tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88491595249952183992024-03-08T12:34:18.326+01:00HERR ZINNLINGS ARBEITSZIMMERHerr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-27829627077852313322024-01-15T10:30:00.000+01:002024-01-15T10:30:00.263+01:00Bit Box<span style="font-family: courier;">Two years ago my son took apart all of his toys and put the pieces in ziplock bags, separating screws, motors, batteries, plastic parts etc.<br /><br />He made some fantastic looking machines. Then he lost interest. </span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA6UsXNLEfJyZHghAPKibQ9_OcZtos2IEoGDsR28edrYVfDL6oacMHGTfBStwwTFG7UhyphenhyphendmGstHv5QzGIgfTKhEdLA6f0DQbDVNt-aBmObcElTkxP8LHwMIa2WlIMz2q8TnRyZgOgultmK1Cw0Lc7kDE69sz3WKYjK_5r2VQFQvPUTuvdngOPRzJ7N5A/s1600/toys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="a lot of toys" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA6UsXNLEfJyZHghAPKibQ9_OcZtos2IEoGDsR28edrYVfDL6oacMHGTfBStwwTFG7UhyphenhyphendmGstHv5QzGIgfTKhEdLA6f0DQbDVNt-aBmObcElTkxP8LHwMIa2WlIMz2q8TnRyZgOgultmK1Cw0Lc7kDE69sz3WKYjK_5r2VQFQvPUTuvdngOPRzJ7N5A/w400-h300/toys.jpg" title="a lot of toys" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: courier;">It has become a tradition in my family to take out boxes filled with old toys at the beginning of the year, take a look at them and sort out as much as we can. This year we were able to give away a lot of plush toys, a doll, two light sabers and a wooden puzzle.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrQs4zRWaqC7yMwRrMrzresL2_MWhgZCzPieZa6rtxzEEikyJa5HkQWHfqsktA7m2ugFoAkLcl2zOCwsNlGs-GowdJ8w09_rYDFvRQB9SwBPN13CKf6ABD_DDWzTtL4Sv-R2jFKJMPa0o-l9C2-0UZwMZ-PFlNm1Alzn_mpzVgiR8Zgkra_TmivWVfYc/s1600/bitbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bit box" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrQs4zRWaqC7yMwRrMrzresL2_MWhgZCzPieZa6rtxzEEikyJa5HkQWHfqsktA7m2ugFoAkLcl2zOCwsNlGs-GowdJ8w09_rYDFvRQB9SwBPN13CKf6ABD_DDWzTtL4Sv-R2jFKJMPa0o-l9C2-0UZwMZ-PFlNm1Alzn_mpzVgiR8Zgkra_TmivWVfYc/w400-h400/bitbox.jpg" title="bit box" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">Inspired by the work of <a href="https://gardensofhecate.com" target="_blank">Ana Polanšćak</a> I kept this bit box. I hope to make something out of it eventually, a terrain piece, a steampunk robot, a vehicle, I don’t know yet …</span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-59094172212258872962024-01-01T10:03:00.001+01:002024-01-01T10:05:06.851+01:00Happy New Year!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmsiJ2uRCoGYqkWROd1qLa4RLJwmVBrAQh5_zsuoevch7Z-7zhUdZgsfHT4-FOYkgmFumjRDnDvZwRQUDb_I0GehwmA-bGYKQoj_7EzOrwtXrpzI2PgNOPGpzYoCkieeJwiqMne-q_puiKTp5EORS-llwFiZ5RCnyHH-m75MD4e2CvEfdWvFY4oUcdlY/s1080/herr_zinnling.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Herr Zinnling" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmsiJ2uRCoGYqkWROd1qLa4RLJwmVBrAQh5_zsuoevch7Z-7zhUdZgsfHT4-FOYkgmFumjRDnDvZwRQUDb_I0GehwmA-bGYKQoj_7EzOrwtXrpzI2PgNOPGpzYoCkieeJwiqMne-q_puiKTp5EORS-llwFiZ5RCnyHH-m75MD4e2CvEfdWvFY4oUcdlY/w400-h400/herr_zinnling.jpg" title="Herr Zinnling" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I wish you all the best for 2024!</span></div><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-84449469868275104122023-09-27T09:22:00.001+02:002023-09-27T09:25:25.998+02:00Gorgon Hoplite Shield<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFeSWN1gFzFP1oyQFKFTBy25mfoT3pHd1RYZ5t8n6EIRLSjEpW7jzsKtZZW_rtZmU8E13AzTo9Dv2zJf1wzV3aKnvs4fED9AWN8lOw-Qk4tlioRxSgZEDJNOHJqe-19vhW14qWH_wbMILOT6WrErfAHAA8jkZNUz3EWRyD8TboMIEPGmP2id76mg6t4E/s1080/gorgon_hoplite_shield.jpg"><img alt="Gorgon" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFeSWN1gFzFP1oyQFKFTBy25mfoT3pHd1RYZ5t8n6EIRLSjEpW7jzsKtZZW_rtZmU8E13AzTo9Dv2zJf1wzV3aKnvs4fED9AWN8lOw-Qk4tlioRxSgZEDJNOHJqe-19vhW14qWH_wbMILOT6WrErfAHAA8jkZNUz3EWRyD8TboMIEPGmP2id76mg6t4E/w400-h400/gorgon_hoplite_shield.jpg" title="Gorgon" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I made a shield out of polymer clay, green stuff and Milliput. It has a diameter of 40 mm. I might use it as a shield for some scratch built hoplites later.</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-15617137386580672812023-09-15T12:03:00.001+02:002023-09-15T18:37:49.034+02:002 Hoplite Shields<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIsJYfb8p_qHg16_f-Sug4GCONqCjFzNYRV_Oz99DimSxHVpzG_qVlsV35ZN-hMChWKtRNUYvug_QrJDxle7ng2srCXvFOsCrZCEkh3Z0yHilQg308s0tzU94E7QQLpNKdX_KGX_SmdEXgeoXADzwQFI6eGHKxoGZBvOD7iOJW1Ut3XzyNWbCHIqPmJg/s1600/hoplite_shields.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hoplite shields" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIsJYfb8p_qHg16_f-Sug4GCONqCjFzNYRV_Oz99DimSxHVpzG_qVlsV35ZN-hMChWKtRNUYvug_QrJDxle7ng2srCXvFOsCrZCEkh3Z0yHilQg308s0tzU94E7QQLpNKdX_KGX_SmdEXgeoXADzwQFI6eGHKxoGZBvOD7iOJW1Ut3XzyNWbCHIqPmJg/w400-h400/hoplite_shields.jpg" title="hoplite shields" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I'm working on two hoplite shields.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Have a nice weekend!</span></div><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-6513238940162635942023-07-30T11:49:00.002+02:002023-07-30T11:49:21.486+02:00The Shadow in the Sun / One Page Dungeon Contest<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Lina (15), Hendrik (13) and Joaquín (11) wrote a dungeon for the <a href="https://www.dungeoncontest.com">One Page Dungeon Contest</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf_AYUiwwxY6vPjbiXf60dAbxBiDZ6U21L264r0KaZNgDpvvJ2g_FMgwZomH3J-J_6S31IgWk8V2j-Xs0Sr8hUGHWNK14BjxEKwFSXQRfhcLnUZ6H-12TIJDQHFQEdilH0wdsfcQwI3eozkphnt6dnbqIJD5cAwJ_ZBF5UO7HbsbaE_Tw6MwLuoHXXFY/s1600/onepagedungeoncontest2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Shadow in the Sun" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf_AYUiwwxY6vPjbiXf60dAbxBiDZ6U21L264r0KaZNgDpvvJ2g_FMgwZomH3J-J_6S31IgWk8V2j-Xs0Sr8hUGHWNK14BjxEKwFSXQRfhcLnUZ6H-12TIJDQHFQEdilH0wdsfcQwI3eozkphnt6dnbqIJD5cAwJ_ZBF5UO7HbsbaE_Tw6MwLuoHXXFY/w400-h400/onepagedungeoncontest2023.jpg" title="The Shadow in the Sun" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>You suddenly wake up in a huge, pretentious hall filled with diamonds and furniture that was all colored in bright yellowy gold. A being, which you can't recognize because it's shining so bright, sitting on a throne starts talking:</span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />“You have been chosen to save the sun from the shadow trying to take us over! The shadow beings have been waiting a long time to defeat the light beings, which make the sunshine, so the sun is forever dark. They are in the center of the sun, waiting until tonight, so they can eliminate us, leading to the sun never rising again. Will you help us?”<br /><br />You agree to help them.