Link, the Artificer
@theartificerssquare.com
Speculative fiction author & performer, blacksmith, board & tabletop role-playing gamer, minis painter, Star Wars LARPer, fermenter & smoker of foods.
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The Artificer will be on hiatus for the next 4-6 weeks, recovering from a minor knee surgery that unfortunately leaves them unable to work the forge and anvil.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
With my position being eliminated at the end of the year, I'm in overdrive job hunting before recruiters go in holiday PTO. Please let me know if you have any available positions or connections I could rely on.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
With my position being eliminated at the end of the year, I'm in overdrive job hunting before recruiters go in holiday PTO. Please let me know if you have any available positions or connections I could rely on.
Mass Effect day (Nov 7) will always have a very different connotation to me now, a day that was supposed to be magical and celebratory turned into an anxiety-inducing nightmare, and the true culmination of 4+ yrs of a bad relationship, never mind that it took us 2 more yrs to get a divorce...
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mass Effect day (Nov 7) will always have a very different connotation to me now, a day that was supposed to be magical and celebratory turned into an anxiety-inducing nightmare, and the true culmination of 4+ yrs of a bad relationship, never mind that it took us 2 more yrs to get a divorce...
Ah yes, the old "let's make a joke out of physically abusing my child in public" gag...soooooo funny 😒
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ah yes, the old "let's make a joke out of physically abusing my child in public" gag...soooooo funny 😒
My Nurgle CKnights army is getting ready for the CO trip this weekend. Got all the models built last weekend, and spent most of the week getting bases ready to go. Final assembly tomorrow: 1 Abominant, 1 Rampager, 2 Brigands, 2 Karnivores, 2 Stalkers, 2 Beasts of Nurgle, 18 Nurglings; let's goooooo!
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My Nurgle CKnights army is getting ready for the CO trip this weekend. Got all the models built last weekend, and spent most of the week getting bases ready to go. Final assembly tomorrow: 1 Abominant, 1 Rampager, 2 Brigands, 2 Karnivores, 2 Stalkers, 2 Beasts of Nurgle, 18 Nurglings; let's goooooo!
@bethesdastudios.com so this is the third time in as many days that Fallout 76 has caused my PC to bluescreen, requiring me to physically uninstall and reinstall the drive containing the OS in order to use my computer again... what's going on? I didn't used to have this problem...
August 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@bethesdastudios.com so this is the third time in as many days that Fallout 76 has caused my PC to bluescreen, requiring me to physically uninstall and reinstall the drive containing the OS in order to use my computer again... what's going on? I didn't used to have this problem...
Who do I know in my circle that has the capability to vac-form some red transparent polycarbonate?
July 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Who do I know in my circle that has the capability to vac-form some red transparent polycarbonate?
@addielinkletter.bsky.social started watching "The Unit" on TV while I was taking a nap on the couch, and at one point I muttered (without waking up) "this is a weird Allstate commercial" 🤣🤣🤣
July 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@addielinkletter.bsky.social started watching "The Unit" on TV while I was taking a nap on the couch, and at one point I muttered (without waking up) "this is a weird Allstate commercial" 🤣🤣🤣
Well, Brujita decided she didn't want to wake up this morning, so the lovely @addielinkletter.bsky.social dropped me off, but we're up and running on the Austin Steam Train for a platform party! Come by the station in Cedar Park for fun and drinks until 1pm!
July 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Well, Brujita decided she didn't want to wake up this morning, so the lovely @addielinkletter.bsky.social dropped me off, but we're up and running on the Austin Steam Train for a platform party! Come by the station in Cedar Park for fun and drinks until 1pm!
If you support this president & what he's been doing, then there is no vector of your personality that is not absolute garbage. You cannot support the racism, fascism, deportations, the embrace of ignorance, rejection of knowledge, & the dismantling of the public good without that being the case.
June 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you support this president & what he's been doing, then there is no vector of your personality that is not absolute garbage. You cannot support the racism, fascism, deportations, the embrace of ignorance, rejection of knowledge, & the dismantling of the public good without that being the case.
Hey @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social I heard your description of the "Image of the Age" had to meme it using AI (yes, I know the inherent problems with AI art and would only ever use it for lulz)
June 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Hey @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social I heard your description of the "Image of the Age" had to meme it using AI (yes, I know the inherent problems with AI art and would only ever use it for lulz)
The Artificer will be on hiatus for the next 4-6 weeks, recovering from a minor knee surgery that unfortunately leaves them unable to work the forge and anvil.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The Artificer will be on hiatus for the next 4-6 weeks, recovering from a minor knee surgery that unfortunately leaves them unable to work the forge and anvil.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
Be on the lookout for posts of new designs, plans, and objectives the Artificer will be creating while on convalescent leave.
