At the end of the day I like to check my Dropbox app for what I’ve been working on and share something here. Today is all spreadsheets, so please enjoy this little film I made at the weekend instead. Thank you and goodnight.
Jon at Handiwork Games
@handiworkgames.bsky.social
Scotland-based #ttrpg developer and publisher of #BEOWULF Age of Heroes, #astaterpg second edition, #Maskwitches, Silver Road, Jon Hodgson Backdrop books, #ColdCity, Hot War, #FiveEvil and more https://handiwork.games
Waheeeeeey
Pandaemonium Miniatures@pandaemoniumminiatures.com · 3d agoWaiting for me when I got home yesterday was the newest addition to my @handiworkgames.bsky.social backdrop book collection; Sci-fi Cityscapes! Looks absolutely awesome! Post-apoc, steampunk, cyberpunk, near future, far future... really handy one 🙂 #JHBackdrops #Nerdlings #MiniaturePainting
Built a smoke box under the bog, drilled some holes, “more skies” backdrop book, and we’re off to Forgotten Boggerland. #maskwitches
TFW you spend a week grabbing five and ten minutes to make a model like this, out of cardboard & paint, & then you read that google maps now lets people fabricate completely false satellite images for some reason. Starting to feel there’s people who dont get why that’s bad & people who make things.
Jon at Handiwork Games@handiworkgames.bsky.social · 5d agoMostly been a spreadsheets day today (boooo) but I have been working on a model bog, as you do. Think it’s gonna be pretty useful.
Mostly been a spreadsheets day today (boooo) but I have been working on a model bog, as you do. Think it’s gonna be pretty useful.
Frog skin capes. A perfect fit. #maskwitches
Jon at Handiwork Games@handiworkgames.bsky.social · last wk.“As everyone knows, the patterns on a frog’s skin prevent them from being too large, and the frog wives give permission to find and use a frog skin amulet. Preparing the body of a dead frog in the correct manner will allow the witches to ward off their huge size, and wear the frog skin as a cape”
You better believe I just backed Ragnarok 10 Wuffa: The Englisc Invasion of Briton on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...
Ragnarok 10 Wuffa: The Englisc Invasion of Briton
28mm white metal wargames miniatures hand sculpted by Colin Patten
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30% OFF! @drivethrurpg.com XMAS IN JULY Sick of D&D but players aren't sure about change? FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror rips 5E into a machine for terror. It is the best intro to the wider world of #TTRPG It'll also scare the pants off you. Goodbye pants. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Can talk, making a book, dispatching 2 kickstarters. All going ok though. See you later, love you
“As everyone knows, the patterns on a frog’s skin prevent them from being too large, and the frog wives give permission to find and use a frog skin amulet. Preparing the body of a dead frog in the correct manner will allow the witches to ward off their huge size, and wear the frog skin as a cape”
Cheeky little set build this afternoon. A nice new backdrop is working well. (Not especially visible in these behind the scenes snaps, mind you) These will slot into the Maskwitches GMs Companion, which will be ready to ship with the Maskwitches ENnies Emporium stuff. #maskwitches
Enjoying working with this upcycled disposable lens. You have to really crank down the exposure after the fact, but that in itself makes for some lovely stuff. The real treasure is figuring this stuff out and transferring it to other things. Doing and then figuring stuff out is really important.
Ahhhh Ropecon! So good. I was there as a guest in 2019 and it was a really great experience. Such a different vibe to the big US (and now UK) shows.
Malcolm Craig@malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 2w agoWell, here we are!
Another long day but lets break out the smoke machine and some props and have a little fun 15 minutes photo shoooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa womm womm womm womm microwave sounds Chernobyl soundtrack intensifies
It's #FiveEvil Friday! This was one of the first things we released for FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror. It shows that when we reworked 5E's rules, we went for the throat. It's not D&D adventure, it's FiveEvil horror. It's still 5E. If you've played D&D, you'll learn this in no time. But it's scarier.
We got the shot. Clearly some digital work in post required to clean up the background, but that's all par for the course. #maskwitches
Jon at Handiwork Games@handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2w agoWow that happened really fast. I knew the dried plants would burn fast but I’m talking seconds. Luckily first AD Ben was on hand with water in case of emergency and to be hammering the shutter release while I managed the flames. Wonder what we got on film? (Nothing it’s digital ha ha)
Been writing since 6am, then packing parcels from 9 till now, so I figure as a treat, I am allowed to make a Maskwitches photoshoot with fire, very dry plants and power tools, right?
I’d written a much longer thread about this topic but short version: I think making creative photos of your miniatures using some scenery and backdrops, and doing as much as possible “in camera” is very satisfying, authentic and wholesome. There's something about things you can hold in your hand.
Bad Squiddo Games (Annie)@badsquiddogames.bsky.social · 2w agoJust some of the scenes you can take with a camera phone, some terrain and a @handiworkgames.bsky.social backdrop book. 🦋 No generative AI nonsense. 🦋 And it's fun to do! And [all the bad things about AI] aren't happening! Hooray!
Everyone on here be like “oh yes I am a games designer with very strong opinions”, meanwhile here’s Anna age 12 out-designing all of you with her amazing pavement games. G’aun yersel, Anna.
So I thought that tonight I’d shoot the sunset on my real camera. Got really vexed because it just wouldn’t focus, even manually. Then realised I had this 13mm macro extension tube thing still attached. But hey. I’ll take it.
With all backer copies dispatched and having had at least 5 days head start, Trench Crusade Backdrop Books will go live on our webstore today! (Please note we no longer ship to the EU - it’s just not viable for us, but you should soon be able to get these titles from folks who do!)
