Category: Crafting

  • Building the Barn

    Building the Barn

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    Halfling13

    After my successful long print of the Watchtower, my second big project has been the Clorehaven Barn. Similar in design and theme, this is being printed as several long pieces as well – some of the job tasks running 36+ hours. So far, it has been successful – I am done with the majority and…

  • Airbrushing

    Airbrushing

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    Halfling13

    I finally decided to dive further into the painting hobby, and have ordered an Airbrush kit, to be delivered this week. Airbrushing, specifically for hobby gaming and painting, has been a casual interest of mine over the years, but was always intimidating. I am much more of a traditionalist, with brushes doing drybrushing and washes.…

  • Octolapse corrections

    Octolapse corrections

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    Halfling13

    With the new 3d printer, I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to generate routine print timelapses, using Octolapse. I managed to create one or two, but the large majority were suffering from mysterious layer shift issues. Although the print would complete, depending on the model it frequently was unusable – and the timelapse was certainly ugly.…

  • The Two Towers

    The Two Towers

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    Halfling13

    The Watchtower model is completed, and primed, and now ready for final painting. The assembly worked out very well, and it ties in nicely with the prior build of the individual pieces. So much so, that after priming, it is actually difficult to tell which one is which. Next up, I am working on a…

  • Watch Tower, Level 2

    Watch Tower, Level 2

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    Halfling13

    Having arrived home again, I compiled and digitally assembled the second floor of the Watch Tower project. As before, a bit of re-scaling to make the assembly easier, resizing down by about 1.5%. The new model is estimated at 21 hours and 52 minutes by the software, so it will likely be a 24 hour+…

  • Watch Tower floor 1

    Watch Tower floor 1

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    Halfling13

    I am out of town yet again for work, so my access is limited, but I am able to report that the big print job of the first floor of the watch tower was successful – no layer shifts or other issues. The total print job was estimated at 18 hours and 21 minutes, it…

  • Revisiting the Tower again

    Revisiting the Tower again

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    Halfling13

    In my ongoing effort to 3d print terrain for gaming, I am continuing to evolve the previous tower project. I was able to print all of the files, enough to assemble a piece-meal tower with component parts – all of which fit well and had good quality. That was shortly before the holidays, and my…

  • Octoprint Notifications

    Octoprint Notifications

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    Halfling13

    Another upgrade to my 3d printer setup – automated notifications. Although Octoprint does a very good job managing and tracking the printer operation, it isn’t so good with built in features with notifying me when a print is finished. As a result, either I check it frequently, connect remotely thru a computer or phone, or…