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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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Upgrades are in place, and the printer is (fingers crossed) working reliably and well – the past several days I have been finishing up a larger project printing paint bottle racks for storage of my painting set. It requires several trays, and each tray ends up printing for about 36 hours, which is certainly a good test of the stability of the system. So far, everything is working well. I did have an issue with warping printing on glass – despite reducing the extruder to 200 degrees and the glass up to 70 degrees. As a result, I ended up…
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Been slowly bulking up my X-Wing forces as well, with the addition of two new figures. First is the TIE Advanced, so that we can properly use Darth Vader (or one of those other pilots no one thinks about). This model of course will be intimidating, only because it is Vader, and we can now cleanly match him up with Luke on the Rebel side. The second model is the BTL-A4 Y-Wing, a bomber and turreted figure, and one I have been eager to try out. X-Wings of course make up the bulk of our fledgling X-Wing squadrons, but I…
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Expanded the Imperial forces a bit over the weekend, acquiring the AT-ST for Star Wars: Legion. Admittedly, it is a model I would be happy collecting, regardless of if we played the game. But Ben was very eager to add it to his forces as well, and continues to be eager to play some more. Pictured with an unpainted stormtrooper for scale, it is larger than I would have expected. Even nicer, most of the joints are loose and unglued – the tolerance on the mold is pretty good, meaning that it remains an adjustable figure. I may end up…
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