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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I think the mechs, particularly the Hunchback could maybe use a few more details picked out. I'm considering painting the missiles but with the SRM/LRM carriers that's a lot of missles. #taurianconcordat #battletech #miniaturepainting

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, front on to the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, facing away from the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, side on to the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Been ages since I baked anything. A loaf of no knead dutch oven bread. Browning was a bit uneven. #bread #baking

A round loaf of bread in a wire cooling rack. the browning of the crust is rather uneven.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

A few photos from the #snowbirds show. Didn't take many because I wanted to actually watch it. I chose a good spot as they did a low pass directly overhead, as did a small flock of geese who didn't want to be left out.

Seven planes in formation, white top surface visible, against a blue sky

9 planes in formation, red undersides visible, against a blue sky

Near the top of a loop with smoke trails

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Test run of using the navigability and bridgability scores as guides for manually placing cities and roads. The trace tool in #QGIS works really well for this although there are times I wish I could quickly switch the offset between positive, negative, and 0 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy map showing rivers, cities, roads, and country borders.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Made some refinements to river shape (Avoiding junctions with many tributaries at the same point and at very sharp angles) and watersheds (Hiding the voronoi cells and breaking major tributaries into separate watersheds). I've also added crude navigability […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy land mass with rivers and watershed boundaries.

Fantasy land mass with rivers colour coded to show navigability.

Fantasy land mass with rivers colour coded to show bridge cost.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

A bit more work on the river generator. Many tweaks and refinements to the lake/estuary placement. Many more parameters can now be set via the config file instead of hard coded. It can now do partial runs to just fractalize the coastline and divides so you […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fictional landmass with rivers and lakes and coloured watersheds.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

I'm still new to growing currants and these looked ripe to me, but very much weren't. I thought I had bought a redcurrant but even unripe they are clearly blackcurrants. #balconygarden #blackcurrant

Two spherical purple/black berries in my hand.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Many adjustments. It now reads and writes GeoPackage features to get a template for the coastline and divides, and output the rivers, lakes, densified coastline, and some debugging info. It also takes rasters to set precipitation, fractalness, and density […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy map showing three landmasses with rivers and lakes. The shapes of the coastlines vary from smooth to extremely dense and crinkley.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

Improved the lake generation so it's less "blobby". Before I started at a point and picked a "size" (based on flow) and worked my way upstream by at the size number of segments, reducing backtracking randomly more so on lower flow tributaries. Then dissolve […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

I dug out some code I wrote 10 years ago for generating fictional river networks, and cleaned up the bit rot, and did a bit more work on it. I cleaned up the fractal densification function and made a PR to #JTS with it. #fantasymaps #proceduralgeneration

Map of a generated fictional landmass with rivers and lakes

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Dry bushing and washing the trunk and roots. The texture is from scratching the epoxy putty with a life while it was still soft plus the twisted florist wire showing through. I'll put some sort of detail in the hole under the roots but haven't decided what […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Based tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown

Tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown. There's a gap under one of the roots.

Tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Making a tree armature from scratch. Florist wire, milliput, mod podge, fender washers, sea foam, and lots of PVA and CA glue. Painted with a grey-brown spray primer/base. Needs some dry brushing and washing and obviously foliage. I'd like to do something […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

My first time patching an inner tube. This is from my trailer rather than my bike itself. It was a small pinhole that leaked slowly. Hopefully I didn't damage it while getting the wheel reassembled; especially as I had to do it twice since I put the tire on […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A very small inner tube with a small patch applied.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Usually we make it through two puzzles over the holidays but this #discworld one took a solid week. It's gorgeous though. #jigsawpuzzle

Completed "The Mended Drum" jigsaw puzzle.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Holiday #boardgame 6 was #Carcassonne with The River and Traders and Builders.

Finishing final scoring for a game of Carcassonne. Green 104, black 81, yellow 73, red 58.

farmers and pigs for the final field (included in those scores) are still out, 4 black, 3 green, both with pigs scoring 7 cities.

There is also a completed 21 tile city with 1 shield, 3 wine, 3 cloth, and 2 wheat.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025

If you flip a dice tray inside out it makes a decent hill for #alphastrike. Ideally it would be a bit shorter and a more natural colour. A way of securing the corners either way (magnets instead of snaps) would allow for two different colours from each hill […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

Holiday #BoardGame 3 was #TicketToRide, because it wouldn't be the holidays without Ticket to Ride. Our last two times were Europe and India so we did North America this time.

final state for Ticket to Ride with green 124, black 122, blue 107, red 86, black had longest train.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2025

Holiday #boardgame two, our first time playing #Azul. We were very much figuring things out as we played but still a fun game. Surprisingly cutthroat.