Day 1 post Knee arthroscopy... This shit sucks, yo.
I mean, the pain is one thing, but THAT'S manageable.
It's the being stuck in my recliner for 14 hours today, unable to do most of my hobbies and just feeling antsy.
At least I have @criticalrole.bsky.social running Age of Umbra to entertain..
I mean, the pain is one thing, but THAT'S manageable.
It's the being stuck in my recliner for 14 hours today, unable to do most of my hobbies and just feeling antsy.
At least I have @criticalrole.bsky.social running Age of Umbra to entertain..
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Day 1 post Knee arthroscopy... This shit sucks, yo.
I mean, the pain is one thing, but THAT'S manageable.
It's the being stuck in my recliner for 14 hours today, unable to do most of my hobbies and just feeling antsy.
At least I have @criticalrole.bsky.social running Age of Umbra to entertain..
I mean, the pain is one thing, but THAT'S manageable.
It's the being stuck in my recliner for 14 hours today, unable to do most of my hobbies and just feeling antsy.
At least I have @criticalrole.bsky.social running Age of Umbra to entertain..
OH NO! NO NO No No no no nooooo.
Let's just slice the skin off of gram's wrinkled back and hang it up on the wall to traumatize her grandkids for the next 40 years...
What's next, offers to do a full taxidermy on your dead wife so you can finally win an argument while she is entombed in a chair?
Let's just slice the skin off of gram's wrinkled back and hang it up on the wall to traumatize her grandkids for the next 40 years...
What's next, offers to do a full taxidermy on your dead wife so you can finally win an argument while she is entombed in a chair?
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
OH NO! NO NO No No no no nooooo.
Let's just slice the skin off of gram's wrinkled back and hang it up on the wall to traumatize her grandkids for the next 40 years...
What's next, offers to do a full taxidermy on your dead wife so you can finally win an argument while she is entombed in a chair?
Let's just slice the skin off of gram's wrinkled back and hang it up on the wall to traumatize her grandkids for the next 40 years...
What's next, offers to do a full taxidermy on your dead wife so you can finally win an argument while she is entombed in a chair?
RIP to my worn XB360 wired controller: you had an incredible 18 year lifespan, but now your cable is damaged beyond repair, your buttons are finicky, and your dpad sticks. Time to go to the great console in the sky.
Please welcome our new friend: OBNOXIOUSLY NEON GREEN BOI
Please welcome our new friend: OBNOXIOUSLY NEON GREEN BOI
March 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
RIP to my worn XB360 wired controller: you had an incredible 18 year lifespan, but now your cable is damaged beyond repair, your buttons are finicky, and your dpad sticks. Time to go to the great console in the sky.
Please welcome our new friend: OBNOXIOUSLY NEON GREEN BOI
Please welcome our new friend: OBNOXIOUSLY NEON GREEN BOI
Annnnnnnnnd 45 minutes after opening, the KS is fully funded!
Proud to be the 73rd backer of HeroForge's new KS: Custom Dice! www.kickstarter.com/projects/her...
Hero Forge: Custom Dice
A story in every roll
www.kickstarter.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Annnnnnnnnd 45 minutes after opening, the KS is fully funded!
Proud to be the 73rd backer of HeroForge's new KS: Custom Dice! www.kickstarter.com/projects/her...
Hero Forge: Custom Dice
A story in every roll
www.kickstarter.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Proud to be the 73rd backer of HeroForge's new KS: Custom Dice! www.kickstarter.com/projects/her...
I want to like World of Tanks and World of Ships and Wargaming's new Proj CW, but it's infuriating when the optimum strategy continues to be "ram Link with your tank & then magically your gun works at point blank & his doesn't"
UGH. This has been a core flaw with WOT since the beginning.
UGH. This has been a core flaw with WOT since the beginning.
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I want to like World of Tanks and World of Ships and Wargaming's new Proj CW, but it's infuriating when the optimum strategy continues to be "ram Link with your tank & then magically your gun works at point blank & his doesn't"
UGH. This has been a core flaw with WOT since the beginning.
UGH. This has been a core flaw with WOT since the beginning.
