Captain Jean-Luc Picard is, and always will be, my captain. And today is the day that we celebrate it. Because he’s a role model.
While my captain may be getting a bit older (though he barely looks it) I'm very much looking forward to what's still to come. The first season of Star Trek Picard was good (not great) but I have some high hopes for season 2 coming... soon-ish.
In fact, all I got done was priming her, and trying out one of the new paints on her blade... but then, I decided to get back to her. Didn't seem fair to leave her just primed like that.
She's one of Reaper's new Bones USA minis, and I have to say the quality is good! The material feels a little brittle. I'd be far more hesitant to just chuck her across the room than I would with say the Bones imps.
Unfortunately I was REALLY bad about taking WiP pics. I can tell you what I used for colors... generally.
The blade is Hot Blue and Sparkling Snow.
The blue of her "outfit" is Mercury Fliers Blue.
The grey of almost everything else is Cloudy Grey
Her skin is Tanned Flesh, and her hair, buckles, and habaki is an unnamed sample yellowish orange.
The green of the decide on her hip is Jungle Moss and Viper Green
She still needs a proper base, but otherwise another one done! Though looking at the back, the power-pack/backpack could use a little more defining...
Painting the imps was a last minute beer fueled decision. But one that turned out okay!
I started with the usual warm soapy water wash, glued them to bases, and added sand. Then I primed with grey liner.
And because I ended up using these for the Reaper Challenge League, the red one was going to be my limited palette entry. This months colors were red, brown, and yellow.
For the other 2 I went with a blue and a green. Above is them with just the base colors on.
And here they are with all the highlights and details painted in.
They're tiny, and a little goofy, but I'm pleased with my results from what ended up being a single sitting.
The Pandemic continues… but I’m fully immunized, and life feels a little less stressful. The new apartment is working out really well, and I got myself a new standing desk, which is great both for work, blogging (which I need to do more of), and even painting.
Gaming
Nick the Pike continues his explorations of Rappan Athuk (or the area around it). I need to write up a couple of session reports, which I plan on doing this week.
I also ran a game of Stonehell. I think we’ll switch off DMing going forward. I’m feeling like I’ve got the brain power to actually run again… but maybe not every week.
Haven’t gotten to play any Stargrave yet… and barely touched the minis. I made some space gnolls, but need to paint them up. Trying to refrain from just assembling a bunch of stuff and leaving it unpainted.
Miniatures
Making decent progress with my painting, both in terms of simply getting minis painted, and also the quality of what I get painted. Not including the Stargrave minis mentioned above.
And these imps were fun to paint!
And this is what I’ve got planned for June.
Media
Star Trek DS9 finished season 4, almost done with season 5.
Matrix 1, 2, 3
Goals - keeping it simple this month.
Play at least 1 game of Stargrave
Paint some minis
Play some D&D
I previously painted up the Sligg Soldier from Bones 4, and this month got around to painting his companion the Sligg herder.
Starting off with the usual soapy warm water scrub, I painted him with a roughtly 2:1 mix of Green Liner and clear coat. I find that the green liner doesn't work as well as the brown for adherence, and mixing in the clear coat seems to help.
I used a mix of Jungle Moss and Viper Green for the skin, Asmodeus Red for the back spikes, tipped with a sample orange-yellow paint.
On the chest, I used the same sample color mixed with linen white. The yellow of the gloves is Callistra Yellow, and the metallic zapper is Retro Red Steel.
The cable is a blend of Armor and Hot Blue. The belt was painted with Earth Brown, and the eyes with Pure Black.
I still hate the flat integrated base. I wish they'd have put some texture on it, or not attached it to a base.
Until I figure out what I'm doing with the base, I'm calling it done!
I have a number of book that I like on my shelves, both physical and digital, from authors who it turns out hold abhorrent beliefs or are just scumbags in real life. I hate that. Books that I enjoy reading, game books I liked using...
While it's pretty true, maybe universally true that everything you like is problematic to one extent or another, I want to spend my limited time enjoying things that are less problematic. I want to be able to recommend things that won't support people who's views I not only don't support, but actively oppose.
Obviously that's easy when I know, but sometimes I don't, not until later.
And so, having supported someone that I won't going forward, I still have these books.
I don't want to just trash them. I have a visceral revulsion to throwing away books.
I could sell them, at least the physical ones. I could make a bit of cash for them, but I don't know that it's worth the effort.
I can just continue to enjoy and use them, while making sure to note that the authors are crap if I have to reference them.
I'm not sure what the answer is, or even if there is any particular answer that is right.