<br /><br />The sun ruler explains to you what awaits you in the dungeon:<br /><br />The first step is to go to the weapon dealer to get weapons for the mission. The difficulty is that the dealer is very sketchy, and because you don’t come from the sun, he’ll try to scam you to get more money or give you weapons that don’t work. If you try to defend yourself, he might end up killing you, so what you need to do is be as careful as possible. From him, you'll need to buy Darkvision and the weapons or enchantments of your choice but be careful; shadow beings are immune to weapons using fire. The most effective weapons are metal, wood, or light-related weapons.<br /><br />The second step is finding the secret passageway inside the weapon shop to the inside of the sun. There, you’ll find a room <b><span style="color: #e9704a;">(1)</span></b> full of traps designed to kill you. You’ll need to find the traps and then find a way to get around them. The traps are not only on the floor tiles but on the walls too. The traps include the floor disappearing, the walls crumbling, or highly venomous lizards being thrown at you. All the traps could instantly kill you, but luckily the room isn’t that big.<br /><br />Once you’ve escaped, the next room <b><span style="color: #d7234c;">(2)</span></b> awaits you. There, you’ll have to fight your first group of three shadow beings, which will protect the next rooms at all costs, even at the cost of death. The downside for you is that the room is incredibly dark, so you’ll need to have Darkvision to even have a chance of making it out. The shadow beings have very powerful weapons, which can each kill you with three hits. Their problem is that the sun beings have gifted you very powerful shields, so not every attack reaches you, but you’ll still need to be careful and kill them as fast as you can.<br /><br />In the next room <b><span style="color: #d32252;">(3)</span></b>, there’s venomous fog, which can kill you fast, but the door to the next room is closed, so you have to find a key for the door. The difficulty is that the room is filled with a lot of things, ranging from antique teacups to fluffy pillows, making it hard to find the right key. The time until the rise of the shadow beings to the surface of the planet is getting shorter every minute, and once they’ve gotten to the surface, nothing can stop them.<br /><br />In the penultimate room <b><span style="color: #a2148c;">(4)</span></b>, a huge shadow beast is waiting to kill you. It could devour you instantly, but it has one weakness: it is deadly allergic to bread and salt. You can buy bread in the weapon shop, but salt can only be found in the fourth room, so you should not only look for a key but also salt to defeat the monster.<br /><br />The last room <b><span style="color: #286ab6;">(5)</span></b> is filled with shadow beings, which you’ll have to kill as fast as possible because there’s only half an hour remaining until their rise. With the right weapons, it’s easier to kill them, so choose wisely.<br /><br />If all goes well, the sun shall rise; if not, we're doomed, because with the sun, all of our solar system goes down.<br /><br />Are you up for the challenge?</span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-33721829913120502652023-07-11T08:11:00.000+02:002023-07-11T08:11:02.716+02:00The Eternal Necropolis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61AMhL-2zd9ly6TEI0iOtRK6MpA6rgh65SMJGIK3BjrXwtt1O4QKo3iLs0rmzjWU90xsnNE8GGwPdkTS8cA8kWZdROHhAkBASfwlAtH_gSXEyotdS6MBTqTj73ynDj4KHJRZciEhYXRhEjSFzIZDUAMR9sHpZan6_17ZK_tdI9_ppWM6jfbCFqGwcW_M/s1024/DALL%C2%B7E_the_eternal_necropolis_one_page_dungeon_contest_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Eternal Necropolis, an image created with DALL·E" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61AMhL-2zd9ly6TEI0iOtRK6MpA6rgh65SMJGIK3BjrXwtt1O4QKo3iLs0rmzjWU90xsnNE8GGwPdkTS8cA8kWZdROHhAkBASfwlAtH_gSXEyotdS6MBTqTj73ynDj4KHJRZciEhYXRhEjSFzIZDUAMR9sHpZan6_17ZK_tdI9_ppWM6jfbCFqGwcW_M/w400-h400/DALL%C2%B7E_the_eternal_necropolis_one_page_dungeon_contest_2023.jpg" title="The Eternal Necropolis, an image created with DALL·E" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: courier;">On Sunday I had a conversation with ChatGPT about the One Page Dungeon Contest.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Me: </span></b><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I need an idea for a dungeon for the <a href="https://www.dungeoncontest.com">One Page Dungeon Contest</a>. This year the subject is "And Still They Rise". I just need a couple of sentences please.<br /><br /><b>ChatGPT:</b><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">The Eternal Necropolis</span></b><br /><br />In the desolate wasteland, a hidden necropolis emerges from the shifting sands. Despite countless attempts to destroy it, the undead within this cursed dungeon continue to rise, defying death itself. Brave adventurers must navigate treacherous traps, battle hordes of relentless undead, and uncover the source of this perpetual resurrection to put an end to the eternal nightmare.<br /><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Me: </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Can you shortly describe 5 rooms? <br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>ChatGPT:</b><br /><br />Certainly! Here are short descriptions of five rooms within "The Eternal Necropolis": <br /><br /><span style="color: #783f04;"><b><span>1 Hall of Resurrection:</span></b> </span>A vast chamber lined with rows of sarcophagi, each containing ancient mummies. As intruders enter, the mummies rise from their slumber, their decaying bodies reanimating to defend their resting place. The room echoes with the eerie chants of necromantic rituals. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">2 Chamber of Reflection:</span></b> A serene room adorned with mirrored walls and a still, reflective pool at its center. However, the mirrors hide malevolent spirits that attack anyone who gazes upon them. To progress, the adventurers must navigate the room blindfolded or find a way to dispel the vengeful apparitions. <br /><br /><span><b><span style="color: #783f04;">3 Maze of Wandering Souls:</span></b> </span>A twisting labyrinth where lost souls endlessly roam. Phantoms whisper distorted truths and half-truths, attempting to mislead those who dare to enter. The walls shift and change, forcing the adventurers to rely on their wits and intuition to navigate the maze and avoid being trapped forever. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">4 Chamber of Eternal Flames:</span></b> A scorching-hot room engulfed in perpetual flames. The air crackles with intense heat, and the floor is covered in molten lava. To progress, the adventurers must locate hidden platforms or activate ancient mechanisms that temporarily extinguish the flames, providing brief respite to cross the room unscathed. <br /><br /><span><b><span style="color: #783f04;">5 Crypt of the Undying King:</span></b> </span>A grand sepulcher that houses the remains of a long-forgotten ruler. The room is guarded by spectral knights and shadowy guardians who fiercely protect their fallen monarch. To proceed, the adventurers must uncover the secret burial rites that bind the Undying King's spirit and perform a ritual to finally put his restless soul to rest.