Kendo 2 Posted October 15, 2023 Posted October 15, 2023 I've started making soap as a side hustle since I have an overabundance of herbs. I brew a double strength tea from the fresh herbs, heat-infuse organic grocery store olive oil with fresh herbs, and dehydrate and grind the herbs to use as a powdered coloring. I can get grass-fed beef tallow for pennies a pound or free lard from feral hogs; just have to wet process it and filter it a few times. I'm not using anything synthetic in the soaps so they are as 'all natural' as you can get. I've made oregano, basil, sage and lemon grass soap so far. They smell great but it's real subtle. The feedback so far has been positive. My 'big project' is going to be sugarcane soap, but I'm going to have to break down and drop the $20 for a digital refractometer since the hydrometer I use for hooch won't work. 2 Quote
ritualclarity Posted April 3, 2024 Posted April 3, 2024 Is it me or did you also see Hair MODE shop. (A shop that he ignored when mentioning the shops around the reviewed shop.. lol) 1 Quote
vancleef Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Ever since I watched Eisenstein's classic film, Alexander Nevsky, I've wanted to model and game the Baltic Crusade. Teutonic knights, Pagan and savage Baltic tribesmen and Russian Druzhina with Mongol influenced armor? what's not to like? I finally got a break in my customer schedule and managed to sneak in a couple sample figures to get started. My plan is to paint up the Teutonic Knights first since I can field them in an upcoming campaign game at my wargaming club. I'm going to paint up the force using a 1:3:5 ratio to keep the project manageable and not overwhelm me, thereby avoiding aggravating my ADHD. So 1 mounted knight, 3 sergeants/foot soldiers (2 infantry, 1 crossbowmen) and 5 Baltic tribal auxiliaries (3 infantry and 2 archers). This should give me a good ratio with which to build up my army on a regular schedule and have a balanced skirmish force on hand to game with before I finish the entire army. Another part of the project is creating Winter terrain for my wargaming board, especially the frozen Lake Peipus where they fought the famous "Battle on the Ice" in 1242. Still in the planning process but I think I'll figure out a way to use frosted plexiglass and then "shatter" it to create the broken ice. So here's a sample knight (I'm practicing with some new paints and I wanted to try and tweak the white color before I blast out of the gate) and I stumbled upon a painting of Bishop Hermann von Buxhoveden of Tartu and thought painting him would be pretty cool to get me excited about the project. Spoiler Spoiler 2 Quote
vancleef Posted January 7 Posted January 7 First four Teutonic Knights. Was experimenting with painting white and managed to luck into the right combination of shades on the first try. Snow bases came out pretty good as well. The tufts of dead grass really add to the theme. Spoiler 2 Quote
vancleef Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Finished the knights. On to the infantry and auxiliaries next. I'll quit spamming the feed for awhile! Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler 3 Quote
endgameaddiction Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 8 hours ago, vancleef said: Finished the knights. On to the infantry and auxiliaries next. I'll quit spamming the feed for awhile! Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents They look incredibly well done. 1 Quote
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