Mrs Cryptid and I had a little jaunt to @blacksburgbagels this morning, and it surely did not disappoint. Got a loaf of marble rye for sammiches, a golden loaf bun, and assortment of croissants,some bagels of course- maple onion, sesame, plain, maple walnut, and cherry almond.
I think we are set for bread for a bit.
#cryptidfamily #doodles #blacksburgbagels #cryptid #mermaid #localbusiness #blacksburgva
This sweet little dingus has me pinned to the sofa. Don’t send help, the purrs are very loud.
#misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram
Nerd shirt of the day
#smithmountainlake #cryptid #nerdshirtoftheday #sasquatch
Friday, July 21, 2023
New house day 102, and 102 days to Halloween.
Social isolation day 1225
Days since the start of this incarnation 19,892
I went for a walk by the river today, feeling grateful for the bright and clear day. I watched the ducks and admired their simplicity and contentment. I wished I could be like them, but life as a hominid is always a bit more complicated.
I have been isolated for over three years now, ever since the virus changed everything. I don’t mind it, though. I have everything I need at home: my wife, my cat, friends and family on occasion. They are my family and my everything. They make me happy and fulfilled.
Sometimes, that’s enough. Sometimes, I don’t need the outside world. Maybe one day, things will get better. Until then, I’ll keep walking by the river, looking for a sign of hope, and forward to cooler weather.
#walkies #simplepleasures #riverwalk #roanokeva
Computer auto populated full name, codename and first appearance
Code Name,Real Name,First Appearance
Ant-Man,Scott Lang,Avengers #181 (March 1979)
Scott Pilgrim,Scott Pilgrim,Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life (August 2004)
Cyclops,Scott Summers,X-Men #1 (September 1963)
Santa Claus,Scott Calvin,The Santa Clause (November 1994)
Mister Miracle,Scott Free,Mister Miracle #1 (April 1971)
Scott Evil,Scott Evil,Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (May 1997)
Teen Wolf,Scott McCall,Teen Wolf (June 2011)
Thunderbird 1,Scott Tracy,Trapped in the Sky (September 1965)
Teen Wolf,Scott Howard,Teen Wolf (August 1985)
Deathlok Prime Unit L17,Scott Ritter,Deathlok Vol. 2 #1 (September 1999)
Jim Rockford,James Scott Rockford,“The Rockford Files” (TV pilot) (March 1974)
Scotty,Montgomery Scott,Star Trek: The Original Series “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (1966)
Green Lantern,Alan Scott,All-American Comics #16 (July 1940)
Captain Atom (Cameron Scott),Nathaniel Adam,Captain Atom vol. 3 #1 (March 1987)
Von
Codename,Real Name,First Appearance,Von in
Doctor Doom,Victor von Doom,Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962),Real Name
Baron Zemo,Heinrich von Zemo,Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964),Both
Baron Zemo,Helmut von Zemo,Captain America #168 (December 1973),Both
Baron Strucker,Wolfgang von Strucker,Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5 (January 1964),Both
Baron Blood,John Falsworth,Invaders #7 (July 1976),Codename
Baron Blood,Kenneth Crichton,Union Jack #1 (October 1998),Codename
Baroness S’Bak,S’Bak von Strucker,Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (June 1988),Both
Printing in super tiny text on d&d size minis, with .2 layer flow and day glow yellow filament makes for a less than optimal visual experience. Maybe if I do it on gray, with a thinner layer size, and possibly black or bright white to fill certain details like the text and skeleton bones? As it is, it looks like a low-detail laffy taffy.
Names on these tests were Scotto, Ray and Kat in different fonts, subtracted and sliced on orca slicer.
Once I get these figured (if I get ’em sussed out), maybe I put them in a place of honor in a gaming graveyard somewhere nice. (I’d like to do versions for all my game group pals from the past… Pam, Rick, James, (not Rick James, though), April, Cathy, Danny, Alex, Trina, Rachel, Renata, Jav, Brian, Mark, Steve, Brent, Dave, Shaun, Allison and whoever else comes to mind. Plenty to fill a boneyard of fun memories. Maybe send a few of them off, too. I still owe folks a skeleton army that I printed up before we moved, and a few other bits and bobs.
#3dprinting #bambux1carbon #25mmscale #necropolis #gaming #firstpancake #boneyard
So, Sisto is still packed in one of these boxes? I forget, does he breathe? I set him aside for taking pictures, but he got stowed away in the grand sweep of our second pass.
I am unpacking the garage a little more, trying to arrange stuff for comfort and aesthetics. Gets a bit hot in there during the day.