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><b>Me:</b><br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br /><b>ChatGPT:</b><br /><br />You're welcome! If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask. Good luck with your One Page Dungeon contest!</span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-34038587944351311882023-06-02T10:00:00.001+02:002023-06-02T10:01:32.071+02:00Fimo Dragon Rampant<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FyqjgkVQrvrZTCSP8Xe1iMmHhc-p642FWbHg1JN7_z-hNSlBEQf0o8BTgcPBgG3pt4oA1oKx4S5SBcnSS6VI1vFmMh76oPPVNeOB-lOTeViOVcHOAlLFHEDt82Cu-W2vtvtjk0GN8A5L6Qjk_KONLi8-mPQJm1a-lJp-fzx5zv7e9v5JZcbSxZkD/s1600/dragon_rampant_pokemon.jpg"><img alt="Dragon Rampant" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FyqjgkVQrvrZTCSP8Xe1iMmHhc-p642FWbHg1JN7_z-hNSlBEQf0o8BTgcPBgG3pt4oA1oKx4S5SBcnSS6VI1vFmMh76oPPVNeOB-lOTeViOVcHOAlLFHEDt82Cu-W2vtvtjk0GN8A5L6Qjk_KONLi8-mPQJm1a-lJp-fzx5zv7e9v5JZcbSxZkD/w400-h300/dragon_rampant_pokemon.jpg" title="Dragon Rampant" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">A picture from our last game of Dragon Rampant.<br /><br />The miniatures on the table are two Pokémon monsters made out of Fimo and a couple of Space Marines and Orks from my friend’s collection.</span><div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw05HWzWOJ9oue0mqFlqk2IJBogCp5_kk951Nfjq5icUVlsJy4OfFooLyybb_Vh-l7l542iuuwZ9aZPKKG6UsyKlAA8ZYae6SUdaTsw0-3u_ztlDgzc_hhCXmZ8o4XnjsFyp7LYfaM_RN_TVw9uTPDwYxa3xH77qTQhub1uLHRLOqHqEVT9RJ_tmgZ/s1600/glutexo_fimo.jpg"><img alt="Glutexo" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw05HWzWOJ9oue0mqFlqk2IJBogCp5_kk951Nfjq5icUVlsJy4OfFooLyybb_Vh-l7l542iuuwZ9aZPKKG6UsyKlAA8ZYae6SUdaTsw0-3u_ztlDgzc_hhCXmZ8o4XnjsFyp7LYfaM_RN_TVw9uTPDwYxa3xH77qTQhub1uLHRLOqHqEVT9RJ_tmgZ/w400-h400/glutexo_fimo.jpg" title="Glutexo" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">The Fimo monsters won.<br /><br />Have a great weekend!</span><br /></div></div>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-91976035462145282262023-05-05T08:22:00.000+02:002023-05-05T08:22:28.030+02:0012 Bamboo Men<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigNUdA5VFl-0IafDdqAS6Q0GYcGYp-DQiwIwZcvCuFaS5edKg-pK9tK-uU7TEiHoU73I5JBa3H2BCAfPYxaXqo1C2r70hJ3_DTdvRNgapootTRPgkU1RBnd7Ja7vCmoLuPYohRzbAaMjANk-6vjDnEJOaqsaglPq1krKq4i9IQZtjz0Kge_jhpXTk/s1600/bamboo_men_oldhammer.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigNUdA5VFl-0IafDdqAS6Q0GYcGYp-DQiwIwZcvCuFaS5edKg-pK9tK-uU7TEiHoU73I5JBa3H2BCAfPYxaXqo1C2r70hJ3_DTdvRNgapootTRPgkU1RBnd7Ja7vCmoLuPYohRzbAaMjANk-6vjDnEJOaqsaglPq1krKq4i9IQZtjz0Kge_jhpXTk/w400-h246/bamboo_men_oldhammer.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">This is a picture of my desk.<br /><br />I didn't have too much time to paint miniatures lately but hope to finish painting this little scratch built bamboo forest now.<br /><br />Have a great weekend!</span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-2838682479979126682023-04-18T09:12:00.000+02:002023-04-18T09:12:23.251+02:00Honor Among Thieves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFy4WbnDv8J5OaS40uQ2H8sdZ59vvmofBoq9NFhw7ThGtPZPkGp7BoYpeBwjBAa8Mk61ix5QJ-SqEKRas4fKKiLYo_UQoc5rWD-pyl1nuVj62WXNNM_ungVC_ZRaN6UeoqPlufQhOgEwURVcw_cewF5iadoNKGPufMx401nEDbvCqkVmlnblPCkM1/s1600/d&d_movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Honor Among Thieves" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFy4WbnDv8J5OaS40uQ2H8sdZ59vvmofBoq9NFhw7ThGtPZPkGp7BoYpeBwjBAa8Mk61ix5QJ-SqEKRas4fKKiLYo_UQoc5rWD-pyl1nuVj62WXNNM_ungVC_ZRaN6UeoqPlufQhOgEwURVcw_cewF5iadoNKGPufMx401nEDbvCqkVmlnblPCkM1/w400-h400/d&d_movie.jpg" title="Honor Among Thieves" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I watched "Honor Among Thieves", the D&D movie, with my family. Then I asked my daughter what she thought about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">"Although the plot of the movie was predictable, the movie was entertaining. There were various funny jokes and I found the characters to be quite well written. All of the characters had thought out back stories which the audience got to see through their storytelling. The stories also influenced and explained the choices they made. Overall I would recommend the movie."</span></div><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-63279257835496448632023-04-01T10:35:00.000+02:002023-04-01T10:35:55.439+02:00Madballs Horn Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YDFbRtsg6AZsVAHr2IkatuiBB4SMcEBRtx_hU3C1DB4K5jVQE2y6hsMPThiQkhi8Q5jq2Qxrs7bfOnfaK4UflClLV2l2XFHb-Fwy4-rUKps9ZeCSzse4CETlAY9F4I-1dhxCkpN6Mx_zefCLvbfpTRMp9OqIptmT1RWtjb3E8FfaAR3G896F-0OU/s1600/madballs_horn_head.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="horn head" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YDFbRtsg6AZsVAHr2IkatuiBB4SMcEBRtx_hU3C1DB4K5jVQE2y6hsMPThiQkhi8Q5jq2Qxrs7bfOnfaK4UflClLV2l2XFHb-Fwy4-rUKps9ZeCSzse4CETlAY9F4I-1dhxCkpN6Mx_zefCLvbfpTRMp9OqIptmT1RWtjb3E8FfaAR3G896F-0OU/w400-h400/madballs_horn_head.jpg" title="horn head" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />A toy I bought in Sioux City, Iowa in 1986.</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-20291675676204961682023-02-17T08:51:00.000+01:002023-02-17T08:51:14.591+01:006 Pictures from the Tactica 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW5G0M4pOsnR1QzhCmC9Wq2JldJ_RQwNxlx-nlKKeQDdvQXS2sH_bXxX8HRbAsZv0f87zeTbpYq6kNOOQ06Okk0-SxpkHy2vHGsgueaIKUuVlQ33UFum_zGaGT4VhXFJC1BvrpMChA3KLSFIyoLpTqsQNiw53RIWKmEhnyxXgcdMcqJTGS2ZeoFf3/s1080/saga_tactica_hamburg_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Saga" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW5G0M4pOsnR1QzhCmC9Wq2JldJ_RQwNxlx-nlKKeQDdvQXS2sH_bXxX8HRbAsZv0f87zeTbpYq6kNOOQ06Okk0-SxpkHy2vHGsgueaIKUuVlQ33UFum_zGaGT4VhXFJC1BvrpMChA3KLSFIyoLpTqsQNiw53RIWKmEhnyxXgcdMcqJTGS2ZeoFf3/w400-h400/saga_tactica_hamburg_2022.jpg" title="Saga" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This is me playing Saga at the Tactica in Hamburg last year. I look tired because the night before, in a Portuguese restaurant, I had talked for hours with Krüger and Jörg about Tolkien and Brecht. Don’t ask me why …</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81RD3aMhlAuwlyETdOTXEwZM_qfLH9tH2B6WZAVGPspNgq1--JDN3Vzt4RNMZcVob320tv7pS39paVdy48AI_D2swUCDuXq9nV-fyQAMqqg1XFoX6ZnYXOSJBnsCBksRtXLjD9hhBdKsJ-Kpe1w5bbTEuxy52Yep21EE9_UiRt6ILBBkaFH5tUVFl/s1080/tactica_hamburg-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kurpfalz Feldherren" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81RD3aMhlAuwlyETdOTXEwZM_qfLH9tH2B6WZAVGPspNgq1--JDN3Vzt4RNMZcVob320tv7pS39paVdy48AI_D2swUCDuXq9nV-fyQAMqqg1XFoX6ZnYXOSJBnsCBksRtXLjD9hhBdKsJ-Kpe1w5bbTEuxy52Yep21EE9_UiRt6ILBBkaFH5tUVFl/w300-h400/tactica_hamburg-2022.jpg" title="Kurpfalz Feldherren" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The first game we played was presented by the club Kurpfalz Feldherren. They used the ruleset Pikeman’s Lament and had a very beautiful table of a port.