Torches
@imperialtorches.bsky.social
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We're excited to reveal that Sword of the Sea will officially launch on August 19th this year!
Get ready to ride the waves on PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
Wishlist links below!
#SwordoftheSea
Get ready to ride the waves on PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
Wishlist links below!
#SwordoftheSea
June 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We're excited to reveal that Sword of the Sea will officially launch on August 19th this year!
Get ready to ride the waves on PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
Wishlist links below!
#SwordoftheSea
Get ready to ride the waves on PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
Wishlist links below!
#SwordoftheSea
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I discovered yesterday, in a mass email sent at 3am, that I will not be receiving the roughly £40,000 that my publisher Unbound/Boundless owes me for pre-order sales of The Paradox Paradox. The payment for five years of work, gone.
#unboundless
#unboundless
Authors published by the crowdfunding publisher Unbound will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books, unless Boundless, the new publisher founded following Unbound going into administration, "survives and thrives" 👇 #BookSky
Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'
www.thebookseller.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I discovered yesterday, in a mass email sent at 3am, that I will not be receiving the roughly £40,000 that my publisher Unbound/Boundless owes me for pre-order sales of The Paradox Paradox. The payment for five years of work, gone.
#unboundless
#unboundless
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Gonna burn some bridges and talk about Unbound, since it's unlikely that they'll sue me at this point. They seem to have spent money that was supposed to go towards royalty payments, expecting money to come in, which then didn't bsky.app/profile/laur...
(thread)
#unboundless
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#unboundless
The TLDR as I understand - the company expected an incoming investment for a magazine project, took money out the author royalties account to pre spend the investment, the investment fell through, author money can't be repaid by investment.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gonna burn some bridges and talk about Unbound, since it's unlikely that they'll sue me at this point. They seem to have spent money that was supposed to go towards royalty payments, expecting money to come in, which then didn't bsky.app/profile/laur...
(thread)
#unboundless
(thread)
#unboundless
If you were looking for a good cause to give to...
This is a pretty cool charity raffle, with legionaries painted by some pretty cool painters (and Neil Hollis)
www.justgiving.com/page/heresyr...
This is a pretty cool charity raffle, with legionaries painted by some pretty cool painters (and Neil Hollis)
www.justgiving.com/page/heresyr...
Heresy Raffle by The Imperial Truth
Help Gregory Dann raise money to support Abigail's Footsteps
www.justgiving.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you were looking for a good cause to give to...
This is a pretty cool charity raffle, with legionaries painted by some pretty cool painters (and Neil Hollis)
www.justgiving.com/page/heresyr...
This is a pretty cool charity raffle, with legionaries painted by some pretty cool painters (and Neil Hollis)
www.justgiving.com/page/heresyr...
A while back a friend of mine recommended using a reflective black background for photographing minis.
Broke a picture frame this week and decided to give it a go, priming the back of the glass black.
Okay, yeah that works pretty well.
Broke a picture frame this week and decided to give it a go, priming the back of the glass black.
Okay, yeah that works pretty well.
April 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
A while back a friend of mine recommended using a reflective black background for photographing minis.
Broke a picture frame this week and decided to give it a go, priming the back of the glass black.
Okay, yeah that works pretty well.
Broke a picture frame this week and decided to give it a go, priming the back of the glass black.
Okay, yeah that works pretty well.
I was genuinely pretty pleased with the eyes on Lune until she broke free of her mountings and smashed on the floor... oh well
March 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I was genuinely pretty pleased with the eyes on Lune until she broke free of her mountings and smashed on the floor... oh well
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So what we get is a model that takes TV static and adjusts it to make the patterns that happen to be there more like an "#aesthetic" training images and more like the text prompt. The composition ends up looking random and illogical, and the textures, colors and shapes are noise-free.
March 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So what we get is a model that takes TV static and adjusts it to make the patterns that happen to be there more like an "#aesthetic" training images and more like the text prompt. The composition ends up looking random and illogical, and the textures, colors and shapes are noise-free.
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Oh this is related to my research. Generative models like this learn to take a random noise image (like tv static) and repeatedly reduce the noise, iteratively making the details more like a training image and more like the associated text prompt. A middle stage might look like these
March 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Oh this is related to my research. Generative models like this learn to take a random noise image (like tv static) and repeatedly reduce the noise, iteratively making the details more like a training image and more like the associated text prompt. A middle stage might look like these
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My lovely new icon by @xylavie.bsky.social !
If you want to commission someone for character art, I strongly recommend her!
If you want to commission someone for character art, I strongly recommend her!
November 30, 2024 at 4:43 PM
My lovely new icon by @xylavie.bsky.social !
If you want to commission someone for character art, I strongly recommend her!
If you want to commission someone for character art, I strongly recommend her!
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December 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
UNEXPECTED SPONGBRO UPDATE (yes it's apparently not over):
He's now trying to peddle it in his Adepticon classes...
LMAO
He's now trying to peddle it in his Adepticon classes...
