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For many months now, I have had an active Patreon account, which I am suspending for the time being. Fundamentally, I like the idea, but I just don’t have enough interest in my content to actually receive any subscribers. And honestly, I don’t generate enough content to actually justify a subscriber. Perhaps in the future, I will attempt it again, whenever I can find regular subscribers, and perhaps after I sort out a means of regular content and updates. For now it was one of my experiments that I simply will shut down.
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3d Printer has been running overtime recently, building up my stock of SW: Armada squadron plates. I have these up for sale on my recently deployed Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/Halfling13Hobbies) site. Currently I have my listed ship time as 1-2 weeks, primarily so that I didn’t get surprised by a large order before I could create inventory. Thus far, this doesn’t seem to be an issue, so likely be the end of the week I will adjust that timing down to 1-2 days. Will continue to be an experiment, curious to see if there really is a market for such items.
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If you have been a following of my on again off again podcast/video format, first of all thanks, but second I am likely going to discontinue that effort. Realistically, it is a lot of effort to prepare the videos every other week, and the very small audience I seem to be reaching just isn’t worth the effort. I will likely still record the games, I still enjoy that challenge, but the editing and publishing of the videos could fade away unless I get back a lot more motivation. Instead, I am going to swap to more of a written format,…
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Apparently something changed in my configuration, and my linked post to Facebook yesterday changed the site url from http to https. This of course led to a warning when that link was followed, that the certificate was invalid (since I have no SSL configured), rather than opening the site directly. For various reasons, it is not possible to automatically forward to http, and I have no justification to add a SSL certificate (at an increased yearly cost). Fortunately, the “fix” was fairly easy – just delete the connections to Facebook and re-create. After a simple test, this appears to have…
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With the latest 3d printer design, I decided to dabble a bit into the Etsy scene, and see if this machine might be able to pay for itself somewhat. If you play Star Wars: Armada (or eventually other games), consider stopping by and placing an order. Or just take a look at what I have to offer, and perhaps leave a comment. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Halfling13Hobbies Right now, I only have the Armada Squadron plates available, but I have some big ideas for Zombicide, Armada, and likely a few other games.
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As I continue to tinker with the 3d printer and create miscellaneous tools for various games, I created what I believe is a fairly nice tool for Armada, specifically around the use of Squadrons. A common issue is that when you have to adjust damage, it is difficult to adjust the model, without moving other pieces and putting it back down accurately. So I had seen an idea which created a tracking system that stays on the sideline, but allows for the same tracking. My modification, beyond designing a new template entirely, is that rather than using custom dials and…
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Got a bit bored printing boxes for game storage, so I decided to print something fun, and ended up with a bust of Batman as a desk decoration. Final print is about 6 1/2 inches tall, which sizes well for my desk. It was printed from a Thingiverse design, with a 0.15 mm resolution and 15% infill. You can see in the timelapse that the right hand side supports started to fail – I ended up sealing them to the bed with some superglue (probably not the best option, but I needed a quick fix). The model still needs some…
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We attempted a Star Wars: Armada game as part of our bi-weekly TableTop group (Huber Tabletop), which met with mixed success. Since there was a lot of interest, I had decided to up the typical fleet size from 400 pts to 800 pts, so that we could easily handle multiple players per side. What I didn’t account for unfortunately is that most of the players were novice commanders, so rules had to be explained, and with double the fleet size, it brings double the setup time (which is already lengthy for Armada). My son and I arrived an hour early,…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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