Ok I said back in February I'm gonna revive this Tumblr, and then I disappeared again. Now I'm reviving the revival! I've got a back catalogue of art that was only on Twitter of all places, and so I'm going to post it all on here in chronological order until we're up to speed. Sorry if you've seen all these, you're going to have to look again Starting with: The Pyjama Pigs Investigate a Nighttime Noise, 2020
ICv2 is criticized for the limited way in which it gathers data from a select group of gaming stores and distributors and shares the reports as industry data, for which it charges access. When ICv2 posted the information, it was not contested until 2021, when ex-Paizo and ex-WotC employees set the record straight.
I remember being on RPG.net when that ICv2 "report" came out. The unreliability of ICv2's "data" was well known, but anyone bringing that fact up was just shouted down by the edition warriors because "pathfinder good, 4e bad".
John Berkey’s preliminary illustrations for a Star Wars poster
John Berkey’s preliminary illustrations for a Star Wars poster
Happy Sci-Fi Dolphin Saturday! Here’s an all-timer: Rick Sternbach’s “Cetacean Tomorrow,” used for the March 1980 cover to ‘Future Life.’
I actually interviewed Rick about this artwork for my email newsletter, check it out: https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/interview-rick-sternbacks-dolphin-suit/
Starting something new over on Instagram, where I am posting easy to digest part and build technique guides for those who want to get into more original LEGO building for their displays and minifig photography!
Here’s the first guide of many!
Each guide will have a specific theme and will showcase the pieces used to help build that type of creation! And at the end of the list, all the parts used in the guide will be listed for you to search and purchase yourself, whether it be from LEGO.com or sites like bricklink!
Hope this account will help all those who are struggling to get into the more creative build side of the LEGO Hobby!!
You can follow and learn more over @ my new Instagram account here!
Hello Neil, have you seen the news about an amateur submarine that sank in the Atlantic Ocean and now there are people there without much hope of salvation. Do you think they will be saved? I feel sorry for these people, I hope everything will be fine
I have indeed seen that news. Did you know that last week a ship with about 750 migrants on it sank off the coast of Greece? 82 bodies were recovered, about a hundred people were saved, another 500 people are unaccounted for and probably drowned. The vessel may have capsized due to the Greek Coast Guard trying to tow it. Most of the people on the ship were from Pakistan, trying to get to Italy.
Hello Neil, I was wondering if you've read Gravity's Rainbow in it's entirety? I picked it up after you referenced it in American Gods and I was immediately very perplexed by it. Is it worth toughing it out?
I loved it, and finished it somewhere in my early twenties. So it was good for me. But nobody has to like every book, or finish every book. And some books you can come back to when you are ready for them.
I’m sure this will hit the news soon but just in case it’s not out yet — the Governor of Maryland just signed an executive order tonight declaring Maryland a sanctuary state for trans people seeking gender-affirming care, and for all people who provide such care or help trans people access such care. This executive order includes an explicit refusal to cooperate with law enforcement/prosecutors in any other state where accessing, providing, or helping people access such care is now or will soon be criminalized.
Yes it is absolutely a privilege to be able to travel or to think about moving but if someone can access the resources to move or visit to get what they need to survive and be less likely to be actively targeted for LITERAL EUGENICS AND GENOCIDE, then they should and we should support them.
Please spread the word.
Minnesota is also a sanctuary state, welcome trans people!
Hello community!
We've asked to our spotlighted artist Yuan He to provide an exclusive picture for Brickcentral along with some insights on how he made it, and here's what he have to say:
"I’m an interior designer, therefore most of my MOC projects are setting up in interior spaces or architectural scenes. I haven’t done too many projects in natural environment, which sometimes I found it very challenging and interesting. In this shot, I wanted to create a scene of bunch of friends gathering together in a forest, sort of like a camping trip, and in this case, it’s the characters from Winnie the pooh. In this project, in order to hide the boundary of the scene and creating a more realistic environment, I designed some rocky structure on the back, along with some trees and bushes. There is an awning at the center, and the friends of Winnie are playing music, telling stories and dancing, surrounding a fire pit, enjoying themselves and having fun. I planned the scene to be set in night time, in that way I can create contrast of cold and warm lighting colors in this shot, and the viewer can easily focus on the characters, to experience their joy.
Despite the scene looks complicated, it’s actually a relatively simple scene, just lots of random items and repeatable steps, and takes time to build. I spent almost two weeks on it, most of the time are just placing flowers, grasses and trees.
As I mentioned this is a night time scene, I needed to set up some camping lighting to light up the awning area. I’m using micro-LED lights inside of the translucent bricks, but they are not that bright, just for decorative purpose. Another light source is in the fire pit, again it’s not bright, but sometimes it would be helpful to add more details at the scene.
After posting all the minifigures, and it’s time for the big boys to actually light up the whole scene. As you can see in this photo, I have 4 blue lighting fixtures to create the night time atmosphere. The two tubes on the back are for slightly lighting up the blue backdrop paper, to separate the trees and also mimicking the night sky, will get into that later. Besides of those, the front left light is serving the purpose of creating the general blue-sky light at night, which can be reflected on the front elements like trees, grasses etc. There is only one warm lights in front of the scene, since those decorative micro-LED lights are too weak, this small cube light is the key to light up the awning and minifigures, and generating a growing spot at the center. The small LED tube at the front right acts as a fill light, specifically for brightening minifigures, restores more details on the dark side.
If we are shooting indoor, there are few tricks to create more realistic background for the photos. I used to have my computer monitor as a background to simulate the sky, distanced buildings etc. But sometimes it can be tricky, I might need to adjust lighting and monitor brightness levels to accommodate each other, or my scene is just too big to move. In this project, since the trees needed to be blended in with the “sky”, I’m using a blue paper as a backdrop to creates more depth on the scene and making it look bigger, it works great for night scene, but different scenarios like broad daylight might be too bland for just using a paper.
Hope you enjoy this project and found it useful for creating your LEGO photos. I’ve learned a lot from other amazing photographers and creators all these years, I found it very interesting and inspiring to watch how others create their amazing photos. And like I said earlier, for LEGO photographers, camera gears are not that important, what matters is how your story want to be told."
Thanks for all the insights Yuan He! If you want to read this artist profile, head to our blog at https://brickentral.net/ - @theaphol, Community Outreach Manager
Hot Wheels Mario Kart by Bryan Rombough Via Flickr: Thinking of playing some Mario Kart Gaslands.
Still have to read the rules, then get some maneuver templates, skid dice and tokens.
Found some more Mario Kart Hot Wheels I don't have. Guess I just can't stop collecting them.
Source: flickr.com