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Carey spoke with Matt “Rendar” Klein, an Army veteran, former NYPD detective sketch artist, and currently an illustrator, animator, and artist for his own brand, Battle Tribe. Follow Matt on Instagram where you can also follow Veteran Made for daily updates! SUBSCRIBE! to my daily newsletter, SERVICE TO CIVILIAN This episode is sponsored by Go Pills. Use "VM15" at checkout for 15% off your order. This episode is presented by our NEW! VM - Stacked Logo T-Shirts Intro Song composed and produced by Cleod9.
Dash on over here, as we Rendar, I mean render up our thoughts, on 1996's multimedia extravaganza, Shadows of the Empire! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/starwarsrewatch/support
In the last recording before summer break (for 3 weeks!), Matthew & Rizzle focus first on the epic WIP planned for tomorrow, June 22nd at 12 pm PT, featuring an Aavegotchi x Monaverse takeover. There will be mini-games, a VRM fashion show of sorts, and a DJ afterparty. Don't miss out. After the preview of tomorrow's WIP, the conversation takes a more self-reflective and nostalgic look back on the evolution of the WIP (starting out with a simple reverse spotlight conducted by Rizzle on Matthew back in the old Cent days). Long time listeners, Cent OGs, and members of the WIP fam will probably love this episode along with anyone curious how this weird, metaverse circus got off the ground. Shout-outs & Shots-fired: @aavegotchi @justinmmelillo @monaverse @coderdannn @xavieriturralde @BigYellowFishes @ZombieShepherd @fabianospeziari @patriziabarnato @poopie @doodles @whalesharketh @Alexander_Axie @Jihoz_Axie @axieinfinity @cryptokitties @baybackner @fractilians7 @hyperfy_io @Minecraft @neonglitch86 @metabrook @dragonateyt @itsreallysho @trippyogi @sandyme0ws @StrawberrySith @zachxbt @cryptovoxels @Pointshark1 @thrax_nft @songadaymann @numomoart @ysiu @animocabrands @sandeepnailwal @0xPolygon @bnolan @bryanbrinkman @JoshAtVoxels @Coldie @josiebellini @Rendar_org
Our guest today has been sketching for years, and in doing so has helped solve some of the most important, high profile cases in recent years for the NYPD. He's a veteran, who continues to live his service and purpose together. Plus, he's a huge Star Wars fan (that comes through in his art) and we get to geek out a little talking “The Wars.” Let's meet Matt Rendar of Battle Tribe on this episode of PICK UP THE SIX Podcast.
Bring us your angry apostrophe comments, they’re delicious! Anyway, today’s episode is the crazy finale! Explosions! Torture! Presumably buses full of chafed and weary orgy participants! All that and way […]
Oh wow, the shit all hits the fan here! Action! Intrigue! Extended lawn orgy! Thrill as we finally meet the legendary richest man in the galaxy Bohhuah Muttdah and his […]
Cue the Strawberry Alarm Clock, because it’s time for a trippy flight through a rainbow space montage! Also there’s sabotage afoot, and fighters attacking! Exciting times indeed.
Well, it may have been a bit, but dang it we aren’t continuing the intriguing tale of Lando in jail, Rokur Gepta in monologue, and Klyn Shanga and his motley […]
Finally some quality time with Rokur Gepta, who is rapidly shaping up into one of those villains who already knew you were going to do that, which might suck, but […]
Next book! And whoa, this one starts out with the libertarian coming on strong. Man, how did I not notice this when I read these at 14?
https://www.instagram.com/mattrendar/?hl=en (Matt Rendar) is an Army combat veteran, current NYPD officer and wildly popular artist. His Etsy shop BattleTribe features evocative, colorful, playful, memorable images that pay homage to both his military past and his pop culture influences. https://twitter.com/mattrendar1?lang=en (Matt Rendar Twitter) https://www.etsy.com/shop/BattleTribe?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search_US_DSA_GGL_ENG_General-Nonbrand_Catch-All_New&utm_ag=US_DSA-General&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQjwjIKYBhC6ARIsAGEds-L7g5Cozan4fnY3-ENe78k4psGVyPPDEZLDh7_6le0T30cCvktQUmAaAsDTEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_13830723579_124027385945_544453574788_dsa-19959388920_c_&utm_custom2=13830723579&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjIKYBhC6ARIsAGEds-L7g5Cozan4fnY3-ENe78k4psGVyPPDEZLDh7_6le0T30cCvktQUmAaAsDTEALw_wcB (Matt Rendar's Etsy shop)
The poll isn’t over yet, but it’s looking very likely that we’ll just stay right here in the Centrality with young Lando and his cool droid companion for at least […]
Time to bring it home! We finally discover not only the titular Mindharp of Sharu, but also what it does! And we confront this book’s big villain… well sort of. […]
Is this episode big? Little? Both! We’re not sure exactly who’s doing the size changing around here, but everyone is brand new sizes (except Mohs, who instead has liberate’d tutemi […]
We’re stepping up the pace to three chapters. Today we check in with Lando (tied to a tree, dying) and Vuffi Raa (full of arrows, dying), and then amazingly more […]
First, a brief discussion that has a surprising lack of detail available without going to a website: Does the Falcon have a bedroom? Feels like it should, right? But here’s […]
A man with a gun bursts through the door! And then things get slapstick, confusing, slapstick again, a little weird, maudlin for a second, really really confusing, and finally Jon […]
Well heck, the last episode was certainly a bottle episode, never leaving Duttes Mer’s office, but this one is almost a bottle episode too, insofar as it’s set exclusively in […]
Bottle episode time! These two entire chapters never leave the office of one of our two villains. This time around, we’re going to meet Duttes Mer, the regional governer of […]
