Is it the weekend yet? 😫

Tier 4 of the Dummybots/ Dummy Cogs! We have Weekend Warrior and Associate Specialist: Socializer

based on equipment and co-workers who would rather gossip than actually work! they're also. girl bosses. more stuff about design choices and name choices under the cut!

Weekend Warrior: a person who does a particular activity (such as a sport) only on the weekends. Can be seen boasting or talking about said activities during work hours as means of idle chit chat.

Plain and simple, she's based off of sports or P.E equipment! She has a teal football helmet for a head, Hypno Glasses as "eye protection", festival flags practically falling out of her sleeves, which i've also colored to match red and yellow penalty flags. her little pocket squares are also penalty flags. I gave her the buff body type because i feel like it reflected her athletic theming as it invokes or is supposed to invoke the feeling of large protective gear and padding under her suit for sports. as well as having weird.. office shoe cleats. so! to get into why she has hypno glasses, i think she was made in mind for advanced lure and trap techniques in training. teaching folks about lure and dazed debuffs which is why she has the broken glasses to denote that but also why her gear is so cracked from falling face first into the floor because of an awry marbles or banana peel. its also why her gear is solely based off of sport protective gear as well! I think in true to her name, she would be very competitive so she would have a temper and wouldn't take being tricked too well. opting to beat the hell out of folks who used the trap or lure gag instead of the person who has done the most damage like a traditional cog fight. she has a big bow because i wanted it to be reminiscent of reward ribbons. she is the best sportball player in the junkyard after all!

Socializer: Somebody who likes to participate in conversations or after work activities as a means of socialization and in general enjoys mixing with others socially.

Socializer is the girlboss whos always trying to get the newest hottest goss and trying to get people to get drinks with her after work. Her face is based off of staple removers! I've always played with them like they're were big fanged mouths wanting to just go "blah blah blah" all day. her bright red makeup and eyes are based off of dolls, her eyes would probably close if she lies down lol. I sort of wanted a shiny effect to her makeup, being made out of bright red tape or reflective tape than actual makeup. Her neck piece is a cup, more specifically the big plastic and colorful cups in children's tea sets. her bow is big, shiny and glittery is reminiscent of a teddy bear's bow. as well as her body type, i wanted to make her more approachable and soft almost plushie like. as well as her lapels big and rounded to get this sort of effect. her pocket squares are based off of bright party napkins. Overall I wanted her to based off of office and tea party equipment as well as soft dolls and plushies to make her seem approachable.

If you read all of that, you get to have this cool picture of the weekend warrior without her lure glasses. (it gets thrown off when she gets hit too hard!) Shes going to beat you up!

also i know theyre not supposed to really have personalities, because dummy bots are just advanced training dummies. but i like to think they have some personality quirks to all of them.

speaking of the larp here’s a picture bc I miss it :) (I’m the one on the right with my back to the camera…and my front to the shieldwall that would slaughter me a few minutes later)

Finished up my tooled leather pauldron! And decided to throw everything onto the mannequin torso to see how it looks with the rest of it. I’m happy with it! Just need to find two good medieval style buckles for the chest and arm strap (they’re held with leather ties at the moment).  I’ve also made a ton of progress on my camping gear and will be ready to take some pics of that stuff soon. Can’t wait for these 90-100 degree days to be over so I can do some Ranger hiking and camping this fall, and attend Weekend Warrior. 

I had to replace the front wheel bearing and cv axle on my Denali the other day. The wheel bearing was breaking apart and making a loud grinding noise. Glad this one is done. Now on to the other side...

Video of the work on my YouTube:

A Large Man Cave always good to play in for the Weekend 🏠🚗🛠

Tucked in a winter wonderland, this spacious shop is the ultimate weekend retreat. Here, projects come to life, tools rattle with possibility, and creativity reigns. It's a haven for big toys and even bigger dreams, where every weekend is a chance to build, tinker, and play. 🏠❄🔨🚜

Iron Maiden  -  Weekend Warrior

Today’s disabled character of the day is McCracken from Weekend Warrior, who has rhotacism

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[Image Description: Photo of a shirtless young Daniel Greene. He is standing inside a white house, only his shoulders up is visible.]

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we finally got some epic photos in from Weekend Warrior last October :) ft. me and my sister/favorite comrade-in-arms @noblemaidenfell

Weekend Warrior 2022: Day Two (10/22/22) Tired, freezing and exhausted, I put on my outer layers of cold clothes as the temp began rising to the 40s and made my way to the Mead Hall for the restroom and found myself waiting for over 40 minutes, unfortunately missing breakfast during that time period. While there however I overheard that since last night, the Hearth Guard had laid claim to the Thornwood, renaming it the “Queen’s Wood” after a celebration they had seeing a woman named Tove being elected their own “Bandit Queen” in an act of defiance once they heard that Bryce was to be named King of Olaran. Likewise, the Sea Lords had last night also elected their own member Torvin as “the King of Throi” and demanded to be acknowledged as their own nation, also refusing to bow to the appointed bastard son.   These developments would be known back in camp as well, as upon arriving back those things had already become common knowledge, and the Rangers were instructed to gear up and march out with the Kingsmen to face the Hearth Guard on the battlefield. The Kingsmen were only 40 in number, while we Rangers outnumbered them as nearly 100 strong. The heavily armored Kingsmen in plate spread out before us, while we positioned ourselves accordingly, myself being assigned to Arrow Squad of the archers. We heard the Hearth Guard before we saw them, the chants as they marched and the beating of their drums. Rising over the far hill as wide as they could be were the barbarians. 

