Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Microcosm

"They were humans - or so they believed - the grotesque result of a grandiose experiment which had gone appallingly awry.

Trapped on a world that was hurling through space at a fantasic speed, they sought the riddle of their heritage amoung the only companions they knew - ghosts, mutants, giants and regimented rats."

As found on the backcover of the 1963 edition of Brian Aldiss's Starship

Starship, Brian Aldiss

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Voyage of Discovery

A retro rocket taking of for the cosmos. Art work on the covers of Brian Aldiss's Starship.

"Somewhere in the fabled region called 'Forwards'1 lay the answers to a 400-year-old secret. Who were they? Where did they come from? Where were they going?

But Forwards was far away through lands of unimaginable horror. And the answers they sought were the jealously gaurded secret of the mysterious 'Unknowns' - a secret so hideous that even those superiors beings dared not reveal it ..."

Starship, Brian Aldiss, Signet Books, 1963. Was originally copyrighted in 1958, by Brian Aldiss.



1 "'Forwards' are a more advanced, intelligent, and technologically capable tribe of humans residing within a massive spaceship."

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

A Star Wars K-2SO Droid

They did a good job with the painting of details on the front of the model.

This droid was not advertized as a K-2SO Droid, but it sure looks like one. The droid stands approximately 120mm. It is a leggy thing and molded from a hard plastic and is highly detailed from the mold and paint. THe droids head, neck, arms, and legs are articulated.

As you can see the model also has some nice molded details on its backend. The question arises, should I take some paint to these details or not.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Building a 3D Printed Figure and Stop Motion Photography

Building 3D-printed figures.

The authors printed hundreds of these figures for his stop-motion photo shoot.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

How to Use Each Dremil Bit

Until I watched this video I didn't know about the verity of bits that were available for the dremel tool let alone how they were used used. This a very informative and inspirational video and you will learn new uses for your dremel tool.

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel

My first post on this text was in 2017 and the last was in 2021. Whether I added this link to any of these posts is unknown. Having made 50 or so posts I am not keen on poking through these posst to find whether I had or hadn't added this link. If I have not, I should have:

"Please vist this link: www.jonathanstrange.com to read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel's reactions to Susanna Clarke's novel among other magical things..."