John Ossoway
@ottomancer
Defending the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Designer, illustrator, writer, developer. Lover of Design, Type, Music, RPGs, Lego, scifi. Biodegradable. My work:
Family lunch beckons. Problem is, I'll be there in body, but my mind will just be thinking about building this when I get back... 😍
As the sun sets over Ossoway Towers, I finally have time to have a read of this excellent looking book by @hookland.bsky.social
Back from seeing Supergirl at the cinema. It's cooler in the back garden now. Sun has just about set, the skies are looking very pretty as groups of swifts dart about overhead.
Saturday t-shirt check. What are we all melting/frying in today? I've opted for this one.
Dune: Imperial Measures this evening with @huwbowen.bsky.social @dozy139.bsky.social @andyhemming.bsky.social @fenrisgames.com @clownf1st.bsky.social the investigation has led into the deep desert. Ornithopters, Fremen, wormsign, almost getting eaten by SHAI HULUD. All tremendous fun.
An excellent charity shop find. I've wanted a copy of this for years but prices of copies fluctuate so much. The Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum (Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem). It remains one of the most important sources for the history of the First Crusade.
After all the Battlestar Galactica talk last week, I decided to dig this old guy out of the t-shirt archive.
I think July on the Lost Films of Hollywood calendar is my favourite so far. K-Pop Demon Hunters starring Cliff Richard, Una Stubbs, Melvin Hayes and The Shadows. Brilliant work @christhebarker.bsky.social and @quantick.bsky.social 😍
A Morgul Blade moment in the kitchen at Ossoway Towers. No one got the reference when I said the frozen sausage must be taken to the Houses of Healing at Rivendell immediately. 😅
Digging into the two extra discs in the 4x disc director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven today. Not watched them in years and am reminded of another reason I prefer physical media over streaming. All this extra stuff!
I am a sucker for cool city maps, and this book has quite a few of them. 😍
It's still over 30C in my bedroom so I'm still downstairs, and taking inspiration from @fenrisgames.com I'm watching this...
Looking for an old gig ticket and found a Urusei Yatsura sticker from when they played at Night & Day Cafe a lifetime ago. Great gig.
Great fun running the second session of Dune Imperial Measures this evening for @dozy139.bsky.social @fenrisgames.com @huwbowen.bsky.social @clownf1st.bsky.social - the mystery surrounding the missing Imperial spy deepens, but new clues present themselves. Clues leading into the deep desert...
Raiders is such a perfect film. And I can confirm that I still have a huge crush on Marion Ravenwood aka Karen Allen. 😍
As ole Jack Burton would say, it's all in the reflexes. What t-shirt are you wearing today? ☺️
Mad Max Fury Road. Is it really over ten years since it was released? I love all the Mad Max films and the world that George Miller created.
Still think the Old East Buxton Lime Kilns look like a hidden rebel base from Star Wars.
"Most artists, good artists, trust their intuition. I trust mine. Sometimes it leads you to make mistakes, but that hardly matters" -- David Hockney. Safe journey onwards sir. I love how he could capture wetness with such economic marks.
Watched Midnight Run last night. It's a bit of an underrated classic. I swear that DeNiro smokes 200 cigarettes in that film. Throw in all the cigarettes Yaphet Kotto's character smokes and we can double that.
Got back to my rewatch of For All Mankind from the start. Just finished S3, and I love all the show, but man Seasons 1 and 2 are so so good. But the character deaths at the end of S2 are still heartbreaking. Star City is out now so I need to get a wiggle on.