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Space invader, lookin' cute in a human suit. 💖💜💙

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · Feb 14

Battletech goes synthwave with this Vapor Eagle for my newest merc band, Malibu Overdrive. This was such a departure from my comfort zone but I'm so happy I tried it now that it's done.

A front view of the Vapor Eagle mini painted in a gradient from left to right transitioning from blue to pink with some accent lights picked out in neon green, blue, and orange. The base is painted to look like the mech is stepping onto a highway.

A side view of the mini, showing the glowing heat vent for the large pulse laser.

A rear view of the mech, showing the base in better detail and alo showing the jump jets painted with the same heat glow look.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

Also I'd like to make sure @radokely.bsky.social is credited for the amazing art 👏

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

This is the sort of stuff that sends me down Wikipedia holes lol

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure I'm explaining this badly but it fascinated me. Evolutionary biologists feel free to take me to school.

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

Like, cows have to spend s lot of their time and energy processing low nutrient density grass, whereas humans can access and process very nutrient dense food like fruits, meat, vegetables, etc without needing as complicated or energy intensive digestive tracts.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I learn stuff that just blows my mind. Apparently there's a theory that the invention of cooking food was a significant development in why human brains were able to evolve to be as intelligent as they are, since our digestive system doesn't have to be as robust.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone actually use the phrase "streets ahead" in the wild. So I'm forced to conclude that maybe it is actually verbal wildfire and maybe I am actually streets behind.

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to inspire any and all pun related infuriations at the tabletop :P

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

BUT the actual panic in my players when I started moving the animatronics between rooms while they were in other parts of the restaurant was worth every hour of prep.

Including when the mage first realized the animatronics were not where he'd last seen them:

A screenshot of a discord message reading "I KNOW THIS STORY AND IT DOESN'T END WELL FOR US." - Chapter

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

Two years ago I subjected my Shadowrun players to a run to steal misused animatronic characters from a closed down family restaurant called Noodle-Doodle-Doo.

Equal parts FNAF and Scooby Doo (the animatronics were being puppeted by a former employee to stop the building from being sold).

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

I would play the hell out of an Owlcat Shadowrun game 🤘

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

This isn't to say Bloodlines 1 isn't worth it, but don't let people convince you it was something it wasn't when the new game drops and isn't whatever they're expecting it to be.

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

What it was not was a fun game to do combat in, and it really let down much of what made it great as you move into the third act because the studio didn't have the money to finish it properly.

So the third act is almost entirely long combat dungeons. In a game that previously rewarded not fighting

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

Bloodlines 1 is a cult hit because it nailed a lot of tonal things about VTM, because it was an action rpg that really played up social and stealth in a time where that was not the norm, and because it had some really fascinating quest design that rewarded creative problem solving.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

I think its worth saying - regardless of the quality of Bloodlines 2 this weekend you're about to be inundated with people comparing it to Bloodlines 1.

Do not let them convince you that Bloodlines 1 was some magic, perfect

I love it, but it was broken as fuck and the third act was unfinished.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly really glad to hear that. I will put up with some not great games for a good Vampire story. Might wait for a sale if the story proves to be the only major selling point, but Bloodlines 1 was a janky disaster with a garbage third act and I still enjoyed it!

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

*enhanced, not enchanted even though this is Shadowrun lol

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

Facts about Shiva - my Shadowrun character:

- His hair is woven with fiber optic strands that cycle color slowly but constantly

- His tattoos follow the course under his skin of enchanted nerve cyberware

- Obsessed with empanadas

- Bought a Troll sized pickup truck to annoy other truck owners

Art of Shiva, a male elf in an rgb trimmed crop jacket and techwear pants. He is smirking and holding a pistol. He has off white hair with purple ends.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

I mean I'd be startled if that's what did it for Manfred.

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🌸 Siena 🌸 @lasiena.bsky.social · 3d

To celebrate my first year since I got into battletech I'm gonna show everything I painted since :D

(I think I might have an addiction 😅)

#miniatures #paint #hobby
#battletech #mechwarrior

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

Like, this bio here is fantastic. I did not know this artist before today - my coworker added a song to a group playlist by them and this tells me literally everything I need. It describes the vibe of the music, when the band got together, the members of the band, and their best-known song.

A screenshot of the Spotify artist's bio for Mazzy Star, which tells us about the group's sound, that they are a 90s alt-rock group, some bands that inspired them, and the members of the band. All things a new listener would want to know.

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

Ok I did nearly spit out my drink here 😅

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

You being famous is probably why I have heard of you enough to ne looking at your artist's bio to begin with so what's the point of reiterating how famous and wonderful you are instead of talking about the music you make so I can appreciate it in the spirit it was intended?

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

I know why they do it but I hate when artists' descriptions/bios are like "X artist is the globally acclaimed phenomenon redefining what music means to generations of avid fans and transcending lyrics to communicate their sound."

*What. kind. of. music. do. you. make?*

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

I know that Shadowrun's rules are big turn off to people for being very complicated but I just cannot help loving it despite still constantly feeling like I'm learning new ways I'm doing things incorrectly.

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Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 4d

These are incredible!

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