Eric Kolb

@erickolb.me

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Millennial greybeard and World’s Okayest Miniature Painter. Science fiction, fantasy, the occasional stars war, and other tabletop and board game geekery. Find me in #MiniaturePainting and #BookSky. https://linktr.ee/erickolb

Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Chris Kempshall. It depicts the emblem of the Empire from Star Wars cracking and falling away into darkness.
A screenshot demonstrating that Hardspace: Shipbreaker is indeed in the my9games dot com catalog.
A 3x3 grid of video game covers which provide a little insight into the poster’s personality and preferences. The games are: 1. Maniac Mansion (1988) 2. Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997) 3. Alan Wake 2 (2023) 4. Opus Magnum (2017) 5. Chrono Trigger (1995) 6. Freelancer (2003) 7. Death Stranding (2019) 8. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1998) 9. Outer Wilds (2019)
Eric Kolb’s February 2026 reads from The Story Graph: Twelve Months by Jim Butcher (4 stars) Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson (3.5 stars) Automatic Noodle by Annaleee Newitz (4 stars) Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (4 stars) The Flipper Zero Bible by Gareth Holbrook (3 stars)
A collection of rocks out of a rock tumbler in various colors, patterns, and sizes on a white paper towel.
Eric Kolb’s January 2026 Reads The Devils - Joe Abercrombie Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense - Roger A. Grimes
An assembled model of a squat robot that vaguely and endearingly resembles an overweight person with cat legs. Its torso is a barrel chest with a protrusion in the front that evokes a large bosom draping over a beer belly. It is wielding two firearms akimbo - one long gun with a scope and a machine pistol with a drum magazine. It has huge armor plates mounted on its shoulders to protect it. It looks both cute and lethal.
Summary of the Story Graph Wrap-Up for 2025 for @erickolb. First / Longest: Wind and Truth by Brandon Samderson Last: Venus in th Blind Spot by Junji Ito Shortest: Rapport by Martha Wells Top Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, mystery, Thriller, Literary Top Authors: Matt Dinniman, Malka Older, Ryoko Kui 5-Star Reads: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson; Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel; Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Average Rating: 3.71
A painted miniature of a Age of Sigmar Sylvaneth arch-revenant. It’s a thin, muscular figure with red skin and grey hair. Both of its legs and its right arm have been replaced with an exoskeleton made of a living tree. He holds a halberd with a pitch black blade in his left hand and a bronze buckler in the right. His right foot is standing atop the skull of a large creature, a tree growing out of its eye sockets. On his back, an insectoid creature is hanging with great wings exposed, giving the figure an impressive wingspan of pinkish wings. The archrevenant is wearing a half skirt of leaves. On his head is a helmet with some kind of animal horns cork-screwing upwards about three times the height of the helm itself over his head.
A painted miniature of an armored Star Wars Mandalorian in dark blue-grey armor with bright blue accents. Her helmet has recessed grey swirls and a white overcoat to resemble an owl’s face. She is hovering a few feet off the ground after a blast from her jet pack, which is leaving a trail of smoke like a rocket from the twin jets. She is pointing her left arm with its micro rockets forward while brandishing a blaster pistol upwards in her right hand.
A mostly naked man climbs into a man-shaped hole. “Th- this is my hole! It was made for me,” he exclaims to onlookers.
PlayStation 2025 Wrap Up #1 Death Stranding 2 - 146 hours, 55 trophies, 36% playtime #2 Two Point Museum: Explorer Edition - 103 hours, 36 trophies, 36% playtime #3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 61 hours, 49 trophies, 15% playtime #4 The Outer Worlds 2 - 36 hours, 14 trophies, 9% playtime #5 ASTRO BOT - 28 hours, 62 trophies, 7% playtime
A painted miniature of male Mandalorian in silver combat armor over a blue jump suit. His helmet is mainly silver with blue accents around the eye slit. He is standing on a metallic base, legs akimbo and holding a blaster pistol in his outstretched right arm. In his back is an inactive jet pack in black metal.
A painted figure of an armored Mandalorian from Star Wars. She is wearing unpainted Beskar Steel armor and a Spartan-style helmet. She is hovering a few feet off the ground from a blast of her jet pack. She is pointing her blaster with an outstretched arm.
A closer, on-level angle of the figure from the previous post. This view lets you see the demon’s face, the cover of the spell book, the medallions, and the staff.
A painted miniature of an obese green demon with pointed ears and stubby wings too small to allow it to fly. He is bedecked in black robes with a leather breastplate and a green cloth stole. Golden/bronze spaulders are on his shoulders with a string of medallions from one to the other. He is wielding a metal staff. The head of the staff looks like radiant halos spiking outward from a small skull with glowing green gemstones for eyes in the center. In his other arm, he holds a demonic spell book bound in bloody human skin. He has his right foot on a toppled brick pillar and look forwards with a huge malicious grin.
Second coats of yellow and red speed paint on the brigand’s tunic.
Yellow speed paint on the brigand’s under-tunic, red speed paint on the brigand’s tunic.
The second coat of speed paint on the ranger’s cloak.
First coat of green speed paint on the ranger’s cloak.
The tip of a paint marker being pressed into the cap to get the paint to soak into the felt up to the tip.
A hand pressing the tip of a paint marker into the cap to get the paint to flow into the tip.
Primed but unpainted miniatures of a ranger (a female archer with a billowing cloak) and a brigand (wielding a sword and a dagger).
A painted miniature of a Space Marine from Warhammer 40,000. This one is wearing the familiar blue of the Ultramarines chapter. He is carrying a flamer at the ready and stands legs akimbo atop shattered asphalt.
A painted miniature of a Stormcast Liberator from Games Workshop’s Age of Sigmar. It is a soldier in mostly golden armor that covers its entire body. The armor has been riveted into the flesh underneath. The shield is deep blue with gold trim. It features a device with a golden face with a red gem in the forehead that is surrounded by white thunderbolts radiating outward from it. The pauldrons of the armor are a deep blue. One is adorned with a golden thunderbolt. The other features a smaller version of the device on the shoulder. The soldier has a gladius sword sheathed on its hip. He is wielding a large dark metal war hammer with a red gem in the center of the head on either side. It stands amid the rocky ruins of some great temple, with meager burnt and faded grasses peeking up from the ground.
The lede of a news story about a GA judge tossing out racketeering charges against Cop City protesters, with a byline from R.J. Rico.
A cartoon robot. Its figure is that of a very skinny person, the lengths of its limbs and the trunk of its torso in gleaming silver metal and the rest of its head and body a glossy plasticine yellow. It has its right foot up on a brownish rock as it brandishes a red laser pistol in the air.
A painted mini of a wooden door in a stone door frame that you might find in a dungeon. The center of the wood is suspiciously bulging outward.
A small, reinforced shell backpack used for my mobile painting kit. A small metal water bottle is clipped to it. There is a pin on the bag that is a blue skull holding a paintbrush in its mouth that says “PAINT” on it.
A display showing the board of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Unmatched and the Extra Toppings minis.
A diorama of several small-scale Gundam mobile suit figures from the wargame Gundam Assemble in action.
Two overstuffed double shell tacos - one beef and one chicken - in the foreground. A glass of a black manhattan with a large ice cube in the background.
A somewhat haphazardly painted miniature of a serpent ghost creature whose body is mostly smoky flames. It’s painted in a purple-blue motif.
A haphazardly painted miniature of a large-bodied robot with a large bayoneted machine instead of a normal right arm.
A painted Age of Sigmar miniature on a pedestal, posed over its contest ribbon for Bronze rank. A Gen Con badge in the background.
BlueSky’s moderation screen (under Settings > Moderation) showing time based options for Forever, 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days.
The words GAMES WORKSHOP, in garish blue Comic Sans font with a cheap 90’s style fire effect.
A painted miniature of a Age of Sigmar Sylvaneth arch-revenant. It’s a thin, muscular figure with red skin and grey hair. Both of its legs and its right arm have been replaced with an exoskeleton made of a living tree. He holds a halberd with a pitch black blade in his left hand and a bronze buckler in the right. His right foot is standing atop the skull of a large creature, a tree growing out of its eye sockets. On his back, an insectoid creature is hanging with great wings exposed, giving the figure an impressive wingspan of pinkish wings. The archrevenant is wearing a half skirt of leaves. On his head is a helmet with some kind of animal horns cork-screwing upwards about three times the height of the helm itself over his head.
The book cover for Blood Sweat & Chrome: the Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan.
Painted figure of the Empress of Shades from Return to Dark tower, her torso a featureless darkness.
A book sitting on a table with its pages folded so the edges spell out “Sanderson.”
Water pouring into the family room from above. It’s run into the insulation around a flexible air duct which has sagged through the ceiling. Water drips into buckets and soaks a blue carpet on the floor. Drywall dust and muck and fallen pieces of ceiling add to the mess.
A painted miniature of male Mandalorian in silver combat armor over a blue jump suit. His helmet is mainly silver with blue accents around the eye slit. He is standing on a metallic base, legs akimbo and holding a blaster pistol in his outstretched right arm. In his back is an inactive jet pack in black metal.
A painted miniature of an NCR Ranger from Fallout: New Vegas from the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game. It is a man in blue jeans, combat armor, a leather trenchcoat, a gas mask, and a combat helmet. He is holding a heavy anti-materiel rifle and standing atop a sign in the ground that says NEW (as in New Vegas) lying on the dusty ground. He is covered in a thick layer of red-orage dust.
A painted miniature of a jackal-like arcanaloth standing on a rubble-strewn wasteland. His fur is brown and his eyes black with glowing red pupils. He is wearing a red robe with yellow, orange, and black accents. He’s holding a crumbled scroll in his right hand and wears a satchel on his back with several more scrolls.
A painted miniature of a shardbearer from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series in heavy plate in a dynamic pose. The plate is a dark red/purple colorshift, with bright red light leaking from spidering cracks in the armor and the helm. He is wielding a bright metal shard blade, extended behind him. He is standing on. Dry, cracked, ashen land.
Four kolinsky sable paint brushes sitting brush end up in a glass of solvent to deal with the residual glue from the barcodes wrapped around each.
Screenshot from the Xbox app showing the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle title card indicating 1000/1000 gamer score and 45/45 achievements unlocked.
A woman in purple holding a staff with a lantern stands at the end of a winding path before a giant glowing bloom. Vibrant flowers line the path to either side.
A picture of Waluigi, Luigi’s evil counterpart. (It’s a pun on “wall Luigi”.)
Screen capture from an online retailer showing “Total USD $25.31” which is 31 cents more than a $25 gift card has available.
ProfessorQuirk Joined in 2014 Trophy Level 330 YOUR 2024 PLAY STYLE IS ADVENTURER Games Played 26 Total Trophies 465 Hours Played 621 Multiplayer Hours 34 MY TOP GAME HORiZON FORBIDDEN WEST 2024 WRAP-UP
A bookshelf with one full shelf of Brandon Sanderson novels, including two novellas and the mammoth Wind and Truth not shelved in the foreground.
Din Djarin and Grogru in the cockpit of The Razor Crest.
An oblong, oversized bookmark. It says “Worldhopper” in gold foil along one long edge. It shows a number of constellations, each one marked with the name of a planet in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere which is known to be the setting of some of his books or stories. These are key locations in the lore of this expansive universe. These constellation on the right, however, conspicuously lacks any named planets.
A hardback copy of Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson.
A screenshot of a PlayStation library of purchased titles. Circled in red is “Overwatch 2” even though the poster never purchased this sequel - only the original game.
A painted miniature of Asajj Ventress, an alien antagonist from Star Wars Clone Wars. She is bald with extremely pale, very lightly blue-tinted skin. Her eyes are darkly shadowed. Purple marks extend from the corners of her eyes and her mouth. She is wearing a blue dress, accentuated with tight wrapping around her forearms and her midsection. She is wearing a white belt, and from the front of its bronze colored buckle a cloth banner of red and bronze hangs down the front of her dress. She is standing in a challenging pose, wielding one red lightsaber in each hand.
Six framed Magic: The Gathering cards, featuring art from the Death is in the Eye of the Beholder special series of Secret Lair cards. The art on the cards all feature the iconic Beholder monster from Dungeons and Dragons.
A painted miniature of a snake person or naga. The scales are mostly shades of purple except for the chest and belly scales, which are green. The naga is snarling, a black tongue wagging at the viewer. The naga’s left arm is held in front of it as if holding a baseball.