Tuesday, March 31, 2026

I'm back

After a work trip for a week, another person trip over a weekend, then almost immediately travel for my father's death and funeral, followed after another week of vacation that was planned long in advance, to be followed in a week or two with yet another work trip to Mexico, I'm wondering if I ought to let my subscription lapse in a few days and just pick it up again a little later when things calm down. I'm honestly thinking very seriously considering just letting it sit for a month or so. Hopefully by mid April when I'm back from Mexico again, I'll have time to actually play again, at which point, I'll re-up the subscription for two more months using the one-off, non-recurring payment. 

In the meantime, I have time to read, especially while traveling. I've picked up my pace just a bit, and I've now read about half a dozen books so far this year. I'd like to finish a good three or four more in April, if not a few more. Some of the books are relatively short and quick, after all. I'm currently reading a D&D novel on my Kindle, a D&D hardback monster book, a Solomon Kane anthology, and some PDFs. I just finished the latest in my Freeport Trawl.

Anyway, I'm turning a bit more towards that, and SWTOR will lay quiet for probably a few weeks at least.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Kenth Odon as... Yondu

I've got two looks for him; actually both are Yondu. I think I like this one a little bit better. It's a slightly better coat for the look, I think. 

There's no way to get the arrow, so I said screw it and just gave him a regular blaster rifle. Actually, that's not true. I gave him a flaming blaster rifle.




Posted it on the reddit, and got two main gists of comments; 

a) why a trooper (operative) instead of a smuggler or hunter (answer; because I already have lots of hunters and smugglers, but fewer troopers)

b) needs the toothpick (no, actually I have no interest in the toothpick. It's a stupidly sanitized replacement for a cigar, which if there was one, I'd certainly use for all kinds of characters. 

I did go and add the winter outfit pen behind the ear to both outfits (only one showed above, I know) just to suggest the arrow, though.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Started using Grok for xAI images

Better than ChatGPT, not least because it doesn't have a limit. Anyway, here's a couple of my first images. Vash Galaide (Gavenk) in his most iconic spy tac suit.



These are just outfit showcases, and I had it set on a generic "neon cyberpunk background" which is close enough to Nar Shaddaa, I think. I've actually slightly modified the outfit since taking the screenshot that I'm using here. but it's close enough. The torso and headpiece are the most important ones, of course.

Curiously, it tried to turn Wulf Hengest black, and I had to go through a few iterations to get it right. By the time I did that, his face got just a little jacked up. Sigh. Well, it's still AI with all of its foibles, after all.

Monday, March 9, 2026

Anstal Tane AI version

It's often difficult to get ChatGPT to do what you want it to on image generation. I ran out of images for the day, without getting exactly there with this Anstal Tane set. All of these are pretty good, but none of them are quite right. But y'know. If I wanted exactness, I wouldn't use AI, I'd learn to create my own images.




He's looking a little stocky, and as the first image shown here (last one generated) the face has gotten "off" after multiple iterations. The first one generated, the closer image with the dusty sky, is probably the best, honestly, even if not exactly what I was hoping for.

Friday, February 20, 2026

What's next?

As anticipated, I haven't played since last weekend, and I won't play again until next week. I'll probably be out of town again. I'm feeling really a lot like I need to veg, and SWTOR is good for that. I'm sure I'll do plenty of it when I get a chance. In the meantime, what am I going to play? I picked up Revecca Arden briefly before going out of town, finished a minor exploration mission with her and mostly just checked to see where she was. She, and Elemer Kell, my Darth Maul-looking zabrak Jedi, are the obvious ones to do next, since they're the Wave II characters who are left. I don't know that I want to focus so heavily on three force users in a row, though. It's a bit much. Maybe I just get them done and then move on with them out of my hair. Here's the latest character tracker. It includes planned but not yet built characters.

Levels are probably slightly behind on a couple of characters, but close enough.

