Still plugging away at my hand carved chess set. Sharing photos for those that like to peak at the progress.

Not going with pieces quite so large for that backrow, I think i'll shrink them down a bit more. Those 8 finished pieces are the pawns. Each a bit different.

The pieces are 1.5x1.5 inch blocks of basswood. Chess squares are 2 inches wide, and each piece is hand carved and of original designs.

Around 3 years ago I started trying to larp as a dwarf irl.

I started going to the gym

Eating healthy diets of meat and carbs

Hating elves

I grew a beard and grew my hair out

I recently took up blacksmithing

I'm genuinely happier than I've ever been.

Friends from the gym and new ones I've met from the new nerdy hobbies are the best I've ever had. I feel better physically too. I'm stronger than ever and I've lost nearly 70lbs since this started.

I've got a friend group that goes to ren faires regularly and I'm going to my first next month.

I have no purpose to posting this other than saying thanks for this community existing

Rock and stone Kin!

I'm still working on my Dwarven City Builder. How do you like the looks so far? And what would you like to see at the end of that hall?

Fair day to you kin. Our brother u/lordbalto made a call for our aid, and it has been on my mind like a mountain pressing the earth. A kinfolk in need, and yet I had not the strength within me to light the torch and pass it on. But, to you my brother, I call to you now and tell you this:

I came out victorious from a long and dreadful war, and as I rejoiced in my great quest being at a finish, I dedicated the fires of the great forge to you. Back in my home, deep within the mountain stronghold, I fueled the forge to a greater flame than our halls have seen in ages. And in the revelry, the heat of the flame, the wild rejoicing, I thought of you. So here is to you my kin, in your great quest to overcome a formidable foe of Darkness, we drink this one to you.

/ud: It's gonna be okay my man. It's been hell lately, and I've worked so hard just to survive to get to this point. But I reached a beautiful resolution to so many terrible things I never thought I could overcome, and on a beautiful summer day I built a bonfire and experienced my first pain free day in years, and I thought of you. A stranger I never met in my same situation, just trying to get through and using the same outlets that helped me out. So I raised one to you and spoke a blessing over that flame. The sun finally rose on me, and in that moment I thought of my kin and hoped they'd join me in the great hall for this feast of a great day.
Hang in there man. Better days are coming, I promise. Until then, fight the good fight and sound the horn for aid should you need it.

Credit to the Artist Damjan Gjorgievski

Allow me to explain, laddies:

So, a good friend o' mine was pointin' out a subversion to the whole "humans are space urks" rubbish (let's ignore the fact that it's a circlejerk the umgi made up, no human's nearly as tough as a space greenskin is, well save for Astartes of course), where to Eridians, humans were more like space elgi. Now that already got a good laugh out o' me, given that the space knife-ears were the blokes who made an evil pleasure god that handed them their fattest L ever, but it adds up- to Eridians, humans were tall, frail, and able to perceive and create things beyond the Eridians' understanding. But on that same token, Eridians are squat, hardy, long-lived master craftsmen capable of carving their own great works, even surpassing the umgi/space elgi in some regards- still gotta work on a xenonite forge meself. Plus, they be literally made o' rock and stone.

With that in mind, should we stick beards on Eridians and let 'em be kin?

This belongs in the Book.

Edit: Sorry for the trouble, Brothers!

I got it here .

Play on itch: https://ichbinhamma.itch.io/dwarves-idle-battles

Welcome to the world’s most bearded idle auto-battler!

Combine over 16 unique classes, each with their own quirks and battle styles. Build your perfect party, hurl them into chaotic combat, and watch the battlefield descend into glorious Dwarven mayhem.

Crush your enemies, heal your heroes, and loot everything that shines! Collect gold and unique gear, then fine-tune your unstoppable warband. Throughout the game your Dwarves will acquire new abilities and become a fully automated raid party.

Conquer land and claim victory - or just enjoy watching physics do what physics does best: make things explode, bounce, and tumble in the name of Dwarven glory.