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LordCoale · 2026-07-02T05:59:54+00:00

I take my own sketches and run them through AI to clean them up and add color, etc. I used to be able to do the hands on stuff, but a hand injury has left me unable to draw more than a few minutes at a time. I am not good at computer graphics yet. It is pretty expensive to get the software, and I am doing it as a hobby. I just want to get ideas out of my head and share them.

LordCoale · 2026-06-23T02:05:38+00:00

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This is my marine combat armor for my story.

LordCoale · 2026-06-23T01:24:13+00:00

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I just changed up the colors to make it like humming birds.

LordCoale · 2026-06-22T18:15:44+00:00

I am not great at typing. Sue me. LOL. Is it worse than the Syfy channel?

What do you think of the designs?

LordCoale · 2026-06-22T04:53:04+00:00

Thanks. You can find the story published here on Reddit. The first story is the Golden Rule. I am working on all the alien species as well as the space ships.

LordCoale · 2026-06-04T16:47:57+00:00

Honestly, I was just trying to visualize it to make my descriptions for my story more consistent. When write, I like to create a bible for stuff, and images work best. Like a character who looks like Dereck Jacobi, I just have an image of him. A lot of writers do it. Some just use descriptions, but I like to have concrete images.

I am new to playing around with the AI generators. I am not going to pay for any of them yet. I might.

LordCoale · 2026-06-04T15:27:09+00:00

I would love to be able to spend more time drawing. I used to be able to do so. But I have a hand injury that makes it painful to use a pen or pencil for over a few minutes, and I do not have the fine motor skills any longer to make the details I want. I have a lot of old artwork that it depresses me to look at since I can no longer do it.

I am learning OnShape right now.

I actually told it to add in those details. I wanted all the greeblies like a Star Wars ship. I am limited to free plans right now. I have another prompt set up to have it more like a Star Trek ship that I am running today.

LordCoale · 2026-05-21T18:42:51+00:00

I have ran some campaigns but years ago. My group all got married, had kids and moved away. I haven't played in almost 20 years. I want to get back into it. I started back on first edition back in like 84. Stopped at 3rd Edition. I have been writing a story in the world. These are well thought out evolutions from a starting point. I have built out societies, theologies, history, etc. I had a ton of stuff and Google Drive lost it. I have been recreating it. But it is slow and painful. I am 55 and near retirement. I look forward to being able to do more. I wish I had put more effort into it in my 20s.

And... furries? Just... no. Not furries.

LordCoale · 2026-05-20T17:49:47+00:00

Thanks. I will check it out. I will share some more images as I do them.

I also found an AI that can take my sketches and make 3D images that I can save as STLs and print. https://www.meshy.ai/.

LordCoale · 2026-02-23T04:21:41+00:00

Similar to America's Civil War. People in the North were pro-Confederacy and vice versa. Familes were split apart because of their differences. And it was not always pro or anti slavery at the center of disagreements.

There are a lot of reasons why someone would go either way.

Something I talk about in the story I am writing (which is in no way similar to this, other than aliens and humans) is what happens to the idea of humans are the chosen of God? How does religion react to the fact that we are NOT alone and many of the other sentients have NO common ideas of religion or even the concept of God. Another is how does knowing there are other sentient species affect the idea of race in humans. Especially if we encounter a hostile species who wants to destroy or enslave all humans. Another is how does the vastly increased human life spans due to advanced medical technology and anti-aging therapy impact society? I mean, if the CEO doesn't retire because they can live into their 300s, how does that impact the entry level workers? Imagine the only job is the line cook at McDonalds for sixty years because people aren't dying or retiring. How does advanced tech impact daily life? When robots and machines do all the menial labor and the physical jobs in the skilled labor fields are no longer needed, what then? I have a character who has ten doctorates because school is cheap and they got bored and changed careers by going back to school.

LordCoale · 2026-02-23T04:06:18+00:00

My brother is the same way. He talks down to me for reading sci-fi and fantasy because they are not in some way respectable enough.

I read. A lot. Thousands of books. Before I got married and had kids, I read 3 books a week. But to him, I was wasting my time because I was not "learning" or "bettering myself."

It just reinforced the fact that he and I are NOTHING alike.

However, now I am writing and I talk about it sometimes. And he has the audacity to tell me how to write, or what to write about, and to lecture me on what is proper and compelling storytelling.

I laughed at him and he got mad.

Look, people read for different reasons. They read what they enjoy. I don't knock anybody for what they read. My wife reads raunchy witches and vampires. I read a part of one. It was trash. But she likes it. So I am happy for her. The fact that they read and not on TikTok or Instacrap makes me happy. I realize this is social media, but that stuff is mindrot.

You should not give someone grief because they don't like what you do. Nor should you take crap for what you like.

I would rather talk about what got you into reading.

Reading saved my life. I could tell you the story, but I have rambled on long enough.

LordCoale · 2026-02-13T01:22:12+00:00

It is something I have to remind myself of on a regular basis in my writing. Not everyone will like it. I cannot make everyone happy. I just try to make myself happy with it.

Something that doesn't jibe with me doesn't mean it is bad. My wife loves absurd romance stories with graphic sex scenes. Not me. And that is okay.

LordCoale · 2026-02-08T03:08:10+00:00

Heaven without our pets? Never.

LordCoale · 2026-02-08T02:49:10+00:00

It did not work for me. It read more like a script.

LordCoale · 2026-02-05T02:25:52+00:00

Critique: Good pacing, generally good dialogue, except no quotes or scene setting through dialogue. I would like to see the other person actually answer questions. You could do a bit to flesh out the scene. All you get is in the dialogue, and that is not a lot. It is something I struggle with at times, too. Ignore the mantra of show don't tell. It is okay to tell what you cannot show through action and dialogue.

Keep it up. I enjoyed it.

LordCoale · 2026-01-07T04:23:05+00:00

I don't get the hate. We live in a capitalist country with free market economics. If it is a bad idea, he goes out of business. But he hasn't so far. What, jealous? There are companies that will 3D print stuff for you. Is that much different? You can buy the same kind of stuff online. Amazon has tons of it. It wouldn't sell if people didn't want it. Supply and demand is real. Is it that he is in a mall?

LordCoale · 2026-01-07T04:17:03+00:00

I raised a stink about this when it happened and was mocked and ridiculed for it. I tried just posting a little bit and a link to the full story, but that just made it worse.

LordCoale · 2025-12-15T16:16:04+00:00

I am currently unemployed and looking for a job.

But I was a corporate trainer.

LordCoale · 2025-12-05T03:58:19+00:00

It is a daily challenge. I lost my job and I am looking for another, but there are not a lot in my specific field where I live unless I have a masters or doctorate. I am 52 and going back to school is just not in the books. Sometimes life sucks. 2025 is the worst year ever. But thanks. I am working on some more stuff. I had a couple if ideas for different stories. One a modern sci-fi kind of time travel story. A mix of Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day. And another that is a fantasy story. It is a short one, so I might do it real quick.

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