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Ravendas

@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

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.

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 6h

Lol, this response got me blocked.

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

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 14h

Is this good?

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 14h

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

(It's not)

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 15h

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

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 16h

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.

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 16h

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!

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Gotta be honest here, no.

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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 1d

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

That comment just got you blocked from three federations

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

Yucky (approvingly). Looks great!

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

How's Hive Social doing nowadays? Did they make usernames as keys unique yet?

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

Lol bad news on that front: I got a 3d printer, and have printed up a whole board for Mordheim/Frostgrave.

I still do Hirst Arts stuff, just not as much. I use it like Lego with my kids to build pieces here and there.

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

I just tried to use it to look up my slop post, and it came up with nothing. I thought I broke something!

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

At something like 4800 now? The well's getting drier now, which is nice.

Just added a bunch of "AI findom" accounts, where someone generates anime girls and pretends to be them, and then you're supposed to send them money?? And they act bratty??

Comeon, save that for the real life findoms.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 1d

You all might want to come up with a better handle, you're going to get caught in anti-ai filters
(I say, filtering for ai to add to my slop lists, and manually checking things)

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Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Hades 2 people, can you add an option to play the lyrics with the music you buy in camp? I got a certain Scylla song, and I was hoping to hear more than just the tune!

Really kinda sad about that one.

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Am I supposed to share my thoughts on bidets here, or what??

Ravendas @ravendas.bsky.social · 2d

Battlemasters, then later 2e 40k.

Before that I was DM'ing AD&D 2e, which I started with the Zanzer's Dungeon box, but that's not quite a wargame.