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With the new 3d printer, I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to generate routine print timelapses, using Octolapse. I managed to create one or two, but the large majority were suffering from mysterious layer shift issues. Although the print would complete, depending on the model it frequently was unusable – and the timelapse was certainly ugly. In comparison, if I ran the print without using Octolapse, it would run just fine without issues (barring unrelated problems like power outages). I did not really work with Octoprint’s built in timelapse option, since I far prefer Octolapse’s customization options. Recently however, I seem…
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Continuing my diorama style thumbnails for the Age of Ashes episodes, highlight some of the terrain and painted figures. Planning on adding a few of the group’s painting efforts, once I can hold on to them post game, but for now it is rather basic. This does however give me the opportunity to continue my own modeling, and more importantly, a deadline for new material every other week.
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Managed to enjoy a game of Star Wars: Armada this weekend, introducing a couple of new players to the game. The fleets were fairly basic – I intentionally limited the number of upgrade cards to make it easier to absorb. However, this lead to quite a few ships on the field, since less upgrades certainly adds a lot of ships. The mission we ended up with was Navigational Hazards, which was one that I had not experienced yet. My conclusion though is that it really seemed irrelevant as a mission – each time we moved the obstacles, it ended up…
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In a bit of good news/bad news, Fantasy Flight just posted a full list of their new January releases. This brings some long awaited expansions for several games I collect and play, but also brings a newly lengthened wish list for the same. Star Wars: Legion I am neutral on for these new pieces – not interested in Clone Wars and don’t need another Skywalker or Vader. But the X-Wing ships and cards, and especially the Armada ships, I am rather eager for. Now to start saving the coins to be able to add them to the fleets. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/31/available-now-january-24-1/
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Having arrived home again, I compiled and digitally assembled the second floor of the Watch Tower project. As before, a bit of re-scaling to make the assembly easier, resizing down by about 1.5%. The new model is estimated at 21 hours and 52 minutes by the software, so it will likely be a 24 hour+ run. As a side note, I weighed the first floor model, and the estimate actually a bit high – Simplify3D claimed 168 grams, the final model came in 164 grams. Based on this, the second floor estimate of 189 grams should be pretty close as…
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I am out of town yet again for work, so my access is limited, but I am able to report that the big print job of the first floor of the watch tower was successful – no layer shifts or other issues. The total print job was estimated at 18 hours and 21 minutes, it ended up at 21 hours and 28 minutes (an extra 17%) – but that is still a far bit shorter than the total print time of all the components individually. Estimated material is 168 grams, have not yet had a chance to weigh out the…
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In our Age of Ashes campaign, we are rapidly approaching the conclusion of Chapter 1 with the group, which means its time for me to start putting together material for Chapter 2. Depending on how fast the group progresses, Chapter 2 will be starting either at the end of session 13, or likely early in session 14. To that end, and as part of my slow evolution of the content, I am looking for any constructive feedback regarding the video log of the game. What works and what doesn’t work? Is it too long, or too boring, and if so,…
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