Author: Rolf Hartmann

Grew up in Canada, but have lived all over the USA. Spent eight years as a Cavalry Scout in the US army including a year in Iraq and a month in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina. Still amazed at how people, including some family, believe what they see in the news above what I actually saw when the two things contradict.

Writing

Hero Worship: Exert, Enter the New Guardians

Rolf Hartmann February 28, 2020

Hero Worship: Exert, Enter the New Guardians I joined a writer's group recently, and while they've enjoyed the story, they suggested the first chapter needed some more action, so I wrote some in while introducing a couple of new characters, one of whom in some ways epitomizes some of the problems of superhero culture in…

Writing

Hero Worship Chapter 4: Moral Panic

Rolf Hartmann October 22, 2019

New chapter done at long last. I know this has been much delayed, but I have just finished a chapter for Hero Worship. This is now chapter 4, although previously the last chapter was 4, but while doing some edits and revisions to earlier chapters I consolidated chapters 2 and 3. Good news is…

Armored utility vehicle used by the Imperium of man the Canyonero is often used an an APC supply hauler or prisoner transport and on Imperial Guard convoy operations

Miniatures

Canyonero Imperial Road-Train

Rolf Hartmann September 22, 2019

A kitbash project with elements of Mad Max and modern gun trucks, built for Warhammer 40k

Writing

Chapter Four is Up

Rolf Hartmann November 6, 2018

Much delayed thanks to a few things, but the next chapter is finally ready. This chapter is a bit more setup but also explains some things like where exactly the rules are on things like guns. Does it count if it's mounted on a vehicle or on a turret? Certainly not when it's Batman. To…

The Perpetuity Cube

Rolf Hartmann May 18, 2018

Hero Worship Interlude 1: The Perpetuity Cube While writing the main plot I have had few ideas for stories which fit, but can be left out. I took this a step further in this case by making the whole thing autonomous so that people unfamiliar with the central story can still read it, and it…

Chapter 3 is a go

Rolf Hartmann February 9, 2018

Chapter 3 of Hero Worship is a go, with the setting established the plot starts picking up. You can skip to Chapter 3 in the document just by clicking on it in the contents. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQPYZuKwnCJjObNzgVN_dRpz8ERn2ARIKwhrF64R0M1LLVy5FCXMu3fXrF4HDe7CGdLaOHgsuhfux0B/pub I should acknowledge some advice from my brother on this to make things more obvious because as much as some…

Chapter 2 is live

Rolf Hartmann January 13, 2018

Hero Worship Chapter 2 is now up. This is more of a behind the scenes chapter of how the Supers in this setting are wrapped up in promotional and merchandising empires, but I'm proud of how funny a couple of scenes in particular turned out. A large part of my reasoning for some of this…

Hero Worship Chapter One: As You Know Bob

Rolf Hartmann November 29, 2017

A satirical deconstruction of superhero stories, but unlike most I have seen this tries to look at the problems of what if people of such immense power had more common failings, and how that could easily lead to disaster.

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A Modern Moral Panic

Rolf Hartmann June 5, 2017

A point Douglas Murray commonly makes is that our society suffers from a shortage of real Nazis; because the radical left desperately wants to fight such a force of pure evil that would justify any action taken against it, but they so rarely can find any. Either the last couple years has witnessed an amazing…

Electing For Abusudity

Rolf Hartmann November 30, 2016

The recently ended US Presidential Election spelled the end of two political dynasties, and the political parties respective primaries while normally serving an important purpose ended up positing the two least likable candidates in recent history. The result was largely a side-show, yet it proved positively elemental in how it pit order vs chaos.