Callum

Painter of Miniatures
Player of Games
Printer of Unnecessary Things
Creator of Overly Ambitious Projects

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2024-09-10 15:25:11

Just popping up since I'm doing this #fedijam game - felt I should share an early snapshot. Basically aiming for a hand drawn thing (cheated using blender for the character).
What's not shown yet is that you'll be ablet to draw your own levels and export them as PNG files so you can share them online, kind of how Pico8 does it. Still to add all the hazards and enemies and stuff but it's coming along.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/113/942/280/612/929/original/9ddf50ca32d08d0b.mp4

2024-08-09 15:00:34

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@npub1nxu…4hun that's awesome, a little mental but when it's for a good cause it's worth it.

2024-08-09 13:59:10

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@npub1nxu…4hun can't wait to see him painted. Did you catch the sock puppet version?

2024-08-09 09:46:31

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@npub1nxu…4hun love seeing this out in the world. Did they make rules for him or is it just a decorative piece?

2024-08-08 20:52:21

Was thinking I had time (another 6 days) to do a second game for the LOWREZJAM and started with an idea that wont work because the screens too small. So now I have this weird punchy kicky robit and don't quite know wether to push on and make something or start a new idea.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/928/378/524/636/139/original/18ddb717d167baa4.mp4

2024-08-08 18:49:03

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@npub1um7…2mt3 this seems a good way to do it https://aus.social/@dgar/112924502344149210

2024-08-03 23:43:32

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@npub1nxu…4hun I really hope it's all gone down well.

2024-07-25 10:45:54

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@npub1um7…2mt3 thanks. I feel like I'm wading through emotional treacle

2024-07-24 23:00:21

Can any #trans or #autistic people offer some advice. Not long after coming out as trans nb, just before I got sick, I got a reaction from someone important to me that was very negative. While it came from a place of confusion and they now understand and support me, I'm really struggling to get past it. It knocked all the wind out my sails and I feel so disconnected from myself, I don't feel at all like Callum anymore but I feel ashamed to be Callie. Still feeling weakened isn't helping.

2024-07-24 19:22:54

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@npub1nxu…4hun that feels like a legit government role in the British government

2024-07-24 19:20:24

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@npub1nxu…4hun out of context he looks like he's still upset that the last muffin was bought by the woman in front of him in the cafeteria. He needed that muffin, it's his only source of joy. I have no idea who this is

2024-07-24 01:05:41

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@npub1nxu…4hun I confess I don't understand this toot. Amsterdam? Equestrians? What have I missed.

2024-07-23 22:04:11

Made some real good progress on the Amazons with all the orange and green base colours and shading. That's all the bulk painting done, I'll be breaking them up into a few smaller sets and working each til they're done. It's maybe a bit boring but I think I'm going with the Forbidden City Furies. Sounds vaguely Amazonian to me
#bloodbowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/838/041/834/206/779/original/d30491ec22795eb4.jpeg

2024-07-23 14:35:03

So how overdone is the black and white scheme for Khorne in Blood Bowl because these guys absolutely scream Raiders fans. #bloodbowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/836/296/348/598/604/original/7cb5c224939429a0.jpeg
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/836/296/548/006/861/original/8e43fab6d92d85a1.jpeg

2024-07-20 22:19:06

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@npub1um7…2mt3 it's not even good pseudoscience. Conspiracies used to be fun.

2024-07-20 22:11:47

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@npub1um7…2mt3 I'm sure it'll be fine it's just frustrating fighting it. COVID can suck a whole bag of ]|€¥$

2024-07-20 22:10:01

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@npub1nxu…4hun it's quite possible. I hope it'll settle down I've got a lot of stuff to paint, including the Khorne team I just accidentally bought.

2024-07-20 21:12:40

Really struggling with my dexterity with small things like writing, painting minis, and drawing ever since being ill, my hands seem to tremble and I can't quite control where they're going, only by a few mm but that's a lot when you're trying to get an eyeball in. Less than an hour into my Amazons I've just given up for today. Sad face. I might get a grip training thingy

2024-07-20 18:37:12

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@npub1um7…2mt3 next step is full larp outfit for the camera right?

