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New Year - New Plans

New Year – New Plans

I hope all of you arrived well in 2016 and enjoyed New Year’s your own way.

As 2015 was an interesting, adventurous year for me, I have even more plans for 2016. I am currently working on my Twitch and Youtube channel, where you can watch art streams, speed drawings, Let’s Plays and other gaming streams. Also, I am now on Twitter, to keep you updated on my work. Besides that, The Army of…

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Have an awesome new year!

Have an awesome new year!

Well, this year went by rather quickly. I hope it was as interesting and adventurous for you as it was for me. I wish you all the best for 2016, chase your dreams and follow your heart. ;-)

Here are a few artworks for you I made recently.

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Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful time with your dearest ones. Unfortunately, life happened and I did not manage to finish this year's Christmas painting. Thus, I am gonna use last year's. Enjoy your holidays, have some good meals with lovely people and take some time for yourself and relax. :)

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Why I am a Toy Soldier

Why I am a Toy Soldier

Now, I could possibly answer this question with one sentence: To make a change. Or because the Toy Soldiers have become my family. Or because it is the one, big thing I always wanted to be part of. Or…

Ah well, apparently it is not as easy at it seemed. At least, there is not just one answer. And the reason why I joined back in 2012 is in fact different from why I stayed with TSU after all. A…

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The Holy Mount’n Story The other day, I got some commission work done. I did this for a friend, who is a talented musician and currently setting up his own Youtube channel to get his work out there.

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A little bit of crafting

A little bit of crafting

I finally got around to get some more stuff done in our apartment. So I assembled this old shelving of mine (took us a while to find all the necessary screws for it, to be honest), and then decided to “pimp” it a little bit. I had some fabric left over I thought would go very nice with the shelving, and nailed it to the back. This is what it looks like now:

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We have a new sponsor on board for our Gaming Marathon! Scirra generously sponsors us three licenses of their Construct 2, and $250 towards e-Nable. We’re so happy to get all this support for our event. You guys rock!

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We have an Info Site! The Gaming Marathon now has an information website with anything you need to know about it. As the planning progresses, the content will be updated, so make sure to take a look from time to time. I wish all of you a good night and stay tuned!

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Celebrations…

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Playing with colours...

Playing with colours…

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The other week we realised we were running out of Joylent, so naturally I ordered a new (big) batch. They have a new design I really, really, really wanted to share with you guys, because I love it!

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Coming Up: The Gaming Mammoth

I promised you big projects, so here comes the first one: TSU's 2016 Gaming Marathon. Or, as we like to call it, the Gaming Mammoth.

The idea is to stream a weekend of playing computer games on twitch.tv and let others donate for watching us. For a whole weekend in March (25 - 27) a whole bunch of Toy Soldiers will refuse to sleep or rest to collect money for a good cause.

It started out as a rather small, spontaneous project by Engineer Airhead of the TSU. I say rather small, but we did manage to collect around $1000 for Child's Play in 2014. Back then, the only stream running was Minecraft. I liked this idea so much that I volunteered to organise the 2015 Marathon. And that one was such a success, we decided to go even bigger next year. So, we formed a committee and set up a Google Drive to collect and discuss ideas. After the first month of brainstorming and planning, everything slowly started coming together.

The Charity

We picked out a few charities we found suitable ad trustable and let our Toy Soldiers vote for their favourite on the forums. This way, after Child's Play and Alzheimer's Society in the past two years, we decided on e-Nable. E-Nable, as a community, is not so very different from TSU. Roughly 3600 members that are united by the wish to create, help and improve people's lives. They dedicate their time to design and 3d print prostheses for children worldwide. For free. They don't want anything in return and will most likely never meet the families they support so much with their work. But they know they're part of what makes this world, us as humans, so awesome. I must admit, I really admire their work.

Teaming Up

This year, we wanted to use our full potential, and have as many Toy Soldiers help us with their talents as possible. The very talented Dr. Malice contributed a musical piece for promotional purposes and use during the Marathon itself. Also, lovely Doktor Konundrum might be assisting us in our attempt to reach the masses via Youtube. This time, we will do our best to use all possible resources to make the Marathon a smashing success - for those who need it most.

The Setup

We decided to restructure our streaming system. As every year, there will be a constant Minecraft game on the main channel. People from all over the world will play and build together around the clock for your entertainment.

Besides that, we will have themed channels. SilentAddle will give us the honour of guiding us through space on his. My humble self however, will go out to slay monsters and the evils of this world with a sword, spell und a bit of luck on my RPG themed channel. There might be more differently themed channels popping up with the actual event getting closer.

But on top of that, we will have a special event on Saturday night for you. We will broadcast, live, a boardgame evening with friends, dice and fun. Yet, we haven't fully decided on what game it will be - but I promise you, it will be entertaining.

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Missing Out

I have noticed that my blog posts lately haven’t been posted to Tumblr. So, in case you were wondering about the inactivity: It is not because I don’t write anything. I have to see about solving this problem asap, cause I don’t want you guys to be left out. ;)

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Treasure Chest: TSGonzo

Just in case you ever wondered what was going on in the depths of the Digital Bunker of TSU – or just wanted to read a few entertaining short stories – You’ll find what you seek here. In late 2014, Gonzo started his very own blog, writing about the daily shenanigans happening in our bunker, mostly from the view of the engineer he is himself. But soon, others joined in and the collection of…

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Something’s happening… Hello folks! A while ago, I started working on this... I will not reveal its purpose just yet, but I wanted you to have a tiny look at one of my bigger drawing projects.

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Work in Progress

Hello folks, I believe it is time for another update. We are slowly making our new apartment our home. There is progress, every day a little bit. Of course, our office is set up already, the machines are running, the printer is working and already in need of new cartridges. I took this opportunity to completely wipe my computer and re-install the OS, including some new software. In the course of…

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A good sip for the geeky: Geekenbrau

A good sip for the geeky: Geekenbrau

Okay, I have to admit that this post is actually not about beer as the title may suggest. Instead, geekenbrau.com is the fabulous blog of Silent, geek, Browncoat and Toy Soldier (and also my beloved future husband). On his site, he reviews and analyses anything geeky he can get his hands on, be it movies, kickstarter projects, games or even food… Anything he can get passionate about. He also…