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Eff It, We Dev! | Game Design Mind Mapping | Robot Miniature Project

Now that the spooks are over, time to go back to figuring out this wargame! Join me!

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#gameDesign #wargaming #minatures #Canadian #3DPrinting

I'm building a second "Minionmobile" prop for my "Minions at Work" photocomics which I'm doing for #PulphouseFictionMagazine these days. Almost finished. I just need to extend the roof supports to accommodate the larger figure (the golf cart I started with is about 1/10th scale, the figures 1/6th). Lots more info in the photo's alt text. Check it out.
#hobbies #minatures #actionfigures #minionsatwork #photocomics #toys #webcomic #hollowVolcano

The original white Minionmobile which has served me for years, is in the background. The new one is a modified golf-cart panted a warm orange with redish-brown seats. An action figure in sleeveless white jumpsuit (the Minions At Work uniform) sits in the driver's seat. The new vehicle is marked with the number "3," the universal visual science fiction code for "there are more than one of these, even if we just built one. There are at least three, and if you buy that, there could be a hundred, right?" The joke being that I actually built two.
The trouble with this is that it looks almost TOO good to fit the MAW aesthetic. I really need to weather and dirty it up. You can also see that I need to cut and extend the metal roof supports about an inch to allow for the larger figure. The seats have already been elevated, and a cutout made in the dash to give a little more foot room. This thing is very undersized, but cramming the larger figures into it gives me a "clown car" feel that plays into the humor of the strip. EVERYTHING the Minions use, from their uniforms to their vehicles, has to be kind of off-spec or inferior in a way that could probably get them killed.
"Sooner or later, EVERYONE ends up working for the forces of Evil."

"So what's this new hobby you wanted to show me?" I followed my friend in.

"Painting maxiatures."

"You mean miniatures, ri-? HO GEEZ!" I jumped back as an 8-foot orc grinned at me from the side.

"Relax," my friend knocked on his arm with a couple hollow clunks.

"Uh, there isn't anything gory or anything, is there?" I asked nervously.

"Nah! Come on out back! I'll show you my progress on the Saturn V!"

#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction #painting #minatures

I turned in the latest installment of my "Minions at Work" photo comics to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine today, allowing me some time to work on building some Minions props, a process that's a lot more relaxing that doing comic layout and dialog writing.
One ongoing element of my comics is that most of them incorporate one or more "Minion Cats," even if they aren't integral to the plots or jokes of that comic. The premise is that, due to a lab accident, Minion cat (there was originally only one) has become in space, time, and now, the multiverse, and they pop in and out of existence at will, sometimes "many" of them at once.
The cats are "played" by hand painted and sometimes customized plastic cat figures decorated in a "Minion uniform" pattern. The originals originated as a bag of toy cats I ordered from Amazon. Later, I ordered a whole BOX of the same cats from a seller who supplies prizes and favors to carnivals and fairs. With extras, I started cutting them up, swapping parts, and adding limited articulation to some like turning heads and movable tails. A few others are actually 3D printed.
But before I found that carnival supplier, I ordered a lot of other cats on-line hoping for alternate poses to use. Instead, I discovered that most listing for these things are vague or inaccurate in describing the size, and ended up with several assortments of cats that were too small. And thus, came the idea for "minion kittens." I started painting a few, and finished exactly one, before putting it aside as being very difficult. My hands aren't that steady, some some of the "Minion" pattern is pretty fidgety.
But recently I discovered "brush tip" markers for art and calligraphy and wondered if they could be used for painting details on action figures. Tonight I tried it out, and so far, pretty good. I made some slips, but it made it MUCH easier to paint the details on the smaller cats. I don't know of the paint will fade or rub off. Only time and further experiments will tell. But I'm happy with things so far.
In related news, I today and realized that our new shorthair cat, Notty, is a very good physical match for Minion cat. I pulled out a tape measure and sure enough, she's an almost exact scale match for her 1/6th scale counterparts. I can use photo reference of her to design future custom cats, and to figure out better carrying positions and poses for my 12" action figure characters. I asked my wife if that made Notty tax deductible, but she just laughed...