2024-07-20 13:13:54

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@npub1um7…2mt3 this is cool, love the wee portraits at the side

2024-07-17 13:22:50

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@npub1um7…2mt3 if nothing else it let's you get the metallics done faster, and gets them out the way

2024-07-17 11:54:47

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@npub1nxu…4hun if only Scotland could have got it's independence we wouldn't have been dragged out of the EU 😔

2024-07-17 11:53:21

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@npub1nxu…4hun why did this sting a little 😂

2024-07-17 11:50:14

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@npub1nxu…4hun hadn't thought of doing it that way, I really ought to do an empire team that's Arthurian since Camelon likes to pretend it's the historical site of Camelot. It's not it's a shitty Scottish toon

2024-07-17 11:47:23

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@npub1um7…2mt3 because I think most metallic paint only looks good with a dry brush I always try to do it before any other part of the process

2024-07-17 11:46:45

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@npub1nxu…4hun is it common to name your team for where you actually live

2024-07-17 11:45:57

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@npub1nxu…4hun there has to be a word for when a pun works in two different languages since akhorne works so well

2024-07-17 11:13:28

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@npub1nxu…4hun are they just a straight proxy for the Khorne team? I thought they were some fan creation stunt team

2024-07-17 10:49:39

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@npub1nxu…4hun pagan blood sacrifices obviously

2024-07-17 00:01:42

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@npub1nxu…4hun man those squirrels are great

2024-07-17 00:01:04

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@npub1um7…2mt3 what's causing the issues with the metallics? Like they're not going on how you like or something else. Sorry to hear you had a bumpy ride earlier.

2024-07-16 19:45:24

I did a thing to test out something I saw on YouTube. An alternative method of world building for a game that is more visual and so leaves a lot more unsaid, to be worked out as it needs to be. It's a little sloppy and unplanned but it's kinda fun. This is for a skimmer/airship naval game that's set on a desert world with the Sirensea being a desert sea that's like the Aegean (or maybe the whole Mediterranean?).
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/797/864/029/993/544/original/731b695ceb93f76c.jpeg

2024-07-16 15:57:17

Good progress today on the amazons. All the skin is based and contrasted, most of the armour has a base colour and a bunch of the orange cloth. Another couple of hours and I'll be back in the fun painting. #bloodbowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/796/980/496/800/981/original/08112ffbeb873e0f.jpeg

2024-07-13 20:32:32

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@npub1um7…2mt3 How you enjoying living in the cupboard? Is it bright enough it's hard to tell from photos

2024-07-13 20:26:06

Only had a little time for painting today so I felt like continuing the single model instead of just blocking in skin or something. #bloodbowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/781/054/752/150/292/original/46a89304521d462e.jpeg

2024-07-13 14:56:07

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@npub1nxu…4hun need to come up with a team name

2024-07-13 12:55:35

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@npub1nxu…4hun swirling a toe about as we speak. Getting a sneaky 10 minutes in before I have to head out.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/779/285/908/817/728/original/c55e997d1aa947ca.jpeg

2024-07-13 11:52:44

New edition of Kill Team? I wish they'd learn to do something more like a re-release. Just same rules, with all the updates, some new stuff, teams and terrain. I want to get back into it and that would tempt me but a whole new edition doesn't really.

2024-07-12 18:27:56

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@npub1um7…2mt3 *looks suspiciously over at super comfy stool I just bought because detail painting standing up was really hard*.... Uh.... Yeah
Still worth it though, family priorities and all that.

2024-07-12 18:24:08

Pushed forward on a couple of Amazons to get a feel for a colour scheme. This plus gold on the armour and blonde hair should look good I think. #bloodbowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/774/908/911/569/393/original/e5415b5b502c40bc.jpeg

2024-07-12 18:22:14

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@npub1um7…2mt3 this is the way. Cupboard painting is great when you need to keep it contained. Maybe not the best for actually painting but everything is a balance.

2024-07-11 22:20:54

Made some really good progress today on the Amazons, bases textured and painted (I always do that first I find it weird to leave it to last), minis cleaned up and primes and first layer of colour for the skin (which gets a Guilliman Brown to make it darker and redder, and the cloth which will be tinted to orange.
#BloodBowl
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/770/172/508/235/228/original/5be4151177fdae7f.jpeg

2024-07-11 22:12:23

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@npub1nxu…4hun no doubt due to the great work you've put into it. You're a great ambassador for your game

2024-07-10 21:25:44

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@npub1nxu…4hun got them all built now just going to let them cure for a while since a lot of the connections are thin, quick clean up and prime and I can start painting. I'm so hyped for painting

2024-07-10 16:35:56

#calliedoesabloodbowl part 1. The miniatures have arrived and I have had a wee half hour to start building.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/763/162/929/035/502/original/29db2a4e20986664.jpeg

2024-07-10 16:34:12

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@npub1nxu…4hun that looks precarious! Needs a nice sensible railing probably

2024-07-06 20:33:14

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@npub1um7…2mt3 it's awesome, you thinking of getting into AoS 4?

