I haven’t played games with others since Covid, but I do solo board gaming. I try to do a few hours first thing on a Saturday or Sunday (when most of the family are still asleep). For my painting, I have a daily news show 6pm to 7pm every day. I tend to paint while I sit and listen to that. Saturday I do the same with the Weekender and Sunday with…[Read more]

Does anyone have a specific “hobby day” to get stuff done?

Yes, no, maybe. I planned to but it never really happened.

Technically 1st Monday of the month is Hobby Hangout on a German discord with paint and chat.

Tuesday is The Hobby Hangout (does that count as hobby on my part?)

Wednesday is Hobby Hump Hangout on OTT Discord.

Thursdays is my…[Read more]

How does everyone else manage their time when there are more hobbies than hours in a day?

I only really have the one hobby although that breaks down into two main parts: gaming, and painting and project development.  I try to get at least some hobby in every day, preferably painting, even if it is just a few minutes.  Sunday is the main day that I…[Read more]

Does anyone have a specific “hobby day” to get stuff done?
I’m thinking of “rota-ing” (is that a word?) my hobbies, to fit them all in.
I’ve really enjoyed getting back into painting minis, but it’s competing with my time for “tufting” (for which I started a weekly class a few months ago, every Friday evening) and all the other nonsense I get up…[Read more]

Maybe the bubble for 3D printing is about to burst for real?

There is no 3D bubble as such I think. It’s just saturated. Too much free and cheap stuff out there so actually well done stuff that needs to be paid for so that the artists can make a living is getting buried.

I’m starting to agree with those who say that humanity peaked at the end of t…

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Another month down and I’m slowly working through the Draugr.  Here is the latest section:

That’s 2 more Midgard bases done.  I’m 4/5 of the way through this army now.  With these guys going quickly and a couple of other bits getting finished I’m at 286/365.

Yeesh, peak humanity in the age of Babylon 5 and The X-Files? I’m sure @avernos would agree. Heh heh heh

As far as removing the notion of doom and gloom I’m not sure that my continued hobby helps. I just got my set of The Unmade from Warcry finished. I think the body horror element were great to push GW creativity. I might take up Kings of War…[Read more]

At the risk of breaking the “no politics” rule, it really does feel like this late-stage capitalism is starting to eat even itself.
AI is preferable over straight searching for stuff – not because it’s “better” but because the need to thrust yet more crap for us to buy in front of as many eyeballs as possible has made Google search not even fit…[Read more]