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgnNmffbsiNWyOEkoIkVs-pB3aRefklZQ2zwK2EhpDUxpXs5cgZIqo_6Y7Z1BWQBVzcu79i_MQfWJgL8TYCPLDcEI5c8x5beaS_D4snyRe6i0RzRx6quY1KBNsDZLohVZGSULll77PwE4YEwKOh2PAFCWDwzbV5_17uEQTu0seX-4Ajk0zA2u9yXv/s1080/tactica_hamburg-2022_kurpfalz_feldherren.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kurpfalz Feldherren" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgnNmffbsiNWyOEkoIkVs-pB3aRefklZQ2zwK2EhpDUxpXs5cgZIqo_6Y7Z1BWQBVzcu79i_MQfWJgL8TYCPLDcEI5c8x5beaS_D4snyRe6i0RzRx6quY1KBNsDZLohVZGSULll77PwE4YEwKOh2PAFCWDwzbV5_17uEQTu0seX-4Ajk0zA2u9yXv/w400-h400/tactica_hamburg-2022_kurpfalz_feldherren.jpg" title="Kurpfalz Feldherren" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5kVG-pMs5uWTklFDsHp9szxmiDvq2B9QotmHlicWnIOffdQaJU4DOK6XP1aUv9FGGtzMdNXvtGI6B7d_GxUzYa1kcyMmMNUl8xv5b6_aJ6lMwt-_4RDN9DqVRUC65U_Tgz4cAHgy9FLbtMClE4Bffq-Kab7cI3YcpVmGkWLgGXgLSZZ_f11sSXqA/s1080/warmaster_tactica_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Warmaster" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5kVG-pMs5uWTklFDsHp9szxmiDvq2B9QotmHlicWnIOffdQaJU4DOK6XP1aUv9FGGtzMdNXvtGI6B7d_GxUzYa1kcyMmMNUl8xv5b6_aJ6lMwt-_4RDN9DqVRUC65U_Tgz4cAHgy9FLbtMClE4Bffq-Kab7cI3YcpVmGkWLgGXgLSZZ_f11sSXqA/w400-h400/warmaster_tactica_2022.jpg" title="Warmaster" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A picture of Krüger playing Warmaster. High elves vs dwarves. It was the first time I saw a Warmaster game. To my surprise troop movement was very fast and there were strong domino effects. A lot more action on the table than I had expected.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKejDr6SEfCU3SF5hE8-u9qRPFGQ5bxfu3iSewlhjmaRBG9sMkZukjqJ0t9HaY7HD3Wd-k7pPbn05iqXBPTEd92H4BCEpjvJJnC2No0lfNQ15iCguD36gsO3G-RMq86aL8OTCmcMYmxn8xnbENHaWECfbKMK_M7-NVNHR2-o4Lx887BQkJuDmGcTq/s1080/tactica_mario_cart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mario Cart" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKejDr6SEfCU3SF5hE8-u9qRPFGQ5bxfu3iSewlhjmaRBG9sMkZukjqJ0t9HaY7HD3Wd-k7pPbn05iqXBPTEd92H4BCEpjvJJnC2No0lfNQ15iCguD36gsO3G-RMq86aL8OTCmcMYmxn8xnbENHaWECfbKMK_M7-NVNHR2-o4Lx887BQkJuDmGcTq/w400-h400/tactica_mario_cart.jpg" title="Mario Cart" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Mario Cart. This table looked like so much fun. Unfortunately I couldn’t try it, but I hope the game will be presented at another convention.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF17Ad1yAlS73-9XJHKjPAavR6Ot81Mjb3H5fUJVn2G9AvngfyCkhJ8DpGbe4sD6CRETc10FQXG4bA3fslF9npYps6DSSPM0hq1gyOmxpbh71oE83v6iyaEBQH9fBW9IkZ2T3QagrEi-TtL8PlamKcSDBuKCSEGFhA81NenXJmSfWnPKhr_KkhJtWN/s1080/the_silver_bayonet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Silver Bayonet" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF17Ad1yAlS73-9XJHKjPAavR6Ot81Mjb3H5fUJVn2G9AvngfyCkhJ8DpGbe4sD6CRETc10FQXG4bA3fslF9npYps6DSSPM0hq1gyOmxpbh71oE83v6iyaEBQH9fBW9IkZ2T3QagrEi-TtL8PlamKcSDBuKCSEGFhA81NenXJmSfWnPKhr_KkhJtWN/w400-h400/the_silver_bayonet.jpg" title="The Silver Bayonet" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Der Schnitter von Hanau. A vampire game presented by two members of the <a href="https://www.tabletop-rheinmain.de/phpBB3/index.php" target="_blank">Tabletop Club Rhein Main</a>. They used the rule set The Silver Bayonet and created such a great atmosphere that I believed for a second that the two game masters actually were vampires …</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-29464030611390741622023-01-20T08:48:00.000+01:002023-01-20T08:48:41.582+01:00Mould Lines<div><span style="font-family: courier;">I'm working on six Surprise Egg terror birds at the moment.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2bCOVUdIQ9ETdnCDfSslcVAfcX0BWG9hQNWdfqac8Rf9hjY9il9pVaTVH2xkNmNe6AaIWNXIcyNRVs3WZ4i1EvO2uWKYSgtqM-nWtjYVD0_BDWMUU1N09taNUGR8Jjt19zolDn6t-BU4LgxP4881TKxZ0vDjvbuoBW7ZVdN9K5w1Uyn7vwhpFCn6/s1080/surprise_egg_terror_birds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terror birds" border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1080" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2bCOVUdIQ9ETdnCDfSslcVAfcX0BWG9hQNWdfqac8Rf9hjY9il9pVaTVH2xkNmNe6AaIWNXIcyNRVs3WZ4i1EvO2uWKYSgtqM-nWtjYVD0_BDWMUU1N09taNUGR8Jjt19zolDn6t-BU4LgxP4881TKxZ0vDjvbuoBW7ZVdN9K5w1Uyn7vwhpFCn6/w400-h278/surprise_egg_terror_birds.jpg" title="terror birds" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">After undercoating them I noticed that they had thick mould lines which I couldn't remove with a scalpel because the terror birds are partly made out of soft plastic.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOa8tr1VfMLMgP5iizpnzUs7Kh7Dp9MrOWDBWoDOFMtF4g4__HY15j1wIe4iyEx77LjKkThRMUeBGqlVMZKbLketDFXVSGhhP4ICK8AU615nAYgCFY9uVholIfc5vg_cRLaFkYMVo5qX3XiazKL1rWw-QwPGAQLts5puk3c7itbJyh62ybklwQ8_z/s1080/surprise_egg_terror_birds_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terror birds" border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="1080" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOa8tr1VfMLMgP5iizpnzUs7Kh7Dp9MrOWDBWoDOFMtF4g4__HY15j1wIe4iyEx77LjKkThRMUeBGqlVMZKbLketDFXVSGhhP4ICK8AU615nAYgCFY9uVholIfc5vg_cRLaFkYMVo5qX3XiazKL1rWw-QwPGAQLts5puk3c7itbJyh62ybklwQ8_z/w400-h206/surprise_egg_terror_birds_02.jpg" title="terror birds" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I covered the mould lines with green stuff which was fun but took a bit longer than planned ...</span></div>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-6238949431197769002023-01-01T00:23:00.000+01:002023-01-01T00:23:31.538+01:00Happy New Year!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAw8Pd9EKCq6ZjDRzYG4gmJVAhTK1pq_FdF7wmIv4DZRzGDlZHjCw5nH-BT6NSQVtKa9spX9ExrphimxbFdO_P5p7bmtxw5AQh2dnXD_ZYBihbWCqeluq15iC7FzjLJPMeSRxve50m9SJc1pmIsD4nphxcjgwLLkDGhl4HAd7hi3EHlSmSGweB96y/s1080/herr_zinnling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="art vs artist 2022" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAw8Pd9EKCq6ZjDRzYG4gmJVAhTK1pq_FdF7wmIv4DZRzGDlZHjCw5nH-BT6NSQVtKa9spX9ExrphimxbFdO_P5p7bmtxw5AQh2dnXD_ZYBihbWCqeluq15iC7FzjLJPMeSRxve50m9SJc1pmIsD4nphxcjgwLLkDGhl4HAd7hi3EHlSmSGweB96y/w400-h400/herr_zinnling.jpg" title="art vs artist 2022" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>I went to a photo booth to take a picture for this art vs artist collage which is popular on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zinnling/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at the moment. I tried to look friendly, but 2022 was another stressful year on many levels. Anyway …</span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />Hobby-wise I met a lot of interesting, friendly people, played <a href="https://www.dingstown.de" target="_blank">Dingstown</a>, Saga and The Silver Bayonet at gaming conventions and Dragon Rampant and Das Schwarze Auge with my kids.<br /><br />I finally finished all my old painting and sculpting projects, this was my New Year’s resolution for 2020, and I started a funny army, consisting of surprise egg toy animals and scratch built bamboo men. I will continue painting these in 2023.<br /><br />I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my posts, look at all the pictures and for your kind and inspiring comments.