2024-07-06 20:07:08

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@npub1um7…2mt3 I feel like I've seen them before but maybe it was just another similar force. A great combo

2024-06-30 20:02:49

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@npub1nxu…4hun thanks, though at this point you may as well send in the nurglings.

2024-06-30 19:53:23

I'm beyond exhausted today, have barely been able to sleep, every muscle aches, every cough is like being branded, and I can barely hold a thought in my head. Time is so slow.

2024-06-29 22:03:06

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@npub1um7…2mt3 for being so similar I just don't think the update is anywhere near as good

2024-06-29 21:51:43

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@npub1um7…2mt3 I know that one, I think games workshop moved away from such understated vibes. It has much more of a four horsemen vibe.

2024-06-29 21:41:00

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@npub1um7…2mt3 I only knew the bloat drone from a YouTube video rescuing one. I think they're defunct now.

2024-06-29 21:21:09

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@npub1um7…2mt3 it's one of the few 40k sub factions I've never attempted but always wanted to, the AoS stuff is cool too that have the bloat flies and whatnot. Cool minis

2024-06-29 21:11:10

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@npub1um7…2mt3 glad to hear it. Is it for kill team or doing a 40k? I'm still fighting for my life here lol

2024-06-29 21:07:16

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@npub1um7…2mt3 feeling glad to be back at it?

2024-06-27 15:44:10

Turns out it's COVID so that's fun. Felt pretty good yesterday woke up feeling horrendous today. I suspect it'll be a few days to recover.

2024-06-26 11:27:39

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@npub1nxu…4hun sneaked right up on me in the night, I'm fully stocked on meds and food so I'm ready. Like Lieutenant Dan in the crows nest.

2024-06-26 06:10:09

fuck

2024-06-24 14:10:16

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@npub12r6…zlyj absolutely brilliant it looks spot on. Nicely done.

2024-06-23 19:59:24

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@npub1z00…j4g9 did you increase the brush size appropriately, like one of those big ones for painting your walls

2024-06-23 18:41:57

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@npub1nxu…4hun I get that, I am extremely uncomfortable with attention outside of my control. But discomfort aside, I think I see why people in your life would celebrate you.

2024-06-23 18:36:13

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@npub1nxu…4hun I tried to create tabletop football rules in the style of Unseen Academicals

2024-06-23 18:34:15

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@npub1nxu…4hun ah well in that case, apropos of nothing, on this day like any other, congratulations. For being awesome. For being supportive. For all the joy your posts and chat brings. Happy Day.

2024-06-23 17:25:28

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@npub1nxu…4hun thank you I mean lol

2024-06-23 15:48:20

Been feeling really down the last few days so I tried painting in bright colours as I heard that can help. It does a bit. I like the result too (used a B&W reference photo and colour paletter from coolors.co)
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/666/714/447/446/283/original/00fc3b3ea60d08b2.jpg

2024-06-17 21:05:44

My friend Joe, aka Mageworks Minis has made these brilliant vampire mosquito creatures.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/swamp-vampires
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/633/990/904/871/538/original/b18bf25ccf5f94b7.jpg

2024-06-16 13:54:10

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@npub1nxu…4hun I absolutely made a mistake in the conversion by a whole 0

2024-06-16 13:41:25

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@npub1nxu…4hun the flatness breaks my brain every time. I live in a bowl of a valley and when I didn't live there I lived in the highlands. Looks stunning though

2024-06-15 22:09:02

Last week I changed my name on here from the name I was given to something that feels more right. I was unsure about whether I should use the word 'trans' because my experience didn't seem as others, maybe something like non binary or gender fluid might be right or maybe I'm just getting comfortable being myself. I know I am not a man, so I guess that counts. Anyway I just wanted to make a post for myself to say it out loud. My name is Callie (she/her).

2024-06-15 09:36:30

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@npub1nxu…4hun something about starting new clubs, with blackjack, and Necromunda

2024-06-15 08:51:18

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@npub1nxu…4hun oh your poor poor DMs when you do that.

2024-06-15 08:46:22

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@npub1nxu…4hun who'd have ever thought you'd be so into a 40k!

2024-06-15 08:14:40

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@npub1nxu…4hun I love when you just know you've landed on a banger and can't wait to work on it.

2024-06-14 22:57:32

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@npub1um7…2mt3 we don't mind losing, we came to lose, the lads are just happy to get a run round the park.

