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“There is all the difference in the world between an ambush, and a bagpipe-initiated ambush.” - Tex

Very impressive! Some of the best lore-accurate movement I’ve yet seen.

Being in a design 300 years newer won’t save you if they’re twice your weight and you don’t see them coming. (And if you hear the bagpipes, the skill gap is not in your favor.)

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Just finished my 3d print build of the USS St. Louis. Took 6 months or so. This was my first attempt at a.fully FDM part printed ship.

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After working a recent convention I was given an upcoming exclusive pack of battletech minis

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I am scratch building my first sailing ship Model from plans I got from the National Archives who got them from Norway who got them from England.

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Amazing work being done up in RI!

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Blue Nose II hull completion and base mount.

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Blue Nose II hull completion and base mount.

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I really liked this movie.

Tag (2018, dir. Jeff Tomsic)

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Yeeeees!

‘59 Volkswagen 23 Window Microbus

© admcars

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This would make the best "road trip in a 1978 VW camper bus movie" ever!

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Love these folks. Knowing how much booths cost at these cons amd the fact they gave their space away was a great gift.

A few weeks ago, we exhibited at Emerald City Comicon. Typically when we attend conventions, we try to create some spectacle that captures people’s attention and sells games. Like the time we brought a marching band to PAX Australia.

At ECCC, we set up a “Pay What You Want” booth and encouraged people to give us any amount of money in exchange for our games. We put games on a table, set up some signs, stood off to the side, and waited to see what would happen.

We brought 2000 games. Before the convention began, we took bets on what would happen:

Tom thought we’d sell out in a few hours.

Alex thought we’d run out on the of the second day of the con.

Trin thought that we would not run out of games because we are no longer cool or relevant.

Jenn got a fever and didn’t know what was happening.

We were all wrong. 

The doors opened, and attendees swarmed the booth. Within five minutes attendees realized they could just take games and walk away. A small group grabbed armfuls of free games and left, but most people paid something. Within an hour, the booth looked like this:

We ran out of games in 51 minutes.and made $8042.48, or 18.7% of the games’ retail value. In other words, we lost $685.44 per minute.

Attendees put lots of other stuff in the payment box too.

Some things you put in our box:

Five Canadian Dollars ($3.72 USD)

Ten Euros ($10.66 USD)

Eighty Philippine Pesos ($1.59 USD)

One Chinese Yuan ($0.14 USD)

One Cubone Pokemon Card, XY Breakthrough (Avg price - $0.68 USD)

One Magic: The Gathering Eternal Masters booster pack wrapper (No Value)

One handwritten “Any Pizza Free” and “Twisted Flicks + KPC” Coupon from a Papa Murphy’s in Kirkland, WA (Estimated Value $25.00 USD)

One $1 Bill folded into a bowtie ($1.00 USD)

One “FeelTheBurn.org” $1 bill. ($1.00 USD)

Two halves of a $1 bill ($1.00 USD )

Once we sold out, we had to figure out what to do with our booth space. 

On Saturday, we gave our space to artists who weren’t able to get a table at the con. People showed up to exhibit cosplay horns, board games, recycled journals, and comic art.

On the last day of the con, we set up a station for mailing letters to representatives.

We provided pens, paper, postage, envelopes, writing tips, and the address of every US Senator. 

Over 200 letters were written by con attendees, including the most bad ass Imperator Furiosa cosplayer we’ve ever seen.

We’re still waiting on Immortan Trump’s response.

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Portuguese training ship Sagres moored in Philadelphia May 2018.

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Save the best of the 327 class cutters!

God can’t save the Queen, but you can help!

The USCGC TANEY is looking to go to drydock next year and needs some help to get there. This is a major operation, as the ship hasn’t been to drydock since 2003. TANEY is on the Register of National Historic Landmarks, served her country for 50 years, and is the last warship afloat to have witnessed the events of Pearl Harbor firsthand. As such, she holds great significance to our nation’s history.

Any donation helps, even if it’s just a few dollars. By following the link below, your gift will be specifically earmarked for use by TANEY’s Hull Preservation Project. If you can’t donate, then consider sharing this information. The more folks know about it, the more successful we will be in reaching our fundraising goal.

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Great for model builders too!

Every artist who sees this post should do the following:

- Watch the video.

- Follow the instructions

- Reblog

I can’t stress you enough about how important these exercises are for your drawing hand. You don’t wanna get CTS of Tendonitis and similar stuff that will prevent you from making art or even hold  a pencil.

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Glory days.

The SS United States (1952) cutting through the North Atlantic.

Source: pinterest

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Not to be snobby but i liked the book better. The movie was amazing too though!

Happy Birthday 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Yup! It's like her knee bends differently than mine!

This is too sick!