David Croyle
@croyle.bsky.social
#Hike, #backpack, #computer #geek, former search & rescue, #4x4, #geocache, hobby #blacksmith, #scifi, #fantasy, #ttrpg, #hamradio, instructor, #3Dprint, #Maker. Now with lemon-fresh borax! Big fan of #TheExpanse! Ninth House.
When you don't have a clamp that will reach the spot where the Barge cement is drying, but you do have a heavy chunk of steel nearby, you improvise. 😁
#mandalorian #starwars #cosplay #costume #ThisIsTheWay
#mandalorian #starwars #cosplay #costume #ThisIsTheWay
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When you don't have a clamp that will reach the spot where the Barge cement is drying, but you do have a heavy chunk of steel nearby, you improvise. 😁
#mandalorian #starwars #cosplay #costume #ThisIsTheWay
#mandalorian #starwars #cosplay #costume #ThisIsTheWay
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🧊 should know better than to fuck with middle aged perimenopausal working women…we don’t care and we don’t take shit from anyone
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🧊 should know better than to fuck with middle aged perimenopausal working women…we don’t care and we don’t take shit from anyone
Here are four photos my son took of me yesterday, in my updated Mando outfit. More updates are planned and there is still much work to be done, but... progress.
I'm more bearded than usual, for the Ren Faire this weekend.
#StarWars #mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #costume #cosplay #halloween #prop
I'm more bearded than usual, for the Ren Faire this weekend.
#StarWars #mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #costume #cosplay #halloween #prop
October 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here are four photos my son took of me yesterday, in my updated Mando outfit. More updates are planned and there is still much work to be done, but... progress.
I'm more bearded than usual, for the Ren Faire this weekend.
#StarWars #mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #costume #cosplay #halloween #prop
I'm more bearded than usual, for the Ren Faire this weekend.
#StarWars #mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #costume #cosplay #halloween #prop
Just like I always say, you can't go wrong with the well-known and trusted JSADZKJ brand.
To pronounce it, you just have to sneeze with a lot of consonants.
To pronounce it, you just have to sneeze with a lot of consonants.
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just like I always say, you can't go wrong with the well-known and trusted JSADZKJ brand.
To pronounce it, you just have to sneeze with a lot of consonants.
To pronounce it, you just have to sneeze with a lot of consonants.
My gauntlets are finally done. One has blue LEDS while this one has a "mandoputer" display installed... Adding rare earth magnets to ;watch both shut was a lot trickier than I had imagined too, but they're finally done.
#mandolorian #costume #cosplay #starwars #ThisIsTheWay
#mandolorian #costume #cosplay #starwars #ThisIsTheWay
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My gauntlets are finally done. One has blue LEDS while this one has a "mandoputer" display installed... Adding rare earth magnets to ;watch both shut was a lot trickier than I had imagined too, but they're finally done.
#mandolorian #costume #cosplay #starwars #ThisIsTheWay
#mandolorian #costume #cosplay #starwars #ThisIsTheWay
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(update)
This teeny meter-wide asteroid C15KM95 was officially announced with the new name "2025 TF" today! minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
(and a neat photo of the asteroid by @filipp-romanov.bsky.social over at: bsky.app/profile/fili...)
Now to wait an hour until this gets on Wikipedia...
This teeny meter-wide asteroid C15KM95 was officially announced with the new name "2025 TF" today! minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
(and a neat photo of the asteroid by @filipp-romanov.bsky.social over at: bsky.app/profile/fili...)
Now to wait an hour until this gets on Wikipedia...
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
(update)
This teeny meter-wide asteroid C15KM95 was officially announced with the new name "2025 TF" today! minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
(and a neat photo of the asteroid by @filipp-romanov.bsky.social over at: bsky.app/profile/fili...)
Now to wait an hour until this gets on Wikipedia...
This teeny meter-wide asteroid C15KM95 was officially announced with the new name "2025 TF" today! minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
(and a neat photo of the asteroid by @filipp-romanov.bsky.social over at: bsky.app/profile/fili...)
Now to wait an hour until this gets on Wikipedia...
First test fitting! I learned a lot, which was kinda the whole point...
I'm going to call it maybe 80% done now. Still many things to add, modify, complete, etc.
#StarWars #Mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #cosplay #halloween #prop #costume and #cat
I'm going to call it maybe 80% done now. Still many things to add, modify, complete, etc.
#StarWars #Mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #cosplay #halloween #prop #costume and #cat
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
First test fitting! I learned a lot, which was kinda the whole point...
I'm going to call it maybe 80% done now. Still many things to add, modify, complete, etc.
#StarWars #Mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #cosplay #halloween #prop #costume and #cat
I'm going to call it maybe 80% done now. Still many things to add, modify, complete, etc.
#StarWars #Mandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #cosplay #halloween #prop #costume and #cat
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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So when is the FCC going to step in?
Jesse Watters Slammed After Suggesting We 'Bomb' The UN Over Trump Escalator 'Sabotage'
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September 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So when is the FCC going to step in?
The latest #TheExpanse show crew gift, from season 2, to land at my house...
September 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The latest #TheExpanse show crew gift, from season 2, to land at my house...
#PhotoOfTheDay is a shot of the railroad spike knife I forged a few years back. Not bad for a first attempt. Blade ground by hand.
