Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

I need to find a singleplayer game to entertain myself with that isn't action clicky/pad-intensive but isn't a 4X either

Disco Elysium is a bit too Sadman In Sadtown for me at the moment, but much as I love Total Warhammer 2, there's only so much Total Warring a body can take (..and still be this bad at it).

I should dive into Age of Wonders Planetfall a bit more. A lot of the new mechanics are really neat, but I guess it also feels very familiar in the "yep that's a 4X" kinda way

Also I did *not* expect Stormcast Eternals (read: Golden Reincarnated Space Knights) to be so catty to each other

There's like a whole chapter of Soul Wars with these towering golden god-infused warriors sniping at each other in the most petty ways, it's wild

And then Sigmar turns up, and istg

The main Stormcast has a full-on "Senpai remembered my name?! Uwu.." moment

This is probably because Sigmar exudes *maximum* Daddy Energy from the moment he enters the scene

Burly knights going "Mmm I know he said to stand.. B-But gosh I wanna kneel at his feet real bad tho"

And the air literally ripples around him with divine.. Uhhh.. Daddy-vibe?

(I'm gonna go with that, they don't make it entirely clear what's causing the ripple thing)

I mean, I'm not as hot for Odin as the Stormcast Eternals are (I'm not sure anyone could be)

but as a group they're way more entertainingly written than I expected. 🍿

I'm listening to Age of Sigmar books and

So far the two I've listened to are.. Not bad? (Court of the Blind King, Soul Wars)

Also wow the Black Library (publishing wing) narrators go *to the hilt* on character voices, jeez. They have 0 time for any impartial narrator voice nonsense! You do the voice or you do your best attempt at it anyway!!!

Which makes the rapid transition of perspective characters from

"I AM THE GREATEST GOD OF DEATH
THE REST OF THE GODS WILL SOON RECOGNISE MY GREATNESS
AND STOP PUTTING RATS IN MY PYRAMIDS"

to

"I'm an 8yr old girl who's a street urchin. I like cats!"

in the space of a chapter break just uh,

Yeah that's some impressive narration whiplash

Morning nerds

Have some tea 🍵

(or not, you do you. but I'm having tea)

I think overcoming "my creativity must be productive, it must help others somehow" has been good for me

Like, I learn plenty about art from mini painting as much as I do from drawing/etc, and it's cross-applicable, but I still have an internal "it's not really valid tho" brainweasel.

It's also what my brain can focus on happily as well, and doesn't do in my wrists like drawing for the same amount of time can. Like, focus stuff is really annoying (doing more music! I'd like that not to be hugely effortful to get my brain to focus on. but it is :| ), but having something that isn't "ugh this is so much effort why" for my brain at all is something I'm grateful for.

Kinda wary of if I burn out on it, but I know myself well enough by now to know that won't be permanent.

If that happens, doubtless I'll bounce over to sewing or drawing or gamedev or something again for a bit, then bounce back to it in a year or two. 🤷 In the meantime, enjoy it.

In light of that, I should be less self-conscious about posting stuff here. So here's some playing with paints n skin tones on the Peak Conan Aesthetic gang from WarCry.

I just noticed the ​ emoji and that (nb crossbow) is the best descriptor for it

Idk I've never heard it called that before, 100% approval

Filling in a new dentist form and the "are you on any medication" section with a space smaller than my pinkie finger

Buddy, gimme a sheet of A4 and 15 minutes and I'll tell you

Listening to the new Age of Sigmar novel that massively fleshes out the Idoneth society (angsty fish-elves), and it's good so far

But I can only go by audio b/c only got the audiobook, and AoS as a setting has a habit of unnecessary proprietary names for animals

So ending up with situations like

"Wherever larger predators lurked, drawn to the scents and sounds of the Enclave like Voltaire to carrion.."

Okay, cool

Headcanon accepted

Me n K have unlocked the harder difficulties of EDF now and yeeeah, those gold ants hit hard

My Fencer build has stayed prettymuch the same throughout though, with occasional variations [blasthole spear, dispersal mortar / hand cannon, heavy mortar]

I do love that the class with the biggest guns is also now the most agile

Zipping through the air chaining jumps is the most satisfying movement-in-game I've experienced in a long while, Spider Man PS4 included

Q: What is a "lightsaber"?

You: An elegant weapon, from a more civilised age.
Me, an Intellectual: It's a stick that makes you savvy with the Light Side.

(TIL: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sabe)

I don't care much about cape movies but I'm happy the Wonder Woman trailer has got lots of people earwormed with Blue Monday

Tis a good song

I did good paints today. I've put a lot of hours into this lot overall, so it's a good feeling that they're almost finished now.