I guess I should do an introduction... I joined Mastodon way back when Twitter imploded (not that I was on Twitter, but it seemed like the place to be), but really didn't figure it out. Now that Reddit's imploding, I'm gonna give it a real shot. I read that it's only polite to do an intro so here I am.
I go by Krispy in every place except work, I'm 36, married, with a dog, two cats, and two snakes. I don't have kids and do not plan to. I have a variety of hobbies, some outdoor (biking, disc golf, birdwatching, etc), some more sedentary (video games, board games, reading, etc), some creative (miniature painting, fountain pen/handwriting, TTRPGs), and some consumptive (tea, baking)... I'm probably missing some.
I love animals/wildlife/ecology. I got my Masters in wildlife parasitology and though I don't use that in my career, I've kept that curiosity and interest. I'm obsessed with paleontology and obscure animals.
I love stories, mostly fantasy, sci fi, mystery/thriller, romance, in virtually any medium. I'm currently playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, reading Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan, listening to A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie, and watching Drag me to Dinner.
I have a strong science background and believe in questioning everything, but with the understanding that I can't know everything and much in life is unintuitive, so something not making sense to me does not mean it's wrong.
I have no idea how to find people to follow, so if anyone makes it to the end of this and thinks I seem interesting enough to follow, I'll follow you back... I'll start there.
This might have been one of my favourite models to paint. I'm a huge fan of the Labyrinth already but getting to paint this for someone I care about makes it really special. I'm quite proud of how his face has turned out.
Worked some more on my new #Mordheim#rescuehammer kids. Lots of love for this here sorcerer but he's a bit of a problem given his previous owner didn't varnish him before priming. Chipping might occur.
Anyway once I've gone and done the skin I'll show you some sexy chaos leg action
My first #AgeOfSigmar models, I think. Cloaks are gradations of contrast, and technical paints.
Those gorgeous bases are so full of details I went with a just nuln oil and agrax wash approach to contrast the vivid greens, with the occasional splash of colour or metallics
For a one-session-and-done #speedpaint I'm pretty happy.
Rather than sit around all day and be miserable I went outside saw people and was un-miserable. I still ended up somewhat rushing this single solitary #40k or #aos objective marker for today's #miniPainting. I had planned on picking out a few parts with white and then using a colour express to make some details pop, but, I thought it looked so much better just like this that I decided to pick out a lot of details in white and just leave them like that.
Snail mama by Micheal Kontraros, this bust was particularly difficult to paint because the tool marks from the clay sculpture carried over. It wasn’t nice and smooth even after proper preparation.I wanted to capture a kind of playful maliciousness in kind of an illustration /comic style.
Yesterday evening was school #WarhammerAlliance and I got a boy and girl to paint #bloodbowl gnomes for me. I also did things with a pla printer that I should not have done but let's not talk about that.
I also restarted the skin and carapace on my #JeanSteelersCult mutants. Please tell me what you think of this shoulder so I can decide.
Nearly completed the first of two #Mordheim wells (gotta be prepared for the 🎲🎲) and then started my @Thrudball legacy team Akhorne, inspired by @StuWatts ofc. #nutsforthenutgod ofc but THIS THING IS SO EFFING SMOL
Was notified that i would need a sidekick for #rangersofshadowdeep so i painted this in a matter of 45 minutes.
Yes you probably recognise Boris Johnson in this. It's post apocalyptic BoJo by @FenrisGames and I bought it for my proxy #BloodBowl#CountBBFace team, in case the revised Vampires had a Thrall lineman.
Painted something just for fun and the glory of my hoooouuuussse
Since I know I won't get time to get many done I'm keeping the paint job really simple and just calling out the main stuff. Tried really hard to keep the red in the colours to help them look more cohesive and board gamey when playing.
I'm known to be insufferably stuck in the past, so unlike normal #MiniaturePainting people who might strip and repaint their earlier figures, I'm going to paint a whole other copy of this #dwarf. I even happen to still have the rest of the square bases package that I used in 2012...