#minionsatwork #pulphousefictionmagazine #Minioncats #notmycat #nottycat #catstodon #catsofmastodon #cats #minatures #comics #photocomicsl

Work table covered with paint-spattered newspaper on which sit various paints and supplies, and seven plastic cats, all but one hand painted in a Minions uniform pattern. Five of these are the smaller "minions kittens."

The face of a contemplative gray and black shorthaired tabby cat. The work table and racks of paint bottles can be seen out of focus in the background.

I've had a great #weekend!
Spent most of yesterday with friends #painting #minatures.

Took these from a half finished prpject taking forever to an almost finished team of wonderful rats. Finished the bases today. Gonna varnish them when this fog lifts (read: not tonight).

#hobby #warhammer #skaven

A team of five different rats in a read and orange colour scheme with yellow rimmed bases.

I sometimes go to absurd and pointless effort making or modifying props for my "Minions at Work" action Figure photo comics. I enjoy it, and especially now (how about this failed timeline, huh?), I find it to be an anxiety reliever and mood booster.
I found this weird but interesting fashion doll sink (Maybe from the "Monster High" line? Just a guess...) in a thrift store. Originally the stand was black and the sink itself a dark pink. I gave the stand a weathered antique gold finish with acrylic paints, and tried to give the sink more of a natural sea-shell look. The drain was painted with metallic chrome and black brush markers (my first time using the, VERY nice!) and I also used the chrome marker to detail the faucet and valve handles.
Now it will go with the collection of set items for the evil steampunk submarine Naughtyless, belonging to supervillain Captain Rehab. Unlikely it will ever appear as more than a background piece, but maybe I'll think of something more prominent to do with it.

#MinionsAtWork #PulphouseFictionMagazine #actionfigures #fashiondolls #comics #photocomics #making #makers #minatures #dioramas #comics

The tabletop set where I shoot most of my "Minions at Work" photo cartoons for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. A black on white Minions cat sits in a cat bed at lower left. Also in the foreground are a felt marker (for scale) and just on the edge, a yellow floor tent-sign that reads "CAUTION: GENIUS AT WORK," thought you can't actually read it in the picture. Behind this Minion No. 1 (seen only from shoulders down) standing leaning on a barrel of radioactive sludge riding on a hand truck. A chemical laboratory bench is in the background. In the middle is a steampunk sink, with an artfully curved gold-tone base that also supports a round, low, shelf apparently made of rippled blue glass. The sink bowl appears to be made from a giant clam shell. The faucet is shaped like a sea horse, and the curved handles are fish, heads down, tails arched over backs.

Ray Harryhausen: Miniature Models of the Silver Screen
Exhibit at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum!
#movies #silverscreen
#minatures #props #specialfx #kalamazoo #michigan https://kalamazoomuseum.org/exhibits/ray-harryhausen-miniature-models-of-the-silver-screen

Finally finished the model I got for Christmas! The original kit is a detective agency that's very clearly supposed to be Sherlock Holmes-themed, but I changed some things and made some pieces from scratch to make it Sam Spade's office instead. My own creations don't look quite as polished as the pieces that came with the kit, but I'm still pretty pleased with the end result.

(Also pictured: a cat for scale)

#SamSpade #FilmNoir #MalteseFalcon #HumphreyBogart #minatures #MiniaturePainting #diorama #Rolife

A picture of a model. It's a diorama of a room; specifically, a detective's office. A typewriter sits on a messy desk next to a recreation of the Maltese falcon statuette. There's a bulletin board covered in papers and red string hanging above the desk, and 'Samuel Spade' is painted in reverse on the glass pane of the door in the back of the room.

A picture of a model. It's a diorama of a room; specifically, a detective's office. The camera is focused on a chair. A leather satchel and some papers are placed on the chair. In the background are a desk; a tall bookcase; and a wooden crate that has 'Property of Sam Spade' printed on its side. All objects are covered in clutter and mess.