Taking a little break with a popsicle and a cold drink indoors with the AC and these little wooden “stacking stones” 36 nifty little blocks in oddball prism and sort of sarcophagus shapes. They throw me a little dwarven pawn carving vibe for a game that doesn’t exist, yet. (8 big pawns, 16 smaller pawns, and 12 “gems”.)
“Gems” have faces that are either hexagons or pentagons total 21 faces as a long faceted tube .
“Pawns” have 2 square faces on top and bottom, 4 superman chest logo style hexagons, 8 elongated pentagons (4 each alternating fat and thin), and 4 elongated flattened hexagons. For a total of 18 faces. See photo, if my poor description is not helpful.
Jeez, this is terrible weather for a swamp guy like Harold. We need to maybe get some misters around here for him, and maybe just a little box fan and ice maker for me.
#harold #bognar #sisto #sistobrak #hammerhead #momawnadon #summervibes #unpackingmiscellany #shapes #geometricsolids
Who the heck left the bat-shaped boomerang in here?
#batman #hammerhead #toystagram #toyphotography #375inch #starwarsfigures #momawnadon #ithorian #batarang
Spinmaster Batman vs Swamp thing armory attack batcycle arrived unexpectedly yesterday! Thank you for the treat, @maximillian_deersteak!
Bruce, are you nuts, my guy? Have you ever won a fight with Swampy?
Now, you get style points for the heavily batmanified cycle… I dig the callback to the batmobile on the front, and the bat-tire tread. However, I suspect that it will take more than a dash-mounted crossbow and a couple of missiles to take down a plant elemental. I suspect as a billionaire, you’re doing more to hurt him by hurting the green at large. How much toxic waste is the Wayne foundation’s child corporations dumping illicitly?
The Swamp thing figure comes with a leafy/viney battle-axe, both 4-inch scale figures are extremely well articulated, neck, shoulder, elbow, , thighs, knees, with some 360 and some regular hinges. There is a nice paint and sculpt detail throughout. Batman has a cloth cape, paints are skin tone, all white eyes, gold and silver details with large areas of gray on black plastic. Swampy has a nice range of browns and green paints on a forest green body, with red painted eyes. General sculpt looks a bit like the new 52 design chummed up with maybe a touch of Bruce Timm? Very Burly, not as misshapen as I picture him, but a very fine addition to my recent mob of muck men.
The weapons are set up in a pretty neat modular configuration, can be attached to various ports on the bike and interesting pistol adapter handgrips.
#brucewayne #batman #armoryattackbatcycle #spinmastertoys #spinmaster #spinmasterbatman #toystagram
Comic panels from swamp thing vol 1 #7
Farm share this week! Spearmint, cabbage, tomato, squash, garlic, celery, fennel, kale green beans and a whole mess of green beans. Bread is some yummy looking pumpkin seed and cheddar bagels
Character,Secret Identity,Publisher,Year,Where
Animal Man,Buddy Baker,DC Comics,1965,Strange Adventures #180
Ant Man,Hank Pym,Marvel Comics,1962,Tales to Astonish #27
Beast,Henry McCoy,Marvel Comics,1963,X-Men #1
Bigfoot,Unknown,Cryptozoology,—,Legends and Folklore
Bionic Woman,Jaime Sommers,Universal Television,1976,The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Buckaroo Banzai,Dr. Buckaroo Banzai,Adventure Comics,1984,The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (film)
Chessie,Unknown,Folklore,—,Chesapeake and Ohio Railway advertising
Clayface,Matt Hagen,DC Comics,1951,Detec
Columbo,Frank Columbo,Universal Television,1968,Prescription: Murder (TV movie)
Cornelius,Cornelius,Gold Key/Comics Scene,1970,Planet of the Apes #1
Cookie Monster,Unknown,Sesame Workshop,1969,Sesame Street
Crazy Jane,Kay Challis,DC Comics,1989,Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #19
Creature from the Black Lagoon,Uncle Gil,Universal Pictures,1954,Creature from the Black Lagoon (film)
