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Stormcaller
@stormcaller.bsky.social
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Gamer. I paint miniatures, build worlds, design games, hike, cook, and generally try to enjoy being creative. I'm snarky, irreverent, cynical, supportive, adaptable, and my social skills are meh. Banner courtesy of @andreriveraart.bsky.social
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I'll throw in Sorter drawn by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social; probably counts as support, although exactly how helpful that support is can be... an interesting topic.
An androgynous dark haired person in a top hat and long dark red coat, balancing a glowing rat on the back of one hand. There are many pouches and vials visible under the coat.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The dead slept in an aquatic afterlife, a la Inside, and anytime someone used magic to communicate with them, they woke up. Once the communication ended, they had to effectively drown to fall back into eternal slumber.
An image from the video game Inside, picturing corpses suspended in a grey aquatic environment and chained to the bottom by the neck.
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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And that's Orctober completed with 'da Rusty Skullz

#miniatures
A group of nine fully painted miniatures. Seven are space orcs with various weapons and wearing various bits of purple camouflage. The other two are a goblin with a grappling hook and a spherical blue bipedal alien that's almost entirely mouth wrapped in various explosives. All skull iconography on the models are an orange rust color.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Opposite sides of a bridge while hiking
A small rock-filled creek winding its way directly away from the viewer in a forest The forest is green but the ground is covered in red yellow and brown leaves A small rock filled creek flowing away from the viewer through a forest. This view has fewer leaves and rocks in the water, with the ground still covered in leaves. There are large patches of green ground cover among the leaves.
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The camouflage had to be purple, of course.
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A group of partially painted miniatures. Seven are orcs wielding various sci-fi weapons. There is also a round bipedal alien that's bright blue and wrapped in bombs as well as a goblin holding a grappling hook. The orcs are wearing purple camouflage pants as well as one with a camouflage face mask and another with a camouflage cape.
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Properly green now. Except for Lucky.

I'm counting the blending as decent but I might go over it all with a green glaze to try and smooth it out more. Pretty happy with the blue though.

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A group of partially painted orc miniatures holding various sci-fi weapons and wargear. Their skin is painted a yellow green. There is also a ball-like creature with two legs that's almost entirely mouth wrapped in various explosives. It is painted a vivid blue color.
October 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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My most recent trick is just worrying about relative location, assigning important local geography (this place has a lot of rolling hills, that one's known for mountainous forests) and then assign squiggly lines around them as needed.
An arrangement of seven text blocks in a hexagonal shape on a black background. Each one names a region while several have a list of geographic features like rolling fertile plans, ashen wastes, and scattered forests.
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Decided I'd do some painting for Orctober. Preparation for some green Speedpaint is complete.
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A group of nine models seven of which are futuristic orcs wielding a variety of weapons. There is also a goblin holding a grappling hook and a spherical two legged creature that is all mouth wrapped in explosives. The upward facing surfaces of the skin on all of them have been painted pale yellow while the folds creases and lower areas of the skin are tinted purple.
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Need more ideas for deities, though I'm inclined to leave a few blanks for player input. Though the world allows for theoretically infinite old gods.

No portfolios, just their likes, dislikes, and a 'nameless resident in a citybuilding game' level of sympathy towards mortals. #worldbuilding
A list of names and epithets that go with some of them Zylin Ulani (The Sea Hag, The Wailing Wind, The Fury, The Greedy, Storm Mother) Vednos (Treebeard, The Rotting One, The Grave Keeper, The Mushroom King, Lastbreath) Phatos (The Traveler, The Gambler at the Crossroads, The Messenger, The Minstrel, The Lucky, The Lost) Enas Malen (The Long Fang, War Crow, The Bloody Feast, The Watching Eye, The Hidden Blade, The Old One) Oreus Moxotz Khayir Ialdir [kkyx (The Trickster, The Flickering Flame, The Glutton, The Laughing One, The Cleverest)
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Paint scheme test. I think it'll work, though I'm not especially happy with the hooves. Those might just end up matching the carapace instead.

