#maybe I'm not an additive manufacturing engineer but I be doing it

[practicalsolutions]

Is it reasonable to happy cry over this?

[sanctus-ingenium]

answering your asks in one big post because you sent so many of them (update: added 2 more that just got sent)

hi guys. what the fuck

in plain text so i don't have to type out a million image IDs

Anonymous asked: "I am obsessed with your metal beasts and lore!! The designs are *chef's kiss* gorgeous and inspired and if you were to ever make print versions of the kinda diagram-like side view pieces of them I'd slap that stuff all over my walls ❤️❤️"

Answer: I'd have to pretty them up a LOT to get them print ready. But I think it would be cool to do a blueprint style version kind of like old diagrams of machinery with additional embellishments

like this (source)

Anonymous asked: "have you ever posted any art of the dragons you've mentioned before? im really curious ab them"

Answer: I've posted sketches. I have trouble drawing diagrams because I am STILL torn between radial and bilateral symmetry... i know it should be radial but in my heart I prefer bilateral. So I'm thinking maybe it is radial but with a pseudo-bilateral look. It's definitely on my to-draw list

Anonymous asked: "just wanna pop in and say i love all your worldbuilding its so creative and fun, but as a dragon lover i ESPECIALLY adore your weird and funky dragons. i think its so cool when people push the boundaries on what a dragon can be (that versatility is a big part of their appeal to me in the first place) and your take is one of the most fun ive seen in a while"

Answer: as a marine biologist, I-

the dragons came after the beasts. I wanted to give them a reason for existing and 'knights fighting dragons' evokes such a great retro fantasy vibe that i loved it. The reason Pantera is a leopard (and not any other kind of big cat) is because in medieval bestiaries, leopards were said to fight dragons using their 'sweet breath'. You can see where I went with it. But dragons in these bestiaries have such variable appearances and can be virtually anything, like you said they're so versatile. For the people in this setting, the most they ever really see of dragons are the legs, tendrils, and the massive beak (which is mineralised like the pen of a squid). It's a creature really too big to comprehend, so they depict it in their diagrams as a bird-headed creature with wings and a back end made of serpents. but you can always tell in these illustrations whether the artist has actually seen a dragon in person.. because they won't draw it like this:

@our-tiny-hotel asked: "where did you get the idea/inspiration for these stories?"

Answer: for mez, i like zoids, retro fantasy, speculative biology, and stories which explore themes of religion and its role in highly gendered systems of oppression (lbr it is fantasy catholicism. that's right... this is also a story about gender)

for inver: fairies man

Anonymous asked: "is nosewyse a dog? i cant find anything about it on your blog"

Answer: You can find Nosewyse here. He's the smallest Holy Beast and by far the most pathetic

@raskies456 asked: "Re: your tags on the Taurus art, how DO the smiths manufacture such massive single plates of metal?"

Answer: I'm going to draw some diagrams to explain but basically the theocratic empire sits on a massive wealth of iron ore so there's no shortage of it. Smiths can manipulate metallic elements using the dialogue tattoos on their palms - Mercury and Mars are the titles for enginesmiths and armoursmiths respectively. Enginesmiths use mercury because it doesn't interact with incandescent dragonsblood, and it's a liquid metal which in alchemical theory is Pure and extremely close to gold (free of sin u might say). The quicksilver is used to manipulate the insides of a working engine without having to physically touch it. Armoursmiths work on iron, but here's the issue: solid metal won't budge. It needs to be softened or liquid for the dialogues to have any effect. So the armoursmith teams are blacksmiths who heat up these mass amounts of iron using dragonsblood furnaces until the iron is malleable, and then in teams of 50 or more they slowly and painstakingly stretch and shape it into the desired form. that's how they make armour plating for Holy Beasts. The use of dialogue tattoos isn't like psychic telekinesis, but more like playing an instrument where the position of each finger has to be perfectly accurate in 3D space to produce the desired effect. it's a very physical job and incredibly skilled. Taurus's barge took decades to construct and thousands of workers.

Anonymous asked: "are you ever going to publish the book are you are writing"

Answer: maybe. the idea of traditional publishing doesn't appeal to me. might just be a "buy this pdf on itch.io" sort of deal

Anonymous asked: "Hi, im new here. I hope this isn't rude, but from what i can tell the gist here is that medieval people dug up what i can only assume are the still-living skeletons of otherworldly beings or perhaps demons and went "Wouldn't it be cool if we put flamethrowers in these guys and rode them to war" and then they do that thanks to jellyfish ooze from giant violent sky jellyfish?"

Answer: I can neither confirm nor deny (yes but also nooot quite ;))

Anonymous asked: "Jowd you learn how to draw machines? Is it hard to draw all the Bits on those mechazords in the correct place when theyre like jumping and run ing and shit?"

Answer: I learned a lot from building zoids, putting them together, watching them move etc etc. At the same time, it's also sort of basic anatomy too? Your hinged elbow joint is a mechanism and if you just made the same joint in metal it would work the same way. But ALSO when i draw them, I follow the ref sheets for big parts but mostly bullshit the details because who give a shit at the end of the day if I put a screw wrong, no one's going to care

Anonymous asked: "Idk if this helps you at all but on r/zoids on the Dreaded Reddit people talk about 3d printed zoids so maybe you can get your zoids that way"

Answer: I am a member of r/zoids lol... that sounds really cool though. I've never seen a 3D printer in real life before tho. But I can't be out here getting more zoids when I have had my HMM command wolf half-constructed for literally over a year because I keep procrastinating on it

Anonymous asked: "A lot of libraries have 3d printers and some people will like. Hire theirs out so people can print stuff"

Answer: Not in Ireland they don't

Anonymous asked: "Is it illegal to make beaft ocs".

Answer: I'm not a cop and my main stance is: do what you want, I can't stop you. If you would like to design a mech animal using medieval bestiary aesthetics - go for it, it's fun. However, why does it have to play by my setting rules? Wouldn't you prefer to make something wholly belonging to yourself? You can invent a million new ways to use this sort of mech design in a story with a whole new setting, all yours. It just won't be one of mine or in my setting.

Anyway you couldn't make a beaft oc in my setting anyway because you don't even know what they are or how they work

[yohangaontdj]

Fictober 2021 (Gahan) - Day 26

Prompt No Day 26 - "I'm sure this has never worked, ever."

Fanfiction Fandom: The Devil Judge (TVN), Gahan, Lawful Husbands, Kang Yohan x Kim Gaon

Additional Character: Professor Min Jung-Ho

Rating: Teens and Up

Warnings: A modern setting AU. Gaon has a tragic past. Gaon's father is a motorcycle manufacturer and his factory was burned down, killing everyone.

(This grew longer than just a one shot. So it ends in a cliffhanger. Sorry.)

“I’m sure this has never worked, ever because the design’s so horrendous that whoever did this should be ashamed of themselves.”

Gaon couldn’t believe what he had just heard. Professor Min was a mentor he respected a lot. And he hadn’t expect such an extreme response.

“But the person who created this was supposed to be a talent.”

“Nonsense!” Professor Min snorted in disgust, dumping the design Gaon had shown him into the dustbin, “Instead of wasting your time on such trivialities, focus on your studies. You’re on scholarship so don’t forget that you have your grades to maintain.”

Bowing his head in acknowledgement, Gaon waited until Professor Min had walked out of the lecture hall before he darted to the rubbish bin. Picking up the discarded papers with a tenderness that showed how dear they were to him, he carefully dusted each sheet as angry tears welled up in his eyes.

He hadn’t told Professor Min who the designer was so as not to influence his judgement. But the harsh criticism directed at his father’s last design before he died was so hard to listen to. To think that his father was once known for his breakthroughs in motorcycle design and craftmanship. And his achievements had even been mentioned in a book Professor Min had written. Gaon thought that maybe he would have recognised his father’s handiwork but it turned out otherwise.

Whatever joy upon discovering his father’s design hidden in grandma’s house in the countryside were completely drained out of him. Gaon dragged himself out of the School of Industrial Design after tucking the papers into his worn out messenger bag.

Not wanting to go home, Gaon wandered aimlessly through the campus until a rare sight stopped him in his tracks. Rubbing his eyes just to make sure he wasn’t hallucinating, Gaon gaped at the vehicle parked by the roadside. Unable to contain his excitement, he rushed over, eyes wide with delight.

“I can’t believe it!” Gaon murmured, ogling the sleek black motorcycle that was once the pride of his father’s company.

