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  • Protected: The Elephant Toothbrush

    Protected: The Elephant Toothbrush

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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Using Base Texture Stamps

    Using Base Texture Stamps

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    This is an in-depth, step-by-step walkthrough of the process for using Kneadatite (aka “green stuff”) and texture stamps to prepare scenic bases for miniatures.

  • Review: Battle Foam P.A.C.K. 216

    Review: Battle Foam P.A.C.K. 216

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    When I decided to get back into miniature painting, I did some research into different storage methods for paint. I was keeping them divided between two Reaper Miniatures plastic boxes, but it just felt inefficient and awkward. My research pointed me to Battle Foam and their P.A.C.K. system of bags. I eventually decided on the…

  • Being Bearded While Female

    Being Bearded While Female

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    There’s nothing like venturing far from home to make you realize how difficult it is to be outside the gender binary in more conservative areas of the United States. Sure, you hear about it plenty. You read the news articles and blog posts and your skin crawls at how awful people can be. You can try…

  • It’s a Process

    It’s a Process

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    I’m usually quite shy about showing the process of a drawing, but I’m working to change that. This past weekend I attended Death Salon: Getty Villa. I’m a tremendous fan of Death Salon, and I had never been to the Getty Villa before, so it was quite the experience. This was my third Death Salon,…

  • Positive and Negative Forces

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    Yesterday morning, I checked my Facebook feed and found this right at the top:   “Great,” I thought. “I’m sure I’m the ‘certain people.’ What sort of anti-gay misinformation is she posting now?” Let me back up a bit. Brittany is my cousin. She’s a year younger than I am. We have a very long,…

  • Korrasami

    Korrasami

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    I’ve been sobbing with overwhelming positive feelings for the past half hour. Why? Because of this: I’ve been celebrating the revelation that the Korra/Asami (“Korrasami”) relationship from The Legend of Korra is canon since it was confirmed by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino. My friends, bless them for their patience, have either been celebrating…

  • The Age of Gargoyles

    The Age of Gargoyles

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    Twenty years ago today, “Gargoyles” premiered on the Disney Afternoon. “Gargoyles” came along during a rough time in my life, and spoke to me on a visceral level. As someone who has ever been the “other”–the freak, the weirdo, the oddball, the outsider, the monster–it showed me that the “other” is often the unseen and…

  • Death Salon – Los Angeles

    Death Salon – Los Angeles

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    When I first heard about Death Salon, it had my immediate curiosity. I hadn’t finished reading all of the information on it before I made up my mind to attend. I could go into the details of WHY I wanted to go, but some of those are quite personal, and neither here nor there. The…

  • Running the Gamut

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    On the heels of my previous post, I had a day that ran the entire gamut of responses to my appearance. Pull up a chair, dear reader, and allow me to share with you what the full range of reactions to my fuzzy self looks like. It started when I was headed to my favorite…