLS YES youtu.be/b24oG7qCwp4

(Work in Progress) Yes I absolutely bought a "Legendary Mechwarriors II" set for the sole purpose of painting the Charger in THIS color scheme. I apologize for nothing.

Having completed HSR 4.0, I'll say that while the patch was as long as the Amphoreus patches (took me about 10 hours, more or less?) it felt like the pacing was a LOT better. Definitely a step in the right direction (Despite all the utterly batshit insane content, as seen in the excerpt I posted)

The latest HSR story patch is MELTING MY BRAIN www.twitch.tv/videos/26981...

!!!!! After having the most HORRIBLE luck in ZZZ since... Well FOREVER, I go for a 10 pull to get a Yixuan Mindscape +after hitting hard pity, of course) and... SCORE A FRIGGIN' DOUBLE S RANK PULL? (ok they're not both Yixuan, but that means my next S pull will be guaranteed)

(watches the HSR 4.0 update program) "We're making a new outfit for Ryan Mei!" Don't care. "And we're giving it away for free!" They REALLY want to shove that bitch down my throat don't they. TOO FUCKING BAD, I STILL WON'T CLAIM EITHER THE OUTFIT OR THE FREE RUAN MEI THEY GAVE AWAY LAST YEAR.

...Were they even trying with this cycle's Apocalyptic Shadow? Letting me pick a Damage Over Time modifier for node 1 and a Memosprite Damage Buff on node 2 meant an easy no-brainer pick of the DOT Mommies for team 1 and Exodia for team 2

It's a small thing, but it winds me up immensely for no good reason (like with SS86 Megatron's fusion cannon design), when people transform Ultra Magnus and not push his elbows all the way up into his arms. C'mon guys! It just looks wrong, to hell with your personal opinions!

Ok so I really liked how Scorching Sands turned out for Battletech (I need to convince my gaming group to try it so I can live through another narrative path, heh) so I'm definitely getting Snowblind. It'll be a Joiners VS Deniers box, so Rasalhague Dominion themed.

Turn 1: the RNG was NOT in my favor as 4 of the enemy's heavy hitters all came in from the same corner... And ganged up on the Highlander, taking it out in one turn!!! I.. might not win this one

Day off tomorrow so gonna run Sortie 18 of Battletech Aces. Setting it up I realized I'm basically going to face the *entire* boxed set's miniatures O_o

I don't want to say it was cold this morning, but on the way to work I passed a frozen Tauntaun carcass that got sliced by a lightsaber, the frozen body of Jack Nicholson in the Shining, and Wheeljack and Sideswipe digging to get Jetfire out of the glacier

Day off today so back to running my Battletech Aces game! Star Captain Sender is on the run and taking out his frustration on the planetary water purification/Geothermic plant in Sortie 15: Power Rush!

In non-Battletech-but-still-miniatures-related news... I ordered this last September. LAST. SEPTEMBER. About bloody time.

One last Attletech Aces sortie for the weekend before I go back to work tomorrow: Operation: Hammer. Thing is: even using the "smaller table" rule,this map is so densely packed I can't really set it up on the table... So actually gonna play on the friggin' GROUND (using boxes to form the map border)

Setting up the next Battletech Aces match: "Face of the Enemy". Meeting the Jade Falcon Commander in person! Bringing everything but my lights for this one

Forget about waiting for tomorrow, running Battletech Aces game 3 now! Chosen sortie: Supply Lines. Gonna keep the pressure on the Falcon's logos it's by intercepting the convoy

Setup complete, running my 2nd Battletech Aces game. Chosen Sortie: Tunnel Raid. Bringing all 4 of my named Pilots in this time, brought only Mechs with hands, gonna try the "steal supplies" objective

and another Zenless thing that made me snicker: I randomly noticed going to the Aquarium for a trust event that sometimes the 3 resident catgirls hang around... to stare at the fish. That got a chuckle out of me

Follow-up on my DPS highlight from the other day... I feel that killing an opponent with Zhao's "falling down" should have been an achievement. Get on the ball, Hoyo!

