Weekend Trip, Cataloging, Robots
Added 2025-05-16 02:49:43 +0000 UTCTomorrow we leave for the Golden State Pinball Expo! The line-up currently sits at 308 machines and I bet a few more get squeezed in before midnight. I’m mostly packed and we’ve got an early flight up to Sacramento. I’ll give my impressions of the new games when I get back!
I continued painting Battletech miniatures this past week and finished up three that I’m happy with, more or less. I learned a lot while working on them like how to hold my brush to the side to paint fine details, how to set up a wet palette, how to thin my paints properly, and more. I owe a lot of that to my friend Kevin who is dang good at this stuff and came over to paint with me on Monday. I have a bunch of minis with a base coat that I will try dry brushing when I get back. I’m having a lot of fun learning!
In other news, I’m trying AGAIN to organize and catalog my records. I haven’t given it a proper go in a couple of years and with a move looming on the horizon I really need to make sure I have inventory of all of my collections. This made me realize that I need to update my Game Boy and PC-Engine catalog. Then I thought
“Shit, I need to catalog my comics, too”
It’s enough to make me want to get rid of this stuff. Not saying I will, but the thought of packing it, moving it, and worrying about it in transit is enough to put the thought in one’s head. Who knows what the future may bring!
-Ian