Darkman,Peyton Westlake,Universal Pictures,1990,Darkman (film)
Doctor Doom,Victor Von Doom,Marvel Comics,1962,Fantastic Four #5
Doctor Mid-Nite,Dr. Charles McNider,DC Comics,1941,All-American Comics #25
Doctor Strange,Stephen Strange,Marvel Comics,1963,Strange Tales #110
D&D Monster – Xorn,Unknown,Wizards of the Coast,1977,Dungeons & Dragons (role-playing game)
D&D Monster – Mimic,Unknown,Wizards of the Coast,1977,Dungeons & Dragons (role-playing game)
Easy Reader,Unknown,PBS,1971,The Electric Company
Evil,Unknown,HandMade Films,1981,Time Bandits (film)
Fabulous Frog-Man,Eugene Patilio,Marvel Comics,1982,Spectacular Spider-Man #81
Flaming Carrot,Unknown,Visions Publishing,1979,Visions Magazine #1
Galactus,Galen,Marvel Comics,1966,Fantastic Four #48
Gelatinous Cube,Unknown,Wizards of the Coast,1974,Dungeons & Dragons (role-playing game)
Gentleman Ghost,Jim Craddock,DC Comics,1965,Justice League of America #42
Godzilla,Unknown,Toho Co. Ltd.,1954,Godzilla (1954 film)
Green Lantern,Alan Scott,DC Comics,1940,All-American Comics #16
Howard the Duck,Howard Duckson,Marvel Comics,1973,Adventure into Fear #19
Hulk,Bruce Banner,Marvel Comics,1962,The Incredible Hulk #1
Jim Rockford,Jim Rockford,Universal Television,1974,The Rockford Files (TV series)
Jonah Hex,Jonah Hex,DC Comics,1972,All-Star Western #10
Kamandi,Kamandi,DC Comics,1972,Kamandi #1
King Kong,Unknown,RKO Pictures,1933,King Kong (1933 film)
Machine Man,X-51,Marvel Comics,1977,2001: A Space Odyssey #8
Man-Thing,Dr. Theodore Sallis,Marvel Comics,1971,Savage Tales #1
Manphibian,Unknown,Marvel Comics,1973,The Defenders #94
Metamorpho,Rex Mason,DC Comics,1965,The Brave and the Bold #57
Miguelito Loveless,Dr. Miguelito Loveless,Warner Bros.,1965,The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Mirror Master,Sam Scudder,DC Comics,1959,The Flash #105
Mimic,Calvin Rankin,Marvel Comics,1966,X-Men #19
Moon Knight,Marc Spector,Marvel Comics,1975,Werewolf by Night #32
Mr. Roper,Stanley Roper,Universal Television,1977,Three’s Company (TV series)
Mr. Rogers,Fred Rogers,PBS,1968,Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mr. Spock,Spock,Gold Key/Comics Scene,1967,Star Trek #1
Plastic Man,Patrick “Eel” O’Brian,Quality/DC Comics,1941,Police Comics #1
Red Bee,Rick Raleigh,Quality Comics,1940,Hit Comics #1
Red Skull,Johann Schmidt,Marvel Comics,1941,Captain America Comics #7
Riddler,Edward Nygma,DC Comics,1948,Detective Comics #140
Robotman,Cliff Steele,DC Comics,1963,My Greatest Adventure #80
Rowlf,Unknown,Muppet Studios,1962,The Jimmy Dean Show
Sandman,Flint Marko,Marvel Comics,1963,Amazing Spider-Man #4
Sandman,Wesley Dodds,DC Comics,1939,Adventure Comics #40
Shade the Changing Man,Rac Shade,DC Comics,1977,Shade the Changing Man #1
Snoopy,Unknown,Peanuts Worldwide,1950,Peanuts (comic strip)
Spider-Man,Peter Parker,Marvel Comics,1962,Amazing Fantasy #15
Stilt-Man,Wilbur Day,Marvel Comics,1965,Daredevil #8
Swamp Thing,Dr. Alec Holland,DC Comics,1971,House of Secrets #92
Tawky Tawny,Theodore Tawny,DC Comics,1947,Captain Marvel Adventures #79
The Amazing Android,A.M.A.Z.O.,DC Comics,1961,Justice League of America #55
The Shadow,Kent Allard,Street & Smith Publications,1931,Detective Story Magazine
The Tick,Nick,New England Comics,1986,New England Comics Newsletter #14
Thing,Ben Grimm,Marvel Comics,1961,Fantastic Four #1
Wolf Man,Lawrence Talbot,Universal Pictures,1941,The Wolf Man (film)
Ziggy Quantum Leap,Unknown,King Features Syndicate
3D token prints, and a Team Banzai seal , will reprint it when I have some black and teal filament, probably.
#3dprinting #buckaroobanzai #banzaiinstitute #teambanzai #bambux1carbon
Time lapse
Ghost Rider toy as inspo to make a marker-style render. One day, I will be able to draw a decent skull. 2nd draft, perhaps.
#doodle #toyphotography #johnnyblaze #ghostrider #toystagram #toystagram_marvel
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