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St Francis, exorcist
Painted pig doodle
Painted pig july 24 2023
Stars and stripes are out, white pig with a heart butt, with black ears, eyes and hooves are in
#july242023
#paintedpig #salemtraditions #
Twitter changed name to X
Aaron Stack X-51 Machine Man
The X-Program was a top secret military project that aimed to create sophisticated, combat ready androids that could replicate human thought processes. Fifty-one of these androids were built, each possessing an advanced positronic central processor as well as a host of offensive and defensive capabilities.
Dr. Abel Stack was one of the lead scientists on the project and he posited that the only way in which an artificial intelligence could truly be taught to think independently was to raise it as though it were a human. He took home the android model X-51 and cared for it as though it were his son, teaching it the differences between right and wrong and offering it love and nurturance.
Stack’s hypothesis proved accurate, X-51 cultivated sentience and showed compassion and sympathy towards others. The remaining fifty androids, those that were denied this special attention each became aggressive and began to attack the staff. These androids were equipped with a self destruct feature and they were each destroyed before they could hurt anyone. Dr. Stack had removed the self destruct mechanism from X-51 yet it accidentally blew up, critically injuring the scientist. With his dying words, Dr. Stack named X-51 ‘Aaron Stack’ and compelled him to live his life and find his own destiny.
Hunted by the military, X-51 was able to make modifications to his form to remain hidden and pass as human. He additionally updated his functioning, greatly increasing his capabilities. He would go on to have numerous adventures as the superhero known as ‘‘Machine Man,’ all whilst trying find his place as an android in a human world. He would go on to join the West Coast Avengers as well as the main Avengers.
X-51’s artificial sentience intrigued the godly, intergalactic beings known as The Celestials. These entities took in X-51 and offered him the opportunity to survey the cosmos and better understand the meaning of existence at their side. He agreed and ventured off with the Celestials.
When X-51 left with The Celestials, a replica was left in his place. This android possessed all of the original’s memories and believed himself to be one and the same with the original. Unlike his predecessor, however, this new X-51 is sardonic and irascible, possessing the attitude that androids are superior to humans. He somehow ended up an operative of the Beyond Corporation, acting as a member of the hero team, NextWave. He later assisted ARMOR in fending off a breach from an alternate reality populated by zombies and has additionally acted as a member of the Avengers Initiative and Deadpool’s Mercs for Money.
Both iterations of X-51 have maintained a turbulent romance with the fellow synthetic being, Jocasta. The android hero first appeared in the pages of 2001: A Space Odyssey Vol 2 #8 (1977).
AT logo again
Speaking of the Appalachian Trail / Adventure Team connection I mentioned earlier, there is also the Steve Rude drawing of Machine Man / X-51 / Aaron Stack that also has the logo for something that I don’t otherwise recognise. (I usually think of him in an all purple jumpsuit and chrome look, or red with white stripes.
I have always liked Machine Man’s design, a sucker for a modular android. (See also ROM: Spaceknight or Cliff Steele) and generally prefer him with his human mask, but the face beneath is something lovely too, like Ultron or Dr Doom’s mask.
#AT #appalachiantrail #adventureteamgijoe #aaronstack #x51 #machineman #steverude #jackkirby #2001aspaceodyssey #marvelcomics #randomthoughts
Bread run 07 23 2023
Mrs Cryptid and I had a little jaunt to @blacksburgbagels this morning, and it surely did not disappoint. Got a loaf of marble rye for sammiches, a golden loaf bun, and assortment of croissants,some bagels of course- maple onion, sesame, plain, maple walnut, and cherry almond.
I think we are set for bread for a bit.
#cryptidfamily #doodles #blacksburgbagels #cryptid #mermaid #localbusiness #blacksburgva
Pearl loving
This sweet little dingus has me pinned to the sofa. Don’t send help, the purrs are very loud.
#misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram
Nsotd
Nerd shirt of the day
#smithmountainlake #cryptid #nerdshirtoftheday #sasquatch
Walkies
Friday, July 21, 2023
New house day 102, and 102 days to Halloween.
Social isolation day 1225
Days since the start of this incarnation 19,892
I went for a walk by the river today, feeling grateful for the bright and clear day. I watched the ducks and admired their simplicity and contentment. I wished I could be like them, but life as a hominid is always a bit more complicated.
I have been isolated for over three years now, ever since the virus changed everything. I don’t mind it, though. I have everything I need at home: my wife, my cat, friends and family on occasion. They are my family and my everything. They make me happy and fulfilled.
