IronGlorfindel's minis & stuff

《She/her》 《~30》 《Likes Battletech, animation, vibəo gæms, manga》

[ironglorfindel]

With this newly acquired knowledge of fridge-as-lightbox, I figured I'd take some photos of some of my favorite mechs I've painted.

The Urbie Lance

The Kintsugi Lance

A Hellion with Elemental squad

And a Coyotl with matching Elementals

[casceth]

(murders a guy wearing meta glasses) yo chooms i just klepped a preem braindance from some gonk i just zeroed

[maiben-rill]

you look pretty cool up there

[ironglorfindel]

May have made an oopsie. Unthinking, I used acetone to clean some paint off the base of one of my mechs. only remember after I had already done it that acetone also melts plastic. Wiped off what I could, rinsed it under water, and is now sitting in a jar of water. hopefully, that'll salvage it. I am unsure as to how corrosive Acetone actually is, but we'll see if I have a mini or a pool of sludge tomorrow.

[t1ny69fr0g]

[cheaphalloweencostume]

okay. not yet diagnosed but i just had the life changing epiphany that i 100% absolutely have ehlers-danlos and have spent the last 32 years thinking i was just especially hydrated flexible & fancy-free

[cheaphalloweencostume]

between this & my freakishly soft skin that bruises like a peach & my propensity for contortionist bullshit i just thought i was cool and chill and sexy. i didnt realize this was Disease

[tepkunset]

I feel like simply calling JK Rowling a transphobe isn't strong enough anymore. Like. This is not your grandpa calling you by your deadname at a restaurant kind of transphobic. This is her wanting to eradicate all trans people (with an extra special hatred towards trans women specifically). This is her trying just that by personally funding transphobic hate groups with millions to push around laws in the UK. It is not hyperbolic to call her a dangerous, genocidal maniac.

It's not about cancelling a problematic writer. It's about literally trying to save lives by denying her as much money and power as possible.

[ironglorfindel]

Today I got in a couple games of Battletech Classic with a good friend of mine. (I didn't get much in terms of pictures though.) First off, the teams.

His, a Panther 9R, a Sentinel 3M, a Starslayer 3C, a Shockwave 6H, and a Mercury 99.

And mine, a Valkyrie QS5, a Firebee 3E, a Gladiator 5R, an Icarus II 2S, and an Urbanmech R70. I built this team to have a flexible formation around a solid core. The Gladiator and Urbanmech to cover a core area, the Gladiator using its superior midrange capabilities and the Urbanmech to unleash a blistering hail of fire at any mechs that enter into its field of fire. The Icarus to hunt down any light mechs trying to sneak in, and once those were cleaned up, able to swap to a more frontline role alongside the Gladiator, and the Firebee and Valkyrie to flexibly move to where they were most needed, whether that be scouting or striking.

The first map had a long ridgeline diagonally across the center, with some mushrooms for cover. Our forces diverged on either side to cut off flankers. The Mercury managed to dodge a hail of fire, with exception to the Snub Nose PPC which hit it square in the chest, and on the following turn it took a stray shot ALSO to the chest, which cored it. Following that, I retreated my scouting Firebee, managing to bait the pursuing mechs into a vulnerable position, and due to my fortune in no longer needing to worry about getting backstabbed, jumping my mechs onto the ridge made short work of the Sentinel, at which point only then was the Starslayer and Shockwave able to make it to the front, unfortunately too late, as the tide had turned and a retreat was made. Game 1 to me.

Game 2, we switched to a flat map with some power plant terrain I had printed oh so long ago. Narrow chokes and obstructing buildings gave this one a different flavor. Now, unfortunately, the idea of a strong core doesn't really work when the Urbie's RAC goes and jams immediately after missing every shot. And with the Mercury not having the worst of luck this time around, it managed to be a right pain in the ass. With my core broken, and my friend's mechs pushing in uncontested, things were not looking good. My Firebee was forced to contest either a Starslayer on the fringes where it would struggle to rejoin the fight, or try and break through the front line. I chose the front line, and that blunder led it to an early grave. In a desperate gambit, I made my Gladiator hold a choke, as it absorbed heavy damage from nearly the entire enemy star, in order to form some kind of defensive position. Miraculously, the Mercury's hips exploded from MASC, and the Gladiator was still standing. With the initiative on my side, and the Gladiator holding fast, my friend's mechs were penned in tight quarters.

