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A photo of the box of a "Black Titanium" iPhone 16 Pro. The box art has phone itself showing that standard swirly abstract art that Apple uses.

Secondly, picking up a new iPhone 16 Pro to replace my trusty iPhone 11 Pro! (Thirdly, I have a dentist appointment at 3pm but I'm not taking a photo of that. 😛) (TEETH.)

darkroom new toys new iphone day in the office

Posted on 24 October 2024, 13:57

A photo of a round table with Magic the Gathering cards all over it (it's a four-player game).

A photo of a bowl of chilli con carne with rice, veggies, and a big dollop of sour cream.

I'm in the office today for ALL OF THE THINGS. First up, playing Magic the Gathering at lunch with the usual pre-COVID crew. 😁 They changed caterers for the hot food a few months ago and man, they're doing a bang-up job. Day was chilli con carne and it was delicious.

darkroom food portrait mode magic the gathering in the office

Posted on 24 October 2024, 13:07

A photo of the box of a Boss ME-90B bass guitar multi-effects pedal. The "pedal" is more of a board, it's very large and a dark blue colour and is absolutely festooned with dials.

Huzzah, the last bit of my order arrived! Very excited to be able to get significantly more interesting bass tones now.

our house darkroom new toys bass guitar

Posted on 23 October 2024, 12:21

A photo looking directly up at the sky with six black and yellow helicopters mid-flight. The three at the front are in triangle formation and the three at the rear are in the same formation but a bit further back. The sky is blue and filled with wispy clouds.

Very weird thing just earlier this evening as I was leaving the house to pick @yayKM up from the station: I heard this unusually noisy helicopter sound, looked around and it wasn't a single helicopter but SIX, all flying in formation! They kept that exact formation the whole way until I lost sight of them behind the trees.

our house darkroom helicopers

Posted on 22 October 2024, 19:13

Right, I think I'm calling my first piece done! (Miniatures on top for scale.) I might go back and add some rust or otherwise general weathering, but I'll get the rest of the terrain finished first.

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting terrain hivestorm

Posted on 20 October 2024, 20:15

A photo of the two corner pieces of the Kill Team: Hivestorm terrain. They're simultaneously gothic and also sort of steampunk, with pipes running over them and two huge skulls designs. The pieces have been heavily drybrushed in grey, the metal doors and barred windows are an orange/red colour and the pipes are a rich brown. They're not fully finished yet, but look absolutely striking even in their partially completed state!

For a handful of hours work, this is coming along absolutely smashingly!

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting terrain hivestorm

Posted on 19 October 2024, 22:11

A photo of several different pieces of gothic-looking yet somewhat futuristic ruins of varying sizes sitting on my painting table.

Right, that's the terrain assembled and undercoated! Next stop, attempting to replicate @[email protected]'s method with minimal effort via the magic of drybrushing.

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting terrain hivestorm

Posted on 19 October 2024, 13:55

A photo of an electronic drum kit sitting in a corner, with a mesh snare and three mesh tom pads on it, and four black cymbals. Three of the cymbals are noticeably larger (and also cleaner) than the fourth one, and they're the new ones.

It's aliiiiiive! Three crash cymbals are go, and the drum module is smart enough to assign a different crash sound to each of the inputs (the default single crash that it came with, the extra "Crash 2" input, AND the third one that's just marked "AUX") if you have it set to the correct cymbal type, so no mucking around needed.

our house darkroom new toys drums

Posted on 16 October 2024, 18:17

A photo of an electric guitar with a white body, black pick guard, and a maple fretboard and headstock. It's VERY handsome.

A photo of an electronic drum kit sitting in a corner, with a mesh snare and three mesh tom pads on it, and three black cymbals. Two of the cymbals are noticeably larger (and also cleaner) than the third one, and they're the new ones.

New gear day! 🎉 A Fender Player II Stratocaster, and upgraded cymbals for my drum kit (CY-16RT ride cymbal and CY-14CT crash cymbal, both Roland). Mannys only had one of the crash cymbals in stock so I'm still waiting on the second to arrive, as well as a Boss ME-90B bass guitar multi-effects pedal. I haven't had a chance to play with the Strat yet, but MAN the new cymbals are nice, they have a far better feel to them than the stock ones, and the new ride cymbal has three trigger zones on it, so you get the bell sound in the very middle too. I'm currently trying to see if I can fit another cymbal mount on there to use with the last input on my drum module so I can make use of one of the now-spare CY-8 cymbals as a third crash... 🤔

our house darkroom new toys guitar drums

Posted on 14 October 2024, 13:58

A screenshot from Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox, it's very wide-angle view of a huge wall of futuristic buildings with neon lights on them, many of them with Japanese writing on them. It's late afternoon so everything is a bit more orange than usual, and you can just see the shadows from the buildings behind starting to encroach on the ones in the screenshot.

Another screenshot, this one is far smaller in scope, it's night time and you're looking down an alley in between two brick buildings, with pipes running along them, grafitti on the walls, and steam coming up from the ground. There are some puddles on the ground reflecting the light.

Another screenshot, back to the wide angle view looking up but this one is closer to night time and it's inside the city with neon-lit buildings towering all around. There's some steam coming up from a couple of places here too.

Cyberpunk 2077 update: still absolutely enjoying the hell out of the atmosphere in this game. And no spoilers so this is a bit vague, but you go to the funeral of a character and man, I was not expecting to get hit right in the feels by a video game.

screenshot gaming xbox cyberpunk 2077

Posted on 13 October 2024, 21:02