Another horn was blown, and moments later their ranks were doubled as the Sea Lords approached alongside them. In all, the battle was rough, being an uphill battle trying to fire into the shieldwalls of the Heath Guard as the Kingsmen were picked off by Sea Lord Archers who had greater distance than we did from below. The Heath Guard broke through our ranks and I found myself speared in the gut by one of their number, but not before taking down two of them with arrows and cutting down a Sea Lord in the back who had been harassing another Ranger. During the battle, Order of Luminos member Killian unfortunately dislocated his knee, and the leader of the Hearth Guard, Gamble, hit his head. 

After being healed, and recuperating at camp, it was announced the battle had been lost. Rather than marching back up to the Mead Hall to wait in line for lunch, I retrieved an apple from my tent and with my knife began eating the apple in the shade of the trees, along with a friendly couple of rangers (from Ohio) who were also having a fruit breakfast. Finishing my food, I re-entered camp to find the Ranger Vaarg who had been inspecting a map he’d received from the bar trying to locate where he needed to go for his quest. We rationed that it was directing him into the Thornwood not too far from where the battle had recently taken place. 

Trekking inside, we came to a run down and ransacked wooden cart, and therein found a white cloth bag containing a silver hammerhead tied in maroon fabric. Vaarg was unsure what the item was he had been sent to retrieve, but know it would be wrapped in purple; not this. Still, the item was taken, knowing that everything could be sold to the bar, once it re-opened. 

Back in camp, it was brought to our attention by Commander Brandis that a cart would be coming through the area, from beyond the hills and to the Mead Hall, supplies that would benefit the Kingsmen and Ranger forces, but it was assumed that the Hearth Guard and Sea Lords would be interested in intercepting it. An advance force of Ranger Skirmishers were sent to the treeline of the Thornwood, while us archers were led by Kat to meet the arrival of the cart and to travel along with it, protecting the supplies.  While the Hearth Guard burst from the woods, slamming into the Skirmishers and some positioned Kingsmen, the Sea Lords arrived from up the road sending us into volleys of arrows at each other. During this battle I fired around 18 arrows and took down at least three Sea Lords, and included a back and forth period between myself and Amy the Sea Lord (who operates the Etsy store Folk of the Wood) from behind our respective trees. At one point I was shot in the leg, but before I could be finished off, the battle was called as the Sea Lords had taken control of the cart. The surviving Skirmishers, Kingsmen and Archers were then told to press on into the Thornwood. I however had to retire to the camp to catch myself and recuperate. 

There I re-met with Vaarg and attempted to assist him in a quest he had received from the quest board; a note from a woman named Keira An’Farde who had been looking for her lost brother and wanted him sent her way. When Vaarg gave up, I continued on, conversing with Kingsmen, Hearth Guards, and Sea Lords (including Amy), but could not find who Kiera was or what faction she belonged to. Before long, it was time for dinner and I entered the line for food, alongside Commander Brandis, who told me of his time working with horses. I had dinner alongside Brandis and two others (who had flown in from England). Afterwards, as the sun had set once more beyond the mountains, I entered the fighting pit, this time finding myself up against a Kingsmen sword wielder who bested me but offered some fighting tips. Back in the mead hall, King Bryce’s coronation began, seeing the Rangers and Kingsmen kneeling to the new king as he was crowned after a few religious statements from the priests of the Order of Luminos. From outside, chants of protest were heard by the Hearth Guard and Sea Lords while from within the Mead Hall echoed cries of “For King and Crown” and “For the People!”

Once the crowd dispersed some I found myself grouping with nearby rangers, learning two female rangers had recently returned from a recon mission into the Sea Lord camp, wherein they had stolen two seashells from their “throne.” Wanting to try their luck again, myself and the commander of the Arrow Squad joined them as they left the Mead Hall to approach. It was decided that the two of us were to act as distractions at their second gate while the other two slipped inside again. I spoke with the guard at the gate, giving him the spiel about Keira’s Lost brother, asking if she was a Sea Lord or if her brother was inside the camp. Unfortunately we were turned away, and the other rangers were caught and told to leave. However, nearly seven more rangers approached us, and a plan was hatched to scout their main gate, and if it were defended poorly to charge the gate. The reason being that one of them had a quest to steal the Sea Lords artifact polearms, large polearms that were used in battle, but when not being used were put prominently on display just at their inner gate. Finding it poorly defended, us Rangers swarmed their entrance and a rallying call was cried out. In moments a number of rangers lay dead inside the camp gate and we were driven out by large amounts of Sea Lords. The captive rangers were released to us after being revived and we were instructed to leave. 

I made my way back to the fighting pit, I spoke with Argus, a skirmisher of the Rangers about how his buckler was treating him. I then sparred with him, using his buckler in addition to my longsword to see how I liked combat with a shield. Still, he bested me with swipes below the shield. Back to camp I headed, spending some time at the fire pit and meeting Azeem, a friendly Sea Lord who had army crawled into the Ranger Encampment just to see if he could. I didn’t stay up late that second night, as I’d had no sleep the night before and I was determined to get wrapped up in bed before I was chilled to the bone. 

It was semi difficult to doze off, hearing the ruckus of the camp, but before falling asleep I overheard Finn the bard singing “The Bard’s Song” at the campfire; a song I’d hoped to have heard at some point during the weekend. 

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I’m at 34,038 on my NaNoWriMo so a little behind but welcome to the weekend mthrfckr. Starting today right after work I am writing my ass off to grab 10k by Sunday night. Wheeeee! Also, adding some snuggle time because omg the cuuuuttteeeneessss😍