I recently discovered @butt-goblin.com and thought "huh... could I whittle that?" The answer is "yes, but not particularly well" apparently 😅 it was very interesting trying out some new techniques for multipart models though!

Cat, three minutes after I go into a room with the door closed: "oh no, he's gone! Maybe he's DEAD!? MAYBE HE'S NEVER COMING BACK?!?!" Cat, after I open the door because she's crying outside and give her pets for ten seconds: "jeez dad you're smothering me, ugh" (stalks away).

The RPG community contains some of the most lovely and most toxic people. Engage enthusiastically, but with caution 😅

It's a vorpal sword, so I felt it needed a creepy paint job. Really happy with the effect from the black base and leadbelcher drybrushing on the blade! 🙂

I present to you my beetle child. 🪲 Painted polymer clay brooch 🖌️🎨 This was made as a special request for my daughter, but I will definitely need to make more- I've got the bug! #invertebrate #BugSky 🐡 #clay #sculpture #art

Obviously I can't just sit still and listen to the GM without fiddling with something on my desk, so here's my interpretation of our fighter's greatsword from our latest D&D session.

The Curator offers you his services. I'm playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with my husband @drrelling.dev and decided to make a lil sculpture of the Curator in polymer clay! He's made with foil, super sculpey and acrylic paint in a shadow box frame. 🖌️🎨🎮 #ClairObscur #Expedition33 #art #sculpture

I'm dying of laughter 🤣 this is too good

Just thinking: is "block early, block often" the first thing we want to tell people? It's good advice, to be fair. You are under no obligation to deal with the toxic shitheads. Block 'em, forget about 'em and if possible live a happy, carefree life because that REALLY pisses them off. However...

I had some time to myself over the holidays and decided to squander it on another weird blog post 😁 hope y'all like it! drrelling.dev/blog/2025-12... #ttrpg

Party mage: "in this room there is a terrible artifact, a hell-touched thing that constantly whispers of your worst moments and deepest shame straight into your mind. Be resolute and pay it no heed lest you fall into unending despair!!" OCD character: "so...a regular Tuesday then"

Just finished Lucy Undying by Kierstan Whyte. I really enjoyed it; I was braced for a lot of clichés going into a book that proudly declares itself a "retelling of Dracula", but the plot dances through that minefield unscathed 🙂

Once a year, you should be allowed to go to the bank and ask to see a given sum of money in cash. I just kinda want to see how much money my mortgage actually is, if you put it in a big pile. (Maybe I don't, on reflection...)

Even now, Reform are getting ready to criticise swift bricks. Doesn't Labour know that swifts are migratory birds? AND they don't even go through border control! WHY ARE WE GIVING FREE HOUSING TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS??

When my grandmother was 9 years old, she and her family lived in Texas and they were extremely poor. She lived with her mother and stepfather and three sisters. My great-grandmother made all their clothes, and they scrimped on everything so that they had enough to eat.

I sold this guy ages ago, but I still think of him fondly when I feel the scar through my fingertip twinge. Well. I think of him, anyway. "Fondly" might be an exaggeration. Little git. Don't whittle tired, kids! 😅

It was indeed fun! The players really got into character and embraced the underdog mindset. They lied, hacked, ambushed and tunnelled their way through the map, culminating in flooding the big bad's RCD with ads and gunning him down before he could recover. 10/10, such a great system!

I have four players at my CY_BORG game this evening. They have 17 hit points between them, 9 of those on one character, but they rolled really well for weapons and they're itching to murder some imaginary fascists 😈 this should be fun. #CY_BORG #mörkborg

Genuine question: who is actually consuming AI content and enjoying it? I'm puzzled. People use it to make stupid memes at work and I've seen some pretty niche AI kink stuff, but is anyone actually enjoying it like you would real art?

An upgraded robber for Settlers of Catan. Created as a Christmas present for a friend's grandmother, who loves the game. Also my first and possibly last piece in pine. The grain is beautiful but it takes so much effort to cut into. I did get it from a hardware store though...

@jeremycshipp.bsky.social screw Henrick. I can forgive much of his behaviour but leaving the laundry to overflow and then getting huffy when he's called out on it? He's the worst and deserves everything that happened to him. (I just finished Bedfellow, for context 😅)

Everything by Jeremy Shipp is guaranteed top-tier weird and $1.99 is an absolute steal. They're a master of the kind of logic you get in nightmares, where everything makes perfect sense despite being totally unhinged.

Real, handspun wool! Cost a pretty penny so I won't be doing this often, but my goodness it's a dream to work with.