<br /><br />(By the way, one of the images is AI-generated.)<br /><br />Have a wonderful 2023!<br /><br />Karl</span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-66615730112391820982022-12-25T10:48:00.000+01:002022-12-25T10:48:04.435+01:00Merry Christmas!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9Fq-ww7mRzNTGsvaN5FdFwjLIBx1S8O3hWjR-ZR-xg5oF0Lxgz_sF0nTb8WNNCDzWsAKDEYHY8p4ZfrOQBM9IDjhfaz3r_pGNETDAkUgnTmUtj7FhIryPaYxoxw_ajG3OMGSK10WCxgHQ5XqrntRPc64LFiawe27iAuYfdz1jaRTIQs3XbPxxt6R/s1080/meisterzinn_tin_soldiers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nürnberger Meisterzinn" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9Fq-ww7mRzNTGsvaN5FdFwjLIBx1S8O3hWjR-ZR-xg5oF0Lxgz_sF0nTb8WNNCDzWsAKDEYHY8p4ZfrOQBM9IDjhfaz3r_pGNETDAkUgnTmUtj7FhIryPaYxoxw_ajG3OMGSK10WCxgHQ5XqrntRPc64LFiawe27iAuYfdz1jaRTIQs3XbPxxt6R/w400-h400/meisterzinn_tin_soldiers.jpg" title="Nürnberger Meisterzinn" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Some tin soldiers I home cast many years ago around this time of the year.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!</span><br />Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-18251994876672542162022-12-13T09:56:00.001+01:002022-12-13T12:26:19.893+01:00Space Marine Lina<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUDbdltFhfK4IhYleLC-0eBXmwJAV_s6J5P27MQnVa6e6_rPJ-m9GRBouImfLvN2CsWqJ1qDZCv-CBX4HOCDIIxgrxrRMLQfPCuiAleIe-qBuZSdBXPnb6SQ9DFO2Ei-mUWc1s-gdAHu-BHCx2o2joSgy1cBn0Ko2L1iN4etT6jM8ZiEaw6sLDL8w/s1080/space_marine_kids_art..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Space Marine" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUDbdltFhfK4IhYleLC-0eBXmwJAV_s6J5P27MQnVa6e6_rPJ-m9GRBouImfLvN2CsWqJ1qDZCv-CBX4HOCDIIxgrxrRMLQfPCuiAleIe-qBuZSdBXPnb6SQ9DFO2Ei-mUWc1s-gdAHu-BHCx2o2joSgy1cBn0Ko2L1iN4etT6jM8ZiEaw6sLDL8w/w400-h400/space_marine_kids_art..jpg" title="Space Marine" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I found an old drawing book I did with my daughter when she was about four.<br /><br />I think this is a space marine.</span><br /><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-30933518747733590172022-12-02T07:45:00.002+01:002023-05-05T08:23:59.809+02:003 Bamboo Men<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjWOwodaMMqVLswEQur2DJve-oeZrhX0qWr2UCxx7cQqVQPrDNJ-MnN11vn97yIKTDeVKvC0es9-dFKn-0TvmQwJ5vZodHwNxfRri_lWYAGbArU5qwYy5y0jE9A_vmVrdMfrV61Vhbt-hMPg8WLVoSjKCWKOBaBCjuLYowLmGk_7LOyJB_yKkIIp8/s1600/bamboo_men_oldhammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 bamboo men" border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjWOwodaMMqVLswEQur2DJve-oeZrhX0qWr2UCxx7cQqVQPrDNJ-MnN11vn97yIKTDeVKvC0es9-dFKn-0TvmQwJ5vZodHwNxfRri_lWYAGbArU5qwYy5y0jE9A_vmVrdMfrV61Vhbt-hMPg8WLVoSjKCWKOBaBCjuLYowLmGk_7LOyJB_yKkIIp8/w400-h283/bamboo_men_oldhammer.jpg" title="3 bamboo men" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">I just finished painting these three scratch built bamboo men. They still need a layer of matt varnish and some grass on the base.</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-40131274838419152482022-09-30T10:37:00.001+02:002022-09-30T10:38:57.452+02:0010 Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLw_J6AuK5DmOA6az8aWL6JyHMJz8sCKtL33YVRZeTmsPJeja4U-ApgmGwUueDBkh2w_GTpuYsUjpWzXTecmcogwy6yCYgzdaIO7gwS96IxDopAUvrkECoPJ_1hVdjiXeE3GSeVPLe3dzf_2eogsZdgK5CTO05MaSe20Z673K6Gdyob0NgUcwXQrXc/s1000/hordes%20of%20the%20things%20thracians%20versus%20goblin%20wolf%20riders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Greeks vs Orks" border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLw_J6AuK5DmOA6az8aWL6JyHMJz8sCKtL33YVRZeTmsPJeja4U-ApgmGwUueDBkh2w_GTpuYsUjpWzXTecmcogwy6yCYgzdaIO7gwS96IxDopAUvrkECoPJ_1hVdjiXeE3GSeVPLe3dzf_2eogsZdgK5CTO05MaSe20Z673K6Gdyob0NgUcwXQrXc/w400-h266/hordes%20of%20the%20things%20thracians%20versus%20goblin%20wolf%20riders.jpg" title="Greeks vs Orks" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>I started this blog ten years ago, in September 2012, shortly after my youngest son was born.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR8Vqk5Oxvdo7KVq2UFx7BgUNbzoct8Nfd4p01wS5_j5bJC3ld__ix60Ngjhwq6xupHp_3qyEZcabyUHMHV9Ment2LJGSTYAafm767n3-Iykz3gBMXXbT4GIscUCe3IhuQtg1IxsLMcVJEm7uYxMepgMc7oIfzdNNzw0zWbOmmRp6-VSn2bSVm2g1/s886/fuerteventura%20caleta%20de%20fuste%20playa%20del%20castillo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="castles made of sand" border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="886" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR8Vqk5Oxvdo7KVq2UFx7BgUNbzoct8Nfd4p01wS5_j5bJC3ld__ix60Ngjhwq6xupHp_3qyEZcabyUHMHV9Ment2LJGSTYAafm767n3-Iykz3gBMXXbT4GIscUCe3IhuQtg1IxsLMcVJEm7uYxMepgMc7oIfzdNNzw0zWbOmmRp6-VSn2bSVm2g1/w400-h275/fuerteventura%20caleta%20de%20fuste%20playa%20del%20castillo.jpg" title="castles made of sand" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For about a year I wrote blog posts without getting any comment, not even from the friends I gamed with, and then, when I got my first comment, I read it over and over, but didn’t know how to respond, and when I finally did, after nine days, I didn’t know if <a href="https://saskminigamer.blogspot.com">Tim from Saskatoon</a> who had been so kind to leave <a href="https://zinnling.blogspot.com/2013/04/dungeon-number-one.html">the first comment</a>, also got my answer.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8VAV2J5QT2QciTqXYMjR2uduGhem1mGd54ahrg4JQRfXTOv4ksjzFJU_cgNxvTpdCdg7-A9sT8EuqV4_OqlUutoU7mUon33E_m2Dt1KwRV9gc0oci644gqJYTmSkgQGbDFLDxy8wqauGmbVzSJQ5tKM8l47hUp3LTUefQDDKTlBj9lN_jHyFGrQW/s842/dungeon%20number%20one.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dungeon number one" border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="842" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8VAV2J5QT2QciTqXYMjR2uduGhem1mGd54ahrg4JQRfXTOv4ksjzFJU_cgNxvTpdCdg7-A9sT8EuqV4_OqlUutoU7mUon33E_m2Dt1KwRV9gc0oci644gqJYTmSkgQGbDFLDxy8wqauGmbVzSJQ5tKM8l47hUp3LTUefQDDKTlBj9lN_jHyFGrQW/w400-h283/dungeon%20number%20one.jpg" title="dungeon number one" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>The truth is I didn’t know how to communicate well in the internet when I started this blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChjGg9j5P3yoVHWkr_Cb-c9IoTgQXjY9VuueUAJdm6jlIkKVQY8LrxTQPUpLN9TAaDkmLsXeoLZlS2ZyyUB84A7NBUiZyH3tVEs7WR6j22vQxF2FnfV4WREyP4xzxYjlj1gKbo6eG3DtHffXrgMAYCCT1GGXO7xbNoblrTiJeOeKpeGTBqxb5tcxy/s1600/gurps%20with%20kids%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="playing Gurps with the kids" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChjGg9j5P3yoVHWkr_Cb-c9IoTgQXjY9VuueUAJdm6jlIkKVQY8LrxTQPUpLN9TAaDkmLsXeoLZlS2ZyyUB84A7NBUiZyH3tVEs7WR6j22vQxF2FnfV4WREyP4xzxYjlj1gKbo6eG3DtHffXrgMAYCCT1GGXO7xbNoblrTiJeOeKpeGTBqxb5tcxy/w400-h300/gurps%20with%20kids%201.jpg" title="playing Gurps with the kids" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If I could give my younger self any advice about blogging, it would be this: don’t try so hard, be patient, friendly, be curious about other people’s work, about their thoughts, and learn as much as you can about how blogging works on a technical level, but never behave like a machine. And yes. I almost forgot. Enjoy yourself. It’s a hobby blog after all.