Day off today, got my selected Battletech Aces force all painted up, and got enough of my terrain all painted as well so I'm gonna start running it this afternoon! Roaring Thunder is ready to kick Jade Falcon ass!

I'm resisting the urge to use this as my new intro song for my stupid video game stream... But it miiiiiiiigt have just a tad too much profanity in it (sure I used "Punching Bag" by Set it Off in the past, but that had just one f bomb. This has a LOT more.) youtu.be/Jg_9Jj6Ezw4

so yeah this round of Pure Fiction was easy as fuck... New Nihilty Mommy-empowered Firefly and Exodia Team FTW

Update from Devcon Plays Stuff from January 2nd: BEST. RUN. ANIMATION. EVER.

All done painting my Battletech Aces box! Soon as I'm done painting the minis of my own force (2 mechs to go) I'll start playing the scenarios (all my 3d printed terrain won't be done, but I can live with unpainted buildings)

A realisation just came upon me as I woke up this morning. I had a VERY hard time buying my yearly bottle of scotch as it was sold out practically everywhere this year. And I think I figured out why.

RIP 2025 2025-2025

Heh heh I really AM back to my old patterns...I just had my traditional "so when do you think you'll take your vacation days? 'cause you know you have a deadline for that, right?" talk with one of my bosses. (I have 5 months to take my 3 weeks, but knowing me I probably will wait at the last second)

The maniacs did it again! youtu.be/JAvnS-tZJLQ

This was apparently uploaded 3 days ago and I missed it. But it wouldn't be a holiday season without a John C Worsley song youtu.be/26H_xWocEss

Took me some time, but after many tries and tweaks to the strategy, chalk another full rewards run for Star Rail Endgame (surprised I didn't need to bring out new Nihility Mommy Constance to the mix)

So the 1st store that got Battletech Aces turned out to be neither Imaginaire nor Tistaminis, but BD Cosmos in Montreal. Order just shipped, should have it soon-ish (yay!)

Ok so Battletech Aces is days away,according to both Imaginaire and Tistaminis. Now it's a race to see which one get its first so I can order it already. (Much as I want to encourage Imaginaire. Which is local,Tista is (as of writing) 20$ less, which would still come up cheaper including shipping...

Appropriate song for today for my southern neighbours who are celebrating their Turkey Day. On the style of Tool because of course youtu.be/QEPU5iiKn_c?...

Follow up from yesterday, printed my Battletech Gothic Warhammer! Some of the parts were VERY fiddly (mostly on the back banner) and didn't survive the support removal, but the important stuff made it.

As fun as the concept of Battletech Gothic is, it's kinda a bummer that it's only going to be a "one shot deal" (Aside from a planned Abomination box release). BUT. It's still Battletech, and Mech Creation rules exist. So with a few tweaks one can "grimdark" other designs. Like what I did (cont'd)

Planning a NYC trip cause I heard they got Shiera Law which forces everyone to be a grumpy badass and have insane sexual chemistry with absolutely everyone

(Switches to Zenless Zone Zero. Tries the new Character using the trial version in Hollow Zero) (Gets an upgrade that gives a shield every time a spin attack connects) (Gets another upgrade that lets the spin attack go on forever) ... I think I found a fucking broken combo

2 weeks,new star rail endgame reset, STILL NO NEED FOR RUAN MEI despite the game giving me ANOTHER "free claim for that character" token!I'm just saving them until I get someone I REALLY want/need.Also, new Character in a full remembrance team is fucking BROKEN(and more DOT Mommies action on node 2)

That Lego Enterprise D sure looks good! I might... (Sees the pricetag) ... ... Shaka. Where the Walls Fell.

(Christmas music started on the pa at work) (Bangs head on nearby wall)