afrikprophet

my grandmother died today, painless and happy. she was in her 80's

Well I've done it. I fianlly finnished a terrain set and put some of it up on ebay. I really like what I've made so far. I would have kept a few but we don't have a space for a gaming table at home just yet. here are some pics of the ones I have put up.



( more pictures here... )

This is a pic of my "Alia of the Knife" pattern Cannonness. She is decked out to take on heavy infantry and tanks with an inferno pistol and Eviscerator. The Jumppack is taken from the Captain Shrike model. I painted this for a contest among the NYC GW staff this summer. I think it came out pretty good and held its own rather well.

Well its been a while and my life has changed considerably. 1. I left GW: it was getting a too hectic with not enough money coming in, so I left.
2. Temp agencies can suck, I've registered with a few agencies and haven't gotten anything, although that may be because of the timing. I know brilliant right :) but have no fear ...
3. I've started doing a bit of ebay bizness and plan on selling painted models online. I've actually made out pretty good over the past two weeks and its kept me from being totally broke over xmas. I'll post some pics soon.
4. I've made a resolution to listen to as much up beat music as possible. weather its stuff like the Go! Team, bouncy jungle or breakbeats. I need to work for my happiness as hard as I work on my minis. in short all is good and I am actually feeling good about things despite my less than spectacular circumstances, wait what am I saying My circumstances are great! I'm making money off of the skills I learned over the past year, I have a woman that loves me, I am keeping a roof over my head and I can go to work in my boxers!

BOH!

so I bring you this for the marvel heads
Last Emperor -Secret Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SPjPGeYlMU

I felt productive this week. Did a lot of reading and re reading, had my exam for my next raise and made an appointment, finnally to see the doctor for a physical. On top of that I'm actually working on writing something for publication, a little thing for Rifts but should be flexible enough for any RPG. Hopefully I will have it done by the end of the week.

So I just found a new game called Fae Noir by Green Fairy Games , it looks awsome so far, bootlegging and spell slinging. I downloaded the preview last night and am probly going to pick up the core book once I get paid on Friday. I'm glad I have that day and Sunday off :).
The system reminds me of a cross between cyberpunk 2020 and White Wolf's storyteller system, seems to be pretty flexible and from the reviews that I read and green fairy's LJ I think the combat system will be pretty fun to run as well. I totally want to dowload a bunch of 1920's jazz songs right now and work on an adventure. Its rare that a game excites me this much before I even have a physical copy in my hands. 

and well. GW is working me to the bone but its all good. I love the job. doing a bit of writing, hopefully making some rpg/flash fic/comic stuff. I'm scaling back some, moving forward in other ways, hopefully it wont be 19 weeks between posts again.

Well things are comming together slowly but surely. The podcast plan of all fo them is probly the easiest one to pull off. It simply requiers me doing what I like doing. I'm going to set aside some cash from my paycheck this week and record the first session on monday morning. I'm trying to think of a title.  A name along the lines of "...And the Kitchen Sink" is appealing to me right now. The pod cast will most likely run about 30 minutes or so. I'm thinking about half of it will be really good older songs frommy vault and the other half newer music from artists and friends that I admire. Here is a sample playlist

"Railing"- Roni Size and Reprazent
"Sex" - Atari Teenage Riot
"Hold Tight" - Dalek
"Across 110th Street" - Bobby Womak
"Baltimore" - Nina Simone
"Slow Country (Simply Rub-a-Dub)" -Gorillaz vs Spacemonkeyz

On the hobby/gaming side of things I'm starting a Mage Chronicle on monday and getting some speed painting experience in wiht one of the shop projects. is it bad that I kind of want ot make a Space Ork army for WH40k?

damn I haven't posted in a long time. Things have been m oving pretty fast. but I have some quiet time this easter, thinking aboput new beginnings ressurections and the like. So I'm starting up the old blog again and giving my self some goals.
1. do a podcast
found a hosting service that macedonia uses for just a few bucks I can do a bi monthly show. I've talked to some people and will be able to get some links up.

2. Become a better hobbyist/dj/producer/writer
I haven't been working on my pown projects in regards to miniatures and modeling and gaming and reading. in fact I find that I spend alot of my time at home just zoning out when I am alone. This isn't good. I don't want to waste time anymore. I spent a good four hours today just reading and it felt great. I want to do the same later tonight mixing, which I have been slacking for no good reason even more so since I got new needles last month. I want to run awsome games, make awsome games and throw down good music.

3. Keep up the journal.
yeah I do this about every six months but damnit I'm goign to keep a record of things. even if its just a reminder of how I am doing. Its easy to forget the successes you have .

4. Keep that PMA.

I was reading of all things a mage supplement the other day and one of the in-world essays the fictional author was going on about how the "art" in this particular case magic,is in everything you do. I want to remember that.To make my life my art again.

 Cristen is asleep and I am wide awake. It hardly even registers that its 1am right now. I've just spent some time looking up Boltthrower album art and downloads, and now I am seeking out thoser really well produced songs that I remember from highschool and college that I like, even if I didn't feel all of the artists work or thought they were overhyped.

In other news the job is getting interesting. We had some major personnel shifts and had a period where it was just me and one other guy S. working the shop. It has been hectic but we are getting out of it very soon. I still love the job, but I confesst o having some real hair pulling moments in my breif career as a hobby specialist.

Music wise thing are looking up. I've decided to get back in to the mix, litterally. I have a few possible gigs in the air. I still need to get some replacement needles for my turntables. Did a little bit of record shopping two weeks ago and found some really really incredible records. I'll post more about them soon.

"I don't sleep 'cause sleep is the brother of death"
-who the hell said this!

I GOT THE JOB YAaAAAAAAAAYYYYYYAY GW HERE I COME!

I got a call from the manager of the games workshop store on 8th street he want me to come in for an interview on thursday. I hope this works. I need a steady job, especially since the tours are slacking with the weather.

read it here from crooks and liars.

how far up his ass does his head have to be. I'm just sayin... ya know.. anybody?

well I was holding off posting this untill I was absolutly sure but the show on the 28th is canceled. The venue is acessable byonly one train line and thats goign tobe shut down this weekend, that on top of some other factors led to the canceling, and hopefully the rescheduling of the event. last sunday's chaos frame gig at baggot was less than motivating. We played great but there was only one person in the audiance. *shrug*

After watching the video of this I have to say that I was moved. yeah moved. and angry.These are the reasons that I want to get in to politics, to stop sitting on my ass and twiddlign my thumbs.

A day with out Habeas Corpus


its worth it.

So I am up and awake early today and decided to make some use of myself and not be lazy.

1. fold up all the clothes that are in the plastic bags filling up my room.
2. do one more load of laundry
3. vaccume
4. edit dads essay
5. do some more marketing for the upcomming gigs.
6. deposit check the moment it comes in

it's free!!!!!!

I had a double headder sceduled for later this month, a class from nj wanting 2 tours in the same day. Well they wanted to reschedule, fine. but the new date they want is in November. So it looks like I am going to be out 220 for october, which seems to be the magic number for me this season. I fucking hate this shit sometimes. I get to the point of almost having enough to carry over in to next month and then some shit happens. If it had been just one tour I would have atleast been able to pay my rent now I'm going to be short again. Even if I start tutoring by monday, if they pay biweekly like most places I'm not goign to be seeing that money for like almost a month. Why the hell am I doing this?