Airylan

@airylan.bsky.social

She/her 🏳️‍⚧️. Programmer, minis painter, enjoyer of games of all kinds.

So, my new computer has had btrfs filesystem corruption twice in two weeks. There's no hints this will happen, just "oops your filesystem is dead, have fun reinstalling Linux again." I know I get unusual errors with computers, but this is unusable.

Rare political talk but I am getting so fucking tired of being told to put up with transphobia from the left just because the right is worse. I'm fucking tired of having to choose between a fast or slow erosion of my rights and being told to shut up and accept it.

I want to muse about (minis wargame) game design again. The other day I went on about how movement rates can make a game feel one way or another. Slow, pondering, a good pace, or immediately into the action. I haven't *yet* written a minis wargame, mind, but I've read and played so many while...

Periodic reminder: there are now 2 avenues for trans Americans to move to Canada without work or marriage: Do you have Canadian ancestry? Get the proof and claim your Canadian citizenship! If you are an American citizen, you can apply for asylum! Safe 3rd does not apply to you!!

So, a while ago, someone asked the question if there was a 1995ish era Ultramarine with a plasma gun, painted by GW. At the time, I did a pretty deep dive, looking at all the 2nd edition Codicies, rulebooks, battle reports, articles with Ultramarines, even the 3rd edition codex, ultimately ending..

It's pride month, we're a queer studio, and Kitsune Tails is extremely gay. Please buy our games, we could use the money

Kitsune Games@kitsunegames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Get our games as a bundle for $17.99 on itch: itch.io/s/192877/sum...) Or $18.75 on Steam: store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673... - Kitsune Tails, award winning gay fox girl SMB3-like and its prequel Kitsune Zero - MidBoss, possession based roguelike - Ultra Hat Dimension, adorable push puzzler

Kitsune Tails key art featuring Yuzu, a purple-haired kitsune girl jumping in the center of the screen, flanked by monsters from Japanese mythology and Akko, a smitten-looking healer, and Kiri, a perturbed looking orange fox girl

Get four great games* and support a queer studio for less than 20 bucks *Kitsune Tails is overwhelmingly positive rated and MidBoss is a top 10 rated traditional roguelike on Steam

Kitsune Games@kitsunegames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the rest of pride our games are available as a bundle for $17.99: itch.io/s/192877/sum... Includes: - Kitsune Tails, award winning gay fox girl Mario-style platformer and its prequel Kitsune Zero - MidBoss, possession based traditional roguelike - Ultra Hat Dimension, an adorable push puzzler

Kitsune Tails key art featuring Yuzu, a purple-haired kitsune girl jumping in the center of the screen, flanked by monsters from Japanese mythology and Akko, a smitten-looking healer, and Kiri, a perturbed looking orange fox girl

The process of moving into a new place this month and rebuilding my life as a person living solo for the first time in over a decade has been expensive and hard. If you've been thinking about picking up any of my games, this would be a great time to go for it. store.buriedwithoutceremony.com

Buried Without Ceremony

My name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati...

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RIP John Blanche. A while ago I experimented with painting using the Zorn palette in sepia tones with really vibrant reds, inspired by some of my favourite John Blanche artwork. Here's the two minis I finished at the time, a model for Inquisitor and an Age of Sigmar Kruleboy.

Age of Sigmar Kruleboy painted by Airylan in a style inspired by John Blanche, front view. There's heavy uses of browns, drabs, ochres, and very bright red that pops out of the rest of the colours.Age of Sigmar Kruleboy painted by Airylan in a style inspired by John Blanche, rear view. There's heavy uses of browns, drabs, ochres. The bright reds are mostly on the front, so the back of the mini is dominated by an ochre cloakA mini from Inquisitor painted by Airylan in a style inspired by John Blanche. Front view. I believe it is Slick Devlan - a human wielding a pistol in each hand. The pistol casing in the right hand is a pop of red against the muted drabs of the rest of the model.A mini from Inquisitor painted by Airylan in a style inspired by John Blanche. Rear view. I believe it is Slick Devlan - a human wielding a pistol in each hand. The pistol casing in the right hand is a pop of red against the muted drabs of the rest of the model.

Rest in Peace, John Blanche. The legacy of his artistry has inspired people to create whole subcultures in the larger miniaturing culture, for artists to try new and personal things, and cemented the vision many have of what Warhammer should look like. One of the greatest to ever do it.

I’m afraid I bring you some very sad news today.

John Blanche’s wife Lin has asked me to let you all know that John passed away a couple of days ago. 

John was an inspirational artist, devoted to his family and a good friend to many. Always generous with his time and knowledge, he was very well loved by all who knew and worked with him. He’ll be hugely missed.

The world of Warhammer was brought to life by his vision of the grimdark setting and I know his art meant a lot to so many of you. He leaves behind an enormous legacy that has enriched many people’s lives.

The family will say goodbye to John privately but there will be a get together in the future for everyone to celebrate John’s life.

Kosk yn kres old friend.

I was just idly thinking about what I might want to do, and I thought "I should play Kitsune Tails again" and .. you know, my brain is correct here. I *should* replay Kitsune Tails!

our games are still on sale for my birthday week, and we could really use the help to bridge the next 3-4 months if gay fox girl SMB3 and its prequel, a possess em up turn-based roguelike, or an adorable push puzzle game sound like your thing please give this a look

Kitsune Games@kitsunegames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For @enikofox.com's birthday all four of our games are in a bundle for $19 (normally $45) on itch: itch.io/s/186063/eni... This includes Kitsune Tails, award winning LGBTQ Mario-like, its prequel Kitsune Zero, turn-based roguelike MidBoss and hat based push puzzle game Ultra Hat Dimension