This was the pivotal moment. Caught in a crossfire, if I were to take this game back, it would be now.

I didn't tho lol

The Urbie's RAC jammed a SECOND time, the Icarus II took the brunt of the fire this round, and lost its MPL to a TAC, and despite unleashing a hail of fire, none ended up worse for wear, other than the Panther falling over due to a Gyro crit.

Down a Firebee, and essentially down an Urbie, with both my frontliners' armor shredded, and the night going long, the game was called, and we each walked away with a victory.

[calebwittebane]

i think the elon musk nazi salute thing will always be this little "2020s in a nutshell" moment for me. the adl taking the time off their busy schedule of noting every instance of someone saying "free palestine" as an antisemitic hatecrime to swoop in and reassure everyone that was definitely not a nazi salute as mr "judeobolshevik shadow elites are transing our children to advance white genocide? interesting. looking into it" would never

[lagonegirl]

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/what_state_prisoners_get_to_wo.html

OMG 

[pinehutch]

Things that I knew about: that the mass incarceration of people in the USA , particularly black men, has direct ties to/is an extension of slavery. Things I did not know: this specific shit about Louisiana HOLY FUCK this is evil.

[i-hate-you3000]

OH MY GOSH????

'Modern-Day Slavery': Many Southern States Have Prison Inmates Working in Governor's Mansions and Capitol Buildings - Human Trafficking Sear

When activist Sam Sinyangwe was awaiting a meeting with the governor’s office at the Louisiana state capitol building in Baton Rouge, he not

At Least Seven States Have Prison Inmates Working in Governors' Mansions and Capitol Buildings

The 13th Amendment provides a loophole that allows for the legality of unpaid prison labor, which is sometimes called "modern-day slavery."

[joy-haver]

Grew up next to Angola. It’s much worse than you think

[sisterreisaid]

I wonder how many people are imprisoned for weed

[kaccvcate]

I’m from Mississippi and it’s like this in my home town. Enslaved prisoners clean roadways, pick cotton, everything they’ve done since before slavery was supposedly ended. What they teach in schools is nothing but propaganda.

[ironglorfindel]

This WiP has been sitting on my desk for a while now, and no matter how many times I try and fix it, I'm never satisfied with the results.

Initially I wanted to make a sort of blue-violet gradient. Get a base coat of purple, drybrush silver on top, add a blue wash. But no matter how I did it it either ended up too subtle or just completely blue. At that point I switched to edge highlighting, on the purpler side I edge highlighted light blue, on the bluer side I edged a lighter violet, but that ended up looking washed out and visually bland. Finally, I thought re-edging with cyan and magenta might do it, pictured above, but that kinda loses the core color scheme I wanted :[

Additionally, this was one of my first uses of airbrushing and contrast speedpaints. Turns out, despite being a rich violet color, it really doesn't take over black.

Again, attempted saving it with the edge highlights, but not to my expectations. As much as I hate to say it, I think this one's getting the jar, as I really don't know how to fix it.

[maidslime]

No more waiting, no more debating, go get your hrt. "I don't know if I'm really trans!" You are. Now go. "I'm scared!" We all were. Now go. "There's a long wait to be seen!" Go get your name on the list then. DIY if you need. "What if my friends don't accept me?" They weren't really your friends. Now go. "What if my spouse doesn't accept me?" Get a divorce. Now go. You do not need to continue to live in agony and depression to pretend to be someone else. Go get your hrt.

[maidslime]

The original incarnation of this post inspired SO MANY people to start hrt! I cannot help resolve every situation specifically, but most people can absolutely accomplish this step! If you want hrt GET IT

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[ironglorfindel]

This... might be a little vain, but, if you've ever complimented one of my minis, just know that I've kept it in a little photo album. They really mean a lot to me.

[izbnart]

Disco Elysium animation 🕺

[shencomix]

[ironglorfindel]

This could probably use a few itty bitty final touchups, but I'm really liking how it turned out, so BEHOLD

The Star Adder!

As is my usual fare, Camospecs were ignored in favor of a more.... emblematic color scheme (ha)

The stars I think really pulled it together at the end. I took an old brush, got some silver on it, and flicked it on there by stroking it with my fingernail. Bit of overshoot, but that'll be easily fixed with some light touchups.

This was a really fun project to work on, you can't quite see it in its entirety, but I love how I managed to get the tail to wrap around the waist and coil down the leg.

I'm actually really happy with how this turned out.