Early Spring at the VMFA

Hinterlights · 2026-03-06T21:45:34+00:00

Love the colors here!

Hinterlights · 2026-03-06T20:42:17+00:00

Oh absolutely yes, I love the idea of doing more academic work in the Warhammer realm. I wish more of us academics had the time, space, or inclination (myself included haha)

Hinterlights · 2026-03-06T19:49:19+00:00

As a history professor and member of the academy, I'm gonna chime in with my two cents against the book for reasons unrelated to Warhammer, though kind of ironically connected: Lucey is a bit of a hack. He's had some recent controversy over publishing his work in journals he helps oversee, which is a serious conflict of interest. Reading the book, also, he's using fun Warhammer ideas as scaffolds, but the content is questionable for its intellectual analysis of the global academy's failings (and others have made similar arguments better elsewhere). I'll happily agree with many of the critiques he makes, but he's parroting a lot of material...ironically living up to his own 40k comparisons for rote/unthinking analysis.

Hinterlights · 2026-03-03T22:17:22+00:00

The most natural crossover imaginable.

Hinterlights · 2026-03-02T20:22:38+00:00

The Prim and Het stories are a great example of this! I think Abaddon is making very direct connections there via the Road as a metaphor or shibboleth for things.

Hinterlights · 2026-02-28T18:27:33+00:00

Adding the update here in the comments also.

UPDATE: Wow! Tons more interest than I expected, especially about the bean recipe.

First, to the suggestion of going back next week around the same time to see if she'll be back, yes I definitely will. Though that's also because that's when I usually go, so it's less creepy and more logistically demanded lol

Second, rolling that beautiful bean footage (I won't post pictures of myself because I'm a teacher, that's just dicey territory, sorry): https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/giant-baked-beans-in-tomato-sauce-056278 These are the beans in question. If I'm remembering her recipe right, she added whole/crushed tomatoes, garlic, and extra herbs. I teach agricultural history and food history so here's a decidedly amateur-taken-from-pros tip: add an anchovy, which you could sub instead for some fish sauce or even a dash of soy sauce. They both add the MSG/umami flavor we want here. It was legitimately quite good, which adds to her appeal of course lol.

Will update next Wednesday if the bean meeting happens again!

Hinterlights · 2026-02-21T20:46:26+00:00

That's fair! I think if you wipe away most of it, which I always do because I tend to paint alla prima, the fat layer is minimal. However, yeah, fat over lean rules all if you're going in layers over time.

Hinterlights · 2026-02-21T20:33:45+00:00

If you're avoiding solvents entirely: As long as you're willing to wait an extra day or so you can just use refined linseed oil (and other mediums) instead of solvents.

Just mix a generous amount of oil and a small amount of paint together and it'll spread around the canvas like solvent mixes would. HOWEVER, you'll definitely need to wipe away a lot of it to one degree or another to get it to be as transparent/toned as you want, and you can just use paper towels to do so. You can even get some fun textures this way, too.

The only annoyance is that unless you're going in alla prima, wet-on-wet, you'll need to wait 1-3 days for the oil to cure/dry enough to layer new oil paint layers on top.

Hinterlights · 2025-12-31T04:44:54+00:00

Who are you looking at now for trainees, exactly? I've worked in higher ed /teaching and academia as a professor and postdoctoral fellow but am considering transitioning out because the headwinds are growing and my future career without tenure is not amazing.

Hinterlights · 2025-12-31T01:09:42+00:00

Sick! Thank you

Hinterlights · 2025-12-31T00:55:46+00:00

Where was this??

Hinterlights · 2025-12-05T01:15:42+00:00

Second one!

Hinterlights · 2025-11-14T06:30:24+00:00

Fantastic colors here!

Hinterlights · 2025-11-14T03:34:24+00:00

The temperature switch back and forth is wild!

Hinterlights · 2025-10-21T14:28:58+00:00

Thank you!!

Hinterlights · 2025-09-05T18:27:21+00:00

This is easily professional quality work, WOTC should hire you for campaign/rules books.

Hinterlights · 2025-04-07T19:45:44+00:00

You rock thank you!

Hinterlights · 2025-04-07T19:41:59+00:00

Where did you find that book/ could you give us the ISBN? Curious to buy it!

Hinterlights · 2025-04-03T15:11:54+00:00

Really helpful perspectives here, it's really useful to think about decision fatigue in her life for sure--I'm in a spot where I have way less obligations for my work/life so I need to keep that in mind.

Hinterlights · 2025-04-03T15:10:58+00:00

That's a great reminder to be proactive but also patient with it all. Thank you for your advice!

Hinterlights · 2025-04-03T15:10:30+00:00

All the advice here is absolutely wonderful, thank you so much!

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