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Managed to survive camping with the kids over the weekend in the forests of Ohio, despite the near freezing temperatures, solid wind, and nearly constant rain. The scouts ended up having a blast, and plenty of activities that kept us running from morning to night. Unfortunately, everything had a solid coating of mud, so it will take a few days to fully clean and put away everything. That will go well with my sore muscles, which will take at least as long to get back to normal.
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Heading out this weekend for some camping with my kids. The youngest finishing up his last requirements as a Cub Scouts, before graduating to the Boy Scouts, and my oldest as a Boy Scout Den Chief, assisting the cubs. Will have a large group of cub and boy scouts with us, as we brave the cold, camp in the woods, and enjoy scouting activities. As part of the challenge, the Cubs are responsible for all the cooking, so it could be a hungry weekend. Next week I have planned some vacation time, so perhaps I can finally get caught up…
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As previously posted, our attempts at getting a Shadowrun campaign have been overly hit and miss, due to numerous reasons. Unfortunately, it has been more miss than hit, and for that reason, along with challenges in the general format, we are going to be disbanding the effort. It may live on in another format (likely a live game), but for now, our efforts using Roll20 and virtual tabletop software are being paused. Overall, I think it was a successful experiment – I am happy with the results of Roll20, and for the most part, the game itself ran well. The…
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The printer has been running for long hours, but I finally have the overall paint rack completed. Each section holds 20 paint bottles, and ran on the printer for about 25 hours. For the back row, I customized a riser piece to match the design, and bring them up to the same slope – each of these pieces added another 17 hours. But the final result I am rather happy with – I can see each of the options, and once I sort the various colors expect that it will be much faster to find the shade I am looking…
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With our upcoming Magic the Gathering Tournament, scheduled for November 21, I need to finalize my plans for the victory trophy. I posted a picture many weeks ago of the progress with painting – this is a 3d printed model that I am hand-painting. However, I have been procrastinating since then and only recently worked on it further. Several hours later over the weekend, and here is the current status. I still have a few more decorations to add, mainly gemstones in the sword hilt and some berries on the vine leaves, but it is otherwise complete. Still debating if…
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Although we had a shorter than normal session today (thanks to the combo of a dead car battery delaying the start, and a work related “emergency” causing an early end), the group managed to make their first foray into the lost city of Xin-Shalast. Surprisingly, they opted for a stealth attempt, and between a combination of Silence, Mass Invisibility, and Animal Shapes (form of the rat), they were rather successful. They easily avoided the patrols on the entry walls, and managed to sneak into the main city, where they then moved between buildings, searching for an entrance to the hidden…
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First half of the paint rack project is together, consisting of 3 printed sections. Obviously still need to sort an organize the colors themselves, but wanted to collect what I have so far together. I am still working on the rest of the stands, and likely will need a lift of some sort for the back rows. But I like how it is turning out already. The Army Painter – Wargamers Complete Set Hatchbox Gray 1.75mm 3d Filament PLA
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Continuing our efforts to kick off and push thru the challenges of online gaming, with our Shadowrun RPG campaign. We are still using Roll20 – the software works well for maps and dice rolling, but we continue to be challenged with the audio and video. At this stage, for our latest game we swapped back over to Discord. In reality, the video aspect really doesn’t add much. As long as everyone is attentive and at their computer, audio is all that is needed – so Discord is a good solution. And the background capability of video and audio through Roll20…
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Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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