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Traveling again thanks to my day job, visiting the Toledo area (as usual). This definitely causes an impact on my hobby activities – video editing is reduced to my laptop’s capabilities, and 3d printing is a bit more problematic (though still possible thanks to Octoprint). Currently working on some more terrain in preparation for our upcoming games. Tentatively, I am hoping to have a pool of goo type terrain piece ready in time for Sunday. The model coincidental – it is a terrain piece based on Crater Lake in Oregon, re-based to serve as a wargaming crater. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2217287 For my…
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A side benefit of using customized STL files for miniatures – I can have some fun with them and print oversized options. In particular, our first character, Norm, I re-printed as a 300% collectible statue for my son. This takes advantage of the detail of the model, and gave me a chance to try out a Marble filament. Although I had some challenges with supports, the model turned out pretty good. There is a flaw in the quiver on the back, but without knowing about it, the issue is not noticeable. For scale, I have the game-ready figure (minus paint)…
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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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