He thought they were all gone, even the prototypes, destroyed in the fire before any could be sold. But here it was in all its glory, each part and piece an original.

Gaon knew the difference because he had spent half his lifetime in his father’s factory – playing, exploring, learning. And it wasn’t just his father doing that with him. His team of engineers, a tightly-knit group of passionate uncles and aunties, had doted on him, been generous with him and were his family that had helped him through the difficult times after his mother had died.

A yearning gripped him for those days when it was so easy to smile and there was always warmth to be found, be it a silly joke to make him laugh or a simple meal prepared to his liking. But what he missed most was the fierce pride in his father’s eyes as he shared his plans and his designs and Gaon thought he was an invincible hero until the day he died.

“I didn’t expect someone to cry over my bike.”

A dry mocking voice intruded into his thoughts and touching his face, Gaon was surprised by the wetness on his cheeks. Quickly wiping them away with the sleeve of his sweatshirt, Gaon walked off, hanging his head in shame.

But someone stepped into his path and he stiffened, staring warily at the person standing before him. He shouldn’t know who he was, right? He had already changed his name when the Yoon’s family adopted him.

“Why did you cry?”

The older man asked and not wanting anything to do with him, Gaon stepped around him only to be jerked back when his bag was grabbed.

“Let go!”

Gaon tugged at his bag, anger rising at why the stranger was being so adamant.

“You haven’t answered my question.”

“It’s none of your business!”

“But it is,” The stranger stepped closer, leather boots clicking on the pavement, “There’s nothing on my bike that should attract any attention. It shouldn’t cause there’s so many of the same in the market. But here you are, staring at it as if it was a gem among stones, a special that only a certain factory could make.”

Fear had Gaon turning pale. And he was drowning once again in the horrors – the aftermath of the fire which had killed his father and his team. The swarm of reporters had come like hounds after blood, demanding to know if it was true. That his dad had betrayed his company. That there had been a fight resulting in the fiery demise for all in the factory. And among the reporters were the families of the deceased, wanting a life for a life, wanting him dead.

No, he did not want to live through it again.

Turning to flee, forgetting that his bag was still in the hands of the man, the force of his movement ripped the bag open at his seams. And Gaon gasped in horror as his father’s design was scattered everywhere.

Scrambling in a panic to pick all of them up, Gaon froze when he saw the man holding a piece, examining his contents.

“Please, give me back,” Gaon gripped a corner of the paper, not daring to pull it away for fear of tearing it, “There’s nothing much I’ve got left, so please, I beg you.”

“You’re his son.”

The way he spoke, sure and certain, and Gaon knew there was no point in denying.

“I am. And you can do whatever to me, just don’t destroy it.”

The man finally let go and Gaon put it back with the rest before he did his best to wrap them in the remains of his bag. Removing a shoe, he used it as a paperweight before he stood up and despite how he was trembling, he looked at the man, resigned to his fate.

“So how do you want to do it?”

The man frowned at him.

"I’m not here to punish you. I’m here to address a wrong, Kim Gaon.”

At the sound of his real name not spoken since his adoption, Gaon started sobbing and he held on tight when the man hugged him.

(Some background info. Yohan is someone Gaon's dad had helped in the past and he wanted to repay his kindness by investigating the matter. And he has been searching for Gaon all this while. And Professor Min is somehow involved though I'm still thinking through the details.)

(For more Fictober 2021 (Gahan) - Read here.)

[bihet-dragonize]

oh wait other updates. nothing interesting or funny like the source port thing. but I saw Doom (2016) & Doom Eternal on sale for Switch so I got them, since I don't own a PC that can run either one or a console besides the Switch. I'm Doom anon again btw

also I bought the first 4 Doom games (Doom 1993, Doom II, Doom 64, Doom 3) on Steam on sale because I figure I might try mods or source ports, or maybe make my own levels. probably I'll just play them on Switch though, except maybe Doom 3, I might play it on PC