2024-06-14 03:09:18

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@npub1nxu…4hun I had a very insightful conversation about just such conventions with Ami and I'm done being anything that isn't me. Might still be a huge mess but it'll be me lol

2024-06-14 02:41:56

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@npub1nxu…4hun I know I need to stop downplaying my art I can't help it. It's like a verbal tick, but I wouldn't be asking if I didn't think maybe I could do something

2024-06-13 23:05:50

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@npub1nxu…4hun what's the art style? Is there existing examples. My art is weak but my graphic design used to be middling.

2024-06-13 11:00:51

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@npub1nxu…4hun it's cool but also leans into the animation style these seem to have.

2024-06-13 10:46:46

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@npub1nxu…4hun just now noticing the little glinting effect on the metals that's cool as hell

2024-06-13 10:45:24

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@npub1nxu…4hun just need a sticker on your screen and drag every image you see into the right position, it would make reading the news more interesting

2024-06-12 00:30:41

Some more creatures tonight, some Puca, started at groot and ended up close to fairy flapper.
#art
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2024-06-11 15:46:44

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@npub1um7…2mt3 are you one of those shorts-in-winter kind of people?

2024-06-10 19:51:27

Drawing rocks was harder than trees - that's the opposite of what I expected.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/594/062/470/909/236/original/b6740fe782518673.jpeg

2024-06-09 15:14:12

Sorry I keep posting my rubbish sketches but it's really helping me feel comfortable about sharing them. And hopefully I'm getting a little bit better. The snake men was a few days ago, the 3 characters yesterday, and I'll post some mini landscapes if I get them finished today.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/587/307/564/724/729/original/fdf13c36414686c1.jpeg
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2024-06-08 17:39:17

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@npub1ddh…8a5v it's a fix! You cheated by being very talented and putting in a lot of work until your work was of an outstanding quality.

2024-06-08 13:59:09

Finding a little time for all of the hobbies today, another sketchy witchy sketch. I think I need to start sketching them bigger.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/581/351/426/750/954/original/3045cdd5b0de2652.jpeg

2024-06-08 12:44:31

A couple of minis from Rogue Element finished today. Nice to get back to painting for a bit.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/581/054/556/296/746/original/988c102d2e9bdaf8.jpeg
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2024-06-08 08:56:45

I bought some really cheap plastic bonsai trees because I've not found a good way of making wargaming trees. The leaves are probably too big but I think if I clean up the armatures or make my own then do some...thing with the foliage these could work. I have others coming in a second batch and still have only spent £10
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/580/162/819/876/488/original/9c7c852b11be5669.jpeg

2024-06-06 20:47:21

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@npub1nxu…4hun otherwise they'd just look like normal earth anthropomorphic biker mice

2024-06-06 20:41:55

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@npub1nxu…4hun the faction has bikes, that's all I'm saying
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/571/613/544/624/390/original/14cd87ad8af5fac0.jpg

2024-06-06 20:37:49

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@npub1nxu…4hun I love this colour scheme so much

2024-06-03 15:03:40

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@npub1z00…j4g9 I haven't played it we had our own ruleset but I'll probably pick up their starter box at some point so I'll get the rules for it then.

2024-06-03 15:00:16

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@npub1z00…j4g9 the plastic ones look great. I made my first ones from foamcore but they're in bad need of an upgrade. Unfortunately the wild west bug has moved on for most here so it'll have to wait til it comes back around.

2024-06-03 14:54:40

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@npub1z00…j4g9 I'm your huckleberry. Love these I've painted up a bunch already and recently bought more MDF terrain for playing.

2024-06-02 22:38:11

Spent a little while doing some sketches tonight, trying to figure out shading with different techniques.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/549/422/047/601/671/original/5715a18cc64cce13.jpeg

2024-06-02 15:00:36

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@npub1nxu…4hun this? https://github.com/open-source-tabletop/wargamer-blogs I've added it to my profile too

2024-06-02 13:03:11

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@npub1nxu…4hun so you're saying families are like gasses. They expand to fill the spaces they're in

2024-06-01 23:25:04

Finished painting the Bodyguard and got a nice pic of the Cerberus Mech while I was at it
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/543/940/210/146/102/original/894d6379d4e90483.jpeg
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2024-06-01 16:59:09

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@npub1um7…2mt3 mate far too kind. I appreciate the signal boost on it, I kinda felt run down all week so feel like I limped across the line but some polish and some better promotion materials should lift it up a little.