Game development can be a bit of a slog sometimes, so it's important to appreciate the little moments. For example, my random character generator just spat out Dump, a character with a "battle moustache". I'll keep working on it 😂

A pair of necklaces (I know they're on one cord but that's for dramatic effect, I split them up later) for a lovely couple who have been great friends to me this year 🙂

Osmooka aphana, what a wonderful phrase... 😁

Tiny doors! I initially made one for my daughter so the tooth fairy can get into her room to get her teeth. I'd like to make more of these, but I seem to have lost the piece of wood I was cutting them from. Oh well. Also I promise they're square; the perspective came out weird in the photo.

Did I post this lil guy already? I forget 😅 he's supposed to be a cartoon bat, but honestly he's just kind of his own thing. He started out as an owl but after the beak snapped off, I decided to see where I could go with him.

Cheaper than the equivalent volume of toilet paper, and still no takers 🤣

One of the things I love about whittling is how little you actually need to spend on tools. A decent knife is important, but my toolkit includes broken metal files, a Stanley knife, a couple of large sewing needles, a ruler from a cracker and a old toothbrush.

#ttrpgprompt #ttrpg In a fight with a powerful shaman he lays a curse upon one of your party members one that emblazons their hand with runes that glow Time to introduce a new gimmick to the fight, the transferable curse. the idea being that the longer it is on one person (each round) it grows in

I had fun making barrels so now you get more barrels. That's probably enough for now though. Would anyone like a little video on how to make them? They're straightforward and very forgiving, so they're great for beginners. #whittling

I just found a website that promises to use AI to help you craft perfect prompts for other AIs. I...just speechless.

@franzanth.bsky.social you may already be aware of the existence of this, but I felt like it needed to be brought to your attention if not: store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

I got an email from a company I buy basswood from offering me "cyber Monday deals". If they start trying to sell AI-enabled wood, I'm going to run away to the nearest deep woods and become a hermit.

A very happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, and a very happy "the Americans are on holiday so it's nice and quiet" day to everyone who celebrates that instead (a very popular holiday in the UK and India, in my experience!) 😁

A very fancy tomte indeed! Presumably this one occupies a position of great importance based on the luxuriousness of their hat.

@chapelorahamm.bsky.social this is the only one I can find of my older scenery pieces. The goblins are apparently sacrificing my d20 on the evil altar 🤣 I don't remember what it did to deserve such a fate but it must have been bad.

I love making tiny scenery. Not sure what it's for (making the amount required for TTRPGs, even just my own game, isn't practical) but it's satisfying nonetheless! The little bottle came out especially nicely 🙂

An experiment: if you cut the crusts off a sandwich (my daughter is not a fan of crusts), try chucking them in a frying pan with a little butter to make a crunchy snack! So far I've only tried it with cheese sandwiches but I suspect jam or honey would make a nice sweet treat.

Can confirm, this book is indeed utterly deranged and also an outrageous, gory delight! Not for the faint of heart but highly recommended, it's both gleefully messy and tightly plotted, with a story that kept me guessing until the end.

An older piece that I decided deserved some love (and paint). I try not to do any further carving when coming back to older pieces, but I couldn't resist making a few tiny changes 😅

I may have jumped the gun on this as the government are insisting they won't take wedding rings or family heirlooms. That gets a deeply suspicious raised eyebrow, but at least they considered it. I guess this is a lesson for me about checking my sources properly.

As a kid learning about the Holocaust, I didn't "get" it at first. I knew a lot of people died and that it was really bad, obviously, but it was just another historical event reduced to a bunch of facts. Then I found a very particular picture in a textbook and suddenly I GOT it.

Been busy making stock! I decided it was time to pack away all the beginner carvings and just display those ready for sale. It was a good choice; I still love the old ones, but it was a good confidence boost to see my sellable works lined up. If you see anything you like, drop me a message! 😉

Hey Bluesky! Could you help me spread the word about my Patreon? Signing up will allow me create more fabric art monsters and creatures. As a patron, you'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun, bizarre posts. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

I'm kind of sorry about this one but not really. Everyone I've shown it to has asked "what is wrong with you" except one person who went "have some money and can you make more" so honestly I have no idea who my target audience is or what they want.

Is this creepy or cute? Or both? 🤔

I found a couple of carvings from ages ago (before I started carving in earnest) and one of them was a little goblin. I've got a long way to go, but I've come a long way too 🙂 still, I rather like the little chap on the right! #persistencenotperfection

Playing the Resident Evil 1 remake with a friend. I'll accept at face value the zombies, the cheesy dialogue, the bizarre puzzles, and the NPCs behind locked doors. The dialogue line about how the Umbrella corporation is the biggest tax payer in the area? DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL, SIR?!