#blacksmithing #knifemaking #knife #forge
#blacksmithing #knifemaking #knife #forge
September 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#PhotoOfTheDay is a shot of the railroad spike knife I forged a few years back. Not bad for a first attempt. Blade ground by hand.
#blacksmithing #knifemaking #knife #forge
#blacksmithing #knifemaking #knife #forge
I finished up my most recent read, Emily Tesh's debut novel "Some Desperate Glory" which was a good and somewhat different read for me, and even thoughtfully topical... Next up is the Children of Time trilogy.
September 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I finished up my most recent read, Emily Tesh's debut novel "Some Desperate Glory" which was a good and somewhat different read for me, and even thoughtfully topical... Next up is the Children of Time trilogy.
Collage of my workbench with a 3D print of a Star Wars heavy blaster rifle I am making for my Mandalorian outfit. It's been relentlessly in the "progressing, with still much to do" stage for a couple of weeks now and will stay that way for at least another week I suspect. #starwars #3dprint #maker
July 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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RELEASE. THE. FILES. ALREADY.
July 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
RELEASE. THE. FILES. ALREADY.
Godammit...... RIP Ozzy!
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
Ozzy Osbourne, Godfather of Heavy Metal, Dies at 76
Osbourne died just weeks after playing his final show with Black Sabbath earlier in July.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Godammit...... RIP Ozzy!
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
One of my early railroad spike twists. I grabbed this photo because I love the forge scale that has peeled from the surface like burned fragments of paper, despite it being steel.
#photo #photography #forging #blacksmithing
#photo #photography #forging #blacksmithing
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One of my early railroad spike twists. I grabbed this photo because I love the forge scale that has peeled from the surface like burned fragments of paper, despite it being steel.
#photo #photography #forging #blacksmithing
#photo #photography #forging #blacksmithing
Reposted by David Croyle
Oye #Expanse Geeks, fans & #ScreamingFirehawks! @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social hosts our annual panel! This year our team includes NASA/JPL's Krys Blackwood, astronomer Dr Robert Hurt, Dr Scott Jordan, & more. Join us for fun, facts & swag as we explore the small roles that make The Expanse great.
July 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Oye #Expanse Geeks, fans & #ScreamingFirehawks! @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social hosts our annual panel! This year our team includes NASA/JPL's Krys Blackwood, astronomer Dr Robert Hurt, Dr Scott Jordan, & more. Join us for fun, facts & swag as we explore the small roles that make The Expanse great.
#BG3 is on sale - on Steam I think - for the biggest discount they've ever offered, even though it's totally worth full price and more... Also I do really like this illustration, especially the dour Shadowheart. 😄
#videogames #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
#videogames #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
June 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#BG3 is on sale - on Steam I think - for the biggest discount they've ever offered, even though it's totally worth full price and more... Also I do really like this illustration, especially the dour Shadowheart. 😄
#videogames #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
#videogames #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
I finally completed my proper MCRN pistol from #TheExpanse, although it still needs decals... Shown above a mostly 3D-printed version that also needs decals. But now I can start work on the holster.
Both are often forbidden at Cons these days, so who knows if I'll ever get to show either off IRL.
Both are often forbidden at Cons these days, so who knows if I'll ever get to show either off IRL.
May 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I finally completed my proper MCRN pistol from #TheExpanse, although it still needs decals... Shown above a mostly 3D-printed version that also needs decals. But now I can start work on the holster.
Both are often forbidden at Cons these days, so who knows if I'll ever get to show either off IRL.
Both are often forbidden at Cons these days, so who knows if I'll ever get to show either off IRL.
OK, so #murderbot. Watched the 1st 2 episodes which we thought were good, not great, but it's still early days. Biggest complaint from myself & others: the very silly, campy attempts at humor they added. They need to ditch that ASAP & go with humor like the books... But looking forward to more.
May 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
OK, so #murderbot. Watched the 1st 2 episodes which we thought were good, not great, but it's still early days. Biggest complaint from myself & others: the very silly, campy attempts at humor they added. They need to ditch that ASAP & go with humor like the books... But looking forward to more.
@laszloj.bsky.social Hey, so good chatting briefly last night about the Radch series, Downbelow Station, etc. I wanted to recommend Arkady Martine's two "Teixcalaan" books with "A Memory Called Empire" being the first. *Both* won the Hugo for Best Novel when they came out, so it's not just me. :)
May 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@laszloj.bsky.social Hey, so good chatting briefly last night about the Radch series, Downbelow Station, etc. I wanted to recommend Arkady Martine's two "Teixcalaan" books with "A Memory Called Empire" being the first. *Both* won the Hugo for Best Novel when they came out, so it's not just me. :)
Love seeing all the protest around the country today!... And I've rarely been a protest guy.
April 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Love seeing all the protest around the country today!... And I've rarely been a protest guy.
Last night I finished "A Desolation Called Peace" (2nd book of 2, so far) which I really enjoyed... Although the main love story was again kind of frustrating, despite progress in that relationship. Godammit I want my happily-ever-after ending NOW PLEASE. 😂 @byzantienne.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Last night I finished "A Desolation Called Peace" (2nd book of 2, so far) which I really enjoyed... Although the main love story was again kind of frustrating, despite progress in that relationship. Godammit I want my happily-ever-after ending NOW PLEASE. 😂 @byzantienne.bsky.social
Appalling. Justice must be served.
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Appalling. Justice must be served.