Weekender XLBS: The Time Of The Cult Has Come?
April 28, 2019 by dignity
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Ok… okay.. lol
Happy Sunday Backstagers!
Looking forward to the topic this week.
Happy Sunday! @templar007
Good Morning and Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday @jocke 🙂
Will the person selected get to use Justin’s yellow blanky?
Yellow one is gone, the current one is still shade of off white 😉
Cult?. Are you sure the third letter is correct?.
Some sort of sash and maybe bowler hats like in clockwork orange or those societies like the noise and the elks might be cool. The sash could have a badge with LOL on it which would stand for Loyal Otter Lodge
@torros I like the “Loyal Otter Lodge”! That’s a keeper. That’s a thing now…YUP ??
I knew you guys would take to this like ducks to water lol 😉
Interestingly, the collective noun for a group of otters is actually a lodge. Or a bevy, or a romp, which could, maybe, also work for a group of OTTers.
You know you may have helped me realise something. Ive often wondered about my morbid curiosity for secret societies etc It may well be the Norn Irish thing and growing up seeing the Orange Men and their funky badges etc that my grandfather used to tell me he couldn’t tell me about. (My uncle said he could but he’d then have to kill me lol – I stopped asking after that as I thought 8 years old was a bit young lol)
Every day is a learning day
I thought the badges were mostly a time thing in the different orders in our lands and as with anyone from Ireland, slip them a Guinness or a whiskey and they tell you everything!
Happy Sunday!
@Warzan – I could submit my showreel as a video cameraman; but as that would be mostly from my family trip to Disneyland it will include my infamous segment of the main parade that consists mostly of video of my feet in-between pointing a paused camera at the actual parade floats. I’ll get my coat…
I’ve got a cool symbol for the cult. It’s easy to draw and is an abstract representation of a player’s game-turn. To represent the start of your turn draw a 2 inch spiral, inside out, with three full anti-clockwise rotations ending with your pen at the right hand side – these signify the card drafting, the reinforcements, the resource generation or the healing actions at the start of the turn. For the core part of your turn – the movement – continue your line upwards for about 6 inches and immediately begin to draw a clockwise circle and a half… Read more »
Too obvious but how about COG pins. Pins that look like actual cogs. As you get promoted, you get more interlocking cogs. Do something special, you get a mainspring or fly wheels or similar. Essentially, all the parts in a fine, old fashioned, watch.
Secret greeting sign is pulling out a pocket watch or looking at your watch. (Or not, as no one seems to carry or wear watches anymore.)
Sign is, Do you have the time? Counter sign is, Only for games.
lol Awesome – yeah pins would be fun 🙂
That sounds like a winner to me Blip 🙂
Happy Sunday all! Looking forward to seeing @avernos ‘ Romans. For now, I’ll catch up on the show after a good nights sleep!
Happy Sunday all … It’s been a while since I could watch it on the day .. so this’ll be good. I don’t know about all this playing the “bad guys of the table top” stuff though . I will watch but as soon as elves appear, I am leaving ……. 😉
Has Ben just given up?
Shit!
We left him behind the owlbear for the whole show.
If you guys are looking for a good CoreXY design 3D printer, Creality Ender 5 is a good way to start.
Maybe you need regalia to show the significant steps that BoW have taken over the years that the Grand Otter would where at special functions
For example Justin’s blanket could become the cloak of hard times which would signify where BoW started etc
You know I would probably enjoy the camera job , if I could get to the UK in that week (work would say “No!” … sods) BUT …. do I have to join the Loyal Otter Lodge to do so??? I’ve heard things about the initiation ritual and I am NOT willing to do that ……… 😀
I think Lance’s first test for th cult is to get Gerard Butler to wear the cult symbol… and to make Ben happy, maybe the symbol could be an owlbear?
Managed to get the Knight Preceptor and trio of Armiger Warglaives for my Imperial Knights list finished off (or at least to a state I’d be happy to take on the table). Otherwise it’s all about the fluff – had a trio of sourcebooks for the Infinity RPG as well as the Daedalus Fall book turn up Friday so working through those 🙂
Of course then @warzan posted up about the discount on the OTT shop for Blackstone Fortress, so I guess I need to clear some of the hobby backlog….
I have eaten an impossible burger, in a restaurant in the states last year. It’s pretty close to a fast food type burger. Not bad and I think pretty close to the real thing.
As for the new name for Backstagers, we could be called “Secret society of OTTers” (SSOO).
And heres the secret greeting https://youtu.be/46ZqREHecng
I can’t believe all those people are just sitting and laughing while that poor otter is giving the the international sign of distress
@warzan minor point on the costs just cos my work life won’t let it go… you need to factor in the cost of the “consumables” (print bed, alcohol rub etc) per kilo of material. It might only push the kilo rate to maybe £25 at a max but it should still be factored in.
Making me work on a Sunday… mean!
@warzan
To strip them Bios Strip 20 is what you want, it’s an incredible product and strips minis really quickly
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Biostrip-Stripper-remover-solution-effortlessly/dp/B00B4WK17K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XNZ972HV1P2N&keywords=biostrip+20&qid=1556438390&s=gateway&sprefix=biostrip%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1
the paint will literally fall off with this.
I can second that sentiment – Biostrip 20 is fantastic stuff. And as a bonus it’s non-toxic, so you don’t need gloves, and is effectively odourless. Just be careful of any resin you try to strip….
I have been following Paint Be Gone via their FB page though and want to give it a try when they get UK distribution set up though. Looks to be an interesting product if it can live up to the demo vids https://www.facebook.com/officialpaintbegone/
I just use dettol it’s awesome and piney fresh 😀
I miss Fairy Power Spray, it was awesome as it would strip paint but leave primer. They changed the formulae and ruined it. It might cut through greasy surfaces better but it won’t strip acrylic paint anymore.
A cult? Well I’m already a #DiscipleofMel but I surely get used to be a #DiscipleofOTT. We will take new recruits to the OTTer side and show them the OTTerly glorious life of the miniature hobby. But OTTer than that I can’t think of any new names at the moment.
Not only would the CoG idea be cool but I will also agree to get my first tattoo along with Justin.
I really wouldn’t want something to read my mind…that implant would be dangerous on the likes of me! So many people would be told to go away in a not so polite manner. This technology would be great through, my dad suffered from a type of Parkinsons and really struggled to speak towards the end and found it so frustrating. His mind was perfect, he would meet people in the street he hadn’t seen for years and could tell you everything about them, when he finally could get it out. Great to see stuff like this.
aye my dad went the same way, he needed to take a pause and a run up at things to get them out.
Happy Sunday all! Hard to beat doing some hobby while listening to hobby time! Great stuff. The bases look great, and such a good way of spring cleaning!
For paint stripping Ive used a product called Biostrip20 very easy to use and i think it works quite well from what I remember! Definitely recommend giving it a go.
I’d be up for joining a cult because braces are awesome. I used to wear them to school, because like Lloyd, I’m all front and no back, though a lot more front than Lloyd, so when you make braces sign me up for the first pair! Also being in cult/secret society seems mandatory for living in Northern Ireland and currently I am not in one, so feel I am missing out on things. Kuru is the disease caused by cannibalism. It is not very pleasant from what I have read about it. Avoiding eating the brain is the key to… Read more »
so many red pretorians…. and Eltharion the grim was blinded by Malekith, then was later redcond so he got his eye back, and then godt killed in end times by arkhan the black, but its a nice model, i use him as a loremaster.
… fucking retcons