Today was productive for gaming: built a scene for Otherscape, finished a character for W&G AND played his 1st scene (to thunderous social applause) 🥰
Getting to play with @retired11b.bsky.social after all these years is phenomenal, couldn't ask for a better scene partner to bounce improv off of!
Getting to play with @retired11b.bsky.social after all these years is phenomenal, couldn't ask for a better scene partner to bounce improv off of!
February 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today was productive for gaming: built a scene for Otherscape, finished a character for W&G AND played his 1st scene (to thunderous social applause) 🥰
Getting to play with @retired11b.bsky.social after all these years is phenomenal, couldn't ask for a better scene partner to bounce improv off of!
Getting to play with @retired11b.bsky.social after all these years is phenomenal, couldn't ask for a better scene partner to bounce improv off of!
Selling my Motegi wheels in preparation to sell the car they were mounted on.
Great condition, just not going to get a return on my investment selling them to the dealer.
nextdoor.com/for_sale_and...
Great condition, just not going to get a return on my investment selling them to the dealer.
nextdoor.com/for_sale_and...
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$600 — 17
nextdoor.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Selling my Motegi wheels in preparation to sell the car they were mounted on.
Great condition, just not going to get a return on my investment selling them to the dealer.
nextdoor.com/for_sale_and...
Great condition, just not going to get a return on my investment selling them to the dealer.
nextdoor.com/for_sale_and...
Trying to keep up the keepin' up with my Japanese...
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Trying to keep up the keepin' up with my Japanese...
Going live with Star Wars: Outlaws on my Twitch stream in a little bit (30-45min) as soon as it finishes installing.
#blindplaythrough #starwarsoutlaws #veteran #exgamedeveloper #neurospicyAF #nofilter
www.twitch.tv/silverbackprime
#blindplaythrough #starwarsoutlaws #veteran #exgamedeveloper #neurospicyAF #nofilter
www.twitch.tv/silverbackprime
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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February 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Going live with Star Wars: Outlaws on my Twitch stream in a little bit (30-45min) as soon as it finishes installing.
#blindplaythrough #starwarsoutlaws #veteran #exgamedeveloper #neurospicyAF #nofilter
www.twitch.tv/silverbackprime
#blindplaythrough #starwarsoutlaws #veteran #exgamedeveloper #neurospicyAF #nofilter
www.twitch.tv/silverbackprime
Been radio dark for some time now, because I've been bedridden & delirious since last Monday. Couldn't keep anything down, not even water, kept slipping in and out of fever dreams until my partner forced me to the ER on Friday where things like "157/126" & "113bpm" & "elevated white count" were said
January 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Been radio dark for some time now, because I've been bedridden & delirious since last Monday. Couldn't keep anything down, not even water, kept slipping in and out of fever dreams until my partner forced me to the ER on Friday where things like "157/126" & "113bpm" & "elevated white count" were said
That moment when your partner says "hey it's supposed to snow tonight, did you cover Brujita?" at 11pm & you run outside in your jammy pants & boots only to discover that your vintage Japanese sports car already has 1/4-1/2" drifts of snow all over her, so you've gotta scramble to cover her up. 🤣😭🥶
January 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
That moment when your partner says "hey it's supposed to snow tonight, did you cover Brujita?" at 11pm & you run outside in your jammy pants & boots only to discover that your vintage Japanese sports car already has 1/4-1/2" drifts of snow all over her, so you've gotta scramble to cover her up. 🤣😭🥶
It wasn't just minis though! I also cranked out the two handles for the Battle Sporks™ commission!
#blacksmith #handforged #ironwork #decorativeiron #forging #metalart #handcrafted #handmade #artisan #metalwork #blacksmithing #ironart #customironwork #forgediron #nopowertools #traditionalsmith
#blacksmith #handforged #ironwork #decorativeiron #forging #metalart #handcrafted #handmade #artisan #metalwork #blacksmithing #ironart #customironwork #forgediron #nopowertools #traditionalsmith
January 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It wasn't just minis though! I also cranked out the two handles for the Battle Sporks™ commission!
#blacksmith #handforged #ironwork #decorativeiron #forging #metalart #handcrafted #handmade #artisan #metalwork #blacksmithing #ironart #customironwork #forgediron #nopowertools #traditionalsmith
#blacksmith #handforged #ironwork #decorativeiron #forging #metalart #handcrafted #handmade #artisan #metalwork #blacksmithing #ironart #customironwork #forgediron #nopowertools #traditionalsmith