WIP Wednesday – Aug 30

Hey all, Sam and David here again today.

Well…we broke our blog streak, just shy of 200 days straight of posting. I’ll be completely honest…I had a burnout moment, where I was feeling overworked and overwhelmed and so drained that I couldn’t do anything. Part of it was the heat wave that came through the area, but part of it was just the stress of 2023 weighing down on me.

Welcome back to WIP Wednesday, the weekly series where David and I do a check in and discuss everything we’ve been doing over the past week. This includes what we’ve been reading, writing, watching, playing, making, and doing. It’s a lot to get through, but it also helps us keep track of everything that we seem to do week by week, because otherwise the days, weeks, and months have a tendency to blur together.

But that’s not all…we’d love to hear about what you’ve been up to as well! Chat with us in the comments and tell us something cool you’ve been up to lately, whether that’s something “geeky” or not.

All right, let’s jump into the post.

Sam

Again, I’m just going to apologize for the lapse in content the past week. That’s all completely on me. This year has been really tough for me, and for some reason, this past week hit me really hard. I just felt sad and worn out and I lost all motivation in pretty much anything.

So it honestly feels a bit silly to try and do a weekly update post, because I haven’t done much this past week, but I did do a little reading today, so that’s better than nothing.

Reading: The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint Vol 2 by Aoagu and Yuka Tachibana, The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent Vol 7 by Yuka Tachibana and Fujiazuki, The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World Vol 5 by Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya, and Reiko Sakurada, My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s by Hiroyuki Aigamo, Matsuri Akai, and TOZAI

Manga is quick and easy to read, so picking up a few volumes always seems to help me when I’m feeling like I’m in a rut. And I have plenty more I still need to read, so hopefully things will feel better in my mind and I can have better updates next week.

Watching: Sorry…still nothing being discussed in this section. I know I could talk about the Actual Play TTRPG shows I watch, or the anime that isn’t covered under the current WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike productions, but I’m making it simple for myself and just not talking about anything until the strike ends.

Writing: I’ve had thoughts of what to write, stories I want to work on, but it’s like they’re still stuck in my head and I can’t get them on the page.

Other: I finally started creating content on TikTok. I only have two videos so far, and they aren’t anything too spectacular just yet. I’m still figuring out how the social media works…but something is better than nothing. You can find me @SamRushingBooks there as well.

Yesterday we made a trip up to the Quad Cities, where David took me to Barnes & Noble and just followed me around the store while I browsed for a little while. I’ll have a book haul post coming soon. Then we went to a FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store) and checked it out. I picked up a few stickers, and David got some stuff too, but I’ll let him talk about it if he wants to.

When we got home, I was trying to take book haul photos, and Miss Luna had to once again claim my bag. It’s her favorite part of us coming home with bags or boxes of books…claiming the bag or box for her own.

And, that’s all from me.

David

Painting: Painting has still been a big thing for me right now. I am down to the last two of the Oathsworn and have almost finished the Oni for Forbidden Fortress. I am also working on the Kill Team Kommandos.

I just finished The Penitent figure and The Warden will be the last one to be painted. I am having a hard time figuring out what colors the bases will be. The Penitent’s base ended up being a light green. Dark green was taken by one of the others. I think for the Warden I will choose black as his base rim color.

The oni are each being painted a different color still. I had pictures of them as WIP paints last Wednesday. I think having the different colors is really nice to have when choosing which enemy you are focusing on,

The Ork Kommandos are being parade ready level painted since they are going to be my personal set for playing Kill Team. I am having a lot of fun painting them and cannot wait until they are done.

Social Media: In other news I have finally gotten into making little TikTok videos for our page. I am still working out what kinds of other stuff to post on there, but the music selections are always easy to choose from. I have some ideas for a few possibly funny TikToks to post and if I do post them it will hopefully showcase all the nerdy stuff we are in to. I had some people suggesting me doing quick videos of me painting or of my printers printing stuff but I haven’t figured out how I would do that yet.

Watching: As I am sure Sam has mentioned we have been watching One Piece to get ourselves ready for the Netflix live action version. I for one am super excited to watch it as we have seen the final trailer. I cant wait to see the actor they got to play Mihawk in costume since I have always thought Mihawk was a good looking cool character.

The Dragonball Z rewatch continues as the gang is now fighting Cell after he has absorbed Android 17 and is searching for Android 18. Goku and Gohan have just entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in hopes that they can become more powerful. A year in the chamber is worth a day in our world so hopefully it is enough.

Well, that is all from us for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and please let us know what you’ve been up to in the comments. We’ll be back soon with more geeky content.