Comments for Skulls in the Stars

Comment on Camera-free Radiohead video! (updated) by The Decisive Moment is Dead. Long Live the Constant Moment

The Decisive Moment is Dead. Long Live the Constant Moment — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:45 +0000

[…] primitive test of this has already been used artistically in Radiohead’s 2008 video for “House of Cards,” and it’s not hard to imagine how revolutionary this might be when resolution and color […]

Comment on The Kaye effect after dark! by ColonelFazackerley

ColonelFazackerley — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:42 +0000

Looks great. A fine choice of music.

Comment on The Kaye effect after dark! by Filipe Alves Morais

Filipe Alves Morais — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:20 +0000

Some effects are amazing in thin substrates. I had researched selfimaging in thin glasses where light split in regular distances. Near wavelength all kind of “strange” things occur.

Comment on All about rainbows, double rainbows, circular rainbows! by skullsinthestars

skullsinthestars — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:27:11 +0000

Yes, there is quite a lot of complexity in rainbows! That was what I was hoping to convey with my post, that necessarily could only cover a part of the “spectrum.” Raindrop shape tends to vary depending on the size of the drop: the smallest ones are spherical, but the larger ones can be quite different from spheres.

Comment on All about rainbows, double rainbows, circular rainbows! by Robin

Robin — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:55 +0000

Thx that looks like what we see – a completely different effect!
I was also going to ask about raindrop shape as I do recall reading they weren’t spherical, but that page and bit more reading suggest that they can be a range of different shapes, including near perfect spheres. It is amazing that there is so much to be learnt about things that might seem quite mundane at face value.

Comment on A gallery of my fantasy miniatures by skullsinthestars

skullsinthestars — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:18:18 +0000

Nice! Yeah, coding helped me with my math skills as well, considering I started learning to program with “basic programming” on the Atari 2600!

I couldn’t remember exactly where I got that trio of orcs, but you’re right that they are Heroquest Orcs. The Heroquest booth at GenCon some 15 years ago had a dice game promotion where you roll the dice and get the minis you roll.

Comment on All about rainbows, double rainbows, circular rainbows! by skullsinthestars

skullsinthestars — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:49 +0000

This is probably a supernumerary rainbow, which is discussed briefly on Wikipedia. I didn't discuss them here because such rainbows involve completely different optics, resulting from the wave properties of light! (Perhaps a future post...)

Comment on All about rainbows, double rainbows, circular rainbows! by Robin

Robin — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:02 +0000

So now how about a triple rainbow? The third usually being vey pale and under the primary, as if a double wasn’t complicate enough! We’d never seen one until we move to our current home and we see at least one a year, so not that rare.

Comment on A gallery of my fantasy miniatures by ColonelFazackerley

ColonelFazackerley — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:32 +0000

Nice work. I attribute my own maths ability to learning to code aged 11. But then maybe it’s just a feature of me to like all mathsy things. Hard to be sure about cause and effect. Unless you have a twin and parents prepared to experiment.

Last year I took up painting toy soldiers again, now I’m 30-something. This thread is my work.
http://www.astronomican.com/showthread.php?23990-Fazack-s-Iron-Knights/page25

I note you have some Heroquest Orcs. That’s a Heroquest zombie head on my legless Space Marine zombie conversion.

Comment on A gallery of my fantasy miniatures by skullsinthestars

skullsinthestars — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:28:57 +0000

Thank you! I totally had you in mind when I posted this. (I credit you in part for my renewed interest in gaming!)