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As anyone who has used a 3d printer knows, leveling your print bed (aka Tramming – aligning the flat print surface so it is equidistant from the print head at all times and locations) is one of the most critical steps to setup and to insure a well produced part. In my experience, it has also been one of the most troublesome, frustrating, and sometimes non-intuitive parts of the process as well. Since I added the Monoprice Maker Select Plus (a rebranded Wanhao 3d printer), almost all of my difficulties have ultimately come down to leveling – a difference of…
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After a bit of downtime on the printer last week, I have it running well again, so I have started working on expanding my terrain pieces. First up was a couple more large format tiles for the True-Tiles set, specifically a pair of 4×4 flagstones. With our Rise of the Runelords campaign, the rooms have become progressively larger and large, and it just takes far too many 2×2 tiles to fill in the space. So a couple of the larger pieces will help out a bit. Like the rest of the set, these a minimal in printing and magnetic around…
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It has been a long road, but I would say we finally managed to kick off our Shadowrun campaign yesterday with a success. Being played entirely online thru Roll20, this is a new experience for all the players, not only with the technology but also the game system and settings. Due to numerous real-life challenges, the game schedule has been on again and off again for several months, so it was good to start to see how the players adapted. Of course, we continued to have technical challenges – the first 90 minutes or so was just figuring out sound…
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Another trip to Toledo, another round of updates to my work on our trophy for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering tournament. Last time, I applied a base coat of black to the overall model, making it appear to be a large lump of tar. This time, it was drybrushing the stone base with different shades of grey, to bring out the highlights. Not really sure if the pictures show the different shades, but for this first pass it turned out decent. Pictures had a significantly different amount of sunlight, so it makes the gradient much harder to see. My next…
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The title is a bit of gibberish to those unaware, but this past weekend, before my trip, I managed to make time to try to upgrade my 3d printer to use the ADVi3++ firmware. Basically, this means upgrading and re-flashing the firmware of the built-in controller board and LCD panel with the ADVi3++ software – a process which is at least a little risky. I was not 100% confident, but the promised advantages outweighed the possible frustration of having to resolve any issues.
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This weekend is our next scheduled attempt at starting and kicking off our Shadowrun campaign – after numerous false starts. I know the characters are done, and the laptops and headsets are ready to go, now I just need schedules to cooperate. And admittedly I need to review my planned notes, so I remember at this stage what the actual storyline was and where it was going. If everything works according to plan, 2 PM to 7 PM on Sunday will be Shadowrun time, on alternating weekends with Pathfinder. As mentioned previously, I am trimming down and eliminating all the…
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Its going to cause a delay to my various projects, but my schedule is back to Toledo again for work this week, with my ongoing need to be onsite with the client every other week. As a result, my 3d Printer troubleshooting is on hold, and I have limited access to other options. Ideally, I will be continuing my efforts to paint and prepare the Magic The Gathering trophy – that was my plan the last time I traveled – but I will have to see just how free my evenings are.
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With great excitement, the group kicked off the start of the final chapter of the Rise of the Runelords campaign, the Spires of Xin-Shalast. Having successfully escaped Runeforge last time with a collection of Domineering weapons, they are finally prepared for the quest to find Mhar Massif and the fabled city of greed, Xin-Shalast itself. There, they hope to put an end to the threat of Karzoug, the reborn Runelord of Greed, and wrap up this campaign which is now approaching the end of a 3 year gaming group.
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Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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