-
With the acquisition of the 3d Printer, my son’s big ask was for a prop for use during our gaming sessions. Since he is currently playing a Necromancer in our Pathfinder campaign, he of course wanted a skull to show off. And since I am always up for a challenge, we opted for not just a small skull, but the largest one that this printer can handle. For extra challenge, we opted to print it in temperature-sensitive PLA, so that it would change color with body heat. We could not find a good combo (he wanted white to red –…
-
Finished up a second batch of tiles on the printer while I was out of town this week, then upgraded the little Raspberry Pi computer that manages the printer itself. Now I should have sufficient space to at least do a timelapse of future prints, and potentially even stream live to YouTube. Still a bit of experimentation. In the meantime, I have finished off the first 1 kg spool of filament, just in time to start the big project for the son using special color-sensitive filament. Fingers crossed that all my experience pays off, and the large print job (estimated…
-
Managed to take time to paint up the first set of True-Tiles, consisting of 10 doors, 4 flat tiles, 5 single wall tiles and 5 corner tiles. Total time, about 4 hours.
-
Are you mesmerized by an active 3D printer like I am? Can you stare for hours watching the robotic arm move back and forth as it slowly builds a model millimeter by millimeter? If so, then I have a fun little new option with my printer – a live feed that runs pretty much all the time, and can let just about anyone watch the excitement *. This should work with any browser, though I can’t vouch for the overall performance (the system is running on old equipment that I cobbled together for this experiment – a Raspberry Pi 2…
-
Finished printing a first batch of True-Tiles from the demo set, and my project this week is to paint and drybrush them this week, so they are ready for our next Pathfinder game. Set includes 5 corners, 5 single-wall sections, 4 field tiles, and 10 doors, which gives a decent start. From here, I need to expand with more single-wall sections and field tiles, plus likely add at least one of the full sets, so I have curves, stairs, and other basic decorations. Since I printed everything using a basic stone grey filament, painting should just be a matter of…
-
I haven’t played any games in a while, but I continue to collect and try to play Star Wars Armada. When we last played, one of the maneuver sticks used for the game was a bit damaged – one of the gear “clicks” became a bit soft, making it hard to lock it into place. We ended up just living with it, but it was an annoyance. Now with a 3d printer, I have options (beyond just buying a new one for $10). Overnight, I printed out a new set successfully. No, they are not technically “legal” in terms of…
-
First test batch of my intended choice for 3d terrain, for use with our gaming, just using the free sample files for now. In this case, I have selected True-Tiles, I have liked the philosophy and design of the original foam-core pieces, and like that they have translated over to 3d printing easily. I have watched more than a few of Wylock’s Crafting Video’s on YouTube, if you are interested in terrain building, his material is a good source of inspiration. Once I get done with a few other shorter projects, I expect I can start printing these out with…
-
This last Sunday, we finally managed to make a start into our GURPs game, without having to spend most of the session finishing, altering, or creating characters. My intent is not to record these game sessions, I fundamentally already have too much footage to get thru with Pathfinder and the old Hero System game, but I will try to summarize the major events in blog posts. Our adventures take place in the Old World, in the Empire region of Wissenland, in a small town called Fluorin, north of Geschburg. The town is a sleepy village, off the main roads and…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
14,228 visitors