Rolling Pones Hobby Store

Nestled among the quaint litte cottages of Hackhamshire lies a tiny game store, whose desperate attempts to increase sales have led them to create a blog... [Tracked tags: ask-the-hobby-store, hardwaybet]

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The Hobby Store Officially Closes

I once promised that I would let everyone know if this blog was ever shut down, and this is it. Honestly, I started thinking I should wrap it up sometime last fall, but I wanted to finish up all the in-progress posts I had lying around first. Around February, I gave up on that, and figured I should at least post an image of some sort - but that never happened either. I never worked fast to begin with, and lately things have begun to drain my time for real.

There aren’t going to be any more updates on this blog. I have ideas for other projects I’d like to try, but I don’t know when or if any of that will happen. If anyone ends up reading this, and you still want to follow me in some capacity, the only place I’m liable to upload anything in the near future is my DeviantArt page: https://hardwaybet.deviantart.com/

Too bad I couldn’t do more with this blog, but that’s the way it goes. Thanks for following me, everyone.

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I made one of these for a different context, but since I have nothing better to do, I might as well post it here.

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If that wasn’t evident, this is one of those ‘meet the artist’ things.

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Reason number one why tabletop games are just better. As any veteran of the hobby will tell you, there are certain nuances of communication that just don’t get through when you’re playing online. Like micro-managing the rest of the party under threat of death.

If we die in the game, you die for real.

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Still alive, still drawing somewhere, out here in the ether. I just haven’t had any ideas for this blog in a long, long time. I’ve got asks lying around since I started this thing, but nothing left that speaks to me.

I might try doing a comic strip or two without any asks involved. Still not shutting the blog down quite yet.

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Just hanging with the Hobby Store Ponies, Hardway and Critical Hit!

Artwork by Trojan Pony Script #1777

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Those are the facial expressions of ponies who have just waited half an hour for some noob to finish their combat turn.

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I need to find a ruler that works on a Cintiq.

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Just a real quick little thing.

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Just a short one.

These new drones really do suck, though.

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Time for another installment of follower busts. This time, I picked some more recent ones.

First is Pia Ikea, by @jakelionstumblr. Trying to draw those glasses right made me want to give up on life.

Second is Ghost Rose, from @ask-ghostrose. I realize it’s probably just how you draw ponies, but that turboschnoz was just too inspiring.

Third is Popcorn Star (I think?) from @letsdatethecafepons. I wasn’t sure which drawings were by you, so I sort of went with some horrid amalgamation of all the styles present.

Last is Lily, from @ask-lily-the-tiny-pony. Further googling has led me to suspect that she and Popcorn Star actually belong to the same person. Though that means they would’ve had to follow me twice... oh well.

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Sugarsour: Some weeks in the cafe are hard  (╥﹏╥)

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And here I thought the customer is supposed to always be right.

Thanks for the reply, and so quick too! Although I wish you’d put your pictures side by side instead of in a column - this post takes up a huge amount of space for four panels.

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These past few months, for the first time in a long time, I’ve been overworked. One week left, then I might be able to produce some actual content. Still not dead!

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Just to show that I’m still active - here’s the end result of that stream I had going on yesterday. Man, Dark Souls is so inspiring, visually. Too bad there’s next to no room for a good RPG campaign in it.

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@stickyroll

This is what I assume it feels like to others.

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I’ve had this game for two weeks. It’s a large part of the reason this picture was so rushed.

Anyway, I don’t do consoles, so it’s Dark Souls all the way for me. Almost 400 hours played since the first game.

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Through moving, I gain a new apartment.

Through a new apartment, I gain work.

Through work, I gain money.

Through money, my bills are paid.

The cash shall set me free.

So I spent the last months upgrading my life. I know nobody cares, but this is literally my blog, so nyah. I’ve been busy with a million things these last few months, but as always, I keep coming back. The above picture is a bit of a test run for a new project I hope will bear fruit some time next month, and the way things are looking, I might actually find time to post something in the meantime, as well.

Given my usual posting frequency, this also doubles as my Halloween post. :P