Bill Adcock (he/him)
@paintingmoreorcs
Cat dad, miniature painter/mostly-solo wargamer, former freelance TTRPG scenario author. Writing fiction again in 2026. No AI, no TERFs.
Took “Zombie RV” for a test drive today. Big takeaways - I need to paint more zombies, and it does what it says on the tin - it’s a beer and pretzels zombie apocalypse game without, I think, any grand pretensions.
I like soba noodles but no one else in my household does, so got this to try when we checked out a Japanese market near my house. 71% my daily recommended sodium so not going to be a regular thing. And Godzilla seltzer to wash it down!
He’s not beating the allegations that he is in fact a harbor seal any time soon.
Gluing the walls to the base and each other on my latest kit from Atomic Laser Cut Designs - welcome to Blotto Bros Wine & Spirits, open 24/7. #mdf #wargamescenery #terrain
Half of Richard Shaver’s body of work in the 1950s was “what if there were 80-foot tall women who radiated an aura that gave them total control over men? How great would that be?” The other half was, of course, “it would suck if evil space robots gave me paranoid schizophrenia with their ray guns.”
Amazing how fast the gabapentin-induced drowsiness wore off when he heard the eyedrop bottle getting uncapped.
Poppy is home, high as a kite on painkillers and trying to figure out why his new home looks so much like his old home.
Got out to the used bookstore this afternoon. $13 well spent, says I.
Distracting myself by finishing the last two Zombicide: Invader monsters I got from @weidbrewer.bsky.social - the Widowmaker and Shadow Abominations. Widowmaker's legs were cut off and re-pinned in new positions to make it taller and more stable and I'm real proud of that.
Homeowner project. I’ve been holding off for a day that isn’t 800 billion degrees or a torrential downpour and today was the day! Happy to have it done, but having a knee jerk sense of “I should give it a wash and some edge highlighting.”
Group shot for now, I’ll sort them out for close ups tomorrow, but here’s the first 20 zombies done.
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All fun and games until the zombies start shooting back. Figure by Copplestone Castings.
Didn’t have the base for this “Widowmaker Abomination” and didn’t like the very static, almost lethargic pose it came in. I cut off the back legs, drilled them out, inserted a carefully bent piece of paper clip that I cut to length and glued the legs back on at a more active angle.
New friend spotted in the garden! About an inch and a half long right now, if they survive to the end of summer they’ll be five inches, based on past years’ mantises.
Gina: "Huh, I wonder what facility Mitch McConnell's being seen at?" Me:
“I knows I heard somethin’ fuckin’ around with the trash back here. Better not be no raccoons again.”
I saw a recommendation to not run roads/the sides of buildings parallel to the edges of the table and you know, I think it does look better.
The last saved celebrity is your therapist: What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?
A little bit of painting on zombies 1-10 before I head out tonight. Boots and belts, exposed bone and hair left to do. Figures by Copplestone Castings.
Waiting for me to do the right thing (take the lid off the food bin so he can climb inside and eat his own weight in kibble)
Zombies 11-34 cleaned and glued to bases for priming. Am I nuts for wanting to paint and field 50+ unique and individual zombies in games? Maybe. Is it going to be worth it? I hope so.