I still haven't actually played through Doom II all the way, or Doom 64, or Doom 3. actually I hadn't read about or played any Doom for like, a really long time I think. they updated the "official add-ons" system for the Unity shell Doom & Doom II ports though so now every add-on is downloadable in either game

the Quake remaster has a similar thing, with curated mods downloadable for consoles (because reasons, console manufacturers are not big fans of mods on consoles and they need to make sure mods available aren't doing a copyright violation), and that has the Quake 64 campaign downloadable

see, when they made Quake for Nintendo 64, it wasn't a straight port. it's a bit different, though the levels are more or less the same, so it's nice they included it, even if it's not substantially different in most ways. it had its own soundtrack too

here's how this relates to Doom: the same thing happened with Doom on the Atari Jaguar. a downgraded port of Doom was made, tweaking or cutting levels from PC, as well as adding 2 brand new levels (which used the same names as cut levels for some reason). that port was then the basis for other console ports, including PlayStation's Doom, which was actually Doom and Doom II

PlayStation Doom includes all the Jaguar levels, adjusted a bit for PlayStation and adding Doom II enemies on the Ultra-Violence difficulty, plus levels from the 4th episode of The Ultimate Doom, plus most of Doom II (no Icon of Sin though, sadly). all the levels are tweaked again from PC, though less than on Jaguar because it was a more powerful console than Jaguar. the most interesting part imo though is that it had 6 new levels in addition to the 2 from Jaguar, for a total of 8 console exclusive levels

now, what disappoints me with the Unity shell remasters is, there's no official add-on for the Jaguar or PlayStation levels (which on PlayStation also had its own unique soundtrack just like Quake 64 -- same devs, actually, and the same composer; same people all did Doom 64 after they ported Final Doom to PlayStation, which was actually a mishmash of levels from the 2 Final Doom campaigns and the Master Levels for Doom II). anyway I feel like if they can release Quake 64 in Quake, why not for Doom also? put PlayStation Doom and PlayStation Final Doom on there as add-ons. why not?

like. I get that the version of the engine used on PlayStation isn't identical, it had fancier lighting effects and other differences and it was on a console. but you could port the levels over easily enough. PlayStation has an exclusive enemy too but it's just a reskin so that's not a problem

it just bugs me that if you want to play those levels you gotta play the low-res PlayStation version with its terrible framerate, which I can't do on my Switch

You said there's nothing funny in this message but then you named like 8 (is Final Doom a difficulty or an actual game?) different Doom games 😭😭😭😭😭 djdjsfjjfjdkskfjfjkfjfj also you have like all of them???? That's so cool!! And yeah I'd be mad as hell if I was stuck playing any low-res version of ANY game lol

[stone-man-warrior]

I have seen some of the photos of your leg and read your descriptions of the symptoms and I am begging you to go to the emergency room right away to have it treated. It looks like it might be necrotic, and the tingling pain you mentioned could be a sign of that too. I'm afraid if you let it go untreated any longer that the infection will kill you. Please see a doctor!

Anonymous person:

Thank you for the advice, I do appreciate the concern, and I agree with you that I need to see a doctor.

If you were able to see the photos, read the symptoms, and come to a diagnosis and some advice, then perhaps you won‘t mind reading farther, to understand why I am unable to see a doctor, I am no stranger to doctors, I am not afraid of doctors and I do not have religious beliefs that prevent medical treatment, that said, there is no reason why I should not see a doctor if conditions in the medical field are the way they should be in the state of Oregon.

The trouble is that there are no doctors anymore.

All of the doctors, all of the medical establishments of all kinds have been taken over by a terror army. The medical facilities are all occupied by terror soldiers, hospitals, clinics, urgent care, family practice doctors all inclusive. The terror army only treats the terror soldiers, they are Canadian, and they also treat Screen Actor Guild members, the SAG are the commanding officers of the terror army, so, the terror soldiers and the SAG get the very best medical treatment there is, while the US Citizens such as myself, are lured into the medical facilities to be killed, that is what the so called Corona Virus actually is, a bullshit campaign where US Citizens are injured, poisoned, are subject to any kind of way that the terror army is able to create symptoms such that a US Citizen will need to seek medical help, at the hijacked hospitals and urgent care facilities.

Having said all of that, you can learn more to save your own life by studying this tumblr account, but more importantly, I ask that you contact US Military, or US national security administration, please, to advise those people to read this account, as I am unable to reach public safety personnel of any kind, and have been trying to contact national security personnel for about two decades.

The terror takeover is not something that just happened recently, it’s been more than twenty years that those Canadian terror soldiers took over under command of SAG. They took over the police, sheriff, national guard bases, FBI field offices first, and those places have been occupies by professional actors who trained specifically to play role of police, FBI, national guard officers, and sheriff ... all of the public safety was hijacked first long ago.