An Azul Mini game board before the final wall tiling with six of the same tile in the floor.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

First #boardgame of the holidays was #marvellegendary. We managed to stop the Supreme Intelligence’s Kree Skull War with only a few cards left in the villain deck (which would have been a draw). We did forget to give the mastermind a shard each time a villain […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

End state of a game of Marvel Legendary.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/12/2025

I received #azul mini as an office #SecretSanta gift, and the very first thing I did before even playing it was to loose the first player tile. I made a mould from one of the other tiles and cast some #milliput then did a bunch of sanding and drew on a crude […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Azul Mini board with a crude, handmade first player tile and two of the included tiles (plain blue and blue and white flower) for comparison.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

Lots of debris in the bike lane on Blanchard after the storm last night. #yyjbike #bikeyyj #entitledDrivers #victoriabc

Silver Lexus with BC plate LC8 60A with two wheels in the bike lane in heavy traffic after dark. The bike lane also has plenty of plant debris in it. A timestamp in the corner reads 2025/12/17 18:28:25

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2025

#IslandLink bus company using the bike lane as a parking spot. Finlayson is dangerous enough without this. #EntitledDrivers #bikeyyj

Minibus from Island Express Bus /Island Link with fleet ID 1520 and BC license plate VD 3228 parked in the bike lane along a 5 lane (2 each direction + TWLTL) stroad in front of FloForm countertops with a Honda dealership in the background.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025

I've rigged up my AeroSpace Fighters with magnets. A big one replacing the clear rod they came with which can then mount the mini on other stands including a telescopic one and a taxiing base with landing gear. A set of 3 small ones under each wing allow for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Shilone on a telescopic flight stand with one under wing bomb. Visigoth on a hex base with landing gear.

Landing gear hex base with the fighter removed and both miniatures upside down to show their undersides with the magnets.

Model in OpenSCAD of an bomb rack with 4 bombs with space for 3 magnets. Includes a section of wing and also shows the location of the in wing magnets.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025

Thinking about how I'm eventually going to paint my Shilones for the First Taurian Lancers. I think the metallic green would be a but overwhelming on something so big and flat so I thought about the default #TaurianConcordat aerospace tan with the First […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

line drawing of an SL-17 Shilone AeroSpace fighter coloured in tan on the upper surface, light grey underneath with dark green vertical stabilizers with red leading edges and the First Taurian Lancers insignia. The Cockpit is also edged in red. The Taurian Concordat bull's head is on the rigth wing and the number 45 on the left in white letters.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2025

The pot where I grow lovage has sprouted mushrooms. Should I be concerned or just leave them be? I'm concerned that if they are poisonous the lovage might absorb some of that poison. I'm really surprised I would have mushrooms growing on my sunny, south facing balcony. #balconygarden #victoriabc

Large pot with a lovage plant surrounded by mushrooms.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

@Eatsbluecrayon Start with gloss black then build up thin layers. I use it for cockpits because I can't get the hang of painted jewelling.

Assortment of BattleTech minis with cockpits painted with colour shift paint

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

Looks like the #Snowbirds are in town. Not in a great position to see them except brief glimpses but I can certainly hear them. They seem to mostly be circling over #Esquimalt. #victoriaBC

9 CT-114 Tutors in a triangle formation seen from below in the distance past the top of a tree

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2025

Almost there. The rest of them are far behind but this one is a bit early. #balconygarden #tomato #cherrytomato #victoriabc

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2025

I was out on the #GallopingGoose today and saw a rather interesting contraption: A side by side tandem #recumbent trike. I also came across someone using a Burley Travoy (as a handcart not a trailer) I think that's the first time I've seen someone else with […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Oncoming side by side tandem recumbent bicycle on a multiuse trail.

