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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 11h

Frankly, no. Regardless of his work, Star Trek shouldn't hire Andrew Probert. He is such a disappointment.

His presence in this confirms that, right now, Star Trek is more focused on nostalgia for the franchise than the themes and spirit of the franchise.

A tweet from TrekCulture showcasing LGBTQIA+ Star Trek characters with the caption "Leave your bigotry in your quarters"

Andrew Probert replies "Don't confuse bigotry with resistance to being smothered by alternative life styles"

A tweet from SGAnon saying "Did you know Barack abd Michele(Michael) Obama's Chicago mansion is on the same property as the synagoge known for the largest Jewish congregation in the city"

Andrew Probert replies "Muslims & Jews sharing property ???"

A tweet from "A Man of Memes" saying "How is it possible that there is not ONE picture of Michelle pregnant?"

Andrew Probert replies "Men don't get pregnant!"

A retweet asks the question "Do you believe Climate Change is a Hoax?" and Andrew Probert replies "YUP!!!"

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 16h

"Interceptors are a lot tougher than TIE fighters"

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Lilium Brick Yards @liliumbrickyards.com · 20h

Trying a little something new, would you believe this took 3 days to render?

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 19h

That's so cool

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 1d

I would say the biggest contrast is Jaws, but people can still differenciate the original from the rest.

So I would say Rambo, just because most people don't even know what First Blood was about and they just think of the sequels. Those sequels did more damage than any other franchise.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 7th anniversary to Star Wars Resistance

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 1d

Something fun about this show was seeing Oscar Isaac be able to switch from Live Action Poe Dameron to Cartoon Poe Dameron and make it fitting and charming within the show.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 2d

I like the scene where Data advises Picard on emotional matters.

It's a very subtle way of arriving at Data's long character arc that feels natural and earned. Without any mention of the emotion chip. Just Data's experiences making him be able to understand emotions.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 2d

Video content doesn't seem to work too well for me

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 3d

It's the proof that nobody will ever travel back in time, because nobody has changed Ouroboros to Ouroboruo creating an ouroboruo.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 3d

People being arrested should pull these thugs masks off. It's a simple, non agressive move that will increase the chances of them leaving.

If anything you would have the satisfaction of hurting them where they value the most.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 3d

Two new armada squadron sets, a Mandoverse Set with the two Onyx Cinders, the Razor Crest, the Djarin's N-1 and Ahsoka's Shuttle. And an Andor imperial set with two TIE Inquisitors, the ISB Shuttle and the TIE Avenger.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 4d

Picture of a TIE Avenger, an E-Wing, the Night Buzzard and two TIE daggers I found on reddit from user satellite_uplink printed from Only-Games

Picture of several 3D Printed miniatures, including a TIE Avenger, an E-Wing, the Night Buzzard and two TIE daggers

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 5d

I was so scared that the trailers spoiled the entire movie and then so delighted that the movie just leans on it from the start, without using the big twist as a crutch, making the movie much more interesting and rewatchable.

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Ignacio RC @ignaciorc.bsky.social · 6d

'Echoes of the Force'
Continuing my #starwars print series, now it's time for the sequels.
Officially licensed print available at www.acmearchivesdirect.com
#theforceawakens #lucasfilm

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 6d

I love your work so much

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 6d

Like with storms, we should start naming heatwaves, but with the names of oil companies.

So you would read "Three people have died in the BP heat wave fires" as a headline.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 6d

This is a nitpick, but I was never a fan of how every scenario is inside a nebula or some colorful cloud. I know is to make the background more visually interesting and the fog helped render far away ships, but it took me out of the Star Wars feel.

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 7d

I used to have a partner who used to say "I'm cold and there are wolves after me" any time she was cold even though she had never seen the Simpsons

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 7d

Today I saw in a TV program that they used the hosts pictures from when they were children to talk to themselves with AI.

And all I could think was "Sure, feed the AI pictures of children so the AI can make them do other stuff, nothing bad can happen with that"

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 7d

Gladiator Star Destroyer comparison

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 7d

And here you have the Gladiator I Star Destroyer. I based the differences on the way the Gladiator looked in its origins, the Droids Cartoon and the old Marvel comic. It has fewer turrets and looks more like the Praetor Mark II Battlecruiser.

The Devastator as it appears in the Star Wars wars comic from 1982

The Devastator as it appears in the Star Wars Droids episode "Tail of the Roon Comets"

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Celia Diez de los Rios @celiadr.bsky.social · 7d

October = #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth

In Europe, ~98,000 people are diagnosed with liver cancer yearly.

The GoodDay Project wants to ask: what makes a day a good day?

🧾 One short interview with people with lung, liver, stomach, esophageal, brain, pancreatic cancer in Europe

#GoodDayProject

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 9d

This one is mostly based on the Jeff Carlisle version and the Force Unleashed II version.

I've also decided to do something weird and fun with the engines to make it different to the many other star destroyers.

Gladiator Star Destroyer art by Jeff Carlisle

Gladiator Star Destroyer in The Force Unleashed II

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 9d

Here you have the Gladiator Star Destroyer. I've labeled as Gladiator II Star Destroyer because I plan on doing the other one this week.

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