iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The first for me was the Bunyip, but since you mention Freddy Krueger I was pretty frightened by Groundskeeper Willy’s Freddy pastiche when I first watched it. I think part of it was how jarring his burning skeleton was in the Simpsons style.

Screencap from Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror VI, of Groundskeeper Willy’s burning skeleton pointing threateningly.

010

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No. Appeal has nothing to do with it. Human art can be unappealing, even deliberately so, and still be art. Conversely, something can be appealing and still not be art:

A glitched-out display is more art in its random happenstance than even the best AI slop.

100

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can understand why you would want to believe that.

Faux book cover, “Every Women I Hate is a Man: a Simple Guide for Transphobes”.

200

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

spotted an elephant on the underground. can you see them?

There is an elephant in this photo. I apologise that I cannot describe this without spoiling it.

030

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

was finally blessèd today to see owls in the wild, though not to get good photos

Little Owl perched on a fence, flapping in place. The whole photo is blurred, but the Owl doubly so.

Little Owl perched on a fence and looking serious. Mostly in focus this time.

011

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

do you think other mammals also dream of flight?

Amur Leopard, sitting on a raised platform in the rain, looking away from the camera and towards some Pigeons in flight.

Amur Leopard, sitting on a platform and facing to the right. It is raining, but the Leopard does not seem bothered.

121

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

return to our regular programming

Close-up of a Red Panda among brambles, looking somewhat wistful.

101

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

They’d call the Arbites on you for saying this these days.

Intro of a White Dwarf article, featuring Robin Dews boasting that he’s made 64 square feet of terrain for under £40—and he’ll tell you how you can do it too.

030

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Fantastic work. That Gob looks blasted out of his mind.

150

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Having real friends…is politically inconvenient???

0160

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Not a castle but one of my favourite semi-ruins: Convento do Carmo, Lisboa.

Interior view towards round window viewed through an impressive arch. Glass and some of the brickwork (and the roof!) are long gone, but the arch and window frame are intact.

010

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can anyone guess what I’m up to?

Partly-assembled Paragon Warsuit in non-regulation pose.

330

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

That Sisters of Battle piece was basically my introduction to Warhammer, gracing the cover of White Dwarf #212, so I think it’s obvious what I should be doing.

Cover of White Dwarf #212, featuring Sisters of Battle (and some assorted Ministorum guys) illustrated by John Blanche.

140

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Old mini and an old photo (about 10 years); the only one of her finished that I could find. I wonder how much better I can do now. I’m still fond of the [original] character. Sister Galatine, Angel of Embers, Hammer of Dæmons, Living Saint of the Adepta Sororitas.

Custom Adepta Sororitas character, made from Terminator bits, a Statuesque head (I think), and a raven. She has a heavy flamer on one arm and a power-fist-with-melta (with raven) on the other. Her armour is black with a warm gold trim and she has flame-coloured hair. Yes, I know I need to thin my paints.

071

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

How are the draculas supposed to sneak around town with their coffins in weather like this?

nosferatu (a dracula) carrying his coffin around like a scamp

020

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The observatory dome of the Rundetaarn, København, is currently being spruced up, offering a rare opportunity to peep it from the outside (through a mesh).

Shiny, verdigris-free copper observatory dome of the Rundetaarn, currently sat under a scaffolded shelter at street level. If the image looks funny it’s because it was taken through a dense mesh.

View of the Rundetaarn itself from street level, with a temporary roof over the observatory.

010

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Alien abduction, Miniatur Wunderland

Grainy photo of a flying saucer abducting a cow, actually a delightful model.

020

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Endurance and the James Caird, Miniatur Wunderland

1:87 model of Shackleton’s barquentine, Endurance, trapped in ice.

The same, but with a lifeboat sailing towards the foreground now in focus.

010

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’ve got some Lego Religious Sisters with Guns.

Lego Immolator with Lego Sister of Battle.

1317

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Some birds of Den Gamle By, Aarhus.

‘Gargoyle Mobiloil’ sign, featuring an eagle-ish gargoyle.

Sign for a bookstore: an owl with green glass eyes holding a book.

Painting of an owl, clutching a mouse in their beak, from the ceiling of the mintmaster’s mansion.

An actual, for-real sparrow living in a niche in the timbers of an old building z

001

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Visiting the open-air museum.

100

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Tortured my camera taking photos of the sun rising near the Landskrona Vattentorn (which I think means “Alien-Communication-Tower”).

The sun rising near Landskrona, Sweden. It is a rich orange, obscured by thin clouds.

Very hazy, orange photo of Landskrona Vattentorn at dawn: a water tower resembling an upwards-facing satellite dish on three legs. To the left is the silhouette of the old water tower, resembling a fantasy castle with spired turret.

Less-hazy (and less orange) photo of Landskrona Vattentorn, with assorted spires and countryside beyond.

General area of Landskrona at dawn, viewed from Öresund/Øresund. The nya vattentornet i Landskrona is near the lens flare in the lower right.

121

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Some plants of København Botansk Have.

Madagascar Periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus. The petals of two of the delicate pink flowers are interlaced together, perhaps giving the impression of the face of a sprite.

Hippeastrum reticulatum, according to the label.

020

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Came (to København Botansk Have) for the plants; stayed for the Phantasmal Poison Frogs.

A small frog, dark maroon with pale, green stripes, sitting on a leaf in a plant pot.

A different frog, sitting on a leaf. A heat lamp dulls their green stripes but accentuates their maroon skin into a deep claret.

132

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

They also have a double-decker outhouse.

Outhouse toilets for an apartment building, stacked four-on-four.

010

thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

There’s some absolutely beautiful vernacular architecture among the pre-WWII farm buildings. I was deeply disappointed that they weren’t selling any kind of guide or album for them all!