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A miniature alien creature on a paint handle. The miniature is painted in an orange-brown on the carapace, and a blue-grey on the fleshy bits. It holds an organic-looking gun, which is a warm grey. Both the alien and the gun have fluorescent green eyes.
September 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I swear painting these swatch caps is almost as satisfying as finishing a model. And hopefully equally useful for color selection.
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A set of paint racks filled with bottles, nearly all of which have 3D printed pieces glued to the tops and painted in the color inside the bottle it is attached to. Most are slightly scaled down base inserts created by PiperMakes for the Luminora v1 set of Voidcrafted
September 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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As a player I feel it's my duty to make all save vile behavior feel normal by comparison.
"Sorter, how long have I been asleep?" "How old are you?" "Late twenties. Twenty seven." "Then about nine years. Not all at once, but if we figure eight hours a night. Nine years." "Sorter, can you answer one question directly?" "Yes." "You can?" "Is that the question?" "That's not the question. No?" "Is 'No' the question?" "That was not a question." "It sounded like there was a question mark at the end." "No, that was not the question." "Okay." "Did you put something in my body?" "No, it was Rook's turn to cook." "You are cordially invited to a night of fine whiskey and cigars by Pickett." "I bet 'e's a fence." "...What makes you... NO NO DO NOT I GET IT I GET IT. Damn it, Sorter...." Mrs Pickett: "Take a seat." Sorter: "I appreciate the offer but it really doesn't go with our decor." Dunny: "This is Sorter. They're very smart, but have no social skills."
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Very happy to realize that I can use miniature base inserts as paint swatch toppers for Pro-Acryl and Vallejo Metal Color flip-top bottles. Plus they're very satisfying to paint. Now I just need to print more of them (and buy more bottle caps).
A paint rack full of Pro-Acryl paint bottles. The upper two racks (plus two bottles) are flip tops with 3D printed resin base inserts glued to the top and painted with the contents of the bottle. A mostly empty paint rack with a row of Vallejo Metal Color bottles at the top. They have 3D printed base inserts on top which are painted with the contents of the bottle.
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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A post by user that Nordic guy which says, "Just add Epstein as a playable character in War Thunder and this whole thing will get solved in a matter of hours."
August 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Still have a few hardcopies in the archive, yeah. I'm sure I've got a bunch in digital along with a load of alternatives.
A photo of a bookshelf focusing on a set of old White Wolf books including ones for Vampire: the Masquerade, Mage: the Ascension, Exalted, and the World of Darkness
July 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Unfortunately I suspect the answer is yes based on this screencap from the website:
STOCKHOLM – MAY 23, 2025 – World of Darkness today announced that it is rebranding to White Wolf and is now the official licensing and publishing entity for all its transmedia properties, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Hunter: The Reckoning. As part of the rebrand, White Wolf and Paradox Interactive are working together as co-publishers for Vampire: The Masquerade–Bloodlines 2, launching in October 2025. Additionally, World of Darkness tabletop role-playing game and IP development will move in-house, enabling the studio to expand and deepen its commitment to games and gameplay systems that complement its story worlds. This marks a new era for White Wolf, empowering the brand to work closely with partners to create interconnected stories and develop more products for fans. White Wolf is unifying its vast story worlds and building on its legacy of celebrated entertainment properties that resonate with its audience. Operating as an independent entity within Paradox Interactive, White Wolf oversees products set in World of Darkness story worlds across all major media, including video games, tabletop role-playing games, board games, streaming shows, and more. All White Wolf projects, licensed or published, will have direct access to the brand’s development resources and marketing support. White Wolf has access to a global network of distributors and partners, ensuring that World of Darkness fans worldwide can experience the brand’s compelling stories.
July 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Behold, the regional map. As you might guess it's a bit of a work in progress.
An array of seven rectangles arranged in a roughly hexagonal shape with one in the center, each featuring a fictional name and some having bits of geographic description
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Think this could make for an interesting space bug color scheme.
A cicada sitting on a wooden plank. The cicada is a dark blue-black with bright teal highlights and a pair of golden yellow marks across the back.
June 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A path in the foreground near a fallen log, with a dog's head peeking in from the middle distance on the far right. A dead tree broken halfway up in the backdrop of a verdant green forest
June 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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It struck me that it was an almost cloudless day, and yet I walked almost the entire trail without stepping in sunlight.
A dirt path through a deciduous forest with small patches of sunlight hitting an otherwise shaded forest floor A wooded hill sloping down from right to left, covered in dry leaves and patches of sunlight with a thick green forest canopy above A bit of lens flare arcs down to a brightly lit patch of forest floor next to a standing dead tree, with a broken dead tree further away. The rest of the forest is bright green
May 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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A screenshot from the Matrix with Mobius saying, "We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we know it was us that scorched the sky."
April 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A comment for you from elsewhere:
A comment from a discord server, the name obscured. Just finished listening to the video. Very good analysis and I like how he shone a light on even the stereotype adventures.
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Work in progress. Thinking of nicknaming this one Rick D due to the inspiration for the color scheme. #zeogenesis #miniatures
A partially painted miniature of a mecha. Mostly humanoid in shape with two smaller arms coming out of the torso, mimicking the pose of the larger pair. The mecha is holding a rifle and combat knife. It is mostly purple and black with vibrant red markings on the head and shoulder pads. The model is a Stormer mini from Zeo Genesis by Best Hobby. The same miniature as before, from the rear. The right shoulder pad can be seen to display a vibrant yellow insignia on top of the bright red. A small backpack sits above a mechanical clamp to hold the combat knife.
April 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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The iron lich is basically a magic-tech steampunk lich. Runs on necrotite, which is like coal but infused with lots of necromantic energies, as well as using soul cages to capture souls for spellcasting and such. The wargame variant Iron Lich Overseers are also a gestalt mind of dead necromancers.
A metal skeleton wreathed in sickly yellow green light, holding a bladed staff with an eye in the top, and belching smoke from six smokestacks on its back. Its left arm is outstretched to cast a spell, surrounded by a circle of glowing runes.
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Oh it's going to be that kind of day, huh.
A solitaire game screen with no cards moved or drawn yet. An alert at the bottom reads, "No moves found!"
March 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM