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I'm just a guy who liked to hear himself talk so he started a Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@MacsLore Email: robmaccrage@gmail.com https://patreon.com/user?u=98553222

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I found an old Thrustmaster Flight Control Mk.1 Joystick in Value Village. It has no cable, I cant really use it, and its missing the WCS, but I felt compelled to buy it. Always wanted one as a kid anyway.

So while I'm stuck in render hell, I brought out the flashes and did some photography.

04.02.2026 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah that was exactly me as a kid when I got it. When I heard the sound of a Tie Fighter go by for the first time, it scared me so hard that I immediately turned off the computer in fear. Fun times.

02.02.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
X-Wings by Angry Rancor
Tie Fighters by Daniel
Rendering by Mac's Lore

X-Wings by Angry Rancor Tie Fighters by Daniel Rendering by Mac's Lore

So I found out today that on this month, 33 years ago (HOLY F-), the original version of #StarWars: X-Wing was released on floppy. Which means I have an excuse to repost my own version of the X-Wing box cover art.
#blender #b3d

02.02.2026 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You know I was thinking the same thing about a local pizza place I enjoyed 10ish years ago. Back then their medium pizza & wings combo was like $30, but now it's well over $40 now.

Nowadays we just stick with the pizza.

02.02.2026 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Crimson Skies Crimson Skies

I think some of them are in the Ironwind Metals catalog along with the base planes. No Phantasm though.

ironwindmetals.com/index.php/ca...

01.02.2026 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BAKUSHIN-themed Phantasm from Crimson Skies.

BAKUSHIN-themed Phantasm from Crimson Skies.

I should be rendering clouds in #Blender Cycles more often. #CrimsonSkies

31.01.2026 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I preferred the direction that Robert Hewitt Wolfe's was going in before he was ousted in the middle of season 2, and what we glimpsed in "Coda".

25.01.2026 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funnily enough that was Babylon 5 and Space for me. Andromeda was far easier to find.

25.01.2026 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Andromeda Ascendant by morenostefanuto
Rendering by Macโ€™s Lore

Andromeda Ascendant by morenostefanuto Rendering by Macโ€™s Lore

In the long ago of 2000 AD, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda aired. And while it was obv made on the cheap, there was nothing like it.

Then it was killed off mid-Season 2 and replaced with another show using the same name, cast, and props as the one before. But still different from the old show. #scifi

24.01.2026 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Way back when I was covering The Second Shivan War from #freespace2 , I made up an old style boxing poster for when the Colossus faced off against the first Sathanas. I just found the image again on my phone.

24.01.2026 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chasing Cobra https://wcne.ws/17209

20.01.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Jade Falcon Colors.

A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Jade Falcon Colors.

A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Wolf colors.

A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Wolf colors.

Inside every Man are two Timber Wolves, or Mad Cats depending on where you hail from. One Timber Wolf is a Falcon, the other Timber Wolf is a Wolf.

Could I have phrased that less confusingly? Yes.

#battletech #mechwarrior

20.01.2026 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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So. In desperate need of help.

Beginning of every year, the Electrical Commission plays some games, where basically everyone's Power Doubles, which also puts one's rates into a higher bracket for the next bill.

Basically have $5 left for the month, before my medications.

ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerf...

19.01.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Lenna and Leva excitedly running towards a Sabre from Wing Commander.

F-57 SABRE by Adam Burch/Hangar B Productions
LENNA/UMP9 & LEVA/UMP45 MMD Models by MICA Team/Girls FrontLine 2: Exilium
Rendering by Macโ€™s Lore

Lenna and Leva excitedly running towards a Sabre from Wing Commander. F-57 SABRE by Adam Burch/Hangar B Productions LENNA/UMP9 & LEVA/UMP45 MMD Models by MICA Team/Girls FrontLine 2: Exilium Rendering by Macโ€™s Lore

"Nee-San, it's Bear's Sabre from that movie, 'First to Kilrah!'"

Wing Commander ships are my equivalent to comfort food in the realm of 3D rendering. All the more reason to do something with one.

#Wingcommander #gfl2 #girlsfrontline2 #girlsfrontline2exilium

19.01.2026 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I *might* have fixed it by changing the format from Quicktime to Matroska but I still have no idea why it kept doing this. Fortunately Blender only ever did this on 2 of the files I used for rendering.

18.01.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While I was working on the Bloodhawk video, a very strange issue came up in Blender 5 that I dont think happened in old versions, as it turned objects into disco balls in the final render. Sometimes it would do it, and others not. But never the same way twice. But rendering single frames was fine?

18.01.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you as always Chris!

Here's a fun fact: This was supposed to be uploaded earlier in the week. But I found out I had to rerender a bunch of the CG around Wednesday. Which was totally a lot of fun.๐Ÿ™ƒ

18.01.2026 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a girl with blue hair and blue eyes is making a face Alt: Aqua from Konosuba expressing the sentiments of "My Bad."

My bad.

17.01.2026 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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Dammit.

17.01.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
CRIMSON SKIES - Bloodhawk
YouTube video by Mac's Lore CRIMSON SKIES - Bloodhawk

The Bloodhawk in #crimsonskies represents the three S's that are prevalent in the design philosophy of Hughes Aviation airplanes: Speed, Style, & puSher props.

youtu.be/XjcEI0lMEbw

17.01.2026 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SimAnt - ADG Episode 352
YouTube video by Pixelmusement SimAnt - ADG Episode 352

New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/UvdVyzLmZj0

17.01.2026 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

One day, Dr. Severin walked up to the front of a College class and said: Blair, if you're real, then knock me off this platform.

Franรงois Chau, who was in the class, walked up & punched him in the face. When asked, Franรงois said "Blair was busy protecting Confeds military so he sent me to fill in."

15.01.2026 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ใ€Ž่ฃ…็”ฒ้จŽๅ…ตใƒœใƒˆใƒ ใ‚บ ็ฐ่‰ฒใฎ้ญ”ๅฅณใ€ๅˆๅผพๆ˜ ๅƒ
YouTube video by ใƒใƒณใƒ€ใ‚คใƒŠใƒ ใ‚ณใƒ•ใ‚ฃใƒซใƒ ใƒฏใƒผใ‚ฏใ‚น ใƒใƒฃใƒณใƒใƒซ ใ€Ž่ฃ…็”ฒ้จŽๅ…ตใƒœใƒˆใƒ ใ‚บ ็ฐ่‰ฒใฎ้ญ”ๅฅณใ€ๅˆๅผพๆ˜ ๅƒ

For the #HeavyGear fans in the house:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgS...

15.01.2026 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today I learned that Vagabond from Wing Commander was actually Shredder all this time. What. The. Fuc-.

Maybe I should get him to sign my WC3 Premiere Edition.

15.01.2026 03:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a surprisingly ":3" feeling when you realize there's more fans out there then you initially thought.

06.01.2026 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's hard not to have fun with Crimson Skies. It really is. I'm also working on a longer video that will hopefully be a good starting point for others to enter into the universe.

06.01.2026 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, that was me and learning Flash back in the day. Good thing it fell out of usage before I had to make anything substantial with it, lol.

06.01.2026 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I honestly couldn't tell you what I based the voice on. Something stereotypically 1930s-ish? I dunno. It just kinda felt right. #crimsonskies

06.01.2026 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Maniac Mansion - ADG Episode 351
YouTube video by Pixelmusement Maniac Mansion - ADG Episode 351

Season 8 of Ancient DOS Games has begun! youtu.be/w7r_zwZtMBI

03.01.2026 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Seeing this previously was what got me thinking "Hey, she could probably field an air force too couldn't she?"

29.12.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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