Category: Ramblings
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Behind the Screen #04 – Renovations
We revisit our recent Rolemaster episode, and the challenges we faced with both long-term injury healing and combat statistic tracking, while discussing the end of the combat between Bob and the trolls. Then we discuss and lay out plans for our gaming space renovations, and show at least an AI concept of what the final…
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Behind the Screen #03 – Back Indoors
I shift my filming location back indoors, after dealing with poor color grading and swarms of mosquitos. I update on our Rolemaster campaign, and how I have realized the value of listening to the players when there is a rules dispute. I summarize our plans and recent activities with Pulp Alley, and lay out the…
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Behind the Screen – All about Bob
In this weeks discussion, we go into the background of Bob the Giant, and his origins in our group around 35 years ago. We also discuss the plot and logic behind our current Rolemaster scenario, and the danger the group finds themselves in. For Pulp Alley, we cover our first game, and the results for…
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Thumbnails
With our recent additional line of video content, the Behind the Screen blog, I made the attempt to create a more modern and engaging thumbnail. The obvious intent was to draw viewers and drive engagement. In developing it, I did all the usual things – I created mock ups, reviewed similar channels, and watched a…
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Behind the Screen – Welcome
Based on general feedback, I have started to remove the discussion and behind the scenes sections of our videos. Instead, I am going to start a weekly summary, review and discussion about the same topics. This was it doesnt confuse the primary content videos, but also gives me an outlet for GM advice and game…
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WLO-5 Repulsor Tank and Imperial Probe Droids
Recent releases for Star Wars Legion got me motivated to paint a large model, and a newly acquired set of Army Painter Speed Paints gave me the tools. Admittedly, most of the tank is Army Paint Air colors, but plenty of speedpaints were used in the details. The crew was done in Citadel Contrast Paints,…
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Patreon returns
I spent some time, and recalibrated my expectations, and Patreon is back. I disabled the site last summer, after I realized that the ask was high, while the benefits were low. As much as I was hopeful that many people would leap at the chance to throw support to the channel, it was not realistic.…
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Rebranding
I have started a process to rebrand my various channels and activities, to focus and update the content. This doesn’t change any of the format or content itself, consider it a fresh coat of paint instead. Part of this involves a rename of the YouTube channels, but also a new set of logos and colors.…