Or both. I'm working on 2 or 3 projects at a time. This is how I tend to operate. It lets me have a various works in different stages of completion. When I get bored with one, or when I finish one, I can jump to the next already started piece. Bored of figures? Work... Continue Reading →
Or, the "The Two Towers." Or, alternatively, "Half-Face, Will Game." Historicon was back. They took one year off for the plague and moved it to the fall, replacing Fall-In with Hcon. Makes sense if you are going to have a convention, you want to use the name of the biggest convention. Draws more people. And,... Continue Reading →
I'm still working on how best to print the HQ furniture. The chests went well. The cabinets, less so. The models are impressively made and free on Thingiverse. There is no problem with the models. But, as I've written before, 3D printing is an art. Here we have a modification of the cabinet. Open shelves... Continue Reading →
I know what you are thinking. Two. One Jason is all you need. Two is too many. Who needs redundant Jasons? Spare Jasons? Hot swappable Jasons? Seven. Seven is the answer. Six is good, seven is a waste. Why does one need so many Jasons? The problem with Jason, or Freddie, or any of the... Continue Reading →
"Today on HGTV..." With chests and cabinets successfully printed it's time to paint. Even with the slight slant to the cabinets, they are more than good enough for the game table. The color section is going to be somewhat obvious, lots of browns. But there are metal pieces on these pieces. Metal furniture on this... Continue Reading →
Last post was my 100th post. To be a true blogger, I should have done some kind of retrospective or a look back at 100 posts about my hobby. Never mind. Too much other stuff going on. A while back I happily unpacked the Lurkers KS from Crooked Dice. Along with the awesome VHS case... Continue Reading →
That last print had some issues. If you recall, the cabinet went off at a slight angle after a certain point. On advice from others who do this much more than I, I reduced the lift speed of the print bed and tried again. The theory goes like this. If the lift speed is too... Continue Reading →
I have to start this post with a plug for The Phalanx Consortium. If you are in the US and go to any of the larger gaming conventions on the East Coast, you have likely seen them in the Vendor Halls. It occurred to me that they are the source of the three big wargames... Continue Reading →
3D printing is a bit of an art. That bothers me. Maybe I'm not the right person for 3D printing. There's too much guess work; how do I orient this model, how do I support it, how doe I slice it, what settings are best on the printer... there are a lot of variables. Some... Continue Reading →
The one critique I have most commonly heard/read about 7TV is that it is difficult to get started. Not the individual games themselves but getting started into the game. The common response is that 7TV is a "sandbox" game, meaning that you can play anything you want. This response misses the problem entirely. It is... Continue Reading →
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