Quick question for anyone that may have some insights or opinions. Email newsletters. How do you feel about them? If it's your thing how often do you receive them? Do you tend to read them occasionally or every one (I know that's very subjective)? And if you write one or have written one what platforms would you recommend? I used MailChimp way way back but even then it had issues with being flagged as spam. I am considering creating one for an upcoming project to have more direct communication.
@Artemis201 I guess this would be closer to the crowdfundng project, at least a project that people may want to follow if not fund. I feel like it's convenient too but at the same time I don't subscribe to anything so I might be wrong and it's unpopular.
I for one will finally be bothering my ass for a change and downloading this ruleset - and discussing with my 3D printer endowed pals. I can only recommend you do the same, everything @pidgeon_pete turns his hands to is a pure joy.
Well done pal on getting this one across the line!
@rollleafd 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.
@rollleafd thanks though, as creator of the game I reserve the singular right only to see it's flaws. I'm sure after a day or two I'll be back to loving it for what it is. I did get to sit and paint more of the minis today without a deadline stress which was nice.
@rollleafd for painting? No absolutely the opposite. I've had (admittedly self imposed) deadlines on basically everything I've painted this year and it's kinda sucked. Painting used to be my main hobby so it just got done, I'd luxuriate in it, printed stuff just to keep me in minis, pile of shame? Never heard of it. Now I'm scrambling for time because it's the secondary hobby and finding it hard to paint well at all. I may have made some tweaks to my painting space that will help though.
@rollleafd a wee bairn is hard on the old hobby for sure, I fondly remember having a whole separate room to hobby and game in. No more lol. I'm a cupboard dweller and it's far from ideal but very good for keeping all the clutter and mess out of my way on a daily basis. I've been standing up to paint for a while and I like that but my recent acquisition is a bar stool for longer sessions and lazier days. My current issue is running out of space for what I'm about to start making.
@Moah it really is amazing to have the space to spread out but I don't know that I would again for mental health reasons - I need to be able to close away things and have an uncluttered living space. When I bought my first place I didn't think I was ever going to have kids, couldn't stand the idea lol. Then something just changed and voila. Never been particularly well off so I make do and I am happy with that. I think I've posted it before but I think I make very do with my cupboard space
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.
Half of the clear plastic ghosts box painted up. Knowing how quick and easy they are, I'll smash through the other half of the box when I only have a couple of hours to spare.
Done some drawing tonight, I think I might actually be getting better. 3D modelling gas definitely helped me a lot just sort of figuring out shape. Not entirely but a wee bit. These are for a project I'm cooking up, of which they will be just a small part.
Have been bed-ridden* since Tuesday afternoon incapacitated by fucking flu, and last night at 00:30 I woke up to an arrhythmia. Beta blockers worked a treat the way they usually do and I've now had enough of being ill.
Got mildly dressed, went downstairs, and am now tapping into that sweet sweet endorphins release.
@erikcats you can't casually ask an etymology question and not get an actual answer, time to rizz 'em with my 'tism! Ridden is from rider, so you're riding your bed. Riddled would be if you were covered in beds, and comes from hriddel which I had to look up, it's a kind of sieve, so to be covered in holes I guess.
@trumpet I will absolutely leave in this case and I think many others might too, I know I can personally block them but it's a principal thing, they are an organisation with a horrendous record on many issues and any other server would be defederated if they did the same.
@trumpet that content is front and center if you just look and is deliberately unmoderated. That's why it's a line I won't cross. But if that's what your users want.