LMAO
December 20, 2024 at 2:16 AM
UNEXPECTED SPONGBRO UPDATE (yes it's apparently not over):
He's now trying to peddle it in his Adepticon classes...
LMAO
He's now trying to peddle it in his Adepticon classes...
LMAO
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Cancelled now!
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Cancelled now!
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yeah its wild.... he was so rushed to delete stuff he accidentally deleted a single letter and is now as a consequence maybe offering hats?? :3
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 AM
yeah its wild.... he was so rushed to delete stuff he accidentally deleted a single letter and is now as a consequence maybe offering hats?? :3
SPONGBRO UPDATE: Mamikon is now panicking big time, he's deleted all the images of it from his Kickstarter campaign and removed all his ads on socials.
Keep up the good work folks.
Keep up the good work folks.
Please do report his kickstarter this is absolutely against kickstarters TOS
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 AM
SPONGBRO UPDATE: Mamikon is now panicking big time, he's deleted all the images of it from his Kickstarter campaign and removed all his ads on socials.
Keep up the good work folks.
Keep up the good work folks.
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WTF?
Substitute for a airbrush... 🙄
So for the lols I just recreated this by shoving some sponge into the claw grip of a clutch pencil. Sure it doesn't have the 'ergonomic' plush grip...
Substitute for a airbrush... 🙄
So for the lols I just recreated this by shoving some sponge into the claw grip of a clutch pencil. Sure it doesn't have the 'ergonomic' plush grip...
November 27, 2024 at 11:25 PM
WTF?
Substitute for a airbrush... 🙄
So for the lols I just recreated this by shoving some sponge into the claw grip of a clutch pencil. Sure it doesn't have the 'ergonomic' plush grip...
Substitute for a airbrush... 🙄
So for the lols I just recreated this by shoving some sponge into the claw grip of a clutch pencil. Sure it doesn't have the 'ergonomic' plush grip...
Please do report his kickstarter this is absolutely against kickstarters TOS
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
November 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Please do report his kickstarter this is absolutely against kickstarters TOS
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/103...
What a fitting first post once again the stars have aligned and Mamikon Khatchikian aka that guy that put up all those sexist reels for this Pateron tutorials AKA the fake WIPs GD re-entry guy AKA AKA the guy that got done recently for plagiarising people's work
... etc
... etc
November 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
What a fitting first post once again the stars have aligned and Mamikon Khatchikian aka that guy that put up all those sexist reels for this Pateron tutorials AKA the fake WIPs GD re-entry guy AKA AKA the guy that got done recently for plagiarising people's work
... etc
... etc
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I can't believe I have to do this again you massive grifter, this is just OEM products you got for pence bashed together...
This is not a legitimate product.
This is not a legitimate product.
November 27, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I can't believe I have to do this again you massive grifter, this is just OEM products you got for pence bashed together...
This is not a legitimate product.
This is not a legitimate product.
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so if ya don’t know mamikon, he’s the icky guy who uses misogynistic promo reels to advertise his painting patreon amongst other things.
well he’s now selling this on ks… sponge holder… which u can make for pennies on aliexpress/amazon so if ya want one, here’s how to make ur own ☺️❤️
well he’s now selling this on ks… sponge holder… which u can make for pennies on aliexpress/amazon so if ya want one, here’s how to make ur own ☺️❤️
November 27, 2024 at 11:21 PM
so if ya don’t know mamikon, he’s the icky guy who uses misogynistic promo reels to advertise his painting patreon amongst other things.
well he’s now selling this on ks… sponge holder… which u can make for pennies on aliexpress/amazon so if ya want one, here’s how to make ur own ☺️❤️
well he’s now selling this on ks… sponge holder… which u can make for pennies on aliexpress/amazon so if ya want one, here’s how to make ur own ☺️❤️
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damn, vallejo (the paint brand) workers are striking.
looks like they want better working conditions (safety and hygiene) updated machinery, better factory conditions and better pay amongst other things
www.viaempresa.cat/es/empresa/9...
looks like they want better working conditions (safety and hygiene) updated machinery, better factory conditions and better pay amongst other things
www.viaempresa.cat/es/empresa/9...
El 98% de la plantilla de Acrílicos Vallejo se suma a la primera jornada de huelga indefinida
Los trabajadores reclaman un incremento salarial del 15% y mejoras en la fábrica de Vilanova i la Geltrú
www.viaempresa.cat
November 26, 2024 at 8:25 PM
damn, vallejo (the paint brand) workers are striking.
looks like they want better working conditions (safety and hygiene) updated machinery, better factory conditions and better pay amongst other things
www.viaempresa.cat/es/empresa/9...
looks like they want better working conditions (safety and hygiene) updated machinery, better factory conditions and better pay amongst other things
www.viaempresa.cat/es/empresa/9...
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fucking wild. it's always painting KD that gets me in trouble with the weirdos. xD
fucking wild. it's always painting KD that gets me in trouble with the weirdos. xD
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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fucking wild. it's always painting KD that gets me in trouble with the weirdos. xD
fucking wild. it's always painting KD that gets me in trouble with the weirdos. xD