Man on foot pulling a Burley Travoy hand cart/bike trailer on a multiuse trail.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

@moira It turns out there is an explanation. It used to be Seattle Boulevard, but part was renamed to Diagonal Avenue before 1918, and the remainder was renamed Airport Way in 1931. In 2010, the property owners along the northernmost two blocks of Airport […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Map showing the former route of Seattle Boulevard

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2025

Close pass (Felt like less than 0.5 m) by a Fiat 500 (#BC_393PNJ) on Gorge Road in the gap between Harriet and Tillicum that doesn't have protected bike lanes yet. #yyjbike #EntitledDrivers

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2025

The new Gorge Road East protected bike lanes are officially complete including a connection to the the Kings-Haultain bikeway via Hillside and Ross. I don't like how many cut outs there are in the protection, there is no protection at most intersections (I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Bicycle infrastructure map of part of Victoria, BC, CA centred on Gorge/Hillside Roads from Tillicum to Cook

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2025

So, cyclists on the E&N Humpback trail now have to dismount to cross this particular road that currently seems to go nowhere. #yyj #bikeTooter

Bidirectional multiuse path along the side of a road crossing another road at a signal controlled T intersection with no crossing signals for the path. The parallel road has a sign telling right turning drivers to yield to traffic on the path. The path has a sign requiring cyclists to dismount to use the crossing.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2025

Plugging away. I dropped the throttle assembly as I was trying to position it and it bounced away. No idea where it went. I managed to improvise a replacement using another, less detailed, photo etch kit, and some sprue. #plasticmodel #scalemodel #mitsubishizero

1 to 72 scale seat from a zero with a seat cusion

1 to 72 cockpit floor and bulkhead for a zero.

Inside of the right side of the fuselage of a 1 to 72 model kit for a zero with painted cockpit details

Inside of the left side of the fuselage of a 1 to 72 model kit for a zero with painted cockpit details including the forward instrument panel

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2025

Continuing to work on the #mitsubishizero's cockpit. The engine is something I did years ago and thankfully didn't lose. Getting the photo etched cockpit details and the pilot to fit together in the model seems like it will be difficult. Probably one of the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Model kit of a Mitsubishi Zero partly assembled. Includes a sheet of photo etched details partly used and a figure of a pilot.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025

My first time trying to assemble a photo etch detail set. I managed to drop and loose some parts and had to improvise replacements. It's going into an Academy 1:72 kit for an A6M Zero. I tried the same kit as my first foray into model kits as an adult years […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025

I've been playing with #XPSFoam some more and built this #dicetower. I'm not entirely happy with the paint. This is the first time I've painted something this big and both the wash and the dry brush didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped. The highlight colours I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Miniature of a stone tower sitting on a turn table in a spray booth. There is a hole in the center of the roof and a slipped platform is visible inside it. The doorway at the bottom shows another slipped platform. A figure of an elf sorceress wearing blue and purple robes and shooting a greenish fire ball from her hand is standing on the roof facing out over the battlements.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2025

I went to the #IPMSVictoria model show today and entered my #ClanJadeFalcon snow diorama and some stand alone #BattleTech minis. No one else entered in the "Gaming Figure Diorama" category and I won by default. Not the glorious victory the Falcons deserve […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Many game figures displayed for competition with a sign showing it's the "Sci-Fi and Fantasy Figures C10) Gaming Figures" category. Most figures are from Warhammer 40k or Warhammer Fantasy but there's are also some three Mechs from BattleTech, an AS7-D Atlas, a MAD-3R Marauder, in First Taurian Lancers colours and a Cougar Prime in Clan Jade Falcon Gamma Galaxy colours.

Many game miniatures of vehicles displayed for competition with a sign showing it's the "Space & Sci-Fi D3) Gaming Vehicles" category. Mostly Warhammer 40k tanks and what looks to be large power armour/small mechs. but there's are also some two battletech minis for an H-7 Warrior VTOL and a Maxim hovercraft both in First Taurian Lancers colours. A sign reads "Gaming Vehicles"

A snow covered diorama with 5 mechs in Clan Jade Falcon Gamma Galaxy colours with winter camouflage and 2 squads of Elemental battle armour infantry. A small plaque reads "IPMS Victoria Gold". A Sign reads "Figure Diorama C15) Diorama (More tha..." and is cut off

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2025

I've been working on a little #diorama to display some of my #ClanJadeFalcon units. Some dust got into the speed paint so there are some defects I need to cover up, and I dropped it which damaged it near the rear squad of elementals. I've patched it up with […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A section of miniature snow terrain with some coniferous trees, 5 BattleMechs, and two squads of Elemental battle armour. The mechs and infantry squads are on hexagonal bases that are sitting in recesses in the diorama so they are flush with the surface.

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