Author Archives: Doppelbock
Comic-Con 2010 Recap
I was only able to attend Comic-Con on Thursday this year, hopefully I’ll go back to all four days next year. There’s so much to see and one has to be selective and ignore some areas completely in order to … Continue reading
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I actually completed another video game
I’m a little impressed, I actually completed playing Borderlands last night. I think that’s only about the second game that I’ve actually finished (the other being Half-Life 2). I did it on Normal difficulty and only had to Google a … Continue reading
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World’s Longest E-mail Sig
I ran across this e-mail signature and it is definitely the longest one I’ve ever seen. Let’s step through it, shall we? (Apologies for the ugly pixelation but I had to blur out personal info and I didn’t want to … Continue reading
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Gray Eagles Film (great P-51 pilot story)
This is a great video documentary of a WWII Mustang pilot getting to not only see his own plane but fly another one 60+ years later. I was very glad to see his grandchildren so interested in what he had … Continue reading
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Funny list of search terms
I just looked at the top search terms that brought people to this site and had a good laugh. reqs: search term —-: ———– 57: kool aid man 36: pygmy chameleon 23: doppelbock 14: sled game 13: mr woody hot … Continue reading
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Exemplar Errants Assembly
My Knights Exemplar Errants are going to be very strong on the battlefield but getting them there is going to be challenging. They are a pain in the butt due to the large part count on each model. I built … Continue reading
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Tagged Miniatures, Minis, Privateer Press, Warmachine/Hordes
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Seamus & Sybelle Assembly
That last Seamus shot was very small after cropping from the camera so here’s one of him after assembly as well as Madame Sybelle. Yes, she’s an overweight undead madame from a cathouse. Shooting raw pewter is sketchy, the high … Continue reading
Errants in the Spray Booth
Here are various Knights Exemplars Errant in my ghetto spray booth. The officer from tbe UA is on the far left and you should be able to pick out the standard bearer. The other four are the grunts from the … Continue reading
Seamus Assembly
I finally got going on my Malifaux figures today. I started with Seamus since he looked relatively easy: one hand w/toolbag to glue to his wrist. Turns out I had to pin it since there was so little contact area.
Steam Wars custom figures
http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm I am really impressed by these steampunk Star Wars custom action figures.
First Malifaux Purchase
Well my first model purchase (since I got the book a couple of weeks ago). I had my LGS order me the Red Chapel Gang and the Miners & Steamfitters Union boxed sets. I wanted to be able to demo … Continue reading
George Washington (as told by Brad Neely)
Ran across this cartoon today and couldn’t stop laughing. I will have to check out more of his stuff. By the way, don’t watch this at work.
Cho v. Seagate Technology – class action suit
Cho v. Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc. If you bought a Seagate hard drive at retail between 3/22/01 and 9/26/07 you can go to this site to see the class action settlement against Seagate. The gist is that they advertised … Continue reading
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Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig in New Romance Comic
Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig Become More Than Friends in New Romance Comic Wow, I may have to drop the four bucks on this comic. Starring super-notorious musclebound punk/metaldudes Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins (with a little help from super-notorious … Continue reading
