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@ravendas.bsky.social

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He/Him, lefty, boardgames, tabletop gamer, #terrain maker, 3d printing stuff, occasional #minis painter. Luddite re: plagiarism machines

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello! I'm Ravendas! I like boardgames, skirmish games, making terrain with Hirst Arts plaster pieces and occasionally painting a mini. I made my own purple hex gaming table and decorate with @hollandspiele.bsky.social games on my wall.

Purple hexagonal boardgame table in a corner with boardgames framed on the wall as art

A large shelf filled with boardgames

Wargame terrain in the shape of bridges on a hill, with an archer behind a broken wall.

Gamesworkshop Horns of Hashut minis from the Warcry game painted in a display.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 17h

Just listen to the soundtrack with your eyes closed and imagine a better movie tbh

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah the NIN soundtrack was really good! They can do ambient moody techno stuff needed here really well (i am not good at describing music)

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 17h

I saw it, he doesn't once say "It's tron'n time", two thumbs down

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 20h

Music was amazing. Saw it in IMAX which blew my gd ears off though.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 20h

Saw Tron: Ares last night. NOT great. Feel like Jared Leto was like "what if i was the best and coolest dude ever" and made a movie with a self insert.
Also, it's basically "what if tron stuff in the real world," and like, i just want to see the tron world. The grid. Get me outa this real world.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

It's a nice movie! We listen to the soundtrack in the car when my kids need a pick me up. They love it.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

The Bell Riots?

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

Just watch like, Tron.Legacy(2011)[1080p].mp4 or w/e

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

Going to see Tron: Ares in IMAX tonight because a friend REALLY loves Tron, and bought the tickets before any reviews came out.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, this response got me blocked.

Ok, unrepentant AI slop usage, added to the list.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Is this good?

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Sucks that 'what is real and what is not' is being polluted by this kind of thing.

(It's not)

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate the enhanced visibility they have, given that most of their day is spent driving through residential areas

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I was showing my 8yo that her Frostgrave Wizard 2 bits match with the Frostgrave Soldiers 2 bits, so she can have a wizardly sword on a soldier, or the wavy sacrificial dagger for a thief.
I like how all(?) of the Frostgrave kits are made to be used together.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

I'm hoping to get a box of these when they hit stores in the US. I'll save the chainsaw bits for something else, but everything else in these looks really cool!

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't painted anything since Hades2 came out, ugh. I really need to paint something! I still have these three partially painted ruined house corners on my desk all prepped and ready right next to me.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

There was some old game called like "Brain Challenge" and I read it in a confused voice "Brian Challenge? Who is Brian?"

Oh dang, instantly failed it.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Reaper Bones Minis kickstarters like 1-3 (or 4, I forget) loaded me up with packs of goblins/orcs/hobgoblins/gnolls/ogres/trolls/etc. The Core Bullshit

But yeah, groups of these odd ones might best be served with some resin printing, which I don't do.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Need a Fetterman law, that if an elected official somehow does a 180 on every single view they espoused, then a special election can be called to replace them.

Sad his brain broke, we shouldn't all have to suffer for it.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 3d

Hades 2 lower run endboss spoiler, for those that haven't made it that far.

Yeah, he got wrecked.
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A screenshot from Hades 2 of the Chronos, Titan of Time, saying "Argh... I struck... not even once...?"

Which means he didn't deal any damage to me during the entire fight.

This was thanks to my first boon being "get 50% extra cash the whole night" and my final boon being "cash is armor, lose 3bucks per 1hp" and starting the fight with 800gold in my pocket.

So, he did touch me, but not through that golden armor.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta be honest here, no.

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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 3d

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 3d

That comment just got you blocked from three federations

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 3d

It's cheap! I have a charger at home for my EV. My electric cost overnight is 17.6c/kwh (DTE in Michigan), and my car reports I get 3 miles/kwh, so that's a little less than 6c per mile I drive.

Compared to gas at $3/gallon, 20mpg is 15c per mile.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 3d

Luddite refers to a blocklist I have for AI stuff.

Printing still at least pays 3d modelers. I just don't have the time to cast plaster as much as I did pre-marriage, pre-kids, pre-fulltime job :)

I still have a ton in bins that I use, but I don't know how many more I'll cast.