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrIF96poTSKllkFEojvQoSLS0HxJRRj61uwdVBEqcyIuEoZ-crABIPdiDG6chQdVt9lqIsgLeHzjbKka-MkK4H929MVsqTJQK3I3Csjh_oCRenA2H10pmM64ZGNtfQR0MfAZRs4ZMIUHA-ltPcYQnnWLbOzKX6f67CcXs03PJwtJZG6d22TD9RGZC/s1466/28mm%20ancient%20greek%20officers%20gorgon%20studios%20&%20wargames%20foundry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="the statue" border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1466" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrIF96poTSKllkFEojvQoSLS0HxJRRj61uwdVBEqcyIuEoZ-crABIPdiDG6chQdVt9lqIsgLeHzjbKka-MkK4H929MVsqTJQK3I3Csjh_oCRenA2H10pmM64ZGNtfQR0MfAZRs4ZMIUHA-ltPcYQnnWLbOzKX6f67CcXs03PJwtJZG6d22TD9RGZC/w400-h221/28mm%20ancient%20greek%20officers%20gorgon%20studios%20&%20wargames%20foundry.jpg" title="the statue" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>Ok. I sound like a pathetic old man now. Sorry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3cRkpeJ8TsptIXaqAqqSBXEddKg2cjWQ1in2AUHGDgEulNr6zyHRGoo1NB2wnvqFVky9c3yeIdT1hqKzAHHlaw7KCzVSfK_Gfgnh-sGGI8BrfAiX4xGYwb9jntWOmalxVl8ffBO-fx9InWl6iuHhfLB0IMxTGcebbx5cXspW-0ikR35L6w6t0B75/s700/20%20arrows%20fimo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fimo arrows" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="700" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3cRkpeJ8TsptIXaqAqqSBXEddKg2cjWQ1in2AUHGDgEulNr6zyHRGoo1NB2wnvqFVky9c3yeIdT1hqKzAHHlaw7KCzVSfK_Gfgnh-sGGI8BrfAiX4xGYwb9jntWOmalxVl8ffBO-fx9InWl6iuHhfLB0IMxTGcebbx5cXspW-0ikR35L6w6t0B75/w400-h229/20%20arrows%20fimo.jpg" title="Fimo arrows" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>What have you learned about blogging over the years? And what would you consider your biggest mistakes?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDBX9fSmJSFW5gyWHHZZPFAkgvY4beTVMQb6O6_jgv5UeDaNcW-F-pPcVt2DuY8Tt9KofFSn-DsyvYI9J0xJSgJOcoeU18YNJ1jk2QVRpIy0ZvpECI-s_YX_FXccnI1TecHiLm4qN7TXwdDi6csQzIW-HKAC7XhLhMaAkMFS5jGxzwV_C9Jiq9csm/s1200/hordes_of_the_things_ancient_greeks_versus_orcs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Greeks vs Orks" border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1200" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDBX9fSmJSFW5gyWHHZZPFAkgvY4beTVMQb6O6_jgv5UeDaNcW-F-pPcVt2DuY8Tt9KofFSn-DsyvYI9J0xJSgJOcoeU18YNJ1jk2QVRpIy0ZvpECI-s_YX_FXccnI1TecHiLm4qN7TXwdDi6csQzIW-HKAC7XhLhMaAkMFS5jGxzwV_C9Jiq9csm/w400-h281/hordes_of_the_things_ancient_greeks_versus_orcs.jpg" title="Greeks vs Orks" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way the pictures are just some old pictures I found going through Herr Zinnlings Arbeitszimmer. This is one of the things I enjoy a lot about blogging: taking pictures of miniatures.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TwBiMx8hlVGSbDb2D7TvRCgshr4STx4E8tvWdMIWYepA6Ce-0Mps038W0rptDEebs5qYuNsJUc93kRy_dFZQdVZY7eYZp7Go9N8qeGk7kRCPdMLc1nDMWQj7_TNIyFCQ-FmNZGkfvSEfLKE4-jPahYKkwA5QIOJN5eIkoNyxS8_ep3wo5CxclSDu/s1600/imaginary%20island%20hand%20drawn%20map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="imaginary island" border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1600" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TwBiMx8hlVGSbDb2D7TvRCgshr4STx4E8tvWdMIWYepA6Ce-0Mps038W0rptDEebs5qYuNsJUc93kRy_dFZQdVZY7eYZp7Go9N8qeGk7kRCPdMLc1nDMWQj7_TNIyFCQ-FmNZGkfvSEfLKE4-jPahYKkwA5QIOJN5eIkoNyxS8_ep3wo5CxclSDu/w400-h283/imaginary%20island%20hand%20drawn%20map.jpg" title="imaginary island" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-54661608324628652622022-09-27T10:41:00.002+02:002022-09-27T13:26:15.057+02:00A T Rex out of a Kinder Surprise Egg<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAe2Wzl2mp0-hkLBBznv1J05XF78IpTqrCsOSV0PQeEkFBM2pLPFDc95ybgwHXuZ5X_w4VaYk8g1bxxCnSL7_t6uSbUwRqiXlnYfv-BW4UjNXbA8mxRv5l5w-soITOsTWbjSSJOVcUjVSKZ2cFTi8XzSdUsv-VPnTGcZecV3RhXvr6Gqbggc2n7Oc/s1600/kinder_surprise_egg_dinosaur.jpg"><img alt="T Rex" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAe2Wzl2mp0-hkLBBznv1J05XF78IpTqrCsOSV0PQeEkFBM2pLPFDc95ybgwHXuZ5X_w4VaYk8g1bxxCnSL7_t6uSbUwRqiXlnYfv-BW4UjNXbA8mxRv5l5w-soITOsTWbjSSJOVcUjVSKZ2cFTi8XzSdUsv-VPnTGcZecV3RhXvr6Gqbggc2n7Oc/w400-h400/kinder_surprise_egg_dinosaur.jpg" title="T Rex" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><p>A dinosaur from the movie Ice Age that came out of a Kinder Surprise Egg.</p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9AEL9usWQdSRA0WmZHc3U2zHJjexSDzOdNkFzCXj3EDgmbuVVIDPbSuGoyBLliXaXsBTjblMokydK0liPkJ2DUpy9MFopi8D9MMHfLvT6FL7kI9aYMbHELsG2AZGWkJt0KYJU36J3TIYED_a0a_M_1SLimwzz5RjcywWKnnXHB3JqKpWojHPXy_7/s1600/ice_age_dinosaur_kinder_surprise_egg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="T Rex" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9AEL9usWQdSRA0WmZHc3U2zHJjexSDzOdNkFzCXj3EDgmbuVVIDPbSuGoyBLliXaXsBTjblMokydK0liPkJ2DUpy9MFopi8D9MMHfLvT6FL7kI9aYMbHELsG2AZGWkJt0KYJU36J3TIYED_a0a_M_1SLimwzz5RjcywWKnnXHB3JqKpWojHPXy_7/w400-h400/ice_age_dinosaur_kinder_surprise_egg.jpg" title="T Rex" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I put him/her/it on a 40 mm base. The beast is ready for painting now. (Ok. I still need to remove some mold lines.)</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-80732578231690473942022-09-13T08:23:00.000+02:002022-09-13T08:23:04.631+02:00Dingstown at Mel Bel Con<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6xHjdtsDNU51i4R9tEq0K2CO5jMy7LE2m0OwrNFOTpxb3R0TDW_qnD1JGZ_QsKhVXR9HzlLS5TvLzjxN2cgxHaL32nkrZI6ScBqZRXuramrmx1T3d8BDBn-DKPW99QtnJiz2IzOgy0YhSu2mqMtRM-I2ikZQIgI3yOoTmKZvqeVtCHZzmjn1mW1A/s1080/dingstown_melbelcon_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Dingstown" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6xHjdtsDNU51i4R9tEq0K2CO5jMy7LE2m0OwrNFOTpxb3R0TDW_qnD1JGZ_QsKhVXR9HzlLS5TvLzjxN2cgxHaL32nkrZI6ScBqZRXuramrmx1T3d8BDBn-DKPW99QtnJiz2IzOgy0YhSu2mqMtRM-I2ikZQIgI3yOoTmKZvqeVtCHZzmjn1mW1A/w400-h400/dingstown_melbelcon_01.jpg" title="Dingstown" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">This summer I went to the gaming convention <a href="http://www.melbelcon.de" target="_blank">Mel Bel Con</a> in Welver-Dinker with a friend and my kids. We played the Wild West skirmish game <a href="https://www.dingstown.de" target="_blank">Dingstown</a> by Axel Jansen.</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">I have already played Dingstown three times at different conventions and actually went to Welver-Dinker to play it again. I’m a Dingstown fan boy.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQuhBnVa_oVv-Lz0Jp8oaRW-bW1e2mo7ltwWqFPbhd6219E5Gno698KkMChIqaqHStxkQsBNUefwsT0kV1iF6LFvFpP5pkBfetzRRZ9DPUjqytoZD9UmOJ9ER1S1hM8EDqFXG35hvFP8CAOA3VY9deB_Kw0uoAEN_h75JYmu-tuDGGkl-8pHpl7Vt/s1080/dingstown_melbelcon_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dingstown" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQuhBnVa_oVv-Lz0Jp8oaRW-bW1e2mo7ltwWqFPbhd6219E5Gno698KkMChIqaqHStxkQsBNUefwsT0kV1iF6LFvFpP5pkBfetzRRZ9DPUjqytoZD9UmOJ9ER1S1hM8EDqFXG35hvFP8CAOA3VY9deB_Kw0uoAEN_h75JYmu-tuDGGkl-8pHpl7Vt/w400-h400/dingstown_melbelcon_02.jpg" title="Dingstown" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">At one point my friend Krüger made such a complicated move that the author of the game had to consult his own rule book.