A picture of a model. It's a diorama of a room; specifically, a detective's office. A closeup on a messy desk covered in detritus: a lit, working lamp; a decanter of liquor; a magnifying glass; a typewriter with a piece of paper loaded into it and in use; and a replica of the Maltese falcon statuette. On the wall above the desk hangs a bulletin board covered in papers and red string, and a framed certificate.

A picture of a model. It's a diorama of a room; specifically, a detective's office. A cat perches behind the model, dwarfing it in size.

Some old school Stormtroopers joined by my Navigator joins the Inquisition #warhammer #warhammer40k #minatures #painting

I’m taking my time with this tiny kit and not rushing through it. These things are so fiddly, and smaaaaaal.

Today I assembled the bed and piano!
#Minatures #Today

Instruction page for assembling a miniature piano.

Instruction page for assembling a miniature bed.

A tiny model piano with sheet music, a framed picture and a plant.

A tiny bed with a headboard, blanket, pillow and magazine.

#Today my brain is full of hormones and everything is yucky. I know I need a creative project to straighten out my mood but I can’t focus on anything with stakes. So I pulled out this little kit somebody gifted me a while ago. It is SO TINY and focusing on it has calmed down the hormone soup in my head. There’s no way I’ll finish it today, but I’m really enjoying the fiddly, tediousness. #Minatures

A box labeled “Building Block Town” with a picture of a tiny building with multiple rooms.

An instruction book for “Luna’s Apartment” with a picture of a two story miniature apartment.

A tiny wooden shelf with what looks like CDs and records on it.

Also yesterday: We played some #warhammer #underworlds wich was great #fun. But also, these started taking shape and I'm much looking forward to continuing working on them. I decided on red/orange clothing and a warm tone grey/brown for fur..

#painting #minatures

Three minature sculpts of humanoid rats. Mostly primed white, but with some colour on them.

Three minature sculpts of humanoid rats. Mostly primed white, but with some colour on them. Slightly differently focused than the other picture.

I think these are done now. Don't know what I'll #paint tomorrow. Maybe I'll just take a break.

The only team I have primed now is another stormcaster team and I'm not really in the mood to do more of them.. It's too cold and wet out to prime anything new.

But I am surprised how much more I feel like playing these now that they're painted..
#warhammer #underworlds #minatures

Three models from the game warhammer underworlds. They're clad in white with blue cloaks. The have different weapons but look mostly like they're in the middle of doing some magic. Sidelit in green from the left.

This week is shaping up to be pretty hectic.

#Work is winding down for a #holliday break but all the stuff that has to get done before then still needs doing.

#School is pretty much done, just has to get all done.

Shopping needs doing, and baking for lucia..

I've still managed to do some #painting every day for the last little while and that's been really fun 🙂 (pics later maybe 🤷‍♀️😉)

#warhammer #minatures

I just ordered so much plastic, so much..

#minatures #hobby #games

This stuff is amazing, it's sooooo much better than normal super glue! 😍

#3DPrinting #minatures #3DPrint

Vendors gift. Love these. Now to get more #minatures and #modelkits

Warhammer World in Nottingham was amazing!

(Apologies for no alt text, I'll try to remember to add it later)

#warhammer #nottingham #WarhammerFantasy #warhammer40k #minatures

Submitted the "Minions at Work" cartoon for #PulphouseFictionMagazine issue 35 at 3:34AM last night. I'm currently doing a 2 page story plus a "cover" photo for the mock comic cover that leads off the feature. The cover is essentially a stand-alone single panel cartoon having nothing to do with the actual story (but probably with the following issue's story). We've had printing contrast problems on the B&W print edition, which I hope we've fixed.
#comics #sequentialArt #minatures #actionFigures

Back at work shooting another "Minions at Work" photo cartoon for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Shooting on an improvised table in my shop/studio rather than the usual benchtop "mini-stage" in my office. I really need a bigger/better sky backdrop, but this was unplanned and I had to improvise.

#comics #photoComics #actionFigures #minatures #specialEffects #MinionsAtWork #PulphouseFictionMagazine

#Minatures

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