Character NameRaceOriginTypeMechanicsCombat SpecWaveStatusCraftingPlanetLevelCapes & Rayguns
M'aar'kHumanKnightForceGuardianFocus1Post retirementSynthweaving (1)Ruhnuk80Maark Halcyon
J'ohhnHumanAgentTechSniperMarksmanship1Semi-retiredCybertech (1)Makeb80Johhn Tanau
GraggoryHumanHunterTechPowertechShield Tech1Semi-retiredArmormech (1)Makeb80Gragg Typho
Lu'ukkeHumanSmugglerTechGunslingerSharpshooter1Semi-retiredArmstech (1)Rishi80Luukke Denor
Phillip'pionHumanTrooperTechCommandoAssault Specialist1Semi-retiredSlicing (1)Ilum80Ran Walden
M'at ThewHumanWarriorForceMarauderFury1Semi-retiredArtifice (1)Ziost80Castant Grene
Hutran ThanatosMirialanAgentTechOperativeLethality2Semi-retiredBiotech (1)Makeb80Hutran Cthonall
Vant GalaideHumanHunterTechMercenaryArsenal2Semi-retiredArmstech (2)Ilum80Vant Gavenk
Taul KajakMirialanKnightForceSentinelCombat2Semi-retiredArtifice (2)Ilum80Taul Kajak
Anstal TanePurebloodSmugglerTechScoundrelScrapper2Semi-retiredCybertech (2)Ilum80Anstal Tane
Phovos MaledictHumanWarriorForceJuggernautVengeance2Semi-retiredAmormech (2)Hoth79Daivik Mal
Revecca ArdenHumanInquisitorForceSorceressLightning2In playBiotech (2)Balmorra39Tiona Jissard
Elemer KellZabrak (Imperial)KnightForceSentinelWatchman2In playSynthweaving (2)Nar Shaddaa42Elemer Kell
Saxon HettarPurebloodAgentTechGunslingerDirty Fighting3In play-Dromund Kaas40Saxon Hettar
Vash GalaideHumanAgentTechPowertechAdvanced Prototype3In play-Nar Shaddaa54Vash Gavenk
Gändalf GreyhameHumanConsularForceSorcererLightning3In play-Coruscant21Drice Orden
Beorn HengestZabrak (Republic)HunterTechSniperVirulance3In play-Dromund Kaas36Crix Menall
Wulf HengestHumanHunterTechVanguardTactics3In play-Balmorra40Wulf Hengest
Haul RomundHumanSmugglerTechMercenaryInnovative Ordnance3In play-Taris43Haul Romund
Gael HeckettCyborgSmugglerTechPowertechPyrotech3In play-Tatooine69Gael Heckett
Mirabeau TaneCyborgTrooperTechGunslingerSaboteur3In play-Alderaan71Maxir Remarch
Codon VeileChissTrooperTechSniperEngineering3In play-Taris38Cadan Vael
Vandal GuentHumanSmugglerTechVanguardPlasmatech3Just started-Ord Mantell25Vandal Guent
Karr TanusRattatakiTrooperTechPowertechShield Tech3Just started-Ord Mantell26Karr Tanus
Iakar KodoCyborgHunterTechPowertechAdvanced Prototype4Just started-Hutta21Iakar Kodo
Goth SeveraxHumanWarriorForceMarauderCarnage4Just started-Korriban20Goth Severax
Jado VikunnMirialan (drow)AgentTechScoundrelRuffian5Just started-Hutta11Jado Vikunn
Kenth OdonMirialan (Yondu)TrooperTechOperativeConcealment5Just started-Ord Mantell10Kenth Odon
Gaul PavanikMirialan (red)HunterTechGunslingerSaboteur5Not built-Hutta-Gaul Pavanik
Donnall SunnMirialan (pale)InquisitorForceMarauderAnnihilation5Not built-Korriban-Donnall Sunn
Tycho JavandCyborgConsularForceGuardianVigilance5Not built-Tython-Tycho Javand
Hele KellZabrak (Imperial)KnightForceAssassinDeception6Not built-Tython-Hele Kell
Liena AilientChissConsularForceSageTelekinetics6Not built-Tython-Liena Ailient
Verrel HengestZabrak (Republic)WarriorForceGuardianVigilance6Not built-Korriban-Verrel Hengest
Tatanye GeleueCyborgHunterTechCommandoGunnery6Not built-Hutta-Tatanye Geleue
Vanisse GalaideCyborgSmugglerTechGunslingerSharpshooter6Not built-Hutta-Vanisse Gavenk
Cece EllanthMirialanAgentTechMercenaryArsenal6Not built-Ord Mantell-Cece Ellanth
Wynnifred TanePurebloodTrooperTechSniperMarksmanship6Not built-Ord Mantell-Wynnifred Tane
Embric StaneCyborgHunterTechMercenaryInnovative OrdnanceNOn HoldSlicing (2)Balmorra32Embric Stane