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howdy.

first off, i know there will be people here who are offended by my choice of name. if it becomes an issue, the moderators will make me change it, i am sure. but it's safe enough to have been my xbox live gamertag for 7+ years, so i figured all you dakkanauts could handle it.

i fell in love with the idea of 40K in college (i think it was 1999). i started buying (on Ebay--remember AOL dial-up? i do) and converting models (not well) then, and haven't really stopped, although there have been years where i did nothing with the hobby. started getting back into it recently, as my new girlfriend thinks orks are "cute", and i have money to spend now.

i went to the university of central florida for visual art, but changed my major to creative writing pretty early on--shortly after the head of the art department "misplaced" my portfolio. i have published poetry and non-fiction, an i am currently working on a novel in my non-existent spare time (think "Pirates of the Caribbean" minus the schmaltz, multiplied by the movie "Hostel").

i am a semi-professional photographer (by which, i mean i have been paid more than once to take photographs) on occasion, although i work 55 hours a week at my 'real' job. that doesn't leave a lot of time for 40k. but it does mean that any pictures i take of my work should be of excellent quality. in case anyone cares to look, some of my pictures are on flickr, and you can see them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/madeonleapday/

i am very interested in scratch building and conversions. i consider myself a pretty creative person, but some of the things i have seen on this website amaze me.
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my signature, in dakka code...hope this works.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6274402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6274402.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6275029.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6275029.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6285510.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6285510.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6287516.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6287516.page GMT

but the easiest way to take better pictures is to buy decent equipment: namely a DSLR camera and a macro lens. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6292314.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563347/6292314.page GMT