Author Archives: Doppelbock

Cthulhu bib for your little sprogling

Posted on 2009-03-29 at 13:09 by Doppelbock

For all of you with little sproglings at home check out what I found when searching for “Chtulhu” on Etsy:  NeedleNoodles :: Crochet Baby Bib Pattern PDF What’s really nice is that the artist released the pattern set under the … Continue reading →

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Talk about minis…

Posted on 2009-03-23 at 17:49 by Doppelbock

I used to think that I painted “minis” because I do Warmachine models but this guy takes the word to a whole other lever. Imagine the Statue of Liberty carved so tiny she fits inside the eye of a needle. … Continue reading →

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Changing from Chicks to Dicks

Posted on 2009-03-13 at 20:39 by Doppelbock

Well, I guess I left out a couple of apostrophes there. We have a chain out here called Chick’s Sporting Goods and I just heard a radio ad that they are closing with 10% to 50% off everything but then … Continue reading →

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Worst Selling Girl Scout Cookies

Posted on 2009-03-10 at 13:16 by Doppelbock

My wife sent me this image from The Onion so I will have to find the actual article but for now here’s the image for you to enjoy.

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Warmachine box update

Posted on 2009-03-04 at 21:55 by Doppelbock

I decided that I should have adjusted the white balance on the Crusader and Revenger photos so here they are in a better light. *groan* There are still little things like shading, highlighting & washing plus painting the top of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Posted on 2009-03-02 at 09:46 by Doppelbock

I went to Google something this morning and discovered that today would have been Dr. Seuss’ 105th birthday. I am a huge fan of his work and he did some really amazing stuff outside of his children’s books. Image links … Continue reading →

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Am I channeling an ancient Egyptian today?

Posted on 2009-03-02 at 09:43 by Doppelbock

I feel like I’m channeling an ancient Egyptian today since I keep typing “horus” instead of “hours” in my trouble tickets. It’s either that or I’ve been listening to Powerslave too much lately.

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Lovecraft card game looks very interesting

Posted on 2009-03-01 at 22:10 by Doppelbock

I just discovered the Call of Cthulhu card game and I really want to play it.  It’s what Fantasy Flight games calls an LCG or Living Card Game. Once upon a time I played Magic: the Gathering which is a … Continue reading →

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Video Games & the Apocolypse

Posted on 2009-02-27 at 22:27 by Doppelbock

One of my gaming buddies posted a link to this funny gamer article at Tales of the Rampant Coyote that comments on this video from the Onion News Network about how good a job video games are doing in teaching … Continue reading →

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WM/Hordes SoCal Smackdown 3/7

Posted on 2009-02-23 at 16:27 by Doppelbock

In a couple of weeks there’s going to be a big Warmachine/Hordes tournament up in Anaheim that I’m going to try to attend. It’s in Steamroller 4 format so I have to go find the rules on the Privateer Press … Continue reading →

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Idrian Skirmishers get a little color

Posted on 2009-02-17 at 21:39 by Doppelbock

My brother got me a box of Idrian Skirmishers (plus a blister) for Christmas and I finally got around to priming them a few weeks ago, then got just a bit of paint on them. I did the leggings first … Continue reading →

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Billy Mays redub videos

Posted on 2009-02-13 at 21:37 by Doppelbock

Mangoat turned me on to the hilarious Billy Mays redub videos. Jabooody takes a Billy Mays commerical for Oxiclean and other TV products and dubs them with goddamn hilarious voice tracks. Here’s a sample below, use the link to find … Continue reading →

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Mega-Oreo!

Posted on 2009-02-13 at 21:13 by Doppelbock

I followed a link from Mangoat.net and ended up at this stupendous mega-Oreo. I can only imagine having enough patience to build that bad boy, I’m sure I don’t have enough. This guy took an entire package of Doublestufs (which … Continue reading →

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It’s 1234567890 (Unix epoch that is)

Posted on 2009-02-13 at 15:50 by Doppelbock

My friend sent me this link to a Wired article about Unix epoch time about 20 minutes too late. The date/time stamp in the Unix epoch format was just 1234567890 about 20 minutes ago. There’s also a link to a … Continue reading →

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Another Warmachine update (finally)

Posted on 2009-02-11 at 21:58 by Doppelbock

It’s been far too long since I posted some of my Warmachine work. I’m still playing strictly Protectorate of Menoth and still losing most of the time but having great fun anyway. The painting is all but done on my … Continue reading →

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