They have already killed and replaced the Oregon population, and taken captive people who have special skills such as doctors and engineers, and those people are forced to serve the needs of the terror army.

I have been surviving while observing and learning about details of the takeover, and that is why this Tumblr account is here, to inform in effort to get some help to come to Oregon, US Military is required, I estimate their numbers as follows:

in Josephine County: 50,000 (Fifty-thousand) terror soldiers roughly occupy and run the county in such a way as to make it appear as though there is no problem here.

Jackson County: I estimate 75.000 (Seventy-five thousand) terror soldiers who run the county as if there is no problems.

Douglas County: 25,000 (Twenty-five thousand) Canadian terror soldiers run the county.

Klamath County: 25.000 (Twenty-five thousand) terror soldiers occupy the county. The Kingsley Field 173rd Air Guard Base is occupied and under control of the Canadian terror army, with impostor commanding offices who are actually specially trained Screen Actor Guild terror/actors who’s job is to act as liaison with other US Military while maintaining cover of the take over and occupation there. I was at Kingsley 173rd Air Guard on the day it was hijacked, I saw it happen.

Please contact US Military to advise them of this account.

Thank you.

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March 25, 2021: 4:55 pm:

That question came in from anonymous person about at the same time when the chipper/shredders were running out front of my house somewhere in the neighborhood.

I appreciate the question and advice, but fail to believe it is genuine. I feel the anonymous person is a special operative, one associated with Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon of Medford in some way.

In addition to my response, I want to make reminder that I have been seeing the same so called "Doctor" at the same clinic there at Pain Specialists since 2015 regularly with multiple visits per year, I showed the so called doctor that rash and begged for help, but the so called doctor refused to help, and refused to refer me to another doctor, and refused to even prescribe an antibiotic.

The reason is that the so called doctors at the Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon are exemplary of the conditions I explained that exist throughout the state of Oregon, they are not doctors, they are actors trained by Screen Actor Guild to play role of a doctor at a hijacked medical facility, and at Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon they serve the Screen Actor Guild with the drugs that the actors, musicians, clowns, and magicians of SAG prefer for their recreational drug use.

They also provide a service called "ClubMed Junket", there are plenty of entries about the details of what "ClubMed Junket" is, throughout this account.

There are no doctors in Oregon anymore, there are actors who play role of the doctors who used to serve Oregon citizens.

I have been going to Pain Specialists for a long time, there is much to say about that place beyond what is reported on this account, I continue to go in optimism that some US national security personnel will one day see what is going on there, and by doing so, learn about what has become of the entire medical establishment in Oregon. Every time I go there, I have to defend against armed terror soldiers inside the office, inside the exam room, and/or, in the parking area. Someone is killed every time I go. Then, at Walgreen's in Grants Pass, more attempts to kill me take place most of the time, after seeing the fake doctors at Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon.

I think the anonymous person who made the comments is a terror special operative.

I am surprised that a such a note was sent, to date, I have only received two such notes during the time this account has existed, and that is one of them.

Again, no one is interested in the terrorism.

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5:52 pm:

Maybe some US national security persons are watching what I am reporting here. If so, please be advised that the Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon control the entire street they are located on, Bennett Ave., the whole street and more, is all part of an enormous terror cell, I say this with safety of such helpful persons in mind. You cannot enter the area of Bennett Ave without being seen, studied, followed, interfered with, fooled, led astray, lied to, and otherwise put into extremely dangerous conditions that may not materialize until much later, maybe days or weeks later. They will ID you, and study everything there is to know about you and from where you came from.

Pay attention to the cellular telephone tower that exists in the back parking lot of Pain Specialists of Southern Oregon, there are photos available on this account of the tower and the support building that houses the electronics the tower operates with. Pain Specialists is at 825 Bennett. On the right side is another Pain Specialists installation called Crater Lake Surgery Center, it's brand new, is less than one year in service. Think of the surgery center as a private hospital built by terror soldiers for terror soldiers. I suspect there are tunnels accessible inside that lead to other Asante facilities as far away as the ones on Barnett Road. I also suspect the tunnels reach the Medford International Airport. It's about a three-thousand square foot tiny hospital, it took the contractors more than three years to complete it. I saw big earth moving equipment drive out of the building at a time when the building was nearly completed.