Oh my goodness it is a new book, and instead of dealing with Corran Horn for even one more goddamn second, we can finally hang with the cool man with […]
Time for the moment where we ask ourselves what the hell did we just read? A little bit of final thoughts and a lot of listener questions, plus the big […]
And the rocket ride comes to a sudden stop. And was Jef right last week? No! Jef was only about 1/5th right! Oh well, I guess those aren’t just the […]
As the title may suggest, this is a bit of a Batman set of chapters, as our hero sets about scaring all the pirates off the planet they live on. […]
[/audio] Another episode, another few weeks spent in pirate town. We have the big showdown with Remart, a whole chapter in Horn’s head (shudder) and we meet an exciting new […]
Chapter 36 opens with our new favorite phrase: “Several months later.” The languid pace of this rescue is wild, right? Anyway, all three chapters this week concern Corran’s attempts to […]
[/audio] Okay, here we go! We’re done with the Jedi temple, we’re done with Grandpa’s house, time to finally rescue Mirax, all we gotta do is… join up with a […]
Obviously Corran is feeling a little down on himself for spending two and a half months at the Jedi academy instead of just looking for his wife, so the most […]
Ooh lots of ground to cover this week, as get this, Corran Horn is leaving Yavin 4! With about half of the book left, will we finally start the book? […]
The cavalcade of guest stars visiting Fantasy Planet continues, as we are now getting a chance to meet Han (again, remember!?) and Leia, along with the Solo twins, make brief […]
I can’t help but wonder just exactly how much of this book is Jedi school. It became increasingly weird to deal with a book about a missing wife, clearly in […]
I looked at how the book was and realized this first person gimmick was going to wear out its welcome sooner rather than later, even if the book makes it […]
Over and over I’m exposed to characters I’ve heard of, stories I faintly remember, but at each turn I’m confronted with the nagging fact that someone has been inserted into […]
After a little too much time noodling around on Coruscant, I found myself excited to finally get to the Jedi Factory. Am I finally going to get connected to the […]
Intrigued, I perused further into the book. “Nonsense!” I exclaimed! It’s already chapter 7! How is he still doodling around on Coruscant receiving praise from all his famous friends? Surely […]
I looked to the opening lines of the novel and couldn’t believe my eyes. A Star Wars novel written in first person? Reviewing my long years of reading other EU […]
Time to take the long view of this game, also answer some questions AND announce the next book. And let me tell you right here and now, it’s a doozy.
The final four chapters! How does it all end, what with the murder being solved already? Well obviously by wrapping up the loose ends and setting up the next book. […]
Well, this generally acceptable (and again, selected entirely off the title) book just succeeded in making us madder than every one of these Star Wars books since The Consent Gun […]
Laranth vs. Aurra Sing! In hindsight this is sorta depressingly predictable. Anyway they have a noir-grade showdown in the midst of a very weird festival, then Jax heads off to […]
The Protectors Podcast ™ presents Matt Klein with co-host B.C. Sanders. Matt Klein, also known as Matt Rendar online, is a Detective and sketch artist that is also a renowned digital artist. The conversation takes some interesting turns, from how Matt helped solve a decades-old homicide, working with crime victims, the emergence of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), and coming from an artist family. We also get a visit from Matt's dog. Make sure to check out Matt's Etsy store, you will be impressed! Thanks B.C. for co-hosting. https://www.etsy.com/market/matt_rendarThis episode supported by Big Tex Ordnance. https://www.bigtexordnance.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theprotectors)
Whoa, two chapters in a row that are a continuous story? Don’t think we’ve seen that yet! Anyhoo, the gang is still in “sit around bickering” mode, until Den kickstarts […]
We’re about 2/3rds of the way through the book, and for the first time ever any path that anyone is on seems like it might actually cross one of the […]
Den Dhur spends a little time wandering a big space market full of Wookiee Luau and disreputable merchandise, which he hates (Dhur hates everything), Typho adds bureaucrat to his already […]
Doing things in the wrong chapter order? Why not? It’s pandemonium gone wild as Aurra Sing continues to brag and lose, and Jax shows his… questionable side.
Back in action, just in time for the classic noir event of nursing a crappy drink in a low gin joint. Den and Laranth finally meet the Cephalon, and everyone’s […]
Oh no, where once there was only intrigue, now there is… MURDER! Who killed Ves Volette? Who else is working an angle? Rhaninn? Laranth? Certainly not our dear and trustworthy […]
A whole chapter devoted to our secondary antagonist, the legendary Aurra Sing, known for… standing on that one rock in Phantom Menace. Also I think she’s probably in the cartoons. […]
And the plot… begins. Both chapters today deal with the psychic fallout of a massive event of destruction and death, so obviously the episode is all jokes. Very much in […]
Whoa, what the heck did we miss? A lightsaber fight with Xizor and Vader? Oh well! We’re diving headlong into the middle of a trilogy set in the aftermath of […]
Time for the final episode! What did we think about the episode? How many questions do you have for us? What comes next? All this and more revealed!