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A side project I have been working on for a week or two now as a future prop for our gaming is this Cryptex design. The original files are available on Thingiverse, both the remixed version (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3090603) and the original version (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3074829). I used Hatchbox Black PLA for the interior mechanics, and Prusament Galaxy Silver for the exterior. Printing is with 0.2mm layers, and 15% infill. The final assembly did encounter some challenges – not all of the layers lined up completely evenly – but the piece does function and turn correctly. Not sure when or how I will use…
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It has been a while since I have tried to do timelapse videos of my 3d printing, but with the new printer, I am attempting to make a return to this format. As part of the replacement, I upgraded the Raspberry Pi to version 4b, and added a v2 Raspberry Pi camera. In general, the hardware configuration is trivial – a couple of screws and a ribbon cable, and some heat sinks attached with adhesive. My real challenge has been fine tuning the camera, to get an acceptable level of quality. The lense has a very finicky physical focus, and…
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In our second ongoing group, we are continuing the Fall of Plaguestone adventure, as an introduction and teaching opportunity for the new players. This has been running now for several sessions, though I am not documenting it at the level of our Age of Ashes campaign. Admittedly, most of the adventure started slow – between a combination of inexperience with the game, and several players with no RPG experience at all (and a few younger players) – they spent an excessive amount of time on the initial mystery and investigation. However, now that those pieces are completed, and they have…
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By now, half of the pieces of Episode 9 of our Age of Ashes campaign should be posted on YouTube. I am trying out a different format for this one – breaking each long session into small chunks, and publishing the pieces daily instead of every other week. I was convinced by the wife that 10-20 minutes is much easier to digest, compared to 2-3 hours – which given how dry the content is, makes sense. I will still be publishing the full episodes at the end of the two week schedule, and all videos are available early to any…
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With the holidays, I managed to expand my X-Wing collection by a little bit. Admittedly there are a lot more ships currently available, but I am trying to limit myself to only old-school settings – I have limited interest in either the Prequel or Sequel forces. Specifically, I am only collecting Empire, Rebellion, and Scum forces. The big piece was the Tantive IV Blockade Runner, my first and likely only Epic ship acquisition. In truth, I primarily bought it as a collectable piece, rather than truly expecting to field it in battle, though I added the Epic Ship combat rules…
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Over the holidays, thanks to the new printer, I managed to finally finish printing the various individual pieces for the Watch Tower project. The last big piece was the roof tile – all one single piece and a rather long print. With my old printer, I just didn’t trust it enough to risk that length of a job. Fortunately, with the Prusa, the print was no issue at all, and the final result is rather nice and detailed. My next steps will be to paint it, and then likely glue all the components together into a solid block for each…
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New printer, new projects. The first such major effort is a re-attempt at printing custom miniatures for our gaming group’s Pathfinder stories (and potentially others). With the old printer, this was not a practical option – the resolution was simply not there, and it was far too unreliable. With a Prusa i3 MK3s however, it is very much a workable option. This is printed at a 0.1 mm layer height, and only basic cleanup, in PLA (Prusa Galaxy Silver). I am also going to try to rotate to minimize the supports, and print in a 0.05 mm layer height, before…
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Over the holidays, I managed to acquire some more silicon mold making material, so my plans to craft chocolate dice are back on the schedule. Using my prior setup, I mixed and pouring the components, and managed to successfully remove the mold itself. Once I got started, I did notice that I was overly generous with my spacing – I could easily have packed in the dice forms much closer, and used quite a bit less silicon. This should not really impact the final results, but it is a note for my future efforts and the efficiency. Unfortunately, silicon is…
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