Also, be advised of the place to the left of 825. a double wide manufactured structure next to Pain Center, is integral part of Pain Center and is where the cell phone tower is located.

That Bennett Ave area of controlled terror occupation is far reaching, honestly, all of Medford is an extension of the same conditions as I mentioned that exist on Bennett. Medford is the city where the "Pleasure Dome" is located, so, much of the purpose of each terror soldier that works the Medford area is specific to protecting "The Pleasure Dome". Please study this account to know why "The Pleasure Dome" requires seventy-five thousand terror soldiers to protect it. There are maps available on this account and the subject matter is extremely dangerous to talk about. I advise use of the maps I already provided, as an internet search for anything in that area will mark the IP Address of devices that made the search, marked for takeout for having looked at "The Pleasure Dome" area on a map online.

Pain Specialists will claim that I have not been going there since 2015. They will lie, their systems will support the lies they tell. They have never even looked at the MRI scan that was ordered by Dr. Savino (he is dead but somehow continues to see patients). Instead, they claimed at least a few times that my last name is Floyd, and they show a scan that belongs to someone by the name of Floyd, and claim that patient is me. Floyd has Spinal Meningitis as it shows on the MRI, he is bad shape with that. I am not Floyd. They never have looked at the scan they ordered.

Bottom line for security personnel, is the Pain Center will fool you, then they will have other special assassins stalk you with nitrous oxide/Medazolam gas mixture after they learn who you are.

I advise US Military, not a few FBI officers, to go to the Pain Center to stop global terrorism.

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My last visit there was March 3, 2021. I was followed there by some of the terror soldiers who have taken over Jackpine, the street I live on. Between the Pain Center, and the Walgreen's in Grants Pass, I was attacked and defended against an estimated thirteen terror soldiers, most of them were killed in defense that day. The weapons included poison gasses, a cross-bow, swords, and at least one machine gun that was fired inside of the Pain Center and a Volkswagen Passat Station Wagon that belongs to Dietrick's of 601 Jackpine.

These reports are not a joke, they are real, my concern for the safety of investigative people is real, that's why I am advising what I encountered on my previous visit, which was by far the most offensive attack I have endured there so far.

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7:37 pm:

In more reference to the comment made by the anonymous person, I may be nit-picking when I correct the statement of "tingling" that was mentioned. I don't think I used the word "tingling" to describe the symptoms I am having.

The symptoms include:

Swelling of the foot.

Swelling of the lower leg upon overexertion (walking normally a short distance)

Pain of the skin associated with skin lesions, ulcers, open sores.

My main complaint above all others is the cold feeling in my toes and bottom of my foot. That cold extends to my hands on rare occasions. The cold feeling is persistent, it feels icy cold even if I apply heat to the foot, and feels icy cold within even when the foot is warm to the touch with my hand.

The most frightening symptom is the calf muscle pain, and the muscle that is anterior from ankle to knee along the shin, is directly beneath those big open sores. The muscles become very painful upon walking a short distance, as if I have ran a marathon and experience a charlie horse sort of extreme spasm pain.

There is a occasional feeling as if a long needle is inside of my toes, that happens when I step with weight on the toes, and as I squeeze them while massaging them to increase blood flow.

I can feel where the syringe needle punctured my skin, is deep within the tissue on the inside lower leg just above the ankle. There are two or three very tender places deep inside where those big open sores are at that spot. All of those big sores started out as tiny red dots, and increased in size and depth, and where there was two sores, those have joined as one, bigger lesion. The tender area deep within the leg muscle there is persistent, it's stayed constant, pain increases with pressure of massage there, feels a lot like a deep tissue bruise. Those are also the places where the skin is red in color, and that red is also persistent, does not change.

The skin where the largest lesions are on my shin is hard, has a cardboard sort of feeling to touch it, and that condition is gradient, where the condition of hard, cardboard-like skin varies from soft, normal skin, to that extreme of hard, almost plastic skin quality that is worst at those big shin lesions and is softer with distance away from the puncture areas.

Healing is slow. Some of the small punctures are not healing, some seem to be almost the same condition as they were in three weeks ago, while the shin area rapidly increased in size from a tiny puncture wound, to those big sores that are now the length of my shin.

I don't recall anything that I can describe as tingling as a symptom of these poison substance attack wounds.