Gloomhaven is a game that lives and dies on (among other elements) its emerging story and sense of stakes to every decision. With that in mind, I recommend avoiding the contents of this article until the Angry Face and Circles classes are unlocked in your game. Gloomhaven spoilers ahead! Players not finished with the Gloomhaven… Read More Painting Gloomhaven’s Angry Face and Circles
Today we’re going to look at sunomono, which is a class of Japanese pickled salads. Specifically we’ll dive into two varieties that are relatively common in America, the cucumber-seaweed variety and the carrot-radish version that’s often found served with Vietnamese food. Along with the latter recipe I’ve included a simple entree of pan-fried salmon to… Read More Sunomono Salads
Shifting Realms, a game by Soaring Rhino (a team-up between veteran designer Craig Van Ness – the creator of Heroscape and Battleship Galaxies – and his brother Jeff), is in a nutshell a strategy board game heavily inspired by typical RTS video games including worker and warrior units and resource-producing buildings as major mechanics. The… Read More Painting Shifting Realms’ Dragon
Once upon a time I discovered antipasto for the first time. I was inspired! A combination of flavors and textures iconic of Italian snacking, with every part ritzy enough for my pointlessly expensive tastes! What could be better! I’d had what I now recognize as antipasto plenty of times, but I’d never approached it thoughtfully… Read More The Reinvention of Caprese
In the murky and distant past of 2013, my spouse went to Thailand on a (partially) college-sponsored trip. Knowing that I’m, well, me, they brought back as many photos of railroads as possible, which I of course found delightful. A few years passed and an idea percolated at the back of my mind: what if… Read More Building an N Scale Thai Railroad Diorama
I recently completed a commissioned repaint of an Advanced PET toy, as you can see above. Unfortunately I don’t have terribly many progress photos but I’ll do my best to put together a coherent tutorial on my process as I’ve had requested a few times. Note as we go through these steps that this is… Read More How to make your own PET!
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