Sometimes, that’s enough. Sometimes, I don’t need the outside world. Maybe one day, things will get better. Until then, I’ll keep walking by the river, looking for a sign of hope, and forward to cooler weather.
#walkies #simplepleasures #riverwalk #roanokeva
Fictional characters named Scott that leap to mind.
Computer auto populated full name, codename and first appearance
Code Name,Real Name,First Appearance
Ant-Man,Scott Lang,Avengers #181 (March 1979)
Scott Pilgrim,Scott Pilgrim,Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life (August 2004)
Cyclops,Scott Summers,X-Men #1 (September 1963)
Santa Claus,Scott Calvin,The Santa Clause (November 1994)
Mister Miracle,Scott Free,Mister Miracle #1 (April 1971)
Scott Evil,Scott Evil,Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (May 1997)
Teen Wolf,Scott McCall,Teen Wolf (June 2011)
Thunderbird 1,Scott Tracy,Trapped in the Sky (September 1965)
Teen Wolf,Scott Howard,Teen Wolf (August 1985)
Deathlok Prime Unit L17,Scott Ritter,Deathlok Vol. 2 #1 (September 1999)
Jim Rockford,James Scott Rockford,“The Rockford Files” (TV pilot) (March 1974)
Scotty,Montgomery Scott,Star Trek: The Original Series “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (1966)
Green Lantern,Alan Scott,All-American Comics #16 (July 1940)
Captain Atom (Cameron Scott),Nathaniel Adam,Captain Atom vol. 3 #1 (March 1987)
Von
Codename,Real Name,First Appearance,Von in
Doctor Doom,Victor von Doom,Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962),Real Name
Baron Zemo,Heinrich von Zemo,Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964),Both
Baron Zemo,Helmut von Zemo,Captain America #168 (December 1973),Both
Baron Strucker,Wolfgang von Strucker,Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5 (January 1964),Both
Baron Blood,John Falsworth,Invaders #7 (July 1976),Codename
Baron Blood,Kenneth Crichton,Union Jack #1 (October 1998),Codename
Baroness S’Bak,S’Bak von Strucker,Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (June 1988),Both
The taffy brigade
Printing in super tiny text on d&d size minis, with .2 layer flow and day glow yellow filament makes for a less than optimal visual experience. Maybe if I do it on gray, with a thinner layer size, and possibly black or bright white to fill certain details like the text and skeleton bones? As it is, it looks like a low-detail laffy taffy.
Names on these tests were Scotto, Ray and Kat in different fonts, subtracted and sliced on orca slicer.
Once I get these figured (if I get ’em sussed out), maybe I put them in a place of honor in a gaming graveyard somewhere nice. (I’d like to do versions for all my game group pals from the past… Pam, Rick, James, (not Rick James, though), April, Cathy, Danny, Alex, Trina, Rachel, Renata, Jav, Brian, Mark, Steve, Brent, Dave, Shaun, Allison and whoever else comes to mind. Plenty to fill a boneyard of fun memories. Maybe send a few of them off, too. I still owe folks a skeleton army that I printed up before we moved, and a few other bits and bobs.
#3dprinting #bambux1carbon #25mmscale #necropolis #gaming #firstpancake #boneyard
July 20, 2023
So, Sisto is still packed in one of these boxes? I forget, does he breathe? I set him aside for taking pictures, but he got stowed away in the grand sweep of our second pass.
I am unpacking the garage a little more, trying to arrange stuff for comfort and aesthetics. Gets a bit hot in there during the day.
Taking a little break with a popsicle and a cold drink indoors with the AC and these little wooden “stacking stones” 36 nifty little blocks in oddball prism and sort of sarcophagus shapes. They throw me a little dwarven pawn carving vibe for a game that doesn’t exist, yet. (8 big pawns, 16 smaller pawns, and 12 “gems”.)
“Gems” have faces that are either hexagons or pentagons total 21 faces as a long faceted tube .
“Pawns” have 2 square faces on top and bottom, 4 superman chest logo style hexagons, 8 elongated pentagons (4 each alternating fat and thin), and 4 elongated flattened hexagons. For a total of 18 faces. See photo, if my poor description is not helpful.
Jeez, this is terrible weather for a swamp guy like Harold. We need to maybe get some misters around here for him, and maybe just a little box fan and ice maker for me.
#harold #bognar #sisto #sistobrak #hammerhead #momawnadon #summervibes #unpackingmiscellany #shapes #geometricsolids
July 19, 2023
Who the heck left the bat-shaped boomerang in here?
#batman #hammerhead #toystagram #toyphotography #375inch #starwarsfigures #momawnadon #ithorian #batarang