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ_GdbrrWzdygtTpAGW8zSFKh8VdKEtI3SD7wuX6W_I4EibF81Q4FPJT9XNUHII8MHXO4HSusNrO9RI1zngjZj5llF_bC9MGYQB9jecGkMV7DNjuNFp_QrCrY-ia5Cn6hJ0jYGjhCL3pD3FuNHpC9ykzTzY4yu1j6DEam_no8NA0wnc-xLOVfhEW8/s1080/dingstown_melbelcon_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dingstown" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ_GdbrrWzdygtTpAGW8zSFKh8VdKEtI3SD7wuX6W_I4EibF81Q4FPJT9XNUHII8MHXO4HSusNrO9RI1zngjZj5llF_bC9MGYQB9jecGkMV7DNjuNFp_QrCrY-ia5Cn6hJ0jYGjhCL3pD3FuNHpC9ykzTzY4yu1j6DEam_no8NA0wnc-xLOVfhEW8/w400-h400/dingstown_melbelcon_03.jpg" title="Dingstown" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">We had a very patient game master.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhxgtLLSQ0MwyyzOiarhgMSPFIvSSJ5NzbDZQ1zc4ufL3Vmljfl4V5Ienw85-j_QRBsv0mBgr2JaDKS9rsnMgjXIKlzQ0tndV23OUnjKM_3JW8cqLAf7X0a8C1wsFA7oSRZpvkoaYK9HM9_F0h4OfmaCymGAnm_HwGFDjUly6kLPCHvCaraKbhGcU/s1080/dingstown_melbelcon_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dingstown" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhxgtLLSQ0MwyyzOiarhgMSPFIvSSJ5NzbDZQ1zc4ufL3Vmljfl4V5Ienw85-j_QRBsv0mBgr2JaDKS9rsnMgjXIKlzQ0tndV23OUnjKM_3JW8cqLAf7X0a8C1wsFA7oSRZpvkoaYK9HM9_F0h4OfmaCymGAnm_HwGFDjUly6kLPCHvCaraKbhGcU/w400-h400/dingstown_melbelcon_04.jpg" title="Dingstown" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Mel Bel Con is the first gaming convention I have been to after two years. It was great fun. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">🤠</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ3jejBjXep2qAwT-OC4sI74po0G0ZHoODAxWoribFqHO8sB5Y06XgX6ut3-afYhcKdWTISYtEaAEhIPafB08PyU6saOmtmRwoaj03Vuhd6c9Bsea7FGJiOsxgJNATS2t_c3xvbqPBWUO6YyDlz8Mhy_DdfYhUYor5shj-QrnKgEUwyXvNC4SnOrJ/s1080/dingstown_melbelcon_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dingstown" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ3jejBjXep2qAwT-OC4sI74po0G0ZHoODAxWoribFqHO8sB5Y06XgX6ut3-afYhcKdWTISYtEaAEhIPafB08PyU6saOmtmRwoaj03Vuhd6c9Bsea7FGJiOsxgJNATS2t_c3xvbqPBWUO6YyDlz8Mhy_DdfYhUYor5shj-QrnKgEUwyXvNC4SnOrJ/w400-h400/dingstown_melbelcon_05.jpg" title="Dingstown" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-12434344008438290942022-08-12T07:55:00.002+02:002023-07-10T21:41:05.689+02:00Cat Sitting on Painting Desk<span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGD1b3aOR3Y5khP6CGJc9oOKOaMrXrVN6ZVhaLyHqtwyqbfreRnyMcoePrghg-mBwRNnRgv8Wb1mXUfixCvG9ZfRUgko4vc9wERmWt9-wGZwMCBQaiPIDUH0bCF3JBTH0788UGFD9S4eAJmY-Dwehq_V1Wdub4YgxDEExnfrB2vkwZbvpgSLUihbcj/s1024/DALL-E_cat_on_painting_desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="AI generated image of a cat" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGD1b3aOR3Y5khP6CGJc9oOKOaMrXrVN6ZVhaLyHqtwyqbfreRnyMcoePrghg-mBwRNnRgv8Wb1mXUfixCvG9ZfRUgko4vc9wERmWt9-wGZwMCBQaiPIDUH0bCF3JBTH0788UGFD9S4eAJmY-Dwehq_V1Wdub4YgxDEExnfrB2vkwZbvpgSLUihbcj/w400-h400/DALL-E_cat_on_painting_desk.jpg" title="AI generated image of a cat" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-family: courier;">This is an AI-generated image I made with <a href="#">OpenAI’s DALL-E</a>.</span><div><span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">First I entered tis text:</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />“A photography of a cat sitting on a table. The table is used for painting 28mm miniatures, tin soldiers. There are a lot of little paint pots and brushes on the table.”<br /><br />And then I added this:<br /><br />“An unpainted 28mm miniature looking like a human with a helmet, a shield and a spear.”</span></div></div>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-23719238470470462722022-07-31T09:04:00.001+02:002022-07-31T09:08:29.954+02:00Squirrel Planet / Entry for the One Page Dungeon Contest 2022<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Once upon a time a group of friends came across a black squirrel. Since they had nothing else to do, they decided to follow it. After 20 minutes the squirrel disappeared. The group witnessed it going into a tree and because they were curious, they tried entering the tree, which surprisingly worked.</span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When they opened their eyes, they found themselves on a weird planet, ruled by squirrels. They were soon noticed and brought to the king of the planet. He explained to them that they had to go into a dungeon to either stay on the planet as squirrels or go back to earth with no memory of the planet, if they managed to get out. Otherwise they would all die.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxKQRaf0cvWJ2tXu_EJIsz6hC2v0NgxCLJRmiLzmOaglj4aWXBxg5Ddw8T8er3wm0ubDaAxtI_zaJ5WnlgttHnR7FA3ah1svmDT2R3Z5Kwidjb6sv6AS6Q3IHkDrU12jyaCjXSH4FkpA2azKlO76doeDzna2oof8NeeoiSUfiXS1_3CLIl2qbrlwU/s1080/opdc2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="squirrel planet" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxKQRaf0cvWJ2tXu_EJIsz6hC2v0NgxCLJRmiLzmOaglj4aWXBxg5Ddw8T8er3wm0ubDaAxtI_zaJ5WnlgttHnR7FA3ah1svmDT2R3Z5Kwidjb6sv6AS6Q3IHkDrU12jyaCjXSH4FkpA2azKlO76doeDzna2oof8NeeoiSUfiXS1_3CLIl2qbrlwU/w400-h400/opdc2022.jpg" title="squirrel planet" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Space Chicken Fighter (1)</b> In this room the group encounters a space chicken fighter whose special weapon is his dangerous lightsaber which can easily be deadly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Roboteeth Pony (2)</b> In this room the friends encounter a pony whose roboteeth can do a lot of damage, but the pony can only use them every third round.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Turkey-Platypus (3)</b> A turkey-platypus with dangerously long nails awaits the group in this room. One scratch robs you of half your health points, but the turkey-platypus cannot scratch that easily, because his nails are really slim.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Mutant Space Squirrel (4)</b> This three headed space squirrel is the end boss. It has the ability to teleportate itself, read and control minds and control hair. It’s weakness is that it can’t breath without its helmet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you finish the dungeon every character who died will be resurrected and you have the choice between going back to earth without memories of this planet or live on the squirrel planet as a squirrel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_emFhf8wax357jNbUsiUK1FSyXlKAV7EZGJl6kdx5mX7Tu8WIuZLezszAnw0Ats91GBj28usKNNsKcXwYZaHRCLPC7WnbcTuSFns8l9FyBHJZ_tIaxYsMXtCnW48Axviwtu0AJOuv7_HcYItB9g9a_Bi9evuDS5vmk0sj9Rfgg3k7Au7D2X1HKFaq/s1080/onepagedungeoncontest2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="roboteeth pony" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_emFhf8wax357jNbUsiUK1FSyXlKAV7EZGJl6kdx5mX7Tu8WIuZLezszAnw0Ats91GBj28usKNNsKcXwYZaHRCLPC7WnbcTuSFns8l9FyBHJZ_tIaxYsMXtCnW48Axviwtu0AJOuv7_HcYItB9g9a_Bi9evuDS5vmk0sj9Rfgg3k7Au7D2X1HKFaq/w400-h400/onepagedungeoncontest2022.jpg" title="roboteeth pony" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>[</span><b>Note] </b>This is a dungeon written by Lina (14), Hendrik (12) and Joaquín (10) for the <a href="https://www.dungeoncontest.com" target="_blank">One Page Dungeon Contest 2022</a>. After reading it, I told them that I thought it was too linear, not giving the players too many options. That it felt more like a film, not like a game.