Ostrov Warship Build, Part 2
The large white colored pieces used as the bridge and forward hull are discarded 3D printed parts from our model lab at work. No idea… Read More »Ostrov Warship Build, Part 2
The large white colored pieces used as the bridge and forward hull are discarded 3D printed parts from our model lab at work. No idea… Read More »Ostrov Warship Build, Part 2
I decided to paint this model silver, to make it different from all the other ships in this universe. Silver models start off life with… Read More »Sultran Warship Build, Part 3
At some point I decided that I really needed a way to mount this model, if it was going to be used for a book… Read More »Sultran Warship Build, Part 2
It took me two and half months to finish the final novella of the Destroyer Trilogy – Letting Go. My goal is to finish the… Read More »Writing Progress Report
Just as I’m crazy enough to write an entire trilogy at once, I’m building two book cover models at the same time. This one being… Read More »Sultran Warship Build – Part 1
For the Destroyer Trilogy of novellas, I needed to create a new starship model. With the crew of the Truxtun stranded in the Ostrov System,… Read More »Ostrov Warship Build, Part 1
Some creative things I’ll be looking to accomplish in 2020. No particular order, after zero. 0. Vote Trump out of office. 1. Continue learning to… Read More »Ten Creative Goals For 2020
This year was the first year in over a decade that I didn’t actually publish anything. My initial goals were to finish three novellas so… Read More »Writing Accomplishments – 2019
It’s fall and the temperature here in Boise has finally come down to tollerable levels. This means it’s model building season at House McConnell. My… Read More »New Starship Models
I have to be honest. I keep forgetting I even have a blog. I just don’t have much time to tend to it these days.… Read More »What I’ve Been Doing This Year