Category: Crafting
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Painting again
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It has been a while, but with recent gaps in gaming, I am making some more progress on the painting backlog. My son and I are tackling more of the Legion troops, myself with a mix of Rebel and CIS forces, and George working on his Clone army. First up is an unlikely pair of…
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Battle for Galactic Domination
With the end of the year, a new tradition is attempting to be started, with a New Year’s Eve Twilight Imperium game. With a host of friends, some good food and decent drink, we are planning on a multi-hour game session of Twilight Imperium with the Prophecy of Kings supplement – allowing for 8 players…
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Eagle project
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Not planning on a Wednesday Warfare game this week, due to a conflict with our Eagle project efforts. We finally have funding and supplies, and the project has now been tackling the tasks item by item. Over the weekend, we chopped up the panels into the various parts, the next step is for the volunteers…
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Twitch printing
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Entirely new side project, I am working on a way to auto-stream 3d printing progress via Twitch. Not that there is a big audience to watch a printer run for 24 hours, but there might be some curiousity. Really, it is just an exercise to see if I can do it – I already have…
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3d printer = problem solved
As part of my design for the gaming table, I have several cutouts in the surface to accommodate cables and wires for the electronics. This allows me to have a mostly seamless surface, and still have the digital table and microphones – without cables going thru the table below, or on the surface. However, when…
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Gaming Table completed (mostly)
Happily, I managed to finish up the table project on time, without major issue. As pictured, the gaming area is much cleaner now with cables hidden but all the electronics functional. The surface is smooth, solid, and blends well with the rest of the decor. And with the larger size, we added an extra foot…
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Staining the table
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Another update on the gaming table – most of the panels at this point have received their stain layer. This is using Minwax oil-based wood stain, in Dark Walnut coloring – which is the same one used for TV cabinet. For the most part, the stain has gone on very easily – simply wipe it…
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Gaming table progress
On Thursday, I shared the progress of the gaming table top section, and that the various pieces were now cut, assembled, and otherwise drying. Following our gaming sessions this weekend, I now had time to validate that they actually fit (they do), and accomplish the original goal. Most importantly, that the various pieces slot together…