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I suggested a room, room 0, with a large machine looking like a retro arcade, that would show low resolution pictures of the four monsters and had four buttons and could teleport the adventure party to the four rooms. And maybe there could be some spray cans lying around.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My daughter got angry and screamed that they had put a lot of work into this and didn’t want to change anything. I repeated that the jury might find the dungeon too linear. She replied that she didn’t even care about the prizes. Well, I said, but maybe you want to play it with your D&D group and make the dungeon more interesting. Ok, then add a room, if you must, she said.</div></span>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-3627112836209007822022-07-26T09:04:00.000+02:002022-07-26T09:04:46.264+02:003D Scan of Joaquín's Fimo Troll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwe86xCSQyNx7koVBL3JVom0l8cBuG7yHEG8IWio1h2lp7b8eOho2_Kqvsw4oSpcPB3GPONTaQ1K3AR6WOfQjAFaRMNKxjykIZMvAStUkkbpamH9IRpiR6OpGJjK2_d0OdawThYI5kAel_WytG_GgWLjVTkz7IxXNTVCcOZawJj_bJpgMdoVw-_fd/s704/3d_scan_fimo_troll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="3D scan" border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="704" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwe86xCSQyNx7koVBL3JVom0l8cBuG7yHEG8IWio1h2lp7b8eOho2_Kqvsw4oSpcPB3GPONTaQ1K3AR6WOfQjAFaRMNKxjykIZMvAStUkkbpamH9IRpiR6OpGJjK2_d0OdawThYI5kAel_WytG_GgWLjVTkz7IxXNTVCcOZawJj_bJpgMdoVw-_fd/w400-h400/3d_scan_fimo_troll.jpg" title="3D scan" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">This is a 3D scan of <a href="https://zinnling.blogspot.com/2022/07/joaquins-fimo-troll.html">Joaquín's Fimo troll</a>.<br /><br />The technician who scanned it called me to ask why I needed a scan of such an object.<br /><br />I said:<br />I want to use it as a troll for Warhammer, but it is too big, so I would like to print a smaller version of it and then make a unit of stone trolls or swamp trolls.<br /><br />He said:<br />Aha. Interesting.<br /><br />(To be honest, I want to use the troll for Dragon Rampant, Hordes of the Things or The Portable Wargame, but I assumed the technician wouldn't know any of these games.)</span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Anyway. The scan is very good, very detailed, but there are holes in the 3D mesh, between the fingers of the troll, that I need to fix before I can print the model and it's far more difficult to do things like Cut & Paste in ZBrush than I thought ...</span></div>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-37681306984831510572022-07-19T10:36:00.001+02:002022-07-19T10:37:21.369+02:00Joaquín's Fimo Troll<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_5Z0jSjd3Tqz1vf7ySVvtPbToArSqyRHgYSzj8DhyYXWoojDhVjzf4CPMqvld5ZDl8O-FzUclfdw1xlF7vm_nMSzbZFsSty-nUh8FmZ7nFogorryi0ZFwQEddrkQcplK9FZKYSeb_d5mjzBl2djFAXdD2j_ucyO_e7KJI7WMpeEn_Hxaa2HkY0tg/s1080/oldhammer_fimo_troll.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fimo troll" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_5Z0jSjd3Tqz1vf7ySVvtPbToArSqyRHgYSzj8DhyYXWoojDhVjzf4CPMqvld5ZDl8O-FzUclfdw1xlF7vm_nMSzbZFsSty-nUh8FmZ7nFogorryi0ZFwQEddrkQcplK9FZKYSeb_d5mjzBl2djFAXdD2j_ucyO_e7KJI7WMpeEn_Hxaa2HkY0tg/w400-h400/oldhammer_fimo_troll.JPG" title="fimo troll" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My son made a troll out of polymer clay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0m9spAxqFFAp2YSbIV0q4dzUg-RmP699UHTJgAXc81wsRc_QdrlG7Y7v0zHsMrwzmN5jmHHVAN4EeDvoiGEjWco2eE5LUfYYV7BS9sTZzyjmUd6iXZttctcvDMzw9ysKDlGLxcySBYrsotqylLVYcN1JCcv3byaOPYIID0ws2hL9XtMxjNdMBw0q/s1080/oldhammer_polymer_clay_troll.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fimo troll" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0m9spAxqFFAp2YSbIV0q4dzUg-RmP699UHTJgAXc81wsRc_QdrlG7Y7v0zHsMrwzmN5jmHHVAN4EeDvoiGEjWco2eE5LUfYYV7BS9sTZzyjmUd6iXZttctcvDMzw9ysKDlGLxcySBYrsotqylLVYcN1JCcv3byaOPYIID0ws2hL9XtMxjNdMBw0q/w400-h400/oldhammer_polymer_clay_troll.JPG" title="fimo troll" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I modified it slightly with green stuff. It can stand now. I also added fingernails and toenails. I would like to paint the troll, hopefully soon. I think it will be a great monster for an orc & goblin warband.</span></div><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-61654604210310785422022-07-12T10:31:00.001+02:002023-05-05T08:24:24.968+02:00Hobby Desk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrgOZ_g9t6lb4hUDngxLNMqO1Dix3D9DVhRWVSrMNRPm7sN37ySdPRzRVBwn9lP71m-KCUuYYvnOpHQtOgUhsbTNpiFwUlbcWFiJZIxFdsCg9eQv_3hvkn0QGJ6KTS-eRZQ7r-672N3v5u85HKDAxtCbOvpqVRtiLh6phVQbCNkIP_HAtEJQ1NmC8/s1600/hobby_desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hobby desk" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrgOZ_g9t6lb4hUDngxLNMqO1Dix3D9DVhRWVSrMNRPm7sN37ySdPRzRVBwn9lP71m-KCUuYYvnOpHQtOgUhsbTNpiFwUlbcWFiJZIxFdsCg9eQv_3hvkn0QGJ6KTS-eRZQ7r-672N3v5u85HKDAxtCbOvpqVRtiLh6phVQbCNkIP_HAtEJQ1NmC8/w400-h266/hobby_desk.jpg" title="hobby desk" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">Some things I have been working on recently. Three bamboo men, six Surprise Egg terror birds and a Baryonyx.</span><p></p>Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849159524995218399.post-36362317740133237082022-06-24T07:56:00.001+02:002022-06-24T07:57:31.537+02:00Six Kinder Surprise Egg Terror Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvAaqlqV6QektS2Rt-98QSiqSGoXubok17Xt4Js3B-zkqHip5eNbofH0Ky3kVfANdegJoAwgXzjsrBGY8Ma8G3IGeQLQHCjWlCQ5t1Ul1V0tHJUYlYTXnRhv9Jy2dnECBS9SBH_PUDezzZemywf8x1ZWOZ6A50-MGo_DJo1WwnxfYGXBVwJEVzW1k/s1080/kinder_surprise_egg_terror_birds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="terror birds" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvAaqlqV6QektS2Rt-98QSiqSGoXubok17Xt4Js3B-zkqHip5eNbofH0Ky3kVfANdegJoAwgXzjsrBGY8Ma8G3IGeQLQHCjWlCQ5t1Ul1V0tHJUYlYTXnRhv9Jy2dnECBS9SBH_PUDezzZemywf8x1ZWOZ6A50-MGo_DJo1WwnxfYGXBVwJEVzW1k/w400-h400/kinder_surprise_egg_terror_birds.jpg" title="terror birds" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;">A unit of Kinder Surprise Egg terror birds.</span></p><span style="font-family: courier;">(While I found the first one in an old box of toys, I couldn't help it and had to look on Ebay for more.)</span><br />Herr Zinnlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094757174535645293noreply@blogger.com7